Poetry

William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), like his friend Ezra Pound, never finished his magnum opus, a poem as impossibly ambitious as the Cantos, but richly invested in the present world. It was published over a period of a dozen years...

Inspired by the great tradition of French love poetry, New Directions presents a beautiful, small gift edition, dedicated to what makes the world go round. Filled with devotion and lust, sensuality and eroticism, fevers and overtures, these poems...

The editor of the bestselling poetry anthologies How to Love the World and The Path to Kindness presents a collection of highly accessible, uplifting poetry celebrating the small wonders and peaceful moments of everyday life.James Crews, editor of...

Rifqa is Mohammed El-Kurd’s debut collection of poetry, written in the tradition of Ghassan Kanfani’s Palestinian Resistance Literature. The book narrates the author’s own experience of dispossession in Sheikh Jarrah—an infamous...

"I can't remember to forget you" is an immersive journey through the realm of poetry, delving deep into the tumultuous landscape of emotions experienced during a breakup. From the initial shock and indescribable pain to the arduous quest for closure,...

The death of someone we love cracks us open inviting us to become the person we were born to be.This is the book Tom Zuba wishes he had read after his daughter Erin died. And after his wife Trici died. It's the book he wishes he'd been handed following...

Emory Hall's much anticipated debut collection of poetry, Made of Rivers , unearths the depths of the human heart at every turn. Following the unique anatomy of a river, it swells with loss and grief, carries readers through the winding pathways of...

Telling the story of three generations of women, this massive character portrait of mothers and daughters is as expansive in scope as it is flawlessly written. It’s the story of inheretance in many forms, and it is a joy to read.An NPR 2023 "Books...

Unsurpassed in its influence on literary love stories, Shakespeare’s immortal play about two young Veronese lovers caught in the crossfire of a family feud and power games is an unfading meditation on desire, duty, loyalty and choice. Set in a...

This book features 366 poems, one for each day of the year (including leap years). Chosen for their narrative, resonance and rhythm, these are poems to learn by heart or treasure and enjoy. Poets included range from Yeats, Shakespeare, Housman and...

In The Funny Side Wendy Cope, herself one of the funniest poets now writing in English, has collected 101 of the poems that have most amused her. Acknowledged classics of the genre are to be found alongside newer pieces, and the collection as a whole...

A wonderful anthology of poems by women poets, collected by WENDY COPE. Collected by one of Britain’s foremost poets, Is that the New Moon? is an exciting mix of styles and genres by leading women poets including: Grace Nichols, Frances Horovitz,...

From a motorway service area to her ambivalent relationship with religion, Wendy Cope covers a wide range of experience in her new collection. Her mordant humour and formal ingenuity are in evidence, even as she remembers the wounds of a damaging...

This box set of the 50 books in the new Penguin Modern series celebrates the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics list and its iconic authors. Including avant-garde essays, radical polemics, newly translated poetry and great fiction, here are...

A landmark illustrated anthology of queer Greek and Roman love stories that reclaim and celebrate homosexual love and sensuality, from artist Luke Edward Hall and award-winning poet Seán Hewitt.For centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient...

From Medusa and Loki to Osiris and Beowulf, this sparkling poetic collection of retellings and reimaginings from world myth and folklore brings classic tales to life for a whole new generation. A stunning gift book drawing together mythological poems...

From Hamlet and Romeo and Julietto A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Winter's Tale, children's storytelling supremo Michael Morpurgo adapts ten of Shakespeare's most beloved plays for a young audience. Ten stunning Shakespeare retellings from the...

A brilliant way to brighten each day. In this playful, innovative collection, Brian Bilston writes a poem to accompany every day of the year.Each poem is inspired by a significant – often curious – event associated with that day: from Open an...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR A SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE BOOK TO GIFT For the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as dawn breaks each morning. Life-affirming, witty and full of wonder, these poems...

An elegant hardcover collector’s edition celebrating the 10th anniversary of the bestselling Love & Misadventure. This gorgeous gift book features a special foreword by Lang Leav and highly personal annotations interspersed throughout...