Poetry
LOVE FOUND: 50 CLASSIC POEMS OF DESIRE, LONGING, AND DEVOTION
For new sweethearts and long-wed couples alike, poetry is the ultimate gift of love. The classic love poems gathered in this elegant volume capture the full spectrum of romance--desire, longing, passion, and partnership. From Emily Dickinson's steamy declaration that were I with thee / wild nights should be / our luxury!
BONE
Written by Daley-Ward, Yrsa
"yrsa daley-ward's bone is a symphony of breaking and mending. . . . she lays her hands on the pulse of the thing. . . . an expert storyteller. of the rarest. and purest kind." --nayyirah waheed, author of salt. From the celebrated poet Yrsa Daley-Ward, a poignant collection of poems about the heart, life, and the inner self.
SELECTED POEMS OF DONALD HALL
Written by Hall, Donald
"The hard-won achievement of a lifetime." -- Wall Street Journal "When I was twelve I wrote my first poem, and by fourteen I decided that's what I'd do my whole life. I don't regret it." -- from the afterword by Donald Hall Donald Hall was an American master, one of the nation's most beloved and accomplished poets.
SONNETS
Written by Shakespeare, William
The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books 50 Covers competition Gold Medal Winner of the 3x3 Illustration Annual No.
SILENCER
Written by Wicker, Marcus
"Tough talk for tough times. Silencer is both lyrical and merciless-Wicker's mind hums in overdrive, but with the calm and clarity of a marksman."
COLLECTED POEMS
Written by Kinnell, Galway
The definitive collection of poems from Pulitzer Prize winner, MacArthur Fellow, and National Book Award winner Galway Kinnell. "It's the poet's job to figure out what's happening within oneself, to figure out the connection between the self and the world, and to get it down in words that have a certain shape, that have a chance of lasting." --Galway Kinnell
COLLECTED POEMS, 1909-1962
Written by Eliot, T S
The definitive text of Eliot's collected poems "A monumental achievement, and one that frames important and timely questions about the state of Eliot's reputation." --Guardian
BEOWULF
A widely celebrated translator's vivid, accessible, and elegantly concise rendering of an ancient English masterpiece Beowulf tells the story of a Scandinavian hero who defeats three evil creatures--a huge, cannibalistic ogre named Grendel, Grendel's monstrous mother, and a dragon--and then dies, mortally wounded during his last encounter.
DEVOTIONS: THE SELECTED POEMS OF MARY OLIVER
Written by Oliver, Mary
A New York Times Bestseller, chosen as Oprah's Books That Help Me Through for Oprah's Book Club "No matter where one starts reading, Devotions offers much to love, from Oliver's exuberant dog poems to selections from the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Primitive, and Dream Work, one of her exceptional collections.
RESISTANCE, REBELLION, LIFE: 50 POEMS NOW
Poets on the march: 50 crucial poems written in response to the current political climate, selected and introduced by the Ohio Poet Laureate--and son of immigrants--Amit Majmudar. In a political atmosphere where language and even meaning itself are continually under threat, poetry has a critical role to play.
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