For centuries poets in all the world's cultures have offered eloquent thanks & praise for the earth & its people Devotional lyrics drawn from the major religious traditions offer their perspectives alongside poetic tributes to autumn & the harvest season that draw our attention to nature's bounty & poignant beauty as winter approaches 256 pages Various ...

Agbabi Armitage Burnside Duffy Dunmore Fanthorpe Heaney Motion Nagra O' Brien & more Poems of the Decade brings together more than one hundred poems from the many thousands submitted to the Forward Prizes for Poetry in the first decade of the 21st century The Forwards are among the world's most coveted poetry honours They have been awarded annually since 1992 for the Best Collection Best First Collection & Best Single Poem published in Britain & Ireland & the roster of winning shortlisted & highly commended poets regularly juxtaposes familiar canonical names with fresh voices This anthology of anthologies draws on the ten Forward Books of Poetry published to accompany the prizes between 2001 & 2010 It is the perfect introduction to a wide range of contemporary poetry works that speak of violence danger & fear of love & all that opposes love in forms of language broken & reshaped by the need to communicate what it is to be alive now here' These annual anthologies of the poems in the running for the Forward Prizes remain the best way of encountering the richness that new poetry has to offer' Daily Telegraph ...

This collection featuring nearly 50 memorable poems from some of the best writers of the time Rupert Brooke Siegried Sasson Wilfred Owen Ivan Gurney Isaac Rosenberg Richard Aldington Edward Thomas & many more Vividly expressing the ravages of war fought on the front lines their poems are some of the most powerful & poignant works of the twentieth century ...

Published to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of Armistice this collection is intended to be an introduction to the great wealth of First World War Poetry The sequence of poems is random
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This volume celebrates the poetic heritage of the Emerald Isle with more than 50 classic poems about Ireland's people history character & myths & legends Its contributors include William Butler Yeats William Allingham & other well-known Irish poets The book is one of Barnes & Noble's ' Collectible Editions' classics Each one features authoritative text by the world's greatest authors in an elegantly designed bonded-leather binding with distinctive gilt edging ...

After nearly thirty years & almost 500 poems Poems on the Underground has become a familiar & welcome sight on London's Tube paying tribute to the magnificent tradition of English poetry & to those who have contributed to its richness & diversity In this beautiful paperback edition poems old & new familiar & unfamiliar explore such diverse topics as love London exile family dreams war music & nature & feature hundreds of poets including Owen Sheers Paul Muldoon Sylvia Plath William Blake D H Lawrence Kathleen Raine Roger Mc Gough Wilfred Owen Wendy Cope & John Clare among many others ...

In this fascinating anthology one hundred men
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A deep & valuable collection that you could rely upon in your time of need' The Times Following the success of their anthology Poems That Make Grown Men Cry father-&-son team Anthony & Ben Holden working with Amnesty International have asked the same revealing question of 100 remarkable women What poem has moved you to tears? The poems chosen range from the eighth century to today from Rumi & Shakespeare to Sylvia Plath W H Auden to Carol Ann Duffy Pablo Neruda & Derek Walcott to Imtiaz Dharker & Warsan Shire Their themes range from love & loss through mortality & mystery war & peace to the beauty & variety of nature From Yoko Ono to Judi Dench Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Elena Ferrante Carol Ann Duffy to Meera Syal & Joan Baez to Olivia Colman this unique collection delivers private insights into the minds of women whose writing acting & thinking are admired around the world ...

A gorgeous anthology of poems to live your life chosen & illustrated by award-winning illustrator Chris Riddell 208 pages Riddell Chris ...

In Poems to Perform Julia Donaldson has chosen poems with performance by children in mind & her notes & ideas on performing them are included in a special section at the end of the book Julia's passionate belief that performance can help children enjoy reading & grow in confidence is informed by her own experience both as a child & now working with groups of children to bring stories poems & songs to life The poems range from classics by Edward Lear W H Auden & Eleanor Farjeon to contemporary work by Michael Rosen John Agard & Clare Bevan Illustrated throughout with exquisite expressive lino-cuts by Clare Melinsky this is a book for teachers parents children anyone who loves great poetry ...