Selected Poems

Selected Poems - Luis Jorge Borges

Selected Poems brings together some two hundred poems - the largest collection of Borges' poetry ever assembled in English, including many never previously translated. The brilliance of the Spanish originals is matched with luminous English versions rendered by a...

Selected Poems (Paul Celan)(Brožovaná)

One of the major twentieth-century European poets, Paul Celan wrote poetry of exceptional linguistic brilliance and intensity drawn from his experiences, particularly of the war years and the loss of his parents in the death camps. In his verse he sought to express...

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I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall downinto the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should I have...

Selected Poems: Donne

Showcasing the creative power of one of the most outstanding English Metaphysical Poets, the "Penguin Classics" edition of John Donne's "Selected Poems" includes an introduction and notes by Ilona Bell. Regarded by many as the greatest of the Metaphysical poets, John...

Selected Poems: Donne

Showcasing the creative power of one of the most outstanding English Metaphysical Poets, the "Penguin Classics" edition of John Donne's "Selected Poems" includes an introduction and notes by Ilona Bell. Regarded by many as the greatest of the Metaphysical poets, John...

Oxford Student Texts: Robert Frost: Selected Poems

One of a series designed to provide a new, accessible approach to the works of great poets and playwrights. Each text includes general notes on the text; discussion of themes, issues and context; and suggestions for further reading.

Selected Poems of Sylvia Plath

When Sylvia Plath's Ariel was published posthumously, A. Alvarez in the Observer wrote: 'If the poems are despairing, vengeful and destructive, they are at the same time tender, open to things, and also unusually clever, sardonic, hard-minded ...They are works of great...

Selected Poems of Pablo Neruda

A dazzling collection of poetry by the greatest Latin-American Poet of our time.

Selected Poems

Chosen by Ginsberg himself, this selection, in his words, "summarizes what I deem most honest, most penetrant of my writing". Ranging from early works such as "Paterson" (1949) to more recent uncollected poems, this volume brings together nearly 50 years of his verse.

Selected Poems

I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall downinto the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should I have...

Selected Poems of Langston Hughes (Langston Hughes)(Brožovaná)

With the publication of his first book of poems, The Weary Blues, in 1926, Langston Hughes electrified readers and launched a renaissance in black writing in America. The poems Hughes wrote celebrated the experience of invisible men and women: of slaves who "rushed the...

Selected Poems - Rukeyser Muriel

Muriel Rukeyser (1913-80) was one of the most significant and influential American poets of the 20th century. Her poetry confronts the turbulent currents of modern history as it explores with depth an

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Dream of a Journey: Selected Poems - Kateřina Rudčenková

Edited and Translated by Alexandra Büchler. A book of poems by Katerina Rudcenková selected from her four poetry books by the editor/translator Alexandra Büchler who will also write an introduction.

Selected Poems of Po Chu-I

Selected Poems

A generous selection with a new introduction plus notes, bibiography and chronology.

John Hewitt Selected Poems - John Hewitt

John Hewitt Selected Poems - John Hewitt ‘… the universal poet, servant of the medium, renewer of the forms, discoverer of the nugget of harmony in the language of ourselves.'' Seamus Heaney''He brings to Irish poetry an invaluable chronicle of mixed allegiances...

Selected Poems and Prose of Paul Celan (Paul Celan)(Brožovaná)

Paul Celan was born in 1920 in the East European province of Bukovina. Soon after his parents, German-speaking Jews, had perished at the hands of the Nazis, Celan wrote "Todesfuge" ("Deathfugue"), the most compelling poem to emerge from the Holocaust. Self-exiled in...

Save Twilight: Selected Poems (Julio Cortazar)(Brožovaná)

Newly expanded edition of a classic: the first and only collection of Cortazar's poetry to appear in English.

Czeslaw Milosz: Selected and Last Poems, 1931-2004 (Czeslaw Milosz,Seamus Heaney,Anthony Milosz)(Brožovaná)

"One of the century's most important poets."--San Francisco Chronicle"One of the greatest poets of our time, perhaps the greatest."--Joseph Brodsky"Nobody tells the story of this age better than Czeslaw Milosz."-

New and Selected Poems 1974-1994 (Stephen Dunn)(Brožovaná)

Stephen Dunn is justly celebrated as one of the strongest poets of his generation. Now in this rich gathering, he selects from his eight collections and includes sixteen new poems marked by the haunting "Snowmass Cycle." The heralded clarity and intelligence of Dunn's...

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An acclaimed translation of the best work of the passionate Russian poet An admired contemporary of Rilke, Akhmatova, and Mandelstam, Marina Tsvetaeva was a witness to the political turmoil and the social devastation wrought by the Russian Revol

Save Twilight: Selected Poems

Newly expanded edition of a classic: the first and only collection of Cortazar's poetry to appear in English.

Selected Poems of T. S. Eliot

This edition of the Selected Poems of T. S. Eliot will be i ssued into the launch list of Faber Modern Classics, publishing in April 2015. §§

Selected Poems and Fragments

A new addition to the }Penguin Classics{ range.

Selected Poems of Oksana Zabuzhko

Clytemnestra plotting her husband's murder, Ophelia criticizing her creator, and a report from Chernobyl all offer the poet occasions for reflections marked by a sophisticated wit and a philosophical probing reminiscent of Wislawa Szymborska or Adam Zagajewski. By...

How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton - Clifton, Lucille

Selected poems from celebrated poet Lucille Clifton's 50-year career selected by Whiting Award-winning poet Aracelis Girmay.

Selected Poems (Wallace Stevens)(Brožovaná)

New edition of the collection, which was compiled by Stevens shortly before his death in 1953.

Selected Poems of Osip Mandelstam

Osip Mandelstam is a central figure not only in modern Russian but in world poetry, the author of some of the most haunting and memorable poems of the twentieth century. A contemporary of Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetayeva, and Boris Pasternak, a touchstone for later...

Selected Poems 1938-1988 (Thomas McGrath,Sam Hamill,Sam Hamill)(Brožovaná)

Half a century of writing and publishing by one of our most celebrated poets. Winner of the 1989 Lenore Marshall/Nation Prize for Poetry.