Poetry

Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....

A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....

In 81 brief chapters, Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, provides advice that imparts balance and perspective, as well as a serene and generous spirit....

For fans of Rupi Kaur and Cleo Wade, this first collection of poetry from the viral TikTok poet Josie Balka evokes themes of nostalgia, love, envy, and hope, speaking to the universal longings that live deep in our souls.

This international best seller gently offers answers to life's biggest questions as well as a practical process to help you create prosperity, vitality, happiness and inner peace....

A book like no other, I Am Maria weaves Shriver’s hard-earned wisdom with her own deeply personal poetry. I Am Maria reminds listeners there is strength and love on the other side of all of our hardest days.

With Professor Esolen you will enter the terrible gates of Hell and progress level by infernal level to its diabolical depths. Professor Esolen places a special emphasis on the drama of the poem, leading you through each canto in succession....

Beyond Thoughts is a poetry collection that explores the root cause of anxiety, depression, guilt, shame, negative thinking, and emotional suffering to help you heal....

It's easy to feel at home in Mitford....

Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem "Inferno"....

A landmark new translation of Homer’s most popular epic by distinguished author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn.

The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!). These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance....

Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons' perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity....

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.

These poems were written in an attempt to excise the illness that had taken root in me because of my silence. I’ve spent my entire life keeping the secrets of men, my body aches from carrying the weight of their sins....

Assembled from notes and jottings left unpublished at the time of the author’s death, The Book of Disquiet is a collection of aphoristic prose-poetry musings on dreams, solitude, time and memory....

In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of personal and social loss, embodying the paradox of sitting in grief while being determined to survive beyond it.

Ceremony is a collection for those on the cusp of becoming. It is a reminder that we were not meant to fit into this world perfectly, but to live in such a way that might forge a path all our own.

Through serendipity he meets some wise guides, Ted and Sophia, who show David how he can move from feeling like a victim to being a creator of his own life....

From the award-winning poet, dark comic microbursts of prose deliver a whole childhood, at the hands of an aspiring middle-class Jewish family whose hard-boiled American values and wit were the forge of a poet's coming-of-age.

The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, his ascent of Mount Purgatory and his encounter with his dead love Beatrice, and finally, his arrival in Heaven....

The epic grandeur of Dante's masterpiece has inspired readers and listeners for 700 years and has entered the human imagination....

From the celebrated author of Inward comes a new collection of poetry and short prose that illuminates how past wounds impact our present relationships....

A collection of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex and honour....

I’ve never seen anyone at a public pool with a memorable enough body, good or bad, that I think about it ever again. If this line sounds familiar, it’s because you’ve heard it in the background of thousands of videos on social media—a humbling reminder from poet and radio personality Josie Balka that what’s important in our lives now isn’t necessarily what’s important to us in the long run. I Hope You Remember, Josie’s first book of poetry, includes this poem and over eighty others, some previously published and others never shared before.

This translation of The Iliad equals Fitzgerald's earlier Odyssey in power and imagination. It recreates the original action as conceived by Homer, using fresh and flexible blank verse that is both lyrical and dramatic.

THE RAMAYANAM, an itihasa of the highest order, is considered adi kavya, the first poem to have been composed. Written by Valm ki during Rama’s time, and ratified by him, this timeless epic has been treated with utmost care by all acaryas in their famed commentaries. Since the advent of human civilization, it has inspired many poets and dramatists across the subcontinent and has been transcreated in almost all Bharat ya languages. Multiple layers of philosophy and theology are an embellishment to this classic. Its influence on Bharat ya music, dance, sculpture and textiles is unfathomable.

In her debut collection Lover Girl, poet Raegan Fordemwalt writes the story of a girl boldly and devastatingly fond of love. So eager to feel, she proudly walks through Heartbreak, Loneliness, Jealousy, and Acceptance on the journey to personal growth and self-love.

From the award-winning poet, dark comic microbursts of prose deliver a whole childhood, at the hands of an aspiring middle-class Jewish family whose hard-boiled American values and wit were the forge of a poet's coming-of-age.

These are prayers for your moments of gratitude and celebration. For your seasons of loss and waiting. For your days when prayers come, not in words but in groans. When We Talk to God, from poet-theologian Sharifa Stevens, captures the arc and the ache of our lives. This unique book encourages you to lift up your whole heart and loudest voice to God. And to tell Him about everything; nothing is off-limits.

Written from the heart, When Angels Speak of Love is a book of fifty love poems by bell hooks, one our most beloved public intellectuals, and author of over twenty books, including the bestselling All About Love. Poem after poem, hooks challenges our views and experiences with love—tracing the links between seduction and surrender, the intensity of desire, and the anguish of death.

Este libro explora lo que Jim Morrison dejó fuera del escenario: su voz interior, su cuerpo como instrumento, su relación salvaje y lúcida con el lenguaje. A través de una lectura íntima y sin concesiones, se reconstruye el recorrido poético de quien escribió no para brillar, sino para no apagarse. Una invitación a descubrir su obra escrita como si aún respirara. Para quienes buscan más que fechas o anécdotas: una vibración que sigue viva.

