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Poems For Grandmothers: A Gift of Poetry & Fine Paintings

Poems For Grandmothers: A Gift of Poetry & Fine Paintings

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Presents an anthology of poems that celebrate the joy and the rich experience of grandparent hood. This book includes such poems as "The Grandmother" and "In Grandmamma's Kitchen". It is...
Poems For Mothers

Poems For Mothers

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This is the ideal gift for mothers of all ages, to be given by their children, family or friends. Here in this beautifully illustrated little anthology, split into thematic chapters...
The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse

The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse

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The noted Australian poet Peter Porter has produced an anthology of modern Australian poetry commencing in 1945. Almost 130 are represented from the great names of the 1950s and 1960s...
Penguin's Poems for Life

Penguin's Poems for Life

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First paperback publication of this much-loved anthology of poems to take you from birth to death, and a little beyond ... Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare's idea of the \"seven...
A Year of Reading Aloud: 52 poems to learn and love

A Year of Reading Aloud: 52 poems to learn and love

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'In a world in which we tend to look to what's new, to cutting-edge science and to medical breakthroughs for hope in better health, there's something marvellous in the realisation...
Dancing By The Light of The Moon: Over 250 poems to read, relish and

Dancing By The Light of The Moon: Over 250 poems to read, relish and

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A brand-new collection of Britain's best-loved poetry, handpicked by Gyles Brandreth Following the recent success of the bestselling Have You Eaten Grandma? Gyles Brandreth is back with his next love-letter...
Beowulf: Revised Edition

Beowulf: Revised Edition

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"Beowulf" is the oldest example of vernacular literature of any substance in Western Europe. Since its rediscovery and the appearance of the first printed editions in the middle of the...
New Women Poets

New Women Poets

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None of the new women poets in this anthology has yet published a book, yet they include some of the most original new voices of the Nineties. Most have already...
Games of Venus: An Anthology of Greek and Roman Erotic Verse from

Games of Venus: An Anthology of Greek and Roman Erotic Verse from

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Recent attacks on contemporary art have portrayed the erotic content of works by Robert Mapplethorpe and others as if it were a deviation from the Western artistic tradition. On the...
Other Side River: Free Verse

Other Side River: Free Verse

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The work of 36 modern Japanese women poets, writing in an "imported" Western verse form and astonishing us with their diverse viewpoints, rhythms, themes, and insights. A companion to A...
The New Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse

The New Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse

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No previous anthology has succeeded in illustrating so thoroughly the kinds of verse actually written in the eighteenth century. The familiar tradition is fully represented by selections from such poets...
My Life in Verse: A Journey Through Poetry

My Life in Verse: A Journey Through Poetry

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For 2009, the BBC is planning a major 'Poetry Season' on BBC2 and BBC4. This landmark series on British Poetry will be the centrepiece of the season, and Penguin Classics...
Classic FM Favourite Poems: Poems for Every Occasion Chosen by Classic

Classic FM Favourite Poems: Poems for Every Occasion Chosen by Classic

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CLASSIC FM FAVOURITE POEMS is a delightful anthology of British verse chosen through a Classic FM listeners poll. This new collection draws on the huge success of CLASSIC FM 100...
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry

In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry

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Gathered into eight chapters, the works of many different poets of different ages and different walks of life present and explore what it means to be African-American. Langston-Hughes, James Weldon...
Divining Dante

Divining Dante

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2021 is the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, author of the long narrative poetic trilogy, The Divine Comedy. In a time of global pandemic, Dante's exploration of...
A Nature Poem for every Autumn Evening: Volume 3

A Nature Poem for every Autumn Evening: Volume 3

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Poems to celebrate autumn. A companion volume to the successful winter and spring titles, this anthology of poems is as sweet as pumpkin spice and warming as a roaring log...
How to Read Literature Like a Professor [Third Edition]: A Lively and

How to Read Literature Like a Professor [Third Edition]: A Lively and

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Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest-a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of writing...
100 Poems to Help You Sleep: Volume 2

100 Poems to Help You Sleep: Volume 2

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A dreamy collection of poems to read before you turn off the light, or to guide you gently back to sleep when you wake in the small hours. This soothing...
The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

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Following the success and momentum of his anthology How to Love the World (93,000 copies in print), James Crews's new collection, The Path to Kindness, offers more than 100 deeply...
Borderlands  Riding the Slipstream

Borderlands Riding the Slipstream

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Age range 11+ Borderlands - Riding the Slipstream is an anthology for readers young and old. Featuring over forty short stories and poems by some of Australia's best-loved authors -...
A Nature Poem for every Autumn Evening: Volume 3

A Nature Poem for every Autumn Evening: Volume 3

$32.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Poems to celebrate autumn. A companion volume to the successful winter and spring titles, this anthology of poems is as sweet as pumpkin spice and warming as a roaring log...
1914: Poetry Remembers

