10 Feb
1837 Aleksandr Pushkin died at the age of thirty-seven, from a stomach wound suffered in a duel two days earlier. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Read works by Aleksandr Pushkin
Read the opening extract of the brand new Lauren DeStefano book before its publication on 16/02/2012
Black Cat Bone John Burnside
Winner of the T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2011.
John Burnside's remarkable new book is full of strange, unnerving poems that hang in the memory like a myth or a song. These are poems of thwarted love and disappointment, of... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011
The Bees Carol Ann Duffy
Winner of the Costa Poetry Award 2011.
Shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy UK Author of the Year Award 2011.
Reviewed and selected by our poetry expert, Liam Parkin.
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s new... Format: Hardback - Released: 07/10/2011
The Picador Book of Funeral Poems Don Paterson
Designed for those in need of poetic solace, and a gift book for the
recently bereaved, it is also intended as a book to read from at
memorial ceremonies, when judging the tone and hitting the right note is
everything. Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
The Picador Book of Wedding Poems Peter Forbes
A romantic collection of poems perfect for popping the question,
making a public speech or privately declaring your intentions. Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
The Picador Book of Love Poems John Stammers
Here, old favourites from Spenser to Tennyson sit side by side with poems by Carol Ann Duffy and Michael Donaghy, the distance between the poets closed by their single timeless theme. Whether you're feeling tempted, seduced, tormented, or rejected, or... Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
The Picador Book of Birth Poems Kate Clanchy
Where do we find the words to greet a new arrival? In this celebratory book, poet Kate Clanchy has made an inspired choice of poems that speak powerfully of the wonder, joy, bewilderment and mystery that new life brings, from... Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin Philip Larkin
The manuscript and printed sources have been scrutinized afresh; more detailed accounts than hitherto available of the sources of the text and of dates of composition are provided; and, previous accounts of composition dates have been corrected. Variant wordings from... Format: Hardback - Released: 19/01/2012
As Carol Ann Duffy says in her introduction to The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems : ‘The best of poetry is memorable, as prayers are, and in this wonderful selection of classic poems both young and older readers will find something that will stay with them, or has stayed with them, all of their lives’.
Feeling in need of some inspiration? Poetry can often reach those
literary parts that other genres can't quite get to. Whether you are
hoping to ruminate on life's complexity or are looking to have your
funnybone ticked, we've got a selection of titles to appeal to all
tastes...
Night David Harsent
Shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2011.
Among the poems that open Night, David Harsent's follow-up to his Forward Prize-winning collection Legion , is a startling sequence about...
November Sean O'brien
Shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2011.
November is Sean O'Brien's first collection since his widely celebrated The Drowned Book, the only book of poetry to have won...
Profit and Loss Leontia Flynn
Shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2011.
Celebrated as an unusually original poet - nervy, refreshing, deceptively simple - Leontia Flynn has quickly developed into a writer of...
Armour John Kinsella
Shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2011.
With Armour, the great Australian poet John Kinsella has written his most spiritual work to date and his most politically engaged....
Grace Esther Morgan
Shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2011.
What happens if, when the angel arrives with his message, no one's at home? In poems of lyric concentration, Grace examines...
Memorial Alice Oswald
Matthew Arnold praised the Iliad for its 'nobility', as has everyone ever since - but ancient critics praised it for its enargeia, its 'bright unbearable reality' (the word used when...
Farmers Cross Bernard O'Donoghue
Shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2011.
This book brings together subtle and moving meditations on exile and belonging, travel and home, and honours many friends and loved...
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Even My Ears are Smiling Michael Rosen
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 17 November 2011.
Former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen’s wonderfully touching and witty poems take readers through many familiar family moments such as...
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