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Allison McVety’s first collection, The Night Trotsky Came to Stay (Smith/Doorstop, 2007), was the overall winner of the 2006 Book & Pamphlet Competition, and was shortlisted for the Forward Best First Collection Prize 2008. Her poems have appeared in The Times, The Guardian, Poetry Review and...

In Poetry in Motion, author Emmett Mitchell writes timeless poetry that considers the issues that face us today. His collection of poetry ranges on topics from double jeopardy and crime to emotions that change with the wind. He addresses the topics that must be discussed for a consensus or a least...

Famed for his nonsense poem ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’, Edward Lear developed a unique literary nonsense technique in both limericks and prose, which he illustrated with his own hilarious artwork. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting....

Welcome to Poetryland: Teaching Poetry Writing to Young Children draws from Shelley Savren’s forty years of teaching poetry writing in grades pre-K–6 and to focus populations, including gifted and special education students, students in after school programs and at art museums, and homeless, abused,...

Poetry was just a strange characteristic I developed over time. My inspiration came from a host of poets, Iyania Vanzant, Nikki Giovanni, Maya Angelou, just to name a few. Being conscious of your work, and perhaps you really dont feel that it will be amusing to the next person neither. I actually...

"Skoog [is] fashioning a poetry that fluctuates and ripples as incessantly as open water." -Boston Review "Ed Skoog is a master of mischief and misdirection." -Prairie Schooner "Ed Skoog's poetry is so ambitious it takes my breath away." -The Stranger "Run...

It sounds obvious but, again, we learn more about the world literature by studying the evolution of poetry through the centuries; as a result, we find out more of the world's history, evoke our interest and understanding of the ancient writers and of humanity in general. Poetry analysis and...

Cambridge University professor Reynold Nicholson once remarked that the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi is the "greatest mystical poet of any age." In Rumi's vision, love is the very matrix of existence; love is what moves life. His poetry expresses the deepest and the most inclusive layers of love,...

After publishing fourteen books of poetry, Rudy Caldern introduces a collection of poetry that compiles the very best of his published poetry as well as introduces the reader to his more recent work. Known for his impassioned deliveries at poetry readings, Caldern has been invited to and read at legendary...

Elizabethan poet, soldier, courtier, spy and explorer, Sir Walter Raleigh’s poetry is renowned for its straightforward, unornamented mode known as the plain style, resisting the elaborate poetic devices of Italian poetry. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets,...

I began writing song lyric, then came poetry, and short stories, some 40-years-ago. When I was 10-years-old. During the sixties, and in high school, I had the privilege of meeting Poet Laureate of the United States, Mr. Robert Frost. He spoke with me discussing my poetry and my ideas. He told me to...

This collection brings together representative work from Sina Queyras’s poetic oeuvre. Queyras is at the forefront of contemporary discussions of genre, gender, and criticism of poetry. Her influential blog-turned-literary-magazine, Lemon Hound, published up-and-coming writers as well as work by...

The Dead features thirty-seven original poems by Tara Lynn Hawk in her premiere chapbook. Tara's second book,Rhetorical Wanderlust, is publishing late January 2018! Born in northern California, Tara has traveled and lived in Europe, the United Kingdom and the western United States. Her...

More Travels: India, Africa and Australia in Art and Poetry. Returning from overseas and still searching for direction, Julie Vincent heads north and explores the wonders of Australias top end before heading to India and Africa. This book follows on from Travels Within: Art and Poetry, which...