1914: Poetry Remembers

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The First World War holds a unique place in the nation's history; the poetry it produced, a unique place in the nation's hearts. To mark the centenary of the First...
The Best Australian Poems 2009

The Best Australian Poems 2009

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'When Australian poetry soars to new heights, it's usually because poets open up to the whole place . . . they take risks and write from the core of our...
52 Ways Of Looking At A Poem: or How Reading Modern Poetry Can Change

52 Ways Of Looking At A Poem: or How Reading Modern Poetry Can Change

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The best modern poetry anthology-with-a-difference. 'Padel's clear and informed approach makes modern poetry completely accessible' The Times Ever wondered about how to really interpret poetry? Puzzled about metre, rhyming and...
Poetry Please!: More Poetry Please

Poetry Please!: More Poetry Please

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A selection of poems from the successful Radio 4 series, including Auden, Betjeman, Hopkins and MacNeice, with an introduction by Charles Causley.
Love is a Dog From Hell

Love is a Dog From Hell

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A classic in the Bukowski poetry canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love. A book that captures...
Oranges and Lemons: Rhymes from Past Times

Oranges and Lemons: Rhymes from Past Times

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A nostalgic collection of some of the most well-known and best-loved nursery rhymes, reminding you of their words and exploring their origins and meanings. Everyone has their favourite nursery rhymes,...
England: Poems from a School

England: Poems from a School

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Oxford Spires Academy is a small comprehensive school with 30 languages - and one special focus: poetry. In the last five years, its students have won every prize going. They...
Ten Bedtime Poems: Volume Two

Ten Bedtime Poems: Volume Two

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Following on from Ten Bedtime Poems (Volume One) renowned author and academic Germaine Greer chooses ten poems for our bedside tables. As she writes, "...the true bedtime poem is a...
Poetry Please

Poetry Please

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BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. First aired in 1979, the programme, a request show which broadcasts to two million listeners...
Favourite Poems of England: a collection to celebrate this green and

Favourite Poems of England: a collection to celebrate this green and

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Favourite Poems of England From the rolling hills, to those lost in battle over the centuries, to London's bustling streets and a nation obsessed with the weather. Ode to England...
Reasonable Affliction: 1001 Love Poems to Read to Each Other

Reasonable Affliction: 1001 Love Poems to Read to Each Other

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This beautifully produced volume offers an illustrated and diverse collection of poems for people in love to read to each other. Reflections on matters of the heart from Shakespeare to...
American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide

American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide

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Organized as a field guide, a literary anthology filled with classic and contemporary poems and essays inspired by wildflowers-perfect for writers, artists, and botanists alikeAmerican Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide...
Poetry of Love for Every Day of the Year: Volume 7

Poetry of Love for Every Day of the Year: Volume 7

$49.99 AUD$42.49 AUD
Celebrate love with this daily anthology of poetry with one entry for every day of the year. From well-known classics to modern fresh takes, Poetry of Love for Every Day...
The Nibelungenlied

The Nibelungenlied

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A beautiful, skillfully crafted work of chivalric romance Written by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reaches back to the earliest epochs...
Love is Strong as Death: Poems chosen by Paul Kelly

Love is Strong as Death: Poems chosen by Paul Kelly

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A collection of more than 300 of Paul Kelly's favourite poems. Paul Kelly's songs are steeped in poetry. And now he has gathered from around the world the poems he...
Hesiod and Theognis

Hesiod and Theognis

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The poetry of ancient Greece Together the poetry of Hesiod and Theognis offers a superb introduction to the life and thought of ancient Greece. Hesiod's Theogoney (c. 725 BCE) is...
The Epic of Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh

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Penguin Classics relaunch Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu are the only heroes to have survived from the ancient literature of Babylon, immortalized in this epic poem that...
Selected Poems

Selected Poems

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A generous selection from the most charismatic and infamous of the Romantic poets Described as 'Mad, bad and dangerous to know' by one of his lovers, Lady Caroline Lamb, Lord...
The Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry

The Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry

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"an absolutely fascinating selection - notable for its women poets, its intriguing thematic categories, and its helpful mini biographies" - Richard Holmes The Romanticism that emerged after the American and...
The Pre-Raphaelites: From Rossetti to Ruskin

The Pre-Raphaelites: From Rossetti to Ruskin

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An anthology of the great and influential Pre-Raphaelite texts, selected and introduced by Dinah Roe The Pre-Raphaelite Movement began in 1848, and experienced its heyday in the 1860s and 1870s....
German Romantic Poets

German Romantic Poets

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In this unique selection popular giants of the Romantic movement - Goethe, Schiller, Schlegel, Heine - are joined by an array of poets who deserve a wider audience in English,...