Nine-year-old Ira-Abel Rawles lives on Hook Farm in the village of Underwhelem. Next to the farm is Gore Woods, Ira’s sa......more
The poems in Menna Elfyn’s new collection offer a voice to those whose liberty or dignity have been undermined, seeking ......more
Lovers of Kit Wright’s poetry - for its range and virtuosity, deep feeling and rich humour - may find his new gathering ......more
This lovely collection of hundreds of verses from esteemed Romantic poets will stand out on your bookshelf. Romanticism ......more
Covering more than five hundred years of cultural transformation, Bakandamiya: An Elegy is a book-length epic poem set i......more
Bringing together the collected works of bestselling poet Charly Cox for the very first time with new and exclusive mate......more
Tracey Herd’s "heartbreaking lines" in the "harrowing" poems of her previous book, Not in This World, earned her high pr......more
Clare Pollard thumbs her nose at Dr Johnson’s all-male Lives of the Poets in chronicling her own life and theirs in her ......more
With a cover by renowned comic book artist Lisa Sterle, the poems in Jessica Traynor’s New Arcana explore grief, bad boy......more
This handsome hardback edition presents over 100 of Yeats’ best loved poems, featuring an elegant gold embossed cover de......more
In But & Though, Jake Hawkey scrutinizes the impact of parental addiction on families, its title a nod to the language o......more
This collection is a kind of lyrical word map of the South Pacific, built up through a lush epic catalog of flora, fauna......more
"Is there any living poet with as skilled . . . an ear?" (McSweeney’s). The answer resounds: Muldoon is a true original.......more
It was the twelfth night of the winter feasts and giant yule logs had burned without cease . . . Seeking refuge from a s......more
The Keelie Hawk is a landmark collection from Kathleen Jamie, the current Makar (National Poet) of Scotland. For the fir......more
Poetry of how we shape what is lost or past, and how it shapes us. Bernard O’Donoghue investigates the idea of anchorage......more
INSPIRING COLLECTION: These lines from Shakespeare’s plays and poems are still as relevant today as ever, with wise insi......more
Denise Levertov described Gillian Allnutt’s poems as ’at once hard and delicate, like wrought iron’. They are both serio......more
Recipient of the Windham Campbell Prize for Poetry 2024 Jen Hadfield is increasingly recognized as one of the singular p......more
David Scott was a priest-poet in the tradition of George Herbert, whose quiet faith and pastoral care found profound exp......more
Punctuated by rhyme and shaped by traditional forms, the poems in Small Pointed Things turn encounters with the natural ......more
Poetry Book Society Recommendation Mythic and familial beasts roam the swamps and moors of Pascale Petit’s Beast, a coll......more
The poems in this collection emerged from journeys of great personal significance, and out of a migrant sensibility tied......more
One of NPR’s "Books We Love" in 2023 "Extraordinary." --James Conor Patterson, Times Literary Supplement Acclaimed poet ......more
An extraordinary debut, book-length poem from a significant young thinker on migratory histories, race and colonialism. ......more
Rhian Elizabeth’s maybe i’ll call gillian anderson is a raw, darkly funny, and deeply affecting collection that navigate......more
Inspired by the landscapes of the Normandy coastline and the Jura mountains, with their rivers and forests, the poems of......more
First Rain in Paradise is a book about falling. Gwyneth Lewis’s highly inventive poems trace an interior landscape carve......more
In Pretenders, her third book of poetry, Kate Potts asks: what is it like, as a daily, lived experience, to feel like a ......more
A Scotsman Poetry Book of the Year Them! by Harry Josephine Giles is an exuberant collection of poems about trans life a......more
Resistance is inspired by the poets Rene Char and Yannis Ritsos - as well as the photographer Josef Koudelka and his pho......more
The fourth full-length collection of poems by Irish poet Patrick Cotter, Quality Control at the Miracle Factory reflects......more
Jaki McCarrick’s debut poetry collection opens with the title poem which recasts the crazed king of Irish legend as a mo......more
Fenland Winter and other poems represents a journey of many years, from the moors of Lancashire, to the forests of Finla......more
In this delightful collection, some of Ireland’s most celebrated writers capture the joy and pain of romantic love. In t......more
