Penultimate collection by one of America's leading poets finds him, written in his mid-80s, reflecting on time and memory. Poetry Book Society Recommendation.
Come, Thief centres on the beauty and fragility of our lives, touching on love, science, ageing and mortality, war and the political, the revelatory daily object, and the full embrace of our... Læs mere
The title-sequence of Imtiaz Dharker's third collection speaks for the devil in acknowledging that in many societies women are respected, or listened to, only when they are... Læs mere
The popular Caribbean-British poet John Agard brings his trickster wit to a world of play and parable in which the Little Green Man stands for all pesky outsiders, in poems charged with contemporary relevance.
What are the contours of a life? This collection of poems features: childhood, adolescence, the country then the city, sex, love, marriage, break-ups and... Læs mere
Fourth collection by winner of the Forward Prize for Best First Collection: poems confronting strange interconnections and anxieties of the early 21st century, tuning into what is out of... Læs mere
America’s Tony Hoagland is known for his provocative poetry which interrogates human nature and contemporary culture with an intimate and wild urgency,... Læs mere
After Cézanne is a sequence of 56 poems exploring the life and work of the post-impressionist painter Paul Cézanne, with 26 full colour reproductions of his paintings. Reimagining his... Læs mere
In A Terrorist at My Table, an anguished god surveys a world stricken by fundamentalism in these powerful poems by a writer whose cultural experience spans three countries:... Læs mere
Whip-hot & Grippy is Heather Phillipson's second collection, following her highly praised debut, Instant-flex 718, published in 2013. As well as being an award-winning poet, she is... Læs mere
Waiting for My Clothes, Leanne O'Sullivan's first collection, traces a deeply personal journey, from the traumas of eating disorder and low self-esteem to the saving powers of love and positive awareness.
Miroslav Holub was the Czech Republic's foremost modern poet, and one of her leading immunologists. His fantastical and witty poems give a scientist's bemused view of human folly and other life on the planet. This work covers over 40 years of his poetry.