Modern Poetry Collection

For anyone who's in love - or hopes to be - what greater celebration could there be than to hear the world's greatest love poetry read lovingly by Richard Armitage? With 13 poems by William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and more, Classic Love Poems is a listening treat for Valentine's Day - or any day.

'If you feel as though your life is lacking a bit of poetry, this is an excellent place to start' – The Times Allie Esiri’s audio anthology, A Poet for Every Day of the Year, is the perfect introduction to 366 of the world’s greatest ever verse writers. Perfect for listening to together as...

Have It, a collection of subversive poems, is brought to life by the author John Cooper Clarke. John Cooper Clarke may have an honorary doctorate and a poem on the English Literature GCSE syllabus, but don’t let that fool you: the ‘Poet Laureate of Punk’ is still a bona fide iconoclast. In...

Bloomsbury presents Tomorrow Is Beautiful written and read by Sarah Crossan. _______________ 'What a joy of a book this is' – Irish Times 'A delightful collection' – Scotsman _______________ Sometimes it's hard to find the right words. This poetry anthology provides the antidote, offering...

For students of Middle English, Andrew and Waldron's The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript has been the key edition of the four Pearl poems for over 30 years. With the changing needs of today's students in mind, the editors produced a complete prose translation of the four poems - the best known of which is "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". The near-literal translations are intended to facilitate understanding of the four poems - to lead readers to, rather than away from, the original texts.

A suite of poems that channels the legendary singer-songwriter Ritchie Valens to examine and question mid-twentieth-century conceptions of race and art, identity and desire Ragged and raging across the spectrums of cognition, race, and gender, Tarta Americana lyrically envisions forms of...

Eine ganz besondere Sammlung an Gedichten aus mehreren Jahrhunderten bis zur Gegenwart, bei denen das schönste der Gefühle im Mittelpunkt steht. Romantische, fantastische, klassische und moderne Verse treffen auf eine einzigartig eindrückliche Umsetzung. Unverwechselbare Stimmen, so vielfältig und kontrastreich wie die Gedichte selbst, erwecken sie durch Sprache und Gesang zum Leben. Die Liebe in ihren Höhen und Tiefen, das kann mal rührend, mal freudig, mal traurig oder auch mal komisch sein. So gelingt eine magische und tief berührende Sicht auf die Liebe in all ihren Facetten.

Since 1998, the Alfred A. Knopf Publishing Group has celebrated National Poetry Month by emailing a poem-a-day throughout the month of April to over 25,000 devoted poetry fans. In April 2006, Knopf introduced the Poem-a-Day podcast, which featured poets including Kevin Young and James Merrill...

This program is read by the author. A selection of poems from the celebrated poet and lawyer Beginning with his first book, Shouting at No One, from 1983, and continuing through to So Where Are We?, from 2017, A Certain Clarity provides a generous selection of Lawrence Joseph’s poetry “of...

The Best of Twentieth-Century Poetry offers an extensive survey of English poetry of the last hundred years. Representing the work of more than thirty poets, and extending from Thomas Hardy’s lines on the loss of Titanic to the present-day concerns of Seamus Heaney, The Best of...

Never one to shy away from difficult subjects, in Love, Of a Kind Dennis brings awkwardness, pain and intimacy together in an inimitable and pithy way. In over 50 new poems, accompanied by woodcut engravings, not only does Dennis present us with a different kind of love, but he also presents us...

Descubre con esta antología la poesía de Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, el primer poeta moderno, recitada por grandes actores y actrices como Adriana Ozores, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, María Luisa Merlo, María Galiana y Juan Echanove. En sus ‘Rimas’ se une el romanticismo tardío con la voluntad de reducir sus excesos sentimentales.

In his debut poetry collection Five Aspects, lifelong wanderer, poet, and philosopher Akira explores the lifecycle of love and relationships. Across five chapters you'll be taken on a journey filled with passion, desire, and romance. Following in the footsteps of the innocent dreamer, you'll walk along the well-trodden paths of intimacy and togetherness. Every one of the five aspects along the way will challenge the way you think, feel, and reflect upon your very own romantic experiences.