Holding the Border is a debut collection of poems from frontline clinical care in UK General Practice by Dr James Brockb......more
Cupid, Grown by Adam Panichi is an exploration of queer identity, desire, and memory, rendered with sharp lyricism and c......more
In A Hobby of Mine, Rishi Dastidar’s unrelenting catalogue of cultural observations becomes an absurd and profound portr......more
Jeremy Dixon’s Bold in the Life is an electrifying reclamation of Polari, the coded language once whispered through quee......more
Dr John Cooper Clarke’s dazzling, scabrous voice has reverberated through pop culture for decades, his influence on gene......more
True voices abound in The Meek, Martin Dyar’s second full-length collection of poems, throughout which a dramatically ch......more
A collection of poems by a first-time author. These reflect the author’s journey from family tragedy through lockdown an......more
Equal parts commonplace book, instruction manual and cheerful vandalism, Fourth & Walnut is absurdly joyful, gathering t......more
Cancer - Tom Raworth’s ’ lost’ book - was originally to have been published by Frontier Press in 1973. After Frontier’s ......more
Fower Pessoas is the most original work of translation that you will read this year: a bold reimagining of Fernando Pess......more
Reverberating with risk, this collection negotiates the darkness of injury, the potency and pain of revelation, and agen......more
More Scarecrow than Pirate, a collection of poems by Karen Gemma Brewer, demonstrates Karens versatility, sensitivity an......more
The poetry of Karen Gemma Brewer is unique, as this selection from across the range of her work shows. It has a quality ......more
Shakespeare had an ear and hand that was able to capture our everyday thoughts and emotions, pin them to a page, and exp......more
The long-awaited first collection of poems from an influential young poet. Comic Timing, Holly Pester’s extraordinary de......more
Beginnings Over and Over: Four New Poets from Ireland presents a significant selection of work by four new poets at the ......more
The poems of Irish poet Keith Payne’s Savage Acres explore the pivotal role of housing and, by extension, community in o......more
In his second collection, Northern Irish poet Ross Thompson reflects upon disappearance: the vanishing acts of people, p......more
Maiden Mother Crone is a memoir in verse, challenging the traditional approach to faith by putting Madeleine’s own stori......more
Aled Turner’s Earsplitting is a visceral, unflinching collection that dissects the jagged intersections of memory, viole......more
New Famous Phrases is a poetic tour de force that traverses ancient mythologies, aquatic fables, and the evolving art of......more
Marcus Silcock’s Dream Dust is a surreal-absurd tapestry of fragmented memories, cultural observations, and existential ......more
Sweet Bone Girl examines the intricate dynamics of desire as it intertwines with Black womanhood, negotiating the bounda......more
...more
...more
...more
In her vibrant third collection, Rebecca Watts shines a light on the tender, spontaneous, creative and creaturely aspect......more
Safe Ground traces Rosie Johnston’s search for safety from a tricky upbringing in Troubles Belfast to peace and a sense ......more
The poet Omer Esen writes short stories and poems in English and Turkish as a bilingual author. He wrote these poems whe......more
From Len Pennie, the performance poet sensation, comes an electric debut collection about loving, learning, surviving, g......more
And though there might be A Storm in Arcadia, Ron Carey’s astounding new collection elicits the magic, mystery and misch......more
Spent is a Molotov cocktail of poems and stories that explore the collision of the personal and political. At the chaoti......more
Poets Day Dream by James Domestic A whole book of poetry, prose, and (very) short stories on the subjects of work and sc......more
A Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Pulsing with the energy of urban life, these poems traverse the gritty, playful an......more
An uplifting poetry collection from the number one bestselling author of My Name Is Why, Lemn Sissay OBE THE INSTANT SUN......more
Phoenix Rising is S. Walker’s second collection, a deeply introspective journey of personal transformation and spiritual......more
The Deadwing Generation is a second stand-out collection from Simon French. Perceptive and emotionally raw, French appli......more