River Poems by Various contributors
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Category: Poetry
An anthology that explores the power and beauty of rivers through poems from around the world and through the ages. AN EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY POCKET POET.Rivers were the arteries of our first civilizations--the Tigris and Euphrates of Mesopotamia, India's Ganges, Egypt's Nile, the Yellow River of China--and ...Show more
Ten Poems about Robins by HAMISH WHYTE
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Category: Poetry
What is it about robins that makes them so easy to love? Is it the jaunty red breast? Or the fact that they have been known to build their nests in kettles, boots, coat pockets and even under car bonnets places that seem to suggest a wish to be close to our human world? Perhaps it's because they appear ...Show more
Fat Chance: Journalism Poems by Kent MacCarter
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Category: Poetry
In Fat Chance, poet and publisher Kent MacCarter investigates variations on how non-fiction can be reported, taking an uncanny look into sole survivors of major airline crashes, a memoir approach at the surgical complication known as gossypiboma - where an instrument is left behind in a body cavity afte ...Show more
Selected Poems by William Wordsworth
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Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
One of the most enduringly popular of Romantic poets, William Wordsworth epitomized the spirit of his age with his celebration of the natural world and belief in the importance of feeling. This volume brings together a rich selection from the most creative period of Wordsworth's life - from 'Tintern Abb ...Show more
The Little Book of War Poets - The Human Experience of War by Orange Orange Hippo!
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Category: Poetry | Series: The\Little Book Of... Ser.
A fascinating introduction to war poets and their work, from Homer to Alfred Tennyson and Walt Whitman to Siegfried Sassoon, this little book is packed full of intriguing background information and includes moving quotes from letters, poems and other sources.
Poems About Birds by H. J. Massingham
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Category: Poetry | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Countless writers have been inspired by the beauty of birds - their colours, their easy flight, their lightness and softness, and the grace and whimsicality of their ways. Our literature, especially our poetry, is full of them. This annotated edition of Poems About Birds selects the very best from H. J. ...Show more
Ten Poems about Art by GEOFF DYER
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Category: Poetry
Poems about art have a long and vivid history, and some of our greatest poets have tried to capture in verse the beguiling worlds of colour on canvas. Geoff Dyer's remarkably wide-ranging selection encourages us to look at familiar and unfamiliar paintings and artists with fresh eyes. We find ourselves ...Show more
The Classic Tradition of Haiku by BOWERS
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Category: Poetry | Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Poetry Ser.
A highly distilled form of Japanese poetry, haiku consist of 17 syllables, usually divided among three lines. This unique collection spans over 400 years (1488-1902) of haiku history by the greatest masters: Basho, Issa, Shiki and many more, in translations by top-flight scholars in the field. Editor Fa ...Show more
The Poetry Pharmacy Forever: New Prescriptions to Soothe, Revive and Inspire by William Sieghart
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Category: Poetry
After the tumult of the last years, William Sieghart is back to prescribe the perfect poem for a variety of life's ailments, offering hope and comfort to readers in need. Here, he draws on the emails he received from the public during multiple lockdowns, as well as tried-and-true classics from his in-pe ...Show more
Woven: First Nations poetic conversations from the Fair Trade project by Red Room Poetry
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Category: Poetry
to open up / to respond as genuinely as possible / to offer hope / we want things to change / weaving solidarity from place and history / into collective purpose (Ellen Van Neerven and Layli Long Soldier) Following from the much-loved Guwayu anthology, this second collaboration between Red Room Poetry ...Show more
Ten Poems about Aunts by ANNE HARVEY
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Category: Poetry
Nearly all of us have an 'auntie' or 'aunty' even if the person in question isn't actually a relative. In these entertaining and touching poems we meet story-telling aunts and aunts who spin their own yarn, aunts who send gifts from afar and an aunt with a crew cut who knows far more about love than cou ...Show more
Five Poems About Gh...Gh...Ghosts by VARIOUS AUTHORS
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Category: Poetry
This Hallowe'en, we present five funny and frightening poems about ghosts, perfect for reading out loud by torchlight. This is the first title in our new range for children of all ages. Five Poems about Gh...Gh...Ghosts is for children of all ages and fun for grown-ups too. This suitably scary mini-anth ...Show more