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The Essential Ginsberg

The Essential Ginsberg

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Author: Allen Ginsberg Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 'Everybody's serious but me. It occurs to me that I am America. I am talking to myself again.' Bringing...
The Penguin Book of English Song: Seven Centuries of Poetry from Chaucer to Auden

The Penguin Book of English Song: Seven Centuries of Poetry from Chaucer to Auden

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Author: Richard Stokes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 976 An anthology of some of the greatest poetry in the English language Poetry and music have been associated with...
The Epic of Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh

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Author: Andrew George Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 A reissue of Andrew George's bestselling translation, now revised and expanded with the addition of newly discovered material. Miraculously...
Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems

Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems

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Author: Allen Ginsberg Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 128 Allen Ginsberg was the bard of the beat generation, and Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems is a collection of...
Whiskey Words & a Shovel I

Whiskey Words & a Shovel I

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Author: r.h. Sin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Originally released in 2015, this re-rerelease packs the same punch as the first version, but makes an even greater...
One Thousand Things Worth Knowing: Poems

One Thousand Things Worth Knowing: Poems

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Author: Paul Muldoon (Princeton University) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 Another wild, expansive collection from the eternally surprising Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Smuggling diesel; Ben-Hur (the movie, yes, but also...
A Doll for Throwing: Poems

A Doll for Throwing: Poems

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Author: Mary Jo Bang Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 88 The exquisite new collection by the award-winning poet Mary Jo Bang, author of The Last Two Seconds and Elegy We...
The Exchange

The Exchange

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Author: Sophie Cabot Black Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 75 "Black's voice is startling, jagged and implacable, and [her poetry] is steep, precipitous and dazzling." --Los Angeles Times Book Review...
Marvelous Things Overheard

Marvelous Things Overheard

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Author: Ange Mlinko Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 112 A vibrant and eclectic collection from a stunningly mature young poet The world--the time has come to say it, though the...
Caribou

Caribou

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Author: Charles Wright Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 Charles Wright's truth - the truth of nature, of man's yearning for the divine, of aging - is at the heart...
Selected Poems

Selected Poems

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Author: Derek Walcott Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Drawing from every stage of his career, this volume collects selected poems from Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott's lifetime of work....
The Sonnets and a Lover's Complaint

The Sonnets and a Lover's Complaint

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Author: William Shakespeare Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 When this volume of Shakespeare's poems first appeared in 1609, he had already written most of the great plays that made...
Selected Poems and Prose

Selected Poems and Prose

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Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 944 Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly; Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance...
The Aeneid

The Aeneid

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Author: Virgil Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Inspired by Homer, and the inspiration for Dante and Milton, Virgil's The Aeneid is an immortal epic poem of the...
Hesiod and Theognis

Hesiod and Theognis

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Author: Hesiod Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 Together the poetry of Hesiod and Theognis offers a superb introduction to the life and thought of ancient Greece. Hesiod's...
Selected Poems

Selected Poems

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Author: Lord Byron Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 880 Described as 'Mad, bad and dangerous to know' by one of his lovers, Lady Caroline Lamb, Lord Byron was...
Beowulf

Beowulf

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Author: Michael Alexander Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 A spectacular verse translation of one the most foundational texts in world literature Beowulf is the greatest surviving work...
SMEAR: Poems for Girls

SMEAR: Poems for Girls

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Author: Greta Bellamacina Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 SMEAR: Poems For Girls presents a curated, all-female lineup of poets from different countries, and addresses issues of trauma,...
Pillow Thoughts

Pillow Thoughts

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Author: Courtney Peppernell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love, and raw emotions. It is divided into...
Child of the Moon

Child of the Moon

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Author: Jessica Semaan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 200 "In her debut collection, Semaan offers an upfront &moving glimpse into the true nature of healing: an imperfect, nonlinear...
Love Looks Pretty on You

Love Looks Pretty on You

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Author: Lang Leav Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Filled with wisdom and encouragement, every single page is a testament to the power of words, and the impact...
The Poetry of Birds

The Poetry of Birds

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Author: Samuel Carr Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 A sublime collection of beautiful poems written about birds to read again and again as a source of comfort and joy....
American Melancholy: Poems

American Melancholy: Poems

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Author: Joyce Carol Oates Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 A new collection of poetry from an American literary legend, her first in twenty-five years Joyce Carol Oates is one...
William Shakespeare and Others: Collaborative Plays

William Shakespeare and Others: Collaborative Plays

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Author: Prof. Eric Rasmussen (USA) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 816 Developed in partnership with The Royal Shakespeare Company, this is the first edition for over a hundred years of...
How to Enjoy Poetry

