First collection by one of Britain's liveliest young poets. Wayne Holloway-Smith has been a been a strong presence on the London poetry scene for several years, renowned for his wildly imaginative poems and compelling stage presence.
The Bloodaxe edition of Bunting's Complete Poems is a reissue of The Complete Poems (Oxford University Press, 1994). Bloodaxe later sublicensed a critical edition of Bunting’s complete... Læs mere
Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is widely viewed as Japan's greatest poet of the 20th century. "Strong in the Rain" - this selection's title-poem - has arguably become the most memorised and quoted modern poem in Japan.
States of Happiness is Suzanne Batty’s second full-length collection, following her much praised debut The Barking Thing, published in 2007.
Selected Poems draws on Jenny Joseph's first four collections of poetry, The Unlooked-for Season (1960), Rose in the Afternoon (1974), The Thinking Heart (1978) and Beyond Descartes (1983).
Posthumous winner of Costa Book of the Year 2017, this was the final collection by the renowned poet and novelist, much of it written from her sickbed while facing death. With spare,... Læs mere
First Collected edition of the poetry in English by one of India's greatest modern poets.
Published on his 75th birthday, this new selection presents just over a hundred of Brendan Kennelly's most essential poems, with a QR code giving readers access to an online album of readings by Brendan Kennelly of many poems from the book.
Second collection by American soldier-poet who served in Bosnia and Iraq relating to war and its aftermath. Shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize.
Tony Harrison's v. was written during the Miners' Strike of 1984-85 when he visited his parents' grave in a Leeds cemetery and found it vandalised by obscene graffiti. Channel Four’s film of v. won... Læs mere
Edward Thomas wrote a lifetime's poetry in just two years during the First World War. Already a dedicated prose writer and influential critic, he became a poet only in... Læs mere
The latest addition to Bloodaxe's range of books appealing to a broad reader-ship, Lifesaving Poems has grown from Anthony Wilson's popular poetry blog into a highly personal anthology.