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Poetry. These spare, epigrammatic poems capture famous and obscure figures, contemporary and historical, in unusualsitua......more
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Focusing an eye to unexpected subjects and vivid, often startling settings - from Jerry Lee Lewis’s charred piano, Newfo......more
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Poetry. Chapbook. These poems are Neo-Shakespearean and sonnet-thought but still hold to the American road. Innocent, d......more
In this compelling collection, 10 Welsh poets write about a spiritual homecoming. The poets include Greg Cullen, Lewis D......more
Body? Or not body? Mine? Or yours? Touch? Or sensual departure? Pornograph is a collection of poetry and prose poems tha......more
Hafiz has no peer. -- Goethe Poetry is the greatest literary form of ancient Persia and modern Iran, and the fourteenth......more
Taking a swipe at stuffiness, this sly collection shows Prelutsky’s robust appreciation of the absurd. Humour at its bes......more
This prose rendering of a poem from the late fourteenth century (or earlier) recounts an adventure undertaken by King Ar......more
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A Buddhist holy man whose songs have been sung and studied since the twelfth century, Milarepa exchanged a life of sin a......more
In the editor’s words, "If Paradise Lost or The Odyssey were written today, they’d be considered speculative poetry." So......more
Poetry. The birth of Jesus floats in the center of this circle of poems, which bring together the strange and beautiful ......more
Evan Jones brings and exciting new voice to Canadian poetry. His lyrical style shapes a contemporary mood with mythic ec......more
Contains Marlowe’s translations of Ovid’s "Elegies" and the First Book from Lucan’s Civil War, plus the unfinished "Hero......more
Poetry of Dante Gabriel Rossetti crowns this outstanding collection: highlights include "The Blessed Damozel," "My Siste......more
Will Toedtman approaches all his subjects--from street football to Orpheus--with nothing less than full attention. His v......more
The best-known works of more than 60 British and American poets, written over a period of nearly 400 years, comprise thi......more
Poetry. Shadow become real; follower become leader; mouse turned sorcerer-/ In a red sky, a darker beast lies waiting, ......more
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Poet Stephen Scobie writes in character, assuming the identity of another to look through their eyes for awhile. He take......more
rainbow mewsik brings you the sometimes harmonious, sometimes jarring words, vocalizations, and music of world-renowned ......more
One of the most important and popular American poets of the 20th century, e. e. cummings is best known for his brilliant......more
The first and greatest of French literature s epics, this 11th-century tale of romance and heroism embodies all the powe......more
The leading English literary figure of the latter half of the 17th century, John Dryden (1631-1700) wrote dramas and cri......more
Poetry. Published to coincide with the poets reading at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in February 2002, the......more
Celebrated for their unique poetic sensibility and wondrous way with words, the Irish have produced a rich heritage of g......more
Widely known in America as author of The Prophet, which sold more copies in the 20th century than any other book but the......more
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In this celebration of a poet s passionate love for the woman he worshiped from afar, Dante weaves together rapturous so......more
Mathematician, author, photographer, and artist, Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 1832-1898) is best known as th......more
Contributors include: P.K. Page introducing Marilyn Bowering Susan Musgrave introducing James Clarke Lorna Crozier intro......more
A collection of two of Robert Frost s most celebrated poems in their original form: A Boy s Will and North of Boston. Th......more
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Considered by many to be the quintessential American poet, Walt Whitman (1819-92) exerted a profound influence on all th......more
Poetry. You emplane for Ireland, back./ I drive six hours through morning/ Vermont fog into BQE stop and/ go to Brookly......more
In his poem, "Settings," Seamus Heaney, asks, "Where does the spirit live? Inside or outside/ Things remembered, made th......more
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