Selected Poems

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

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

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

Selected Poems of Po Chu-I

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 | Francis Ponge - Ponge, Francis

Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson - Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson lived as a recluse in Amherst, Massachusetts, dedicating herself to writing a "letter to the world"—the 1,775 poems left unpublished at her death in 1886. Today, Dickinson stands in the front rank of American poets. This enthralling collection includes...

Selected Poems - Paul Celan

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...

New and Selected Poems, Volume One - Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver was awarded the National Book Award for New and Selected Poems, Volume One. Since its initial appearance it has become one of the best-selling volumes of poetry in the country. This collection features thirty poems published only in this volume as well as...

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 - T.S. Eliot

This selection, which was made by Eliot himself, is intended as an introduction to the main body of his poetry prior to Four Quartets, which is available separately in Faber Paperbacks. The selection includes the whole of The Waste Land.

Selected Poems - Blake - William Blake

Writer and religious rebel, William Blake (1757-1827) sowed the seeds for Romanticism in his innovative poems concerning faith and the visions that inspired him throughout his life. This book presents a collection of his greatest works, spanning his entire poetic life.

Selected Poems

Selected Poems of Anne Sexton

This selection, which is drawn from Anne Sexton's ten published volumes of poems as well as from representative early and last work, is an ideal introduction to a great American poet.

Poems and Selected Letters

Veronica Franco was a 16th-century Venetian beauty, poet, and protofeminist. This collection presents the eroticism and eloquence that set her apart from the chaste, silent woman prescribed by Renaissance gender ideology. As an "honored courtesan", Franco made her...

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

Selected Poems

This new and comprehensive selection is edited by Steven N. Zwicker and David Bywaters.

Selected Poems - Browning Robetr

Presents a selection of poems by the author. This book contains such poems as My Last Duchess, Fra Lippo Lippi and The Pied Piper of Hamelin. It displays the author's innovative techniques of diction,

Selected Poems and Prose

Bringing back into Penguin the poems and prose of the extraordinary writer and war poet Edward Thomas - with an introduction from bestselling English writer Robert Macfarlane

The Well at Morning - Selected Poems and Graphic Artworks 1925-1971

První překlad reprezentativního výběru básní Bohuslava Reynka do angličtiny si klade náročný cíl představit zahraničním čtenářům svébytného vysočinského tvůrce včetně dobového a výtvarného kontextu jeho díla. Krom vlastních překladů pořízených básníkem a překladatelem...

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...

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 - Rainer Maria Rilke

Hailed as the greatest modern lyrical poet of Germany, Rainer Maria Rilke's genius lies in his passion for perfection, artistic integrity and `willingness to remain a perpetual beginner'. The verse contained in this selection ranges from the objective, naturalistic...

Poems from an Attic. Selected Poems, 1936-95 – Iris Murdoch

'...Without surpriseI see him now in evil company.A wicked face – but oh those eyes could charm –Heart, sudden heart, don’t beat me to my knees.'Long hidden in an attic, vivid and revelatory poems shine a new light on the life and loves of Iris Murdoch.In the dusty...

Selected Poems (Federico García Lorca)(Brožovaná)

'Lorca brought an understanding of the paradox that was Spain - sensuality chafing under a rigid moral code, individual desire at war with tradition.' Manuel Duran Federico Garcia Lorca is perhaps the most celebrated of all twentieth-century Spanish writers, known not...