How to Enjoy Poetry

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Author: Frank Skinner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 64 'Someone recently said to me, in reference to my poetry podcast, that you'd think poetry would be more popular than ever,...
Naming Thy Name: Cross Talk in Shakespeare's Sonnets

Naming Thy Name: Cross Talk in Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Author: Elaine Scarry (Harvard University) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A fascinating case for the identity of Shakespeare's beautiful young man Shakespeare's sonnets are indisputably the most enigmatic and...
Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

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Author: William Shakespeare Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin Classics livery A battle-hardened...
Whiskey Words & a Shovel II

Whiskey Words & a Shovel II

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Author: r.h. Sin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 R.H. Sin's second volume continues the passion and vigor of his previous publication. His stanzas inspire strength through the...
Waka and Things, Waka as Things

Waka and Things, Waka as Things

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Author: Edward Kamens Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 A challenging study offering a new perspective on classical Japanese poems and how they interact with and are part of material...
There Once Was a Girl Who Created a World

There Once Was a Girl Who Created a World

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Author: Louis Cannizzaro Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 88 Self-published poet and painter Louis Cannizzaro invites you into a universe of playful and haunting poetry with There Once Was a...
More Salt than Diamond: Poems

More Salt than Diamond: Poems

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Author: Aline Mello Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 Born in Brazil, Aline Mello immigrated to the United States in 1997. Using her experience as an undocumented woman during a...
Playing with Matches

Playing with Matches

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Author: Michael Faudet Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 296 Playing with Matches is the ultimate collector's edition by internationally best-selling poet, Michael Faudet. A beautiful hardcover gift book that has...
Clybourne Park

Clybourne Park

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Author: Bruce Norris Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Clybourne Park spans two generations fifty years apart. In 1959, Russ and Bev are selling their desirable two-bedroom at a bargain...
Rising from the Plains

Rising from the Plains

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Author: John McPhee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Rising from the Plains is John McPhee's third book on geology and geologists. Following Basin and Range and In Suspect Terrain,...
A Casual Penance

A Casual Penance

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: John Foulcher Format: Paperback...
So Bright and Delicate: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne

So Bright and Delicate: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne

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Author: Jane Campion Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 So Bright and Delicate contains the love poems and correspondence composed by Keats in the heat of his passion,...
Faust, Part I

Faust, Part I

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Author: Goethe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 Goethe's Faust reworks the late medieval myth of Dr Faust, a brilliant scholar so disillusioned he resolves to make a...
Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

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Author: Edmond Rostand Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Poet and soldier, brawler and charmer, Cyrano de Bergerac is desperately in love with Roxane, the most beautiful woman...
The Aeneid

The Aeneid

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Author: Virgil Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 W. F. Jackson Knight's prose translation captures the vitality and music of the original, while his introduction discusses Virgil's life...
The Poems

The Poems

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Author: Caius Valerius Catullus Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 One of the most versatile of Roman poets, Catullus wrote verse of an almost unparalleled diversity and stylistic...
Arthurian Romances

Arthurian Romances

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Author: Chretien Troyes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 Taking the legends surrounding King Arthur and weaving in new psychological elements of personal desire and courtly manner, Chretien...
The Pre-Raphaelites: From Rossetti to Ruskin

The Pre-Raphaelites: From Rossetti to Ruskin

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Author: Dinah Roe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 The Pre-Raphaelite Movement began in 1848, and experienced its heyday in the 1860s and 1870s. Influenced by the then...
Selected Poems: Blake

Selected Poems: Blake

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Author: William Blake Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 Writer and religious rebel, William Blake (1757 1827) sowed the seeds for Romanticism in his innovative poems concerning faith...
The Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Hell

The Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Hell

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Author: Dante Alighieri Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Dante's descent into the Underworld to find his lost love. Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the...
The Rivered Earth: From the author of A SUITABLE BOY

The Rivered Earth: From the author of A SUITABLE BOY

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Author: Vikram Seth Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 112 The Rivered Earth contains four libretti written by Vikram Seth to be set to music by Alec Roth -...
masquerade

masquerade

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Author: Cyrus Parker Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 Divided into three parts and illustrated by Parker, masquerade grapples with topics such as the never-ending search for acceptance,...
One Toss of the Dice: The Incredible Story of How a Poem Made Us Modern

One Toss of the Dice: The Incredible Story of How a Poem Made Us Modern

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Author: R. Howard Bloch (Yale University) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 The forerunner of our digital age, a French poem about a shipwreck published in 1897, with its mind-bending...
Toxicon & Arachne

Toxicon & Arachne

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Author: Joyelle McSweeney Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 'The power of McSweeney's work cannot be separated from its association with forms of oracle and soothsaying, and so it is...