Poems about children and the stories we tell them, about childbirth, innocence and responsibility and what it means to bring new human beings into this world.
Ninth collection from a poet known for her evocations of the sacred, presences, hauntings and the spirit incarnate in every part of the living world.
Fifth collection by Forward-shortlisted poet drawing on the houses and landscapes of childhood. Physical things are remembered both for their own sake and to explore how they continue to shape the self. Poetry Book Society Recommendation.
Playful and poignant first collection by a young poet already known for several pamphlets: poems of love and death, life, loss and grief in which mortality is confronted by the ephemera of popular culture.
First collection of poems drawing on a childhood spent on the Hebridean island of Erraid along with the rupture and re-imagining of a family. Runner-up for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award 2016.
Menna Elfyn is Wales's leading Welsh-language poet. Bondo is the latest of her collections to be published in Welsh and English at the same time: so there is no separate Welsh-language edition.
Fleur Adcock is one of Britain's best-known poets. Hoard is her fourth Bloodaxe collection since Poems 1960-2000, following Dragon Talk (2010), Glass Wings (2013) and The Land Ballot (2015).
First English translation of one of Lithuania's leading poets. Paradoxical, absurd, witty and observant, his poetry reflects Lithuania's post-Soviet society.
From Aberdeen to the Isle of Wight, Out of Bounds is a newly charted map of Britain as viewed by its black and Asian poets. It takes the reader on a riveting, sensory journey through Scotland, England and Wales, showing the whole country from a fresh perspective.
Drawing on his extensive experience of poetry workshops and courses, Peter Sansom shows would-be poets how to write better, how to write authentically, and how to say genuinely what is to... Læs mere
Brings together many favourite poems from the author's four collections - "The Adoption Papers", "Other Lovers", "Off Colour" and "Life Mask" - as well as some previously... Læs mere
Covers 55 years of Indian poetry in English. This anthology represents not just the major poets of the past half-century - the canonical writers who have... Læs mere