Poetry

Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes...

'Unable to rely on heaven, we look to Shakespeare as a contemporary conscience' -- Peter Conrad Coriolanus, a famed warrior turned politician, is driven from Rome as a traitor when he arrogantly speaks out against popular rule and loses the good...

'The magic in The Tempest is real ... It contains a great many unanswered questions' Margaret AtwoodA storm rages. Prospero and his daughter watch from their desert island as a ship carrying the royal family is wrecked. Miraculously, all on...

Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare's Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes...

Inspired by Homer's Iliad and Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, Shakespeare's play explores heroism, love and betrayal against the backdrop of the Trojan War. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by R. A. Foakes with an introduction by...

'Language is his power. His characters are precisely the words they speak' -- A. S. ByattA young man is condemned to death for breaking a law forbidding sex outside marriage. When his sister pleads with the Lord Angelo to save him, he offers her a...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...