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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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  • Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid by Giovanni, Nikki
    Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid
    The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred social justice movements and inspired songs, turned hearts and informed generations about the reality of life--especially Black life--in America. One of the foremost African-American writers and activists of her generation, she has been hailed as a healer...
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  • Black Pastoral: Poems by Benson, Ariana
    Black Pastoral: Poems
    Winner of the 2024 Academy of American Poets Lenore Marshall Poetry PrizeFinalist 2023 National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize Black Pastoral explores the complex duality of Black peoples' past and present relationship with nature. It surveys the ways in which our histories (both...
    $35.10 AUD
    $35.10 AUD
  • Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry by Dungy, Camille T.
    Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry
    Black Nature is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated. Black poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of...
    $89.37 AUD
    $89.37 AUD
  • Beowulf Translation and Commentary (Expanded Edition) by Shippey, Tom
    Beowulf Translation and Commentary (Expanded Edition)
    Beowulf, composed around 700 A.D., is the first great epic poem in the English language. It tells the timeless story of a hero's fight against monsters and sets it against a complex background of political intrigue and tribal warfare. Situated in sixth-century Scandinavia, the...
    $50.96 AUD
    $50.96 AUD
  • Behold the Octopus! by Slade, Suzanne
    Behold the Octopus!
    Lyrical text and gorgeous illustrations plunge readers into an undersea exploration of the mysterious, accomplished octopus and its astonishing abilities. Behold the octopus! This remarkable animal hides beneath the seas, so you may not realize that it is one of the most incredible, talented...
    $29.04 AUD
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  • At the End of the World There Is a Pond: Poems by Duong, Steven
    At the End of the World There Is a Pond: Poems
    At the End of the World There Is a Pond is a book about aftermaths. Each poem comes in the wake of a deep rupture--the ruptures of mental illness and addiction, of migration and displacement, of violence, familial conflict, and ecological catastrophe--and yet the...
    $41.28 AUD
    $41.28 AUD
  • A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Bryant, Jen
    A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
    A Caldecott Honor BookA New York Times Best Illustrated Children's BookCharlotte Zolotow Honor BookNCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended BookNCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young PeopleSchool Library Journal Best Books, NonfictionAn ALA Notable BookAward-winning author Jen Bryant and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Melissa Sweet team...
    $27.53 AUD
    $27.53 AUD
  • Anchor of My Soul: A Treasury of Readings on Trust and Hope by Editors at Paraclete Press
    Anchor of My Soul: A Treasury of Readings on Trust and Hope
    Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again. --Anne Frank In life's most uncertain moments, hope is our anchor--steady, unwavering, and full of promise. Anchor of My Soul is a beautifully curated collection of literary reflections,...
    $33.63 AUD
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  • All Things Bright and Beautiful by Claude, Jean
    All Things Bright and Beautiful
    Rich and lively illustrations bring to life a classic song for today's kids and families "All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful--the Lord God made them all." In this stunning book, birds soar, bugs burrow, elephants...
    $24.46 AUD
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  • A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems by Pessoa, Fernando
    A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems
    The largest and richest English-language volume of poetry from "the greatest twentieth-century writer you have never heard of" (Los Angeles Times)―now thoroughly revised and updated Edited, Translated, and with an Introduction by Richard Zenith, the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Pessoa: A Biography...
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    $30.59 AUD
  • A Body More Tolerable by Simpson, Jaye
    A Body More Tolerable
    Ferocious and vulnerable poems about redefining acts of creation, destruction, deconstruction, and recreation, from a singular Indigiqueer point of viewa body more tolerable is a collection of powerful and haunting poems combining faerie tales, mythology, and a self-divinized female rage. Divided into three parts,...
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    $27.45 AUD
  • Wild/Hurt: Poems by Ford, Meg
    Wild/Hurt: Poems
    Wild/Hurt by Meg Ford takes the abstract 'journey' of trauma recovery and makes it concrete with interactive poetics. The reader can follow multiple paths that mirror the choices, experiences, and struggles one makes when reclaiming themselves in the face of sexual abuse. While being...
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    $27.53 AUD
  • Where Hope Comes from: Poems of Resilience, Healing, and Light by Gill, Nikita
    Where Hope Comes from: Poems of Resilience, Healing, and Light
    **The Sunday Times Bestseller** Instagram superstar and poet Nikita Gill returns to her roots with her most personal collection yet, including more than twenty poems exclusive to the US edition. I took my worries out and laid them carefully on the kitchen table. Then...
    $24.46 AUD
    $24.46 AUD
  • Trees: An Anthology of Writings and Paintings by Hesse, Hermann
    Trees: An Anthology of Writings and Paintings
    Hermann Hesse understood trees to be symbols of transcendence and rebirth, of instinctive growth present in all natural life. This elegant collection of his essays, poems, and passages on trees, accompanied by thirty-one of his watercolor illustrations, reveals his inspired thoughts on nature, spirituality,...
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    $45.88 AUD
  • Tree Fall with Birdsong by Dunkelberg, Kendall
    Tree Fall with Birdsong
    Tree Fall with Birdsong explores the natural world around the poet's home in Mississippi and delves into memories of the rural landscapes of Iowa where he was raised, Flanders, and other places he has traveled. These poems look to the natural life cycle as...
    $29.06 AUD
    $29.06 AUD
  • Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani on the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Series by Dawes, Kwame
    Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani on the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Series
    TOWARD A LIVING ARCHIVE OF AFRICAN POETRY collects Kwame Dawes's and Chris Abani's introductory essays for the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Box Set Series. These essays are conversations that celebrate the work of emerging African poets and build--meticulously and with principled care--a vision of...
    $27.45 AUD
    $27.45 AUD
  • The Waste Land and Other Poems by Eliot, T. S.
    The Waste Land and Other Poems
    A Penguin Classic While recovering from a mental collapse in a Swiss sanitarium in 1921, T. S. Eliot finished what became the definitive poem of the modern condition, one that still casts a large and ominous shadow over twentieth-century poetry. Built upon the imagery...
    $18.35 AUD
    $18.35 AUD
  • The Red Wheelbarrow & Other Poems by Williams, William Carlos
    The Red Wheelbarrow & Other Poems
    Gathered here are the gems of William Carlos Williams's astonishing achievements in poetry. Dramatic, energetic, beautiful, and true, this slim selection will delight any reader--The Red Wheelbarrow & Other Poems is a book to be treasured.Author: William Carlos WilliamsPublisher: New Directions Publishing CorporationPublished: 05/29/2018Pages:...
    $18.28 AUD
    $18.28 AUD
  • The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: Poetry Anthology, a by Bly, Robert
    The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: Poetry Anthology, a
    "[The editors'] collaboration resulted in a book with a remarkable group of poets across the ages, from Emily Dickinson to Charles Bukowski, from Catullus to Bob Dylan. . . . These are poems focusing on concerns of the heart--fathers and sons, love and hurt,...
    $30.57 AUD
    $30.57 AUD
  • The Paradiso by Alighieri, Dante
    The Paradiso
    In The Paradiso, Dante explores the goal of human striving: the merging of individual destiny with universal order. One of the towering creations of world literature, this epic discovery of truth is a work of mystical intensity? an immortal hymn to God, Nature, Eternity,...
    $12.16 AUD
    $12.16 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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