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Funny Story by Henry, Emily
Funny Story
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ A shimmering, joyful novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2024 Named a Must-Read Book of 2024...
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The Women by Hannah, Kristin
The Women
A #1 bestseller on The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times! From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women--at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time...
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  • Wheatley at 250: Black Women Poets Re-imagine the Verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters by Legros Georges, Danielle
    Wheatley at 250: Black Women Poets Re-imagine the Verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters
    This new collection celebrates the 250th anniversary of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773), by gathering the voices of 20 Black female poets to reimagine the work of Phillis Wheatley Peters, both America's first Black poet and the iconic literary ancestor for...
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  • What Light Can Do PB by Hass, Robert
    What Light Can Do PB
    Universally lauded poet Robert Hass offers a stunning, wide-ranging collection of essays on art, imagination, and the natural world--with accompanying photos throughout.What Light Can Do is a magnificent companion piece to the former U.S. Poet Laureate's Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning poetry collection,...
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    $27.67 AUD
  • What I Wish I Said To You by Paredes, Isaac A.
    What I Wish I Said To You
    Heartbreaks and failed relationships are not new to anyone. Sometimes, we move on to greener pastures and leave the pain in the past, but other times the scars remind us every day of the things we just can't get over yet. This small collection...
    $9.16 AUD
    $9.16 AUD
  • What Can the Matter Be? by Taylor, Keith
    What Can the Matter Be?
    Author: Keith TaylorPublisher: Wayne State University PressPublished: 08/06/2024Pages: 88Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.23lbsSize: 9.03h x 6.09w x 0.28dISBN: 9780814351406Review Citation(s): Shelf Awareness 08/22/2024About the AuthorKeith Taylor worked as a bookseller for many years and taught in writing programs at the University of Michigan. His poems...
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    $35.61 AUD
  • West Wind: Poems and Prose Poems by Oliver, Mary
    West Wind: Poems and Prose Poems
    A collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winner whose poems have been praised "as genuine, moving, and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring" (The New York Times).In this stunning collection of forty poems--nineteen previously unpublished--she writes of nature and love, of the way they...
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    $26.07 AUD
  • Ward Toward: Volume 118 by Ok, Cindy Juyoung
    Ward Toward: Volume 118
    Yale Younger Poet Cindy Juyoung Ok resolutely searches for hope in spaces of fragmentation Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize for Best First Book, 2024 - Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry, 2024 "There are places,"...
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    $30.54 AUD
  • The Worst of Broke-Ass Stuart: 20 Years of Love, Death, & Dive Bars by Schuffman, Stuart
    The Worst of Broke-Ass Stuart: 20 Years of Love, Death, & Dive Bars
    For over two decades, writer, rabble-rouser, and bon vivant, Stuart Schuffman (aka Broke-Ass Stuart), has been chronicling life in San Francisco with grit, wit, and an open bar tab. Part memoir, part cultural archive, The Worst of Broke-Ass Stuart brings together twenty years of...
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  • The World As We Know It Is Falling Away by Greer, Jane
    The World As We Know It Is Falling Away
    "The clenched intensity of some of these poems recalls Gerard Manley Hopkins, if we imagine Hopkins as a woman remembering the golden days of her Midwestern girlhood. Offering prayer, praise, elegy, spiritual struggle, and short hymn-like pieces, Jane Greer's work eloquently reminds us of...
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  • The Weir: A Novel of the Maine Coast by Moore, Ruth
    The Weir: A Novel of the Maine Coast
    The Weir, written in 1943, takes place on a small island fishing village in the years before World War II, set against a backdrop of handwork and struggle. Ruth Moore, one of the great regional novelists of the twentieth century, brilliantly and authentically captures...
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  • The Serpent and the Fire: Poetries of the Americas from Origins to Present by Rothenberg, Jerome
    The Serpent and the Fire: Poetries of the Americas from Origins to Present
    Jerome Rothenberg's final anthology--an experiment in omnipoetics with Javier Taboada--reaches into the deepest origins of the Americas, north and south, to redefine America and its poetries The Serpent and the Fire breaks out of deeply entrenched models that limit "American" literature to work written...
    $53.37 AUD
    $53.37 AUD
  • The Prophet by Gibran, Kahlil
    The Prophet
    Chiltern Publishing creates the most beautiful editions of the World's finest literature. Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colors of these remarkable covers make these titles feel extra special and...
    $38.18 AUD
    $38.18 AUD
  • The Prophet by Gibran, Kahlil
    The Prophet
    A worldwide best-seller since its date of original publication in 1923, The Prophet has become a token of free thought and intellectual betterment across many generations of readers. This unique and timeless classic is composed of 28 prose poetry fables, each examining a different...
    $7.62 AUD
    $7.62 AUD
  • Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020 by Phillips, Carl
    Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020
    WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRYA new collection of poems from one of America's most essential, celebrated, and enduring poets, Carl Phillips's Then the War I'm a song, changing. I'm a light rain falling through a vast darkness toward a different darkness....
    $30.54 AUD
    $30.54 AUD
  • The Nature of Things by Lucretius
    The Nature of Things
    The acclaimed translation of the classic poem at the heart of Stephen Greenblatt's The Swerve "A plague . . . tests us in unique ways. . . . Only if you can face the invisible bullets all around us, and still keep calm, remain...
    $24.43 AUD
    $24.43 AUD
  • The Mighty Pollinators by Frost, Helen
    The Mighty Pollinators
    Veteran collaborators return with a feast of fresh, whimsical poems and truly dazzling close-up photographs of mighty pollinators doing what they do best. Have you noticed, on a summer's day, the fine powder at the heart of a flower or floating on a breeze?...
    $29.00 AUD
    $29.00 AUD
  • The Mayor has a Hammer by Schutz, James
    The Mayor has a Hammer
    Written by Jim Schutz, a long-time City Manager of San Rafael, The Mayor Has a Hammer is a poetic tribute to the everyday heroism of local government. As Schutz tells us, "The people who work in local government are my heroes. All of them....
    $38.18 AUD
    $38.18 AUD
  • The In-Between by Van Heidrich, Katie
    The In-Between
    For fans of Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle and Life in Motion by Misty Copeland, this middle grade memoir in verse with "stellar writing [and] perfect pacing" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) chronicles a young girl and her family who must start over after losing...
    $13.73 AUD
    $13.73 AUD
  • The Flowers of Evil / Les Fleurs du Mal (English and French Edition) by Baudelaire, Charles
    The Flowers of Evil / Les Fleurs du Mal (English and French Edition)
    Upon its original publication in 1857 Charles Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du Mal" or "The Flowers of Evil" was embroiled in controversy. Within a month of its publication the French authorities brought an action against the author and the book's publisher claiming that the work...
    $24.40 AUD
    $24.40 AUD
  • The Divine Comedy: The Unabridged Classic by Alighieri, Dante
    The Divine Comedy: The Unabridged Classic
    The complete Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso) in one volume from Vintage Classics. The greatest poem of the Middle Ages, in the standard Carlyle-Okey-Wickstead translation, with full notes. Dante's Divine Comedy relates the allegorical tale of the poet's journey through the three realms of...
    $27.49 AUD
    $27.49 AUD
  • The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso (in One Volume); Introduction by Eugenio Montale by Alighieri, Dante
    The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso (in One Volume); Introduction by Eugenio Montale
    This beautiful hardcover edition--containing all three cantos, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso--includes an introduction by Nobel Prize-winning poet Eugenio Montale, a chronology, notes, and a bibliography. Also included are forty-two drawings selected from Botticelli's marvelous late-fifteenth-century series of illustrations.The Divine Comedy begins in a shadowed...
    $53.45 AUD
    $53.45 AUD

