Poetry category: 46548 books

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at each calendar month through the eyes and minds of our most...

LORRAINE VAILS book of poems, Fire in The Grass, is a page turner. Her centos are luminous, including Cento on Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry 2006, in one of her standout sections, The State of Poetry. Heartbreak embraces heart-wrenching poems such as Last Afternoon at the House,...

This powerful and provocative new installment of poetry is a recipient of the 2014 National Poetry Series Prize, as chosen by Campbell McGrath. The National Poetry Series’s long tradition of promoting exceptional poetry from lesser-known poets delivers another outstanding collection of poetry...

Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation Irish-English bilingual edition This is the first comprehensive critical anthology of modern poetry in Irish with English translations. It forms a sequel to Seán Ó Tuama and Thomas Kinsella's pioneering anthology, An Duanaire 1600-1900 /...

"These are the poems that made Edna St. Vincent Millay’s reputation when she was young. Saucy, insolent, flip, and defiant, her little verses sting the page," writes Nancy Milford in the Introduction to The Selected Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. As one of America’s most beloved poets–and...

Edna St. Vincent Millay’s childhood was a life of transient poverty. Her mother Cora, who was separated for many years from, and finally divorced in 1904, her father Henry Tolman Millay, moved Edna and her two sisters constantly from town to town during their upbringing. The family would finally...

Diamante Lavendar is the award-winning author of Poetry and Ponderings and Breaking the Silence, having won the Pinnacle Award and Gold Medal Award for her literary achievements. In this rare collection of nonfiction Christian poetry and prose based on real life experiences, Diamante Lavendar,...

Selected poems from a respected African American poet Visit our Events page for details about the Kent screening of the new film Jump Back, Honey: The Poetry and Performance of Herbert Woodward Martin. Herbert Woodward Martin’s body of poetry from the past five decades is, in many...

Dive deep into the subjects of Love, Life and God with this profound poetry collection from Poet Radha Mulder. Radha weaves words that are moving, hypnotic, and encompass you in thoughts that leave you lingering and simultaneously diving into the meaning and depths of such prominent and important...

Poetry is the soul in words. The soul’s language is truth; this is a vibration that resonates in the heart of all sentient beings. Poetry does not require explanation, it is a feeling within. Poetry is a universal language that is understood in the heart of any nature open enough to receive it. The...

William Wordsworth Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world's best William Wordsworth collection, including the most complete set of Wordsworth's works available plus many free bonus materials. William Wordsworth William Wordsworth was a major English Romantic...

The Soul Exceeds its Circumstances brings together sixteen of the most prominent scholars who have written on Seamus Heaney to examine the Nobel Prize winner’s later poetry from a variety of critical and theoretical perspectives. While a great deal of attention has been devoted to Heaney’s early...

Poetry written in English is uniquely powerful and suggestive in its capacity to surprise, unsettle, shock, console, and move. The Cambridge History of English Poetry offers sparklingly fresh and dynamic readings of an extraordinary range of poets and poems from Beowulf to Alice Oswald. An international...

For the past twenty-five years, North Point Press has been working with Edward Snow, "Rilke's best contemporary translator" (Brian Phillips, The New Republic), to bring into English Rilke's major poetic works. The Poetry of Rilke—the single most comprehensive volume of Rilke's German poetry...