How to Lay an Egg With a Horse Inside
£16.99Welcome to Brian Bilston's ‘writing masterclass': a collection of more than 100 poems woven into a charming and informative guide on how to read, write and enjoy poetry.
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Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders
£14.99The sixteen poems gathered in Ted Hughes’ ‘Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders’ brim and bristle with the life Hughes generates from the absolute attention he commits to whatever it is he is looking at. His knack for finding a language to animate its subject, without a trace of sentiment or nostalgia, singles out Hughes as one of the truly great poet-interpreters of the natural world. This edition gives full justice to the subtlety of the original watercolour illustrations, produced by Hughes’s long-term collaborator and friend, the American artist, Leonard Baskin.
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Tender
£14.99‘Tender’ captures all the tiny, fragile, perfect moments of new life and, with it, new parenthood. Full of sleepless wonder and with his characteristic wit and warmth, Harry Baker offers snapshots into the intense first 100 days with his son as they get to know each other.
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Emily Dickinson
£14.99Explore the enigmatic life and poetry of Emily Dickinson, whose poetry delves into themes of death, nature, love and the complexities of the human soul, making her a timeless figure in American literature.
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
£14.99A curated collection of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poetry that explores the personal, political and intellectual depth of this pivotal Victorian poet.
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Sonnets
£18.99A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Shakespeare’s immortal poems with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon. Love sonnets are for romantics, starry-eyed lovers and ardent hearts. And Shakespeare’s sonnets are the best ever written. But this is why they are also for cynics, for star-crossed lovers and for those who know the anguish of unrequited love. Some appear to be written to a young man, some to a woman. And although the poems are full of mystery – why did Shakespeare write them, and to whom? Each one speaks to us from across the centuries of love, hate and the intensity of being alive.
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I Still Believe in Miracles
£16.99Choose to love despite it all. How do you respond to fear, grief, heartbreak, war, loss, injustice, a world that seems more divided and messed up than ever? Poet Lucas Jones explores how we search for meaning in difficult times in this remarkable homage to the beautiful humanity of choosing to love despite it all. Powerful, uplifting and authentic, these are poems to hold close, to cry over, to remind you that there is profound and unwavering hope.
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Collected Poems
£16.99Here are the full poetic works of our wittiest and much-beloved writer, including many previously uncollected poems. When ‘Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis’ was published in 1986 Wendy Cope became that rarest of creatures: a best-selling and celebrated poet. Her artful combination of clarity and wit made an extraordinary impact in poems that cocked a gentle snook at the pomposity of a literary world hitherto dominated by men. Since then, through four further collections, she has continued to delight, finding, through the viral nature of the web, a whole new generation of enthusiastic readers. Love and heartbreak; life and death – those daily desires and fears that underlie our existences – these are the subjects she tackles with an unpretentiousness that draws us in and an emotional resonance that keeps us coming back for more.
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Stop All the Clocks
£10.00W.H. Auden was the consummate poet of love and heartbreak. ‘Stop All the Clocks’ presents a selection of his most well-known and lucid poems, poems that give shape and expression to our strongest emotions. Here are the anxieties that can beset our waking and sleeping hours: the delirium of desire, the torture of unrequited love, the trauma of loss and displacement. And here, in these resonant, dazzling poems, is the clarity and understanding we might be looking for.
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Burns for Every Day of the Year
£25.00Across the world, as midnight strikes on New Year’s Eve, Burns’s beloved song ‘Auld Lang Syne’ is sung in a spirit of friendship and togetherness. But his exuberant wit, insight and generous-hearted humanity can be celebrated every day. This collection – perfect for Burns aficionados and Burns beginners alike – reminds us of old favourites and introduces new treasures. Thoughtfully curated by Dr Pauline Mackay of the University of Glasgow, it offers 366 glimpses into the genius of this remarkable bard, creating a panoramic view of his colourful life and multifaceted literary legacy.
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When Angels Speak of Love
£10.99Icon of women’s movement and author of over 20 books including a narrative series on love, bell hooks, makes this brilliant debut as a poet, now, reminding us of the good and bad moments we spend in love.