Poetry And Plays
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The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson
£3.99The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson
During Emily’s life only seven of her 1775 poems were published. This collection of her work shows her breadth of vision and a passionate intensity and awe for life, love, nature, time and eternity. Once branded an eccentric Dickinson is now regarded as a major American poet.
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Sylvia Plath’s Selected Poems
£12.99Sylvia Plath’s Selected Poems
This selection made by Ted Hughes from all her work shows that Sylvia Plath is clearly a major poet of the 20th century.
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Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
£10.99Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
First published in 1939, T.S. Eliot’s collection of cat poems, written originally to amuse his godchildren and friends, has become one of the all-time favourites of children’s literature.
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A Shropshire Lad
£12.99A Shropshire Lad
A series of verses set in the half-imaginary Shropshire, ‘A Shropshire Lad’ is Housman’s most famous collection of poetry. Initially self-published, with little profit, it became hugely popular during World War I.
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Raining upwards
£8.99Raining upwards
Raining Upwards is Henry Normal’s first all-new poetry collection in over twenty years. These poems explore relationships with science, nature, humanity, and other vital matters we are usually too busy to think about. “In amongst his work lie some of the most tender, compassionate and moving pieces I have read from a modern poet” – Artful Reporter
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Poetry of the First World War
£10.99Poetry of the First World War
A moving selection of some of the finest poetry to come out of the Great War.
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Staring directly at the eclipse
£9.00Staring directly at the eclipse
Henry Normal’s first poetry collection in over twenty years, combining both new and selected poems from his previous performance work. This collection encompasses the subjects of love, death, loneliness, loss, human frailty and other classic conversation stoppers. Published by Five Leaves in 2016, revised and reissued by Flapjack Press in 2018.
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This phantom breath
£10.00This phantom breath
This Phantom Breath was written between August 2016 and August 2017. The poems in this collection are concerned with love, death, truth and other inconvenient distractions. “The Alan Bennett of poetry” – The Scotsman
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The department of lost wishes
£10.00The department of lost wishes
The Department of Lost Wishes contains over a hundred poems personally selected by the author from his early works. “Distinctly funny” – Time Out
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Swallowing the entire ocean
£10.00Swallowing the entire ocean
Written between August 2017 and January 2019, these poems are concerned with the search for meaning, identity and truth, and other foolhardy adventures. “Dovetails bittersweet poetry with a sublimely observant wit” – The Guardian”The Alan Bennett of poetry.” – The Scotsman
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Strikingly invisible
£10.00Strikingly invisible
An all-new poetry collection from the creator, writer and performer of the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, A Normal… Written between October 2018 and July 2019, these poems are concerned with the nature of change, identity, worth, and other abstract notions that get in the way of lunch.
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