Poetry
Explore the best poetry books, including popular collections, English poems about love, war, flowers, and twilight. Discover top-selling poetry titles and the best books to read
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The Silk Dragon II: Translations of Chinese Poetry*From the 25th U.S. Poet Laureate*National Book Award-winner and 25th U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze presents a one-of-a-kind anthology that vividly traces Chinese poetry from its centuries-old lyrical traditions up to the present day.In The Silk Dragon II, National Book Award-winning poet Arthur Sze...
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The SeedsThe Seeds confronts the ecological paradox of homemaking in an environment domesticity rejects--one of mess, disease, and everyday violence--to explore the equal distress and delight entangled in caring for a family, a new home, and the earth that sustains them. Cecily Parks draws on...
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The Road to AfterThis poignant debut novel in verse is a portrait of healing, as a young girl rediscovers life and the soothing power of nature after being freed from her abusive father. For most of her life, Lacey has been a prisoner without even realizing it....
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The Redshifting Web: New & Selected PoemsA comprehensive collection by one of the most intensely musical and visionary poets writing today.Author: Arthur SzePublisher: Copper Canyon PressPublished: 05/01/1998Pages: 250Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80dISBN: 9781556590887Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 04/27/1998 pg. 63Library Journal 07/01/1998 pg. 93About the AuthorArthur Sze...
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The Plum Flower Dance: Poems 1985 to 2005Winner of the 2008 Paterson Award for Literary Excellence "Weaver has crafted a virtual planet in this book with plenty of alternate geographies for readers of all flavors and stripes. Marvelous. Huge. Prodigious." --North American ReviewAuthor: Afaa Michael WeaverPublisher: University of Pittsburgh PressPublished: 11/20/2007Pages:...
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The Penguin Book of Romantic PoetryThe Romanticism that emerged after the American and French revolutions of 1776 and 1789 represented a new flowering of the imagination and the spirit, and a celebration of the soul of humanity with its capacity for love. This extraordinary collection sets the acknowledged genius...
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The Penguin Book of Greek and Latin Lyric VerseA window onto the past, full of fire and life: two immortal traditions as the English language has never seen them before A Penguin Classic The poets in this book are philosophers and statesmen; priestesses and warriors; teenage girls, concerned for their birthday celebrations;...
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The Night Before Lunar New YearDiscover all the celebratory traditions surrounding Lunar New Year in this festive addition to the Night Before series. It's the night before Lunar New Year, and a little girl is excited for all of the celebrations to come. She's prepared dumplings with her mom,...
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The Night Before Christmas: Classic Original Text Paired with Modern Art★ "Stylized acrylic gouache illustrations burst with charming details--from the art on the walls to the sweeping city landscape--that give the pages an air of lively late-night holiday bustle." --Publishers Weekly, starred review'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature...
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The Night Before Christmas: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids#1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Loren Long presents a fresh, modern take on the classic Christmas poem about a visit from Santa Claus in this gorgeous new edition. An Indie Bestseller! Cozy up with the timeless tale that's been reimagined for the twenty-first...
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The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America's Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural WondersThe Nature of Our Times: Poems on America's Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural WondersA Poets for Science anthology and companion to the first national assessment of U.S. lands, waters, and wildlifeEdited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, and David Hassler; Foreword by Phillip...
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The Moon's Time to Shine (Storybots)Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing! The inquisitive crew from the award-winning StoryBots apps, videos, and Emmy Award-winning Netflix show star in a Step 1 reader that is over the moon! Children will recognize the signature catchy rhymes and...
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The Mad Angler: PoemsFrom the Introduction by Jack DriscollMichael Delp's Mad Angler alter ego is equal parts environmental crusader and water shaman, and his hostility toward those "feral hogs of greed" isn't so much invective or diatribe as it is an appeal for sanity in a world...
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The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics"Thoughtful and thought-provoking, this book will plant the seeds of environmental activism in young readers." --Kirkus (starred review)"I encourage everyone to read this book." --Dr. Jane Goodall There's no doubt about it--plastic is in almost everything. From our phones and computers to our toys...
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The Kingdom Where No One DiesThe Kingdom Where No One Dies is a deeply textured and emotionally resonant poetry collection that explores memory, loss, family, and the enduring tension between rootedness and impermanence. Structured in three parts, the manuscript moves with grace and subtle force through personal history, rural...
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The Iliad: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation)From the renowned translator of Rilke, Tao Te Ching, and Gilgamesh, a vivid new translation of Western civilization's foundational epic: The Iliad. Tolstoy called the Iliad a miracle; Goethe said that it always thrust him into a state of astonishment. Homer's story is thrilling,...
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The Idea of an Entire Life: PoemsFrom award-winning Driftpile Cree poet Billy-Ray Belcourt, a dazzling exploration of love, anguish, queerness, and Indigenous resistance in the 21st century Queer Indigenous poet Billy-Ray Belcourt offers up a powerful meditation on the present as a space where the past and a still-possible utopia collide....
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The Hatred of PoetryNo art has been denounced as often as poetry. It's even bemoaned by poets: "I, too, dislike it," wrote Marianne Moore. "Many more people agree they hate poetry," Ben Lerner writes, "than can agree what poetry is. I, too, dislike it and have largely...
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The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems**From the 25th U.S. Poet Laureate****Winner of the 2024 National Book Foundation Science + Literature Award**An affordable paperback edition of the Collected Works of the one of the most astonishing poets writing today: U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur SzeThe Glass Constellation is a triumph spanning...
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The Flowers of Evil: The Definitive English Language EditionA DUAL-LANGUAGE EDITION OF THE WORK THAT SCANDALIZED PARIS AND REINVENTED BEAUTY Probing the depths of the modern psyche in a voice at once caustic and vulnerable, melancholic and humorous, Baudelaire's infamous book brings to the surface a new understanding of evil, of eroticism,...
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