Poetry books offer a unique and profound way to explore language, emotion, and human experience. From classic works to contemporary collections, the best poetry books can move, inspire, and connect readers with the beauty and power of words.

For those seeking the best poetry books, there are timeless collections that continue to resonate with readers. "The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats" is a must-read, showcasing the profound and mystical works of one of Ireland's greatest poets. Another classic is "The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson," which offers a comprehensive look at the innovative and deeply personal verse of this American literary icon.

Popular poetry books often capture the zeitgeist and appeal to modern sensibilities. "Milk and Honey" by Rupi Kaur is a best-selling collection that explores themes of love, loss, and healing through poignant and accessible verse. Similarly, "The Sun and Her Flowers" by the same author continues to captivate readers with its exploration of growth and self-discovery.

For those interested in specific themes, poetry collection books can provide focused explorations. "The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry" offers a broad survey of influential poems from the past century. If you're looking for an English poem about love, "Shakespeare’s Sonnets" are timeless masterpieces that delve into the complexities of love and desire.

Poetry on war offers powerful reflections on conflict and human suffering. Wilfred Owen's "Poems" is a haunting collection that captures the horrors of World War I with vivid imagery and deep emotion. For more tranquil themes, poems on flowers can provide a soothing and beautiful escape. "The Flower Poems of Robert Frost" collects the beloved American poet's meditations on nature and flora.

For those who enjoy atmospheric and contemplative verse, twilight poems offer a reflective mood. "Twilight: A Poem" by John Clare captures the serene and melancholic beauty of the evening hour.

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FAQ's

Q. What are some of the best poetry books to read?

A. Some of the best poetry books to read include "The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats," which showcases the profound works of the Irish poet, and "The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson," offering a comprehensive look at her innovative and personal verse. "Milk and Honey" by Rupi Kaur is also a popular choice, known for its accessible and poignant exploration of love, loss, and healing.

Q. Can you recommend a popular poetry book that captures modern sensibilities?

A. "Milk and Honey" by Rupi Kaur is a best-selling poetry collection that captures modern sensibilities with its exploration of themes such as love, loss, trauma, and healing. Its follow-up, "The Sun and Her Flowers," also continues to resonate with contemporary readers.

Q. What poetry books focus on specific themes like war or flowers?

A. For poetry on war, Wilfred Owen's "Poems" offers a powerful reflection on the horrors of World War I. For a more tranquil theme, "The Flower Poems of Robert Frost" collects the American poet's meditations on nature and flowers.

Q. Are there any classic English poems about love?

A. Yes, "Shakespeare’s Sonnets" are timeless masterpieces that delve into the complexities of love and desire, making them a classic choice for readers interested in English poems about love.

Q. Where can I find a wide selection of poetry books online?

A. You can find a wide selection of poetry books at Booksdeli.com, an online bookstore offering various best-selling books and specialized collections.

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