Poetry

Collected Longer Poems

by Kenneth Rexroth

This is a companion volume to the Collected Shorter Poems of Kenneth Rexroth which was published in 1967.This is a companion volume to the Collected Shorter Poems of Kenneth Rexroth which was published in 1967....

After the Point of No Return

by David Wagoner

“David Wagoner’s study of American nostalgias is as eloquent as that of James Wright.” —Harold Bloom

Light and Heavy Things: Selected Poems of Zeeshan Sahil

by Zeeshan Sahil, Christopher Kennedy & Mi Ditmar

The first US translation of a major contemporary Pakistani poet. Hard political realities portrayed in deceptively simple and personal language.

Likely: Number 2

by Lisa Coffman

"Lisa Coffman is a major poet in the making. Imagine a voice that combines hear-of-American brooding like James Wright's with a shaded elegance like Elizabeth Bishop's. Imagine Whitman's spirit somewhere in...

For Display Purposes Only

by David Seymour

Poems that borrow from the lexicon of filmmaking to let us find some solace in our facades.

Bury My Clothes

by Roger Bonair-Agard

A stirring meditation on violence, race, and the place in art at which they intersect, by poet Roger Bonair-Agard.

The End of the West

by Michael Dickman

Profiled in The New Yorker, this debut marks a talent to watch for years to come.

Darkness Sticks to Everything: Collected and New Poems

by Tom Hennen & Jim Harrison

"Tom Hennen's poetry is work of the highest order... I'm reminded again how deeply the earth inhabits us.” —Jim Harrison

Greenhouses, Lighthouses

by Tung-Hui Hu

A poetic and provocative gesture toward cinematography, Tung-Hui Hu presents the ungraspable among memory, film, and history's tantalizing ephemera

Hopkins: The Mystic Poets

by Gerard Manley Hopkins & Thomas, CSP, Rev. Ryan

Gerard Manley Hopkins, Christian mystical poet, is beloved for his use of fresh language and startling metaphors to describe the world around him. Beneath the lovely verse lies a searching soul, wrestling with...

Gossamurmur

by Anne Waldman

A fascinating new work from an internationally renowned poet

Acclaimed for her visionary, incantatory verse and her experimental ethos, Anne Waldman's newest book-length poem is an allegory of a radical...

Sailing through Cassiopeia

by Dan Gerber

"Dan Gerber is one of our finest living poets." —Annie Dillard

Letters to Borges

by Stephen Kuusisto

“[Kuusisto] is a powerful writer with a musical ear for language and a gift for emotional candor.” —New York Times

Need Machine

by Andrew Faulkner

I promise I'll write a real one tomorrow. Sorry, guys!

Refuge

by Adrie Kusserow

An anthropologist writes poems about globalization, culture, war, and fieldwork in South Sudan, Uganda, Botswana, and across the world.

The Children of Odin - Illustrated by Willy Pogany

by John Clare

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

Elegy Owed

by Bob Hicok

Bob Hicok’s poems jump from devastation to jubilance with “a laughter as old as humanity itself” (The New York Times).

Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?

by Maya Angelou

Lyrical and cadent, dramatic and sometimes playful, these poems speak of love, longing, parting; of freedom and shattered dreams; of Saturday-night partying and the smells and sounds of Southern cities.

Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie: Poems

by Maya Angelou

Another remarkable collection of poetry from one of America's masters of the medium. The first part gathers together poems of love and nostalgic memory, while Part II portrays confrontations inherent in a racist...

Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well: Poems

by Maya Angelou

This collection of thirty-six poems is, once again, eloquent evidence of Maya Angelou's continuing celebration of life: Here are poems of love and memory; poems of racial confrontation; songs of the street and...