Poetry

Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. In the hope of saving her brother's life, should a woman submit to rape? Should the law be respected when its administrator is corrupt?...

In the tradition of Post Secret and Other People’s Love Letters, a crowdsourced compilation of letters, stories, and art work about the modern state of love and relationships, edited by rising filmmaker and beloved YouTube...

a collection of poetry for your soul. for those in love. for those healing. for those who aren't ready to heal yet. for you.

An anthem to those who have been mistreated by the ones who should have held you tightest, This Time You Save Yourself speaks honeyed words to your inner child. Zara Bas's highly awaited second work compiles say-it-as-it-is messages,...

Fall into this collection of poetry and prose inspired by healing and being open to love again, perfect for fans of Rupi Kaur and Courtney Peppernell.There Is Room for All of You Here is an excavation of the past that leads to a celebration of queer...

Cry, But Stay Strong is a collection of poems from previously published from the years of 2016 to 2020. This collection features over 200 poems and proses personally selected by the author. If you are familiar with Tavon's previous works, this will...

Hidden inside every woman's heart lies a moon: a unique voice of love. An untamed beauty. The light of the moon's grace is revealed here through the magic of poetry. Be My Moon is for those romantic souls who love the moon and always strive for...

Infused with all of their rich lyrical skill and unforgettable imagery, Tempest's bravura collection mines themes of transformation, identity and reaction against conformity with unparalleled insight and verve. I want to sing you early songs. Go...

'And when I shall die,Take him and cut him out in little stars.'This collection of Shakespeare's soliloquies, including both old favourites and lesser-known pieces, shows him at his dazzling best.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black...

'Drawn on by his eagerness for the open sky, he left his guide and soared upwards...'Ovid tells the tales of Theseus and the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus, the Calydonian Boar-Hunt, and many other famous myths.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books...

All The Men I Never Married is the highly anticipated second collection by Kim Moore. The author portrays relationships with a passionate realism that encompasses complicity and ambiguity, violence and tenderness, and an understanding of the...

An Indie Poetry Bestseller!What the world needs now – featuring poems from inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, Ross Gay, Tracy K. Smith and more.More and more people are turning to poetry as an antidote to divisiveness, negativity,...

2023 Feathered Quill Book Awards Gold Medal Winner2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Gold Medal Winner2022 Over the Rainbow Short List2021 Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry Book Finalist2021 Bookshop's Indie Press HighlightsYou Better Be...

What happens when we imagine loving the people—and the parts of ourselves—that we do not believe are worthy of love?A transformative collection of intimate and lyrical love letters that offer a path toward compassion, forgiveness, and...

Lucan's epic poem on the civil war between Caesar and Pompey, unfinished at the time of his death, stands beside the poems of Virgil and Ovid in the first rank of Latin epic. This newly annotated, free verse translation conveys the full force of Lucan's...

Hurled words. Thrown objects. Dodged burgers.A burger was thrown at Travis Alabanza on Waterloo Bridge in 2016. From this experience they have created a poetic, passionate performance piece based around the 'burger': the texture, and taste of being trans...

Plato hailed her as "the Tenth Muse," and 2,500 years later her voice remains dazzling as well as direct and honest. Sappho, a lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos, wrote verse that sings to both sexes of desire, rapture, and sorrow. Praised for...

An exciting addition to Everyman's Library: a new series of small, handsome hardcover volumes devoted to the world's classic poets. Our books will have twice as many pages as Bloomsbury Classics  and will cost cheaper against Bloomsbury's. The...

Here are some of the most-loved poems in the English language, chosen not merely for their popularity, but for their literary quality as well. Dating from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, these splendid poems remain evergreen in their capacity to...

This authoritative edition brings together all of Hopkins's poetry and a generous selection of his prose writings to explore the essence of his work and thinking.Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89) was one of the most innovative of nineteenth-century poets...