Poetry

The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson

by , Ernest Dowson

This classic book contains the poems and prose of the well-known Ernest Dawson, and would make an excellent addition to the bookshelf of anyone with a passion for poetry and short literature. Many of the earliest...

The Lord Is My Shepherd: Resting in the Peace and Power of Psalm 23

by Robert J. Morgan

Bestselling author Robert J. Morgan explores the rich meaning and transcendent comfort of the world’s best-known and most-loved poem: Psalm 23.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He makes me to lie...

A Lover's Complaint

by William Shakespeare

From off a hill whose concave womb reworded A plaintful story from a sist'ring vale, My spirits t'attend this double voice accorded, And down I laid to list the sad-tuned tale, Ere long espied a fickle maid...

The Complete Poems of Rupert Brooke

by Rupert Brooke

Rupert Brooke was born on 3 August 1887. After leaving Cambridge University, where he became good friends with many of those in the 'Bloomsbury Group', Brooke studied in Germany and travelled in Italy. In 1909...

Trace: Poems

by Eric Pankey

His arresting ninth collection of poems, Eric Pankey’s Trace locates itself at a threshold between faith and doubt—between the visible and the invisible, the say-able and the ineffable, the physical and the...

Notes from a Bottle Found on the Beach at Carmel: A Poem

by Evan S. Connell

Praise for Notes from a Bottle Found on the Beach at Carmel

“A unique tour de force” —The New York Times Book Review

“One of the most remarkable books that I have read in a long time.” —Kenneth Rexroth...

Haywire: Poems

by George Bilgere

Tenth annual winner of the May Swenson Poetry Award, Haywire is a well-polished collection from a highly accomplished poet. With humor, compassion, and an unflinching eye, Bilgere explores the human condition...

New Poems Book Three

by Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski was one of America's best-known writers and one of its most influential and imitated poets. Although he published over 45 books of poetry, hundreds of his poems were kept by him and his publisher...

Poetry Penned to Perfection: Modern Selections from a Proud Poetess

by Courtney Caswell-Peyton & Tara Keppler

In havoc or at holiday time, poetry does everything from soothe our souls to help us celebrate. Celebrate Courtney Caswell-Peyton's first-ever volume of poetry. Let it take you on a spectacularly versed journey...

Voices of the Future

by Etan Thomas

NBA star Etan Thomas helps give voice to the poetic and socially conscious ideas of young people.

Tender Buttons: Objects

by Gertrude Stein & Lisa Congdon

First published in 1914, Gertrude Stein's revolutionary poetic work Tender Buttons is a must-read for every serious lover of literature. Delighting in the rhythm of words, its first section, "Objects," runs...

A Collection of Comfort

by Helen Steiner Rice

Take heart in the promises of your heavenly Father and experience renewed comfort and encouragement through this priceless collection of inspiring verse by Helen Steiner Rice.

Gestures of Love

by Andrew Lansdown

Few poets have explored the weight and wonder of fatherhood like Andrew Lansdown. Over the years he has established a high reputation for his subtle, insightful poems about his wife and children. Now, for the...

Fancy Girl

by Jasen Sousa

Fancy Girl by Jasen Sousa is a novel in poems which tells the coming of age story of Deanna Keight, a teenage single mom who is struggling to raise her daughter Madelyn inside of the Mystic Housing Developments...

The Selected Poetry Of Yehuda Amichai

by Yehuda Amichai, Chana Bloch & C.K. Williams

Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000) was Israel's most popular poet, as well as a literary figure of international reputation. In this collection, renowned translators Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell have selected Amichai's...

A Mirror for Lovers: Shake-speare's Sonnets as Curious Perspective

by William F. Zak

A Mirror for Lovers: Shake-speare’s Sonnets as Curious Perspective, by William F. Zak, seeks to identify in Shake-speare’e sonnet sequence the structural and thematic features of the satirical tradition...

The Border Kingdom

by D. Nurkse

In a collection of urgent and intimate poems, D. Nurkse explores the biblical past and the terrifying politics of the present with which it resonates, the legacy of fathers and the flawed kingdoms they leave...

Diaries of Exile

by Yannis Ritsos, Edmund Keeley & Karen Emmerich

Harrowing, sorrowful poems written in prison by one of Greece's most important twentieth-century poets.

Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan

by June Jordan

“Directed by Desire . . . is a powerful addition to the entire canon of American poetry.”—Booklist

Now in paperback, Directed by Desire is the definitive overview of June Jordan’s -poetry. Collecting...

What Love Comes To: New & Selected Poems

by Ruth Stone & Sharon Olds

A finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize. “Ruth Stone is . . . a pre-eminent American poet.” —Harvard Review