From a young age Kerouac was a spiritual thinker and questioner, and he always considered himself a spiritual writer. Buddhism gave more meaning to Jack’s work as a writer: he was working not for personal accomplishment and glory but for human betterment. And Buddhism justified his lifestyle: with its vision of the material world as empty and illusory, he was free to do what he wanted.

A Note by the Translators One may ask why we have chosen to write about Zhaleh and translate her work into the English language at a moment when the women's movement and resistance against patriarchal power structures have come of age in many parts of the world. What makes us interested in her work is the universality of the themes and emotions permeating her voice - a resistance against injustice and a call for equality and justice as an inborn right of every human being. In refusing to be defined as an object of desire in a society bound by power relations that privileged and entrenched ...

Known for his romantic and lyrical style of poetry, Yeats’s work was often inspired by Irish myths, spiritualism, love, longing and loss. His later work became more modernist in style, challenging poetic conventions and shifting to a political focus. In this definitive collection, you will find some of Yeats’s most noteworthy poems, written from the late nineteenth century right up until his death in 1939.

In The Rose, award-winning poet Ariana Reines navigates the intersection of power and surrender. Drawing on the history of "romance" as the troubadours knew it and the titular flower's ancient allegories for sexuality and mystery, Reines plunges into feminine archetypes to explore masculine pain: "I have always liked helpless / & terrible men because they break my mind."

TIMELOOM 100 Poems Weaving Past, Present, and Future by Gresham Hall Timeloom is the newest collection of poems from Gresham Hall. Arranged in three panoramic movements—Embers & Echoes, Pulse & Paradox, Circuits & Conscience—these poems carry you from humanity’s flint-lit beginnings through today’s screen-bright contradictions and into horizons where AI and empathy must learn to coexist. Wrestle with yourself in “Mirror Wrestle,” a spoken-word clash between ego and truth. Sail past the sun in “Solar Swarm Migration,” where light-chasing panels unfurl like sapphire ...

Discover the wisdom and wonder of poetry through candid conversations with some of the most powerful poets of the 21st century. In this remarkable collection, Ben Palpant, author of Letters from The Mountain, invites listeners into intimate, one-on-one interviews with seventeen acclaimed poets.

About the Book A solar year consists of twelve months. But if a lunar year has to correspond to a solar year, then an extra month is required. This leap month is 'Undecember'. [...] This book represents a month of thirty days, divided into two sections: Sukla Paksha and Krishna Paksha - the Hindu demarcations for the waxing and waning phases of the moon - each comprising fifteen poems for the fifteen days of each phase. These thirty poems convey the same ethos and sensibility of the previous book - being intensely personal and yet aesthetically accessible. The poems continue their play on ...

From the creator of the beloved @PoetryIsNotaLuxury Instagram account, a gorgeously wrought poetry anthology that is a gift and a guide for listeners through every season of life. Inspired by writer and philosopher Audre Lorde’s famous claim: “Poetry is not a luxury,” this anthology proves the vitality of poetry as a crucial source of inspiration, comfort, and delight.

The Lost Legion by Rudyard Kipling is a gripping tale of mystery, honor, and supernatural folklore set against the backdrop of the Indian frontier. Blending the stark realities of colonial military life with haunting legend, Kipling recounts the story of a rebel cavalry regiment that vanished into the Afghan hills—only to return as ghostly riders, eternally paying for their betrayal.

"The real me and my anxiety is obviously someone you never met You will never heal by pushing everything back trying to forget I really need to learn how to stop this evil feeling before the onset Hopefully the trauma will leave before I begin filling with regret"

Every day, we hear a version of this message, and so we search and strive. Yet none of the places we’ve been told to look—our careers, relationships, even dreams that come true—seem to give lasting satisfaction. After twenty years as a professional writer of other people’s truth, Anna Mitchael found herself at the same crossroads. Tired of reaching and wondering where it was all headed, she began asking questions.

डॉ. किरण कुळकर्णी लिखित बहुरंगी कवितांचा काव्याविष्कार.

Este libro es un recorrido poético y lúcido por las zonas más intensas de la vida y obra de Arthur Rimbaud. Cada capítulo lo sigue desde la infancia hasta su silencio final, pasando por sus cartas, su amor explosivo con Verlaine, su descenso al infierno, sus visiones en Iluminaciones y su partida definitiva. Incluye fragmentos originales de sus poemas más importantes: El Barco Ebrio, Aurora, Después del Diluvio, Una temporada en el infierno y otros textos esenciales de Rimbaud.

An audiobook created from the soul for the soul.

The Unrooted Bloom is a deeply personal poetry collection by Amber Allen-Peirson that explores themes of racial identity, belonging, and the complexities of navigating life as a biracial woman in a racially divided society.

A collection of thought-provoking poetry based on spiritual experiences as well as stories and characters from the Bible. Each poem is intended to give you a realistic perspective of a believer in Christ and, the consequences of disobedience to God's Word. This book will help the listener to understand the importance of repentance and what that looks like in the real world. God, and his desire for our lives have always remained the same. Making it clear what God expects from a person through poetry, it also highlights the incredible reward of faith and obedience.

Embark on a poetic journey with Raegan Fordemwalt’s captivating books, Lover Girl and Prince of Hearts. This exclusive bundle brings together her dreamy debut and its highly anticipated follow-up, with exclusive commentary and behind-the-scenes stories.