Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror: Poems (Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and National Book Critics Circle Award Winner) (Penguin Poets) by John Ashbery

John Ashbery’s most renowned collection of poetry -- Winner of The Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award 

First released in 1975, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror is today regarded as one of the most important collections of poetry published in the last fifty years.  Not only in the title poem, which the critic John Russell  called “one of the finest long poems of our period,” but throughout the entire volume, Ashbery reaffirms the poetic power that made him an outstanding figure in contemporary literature.  These are poems “of breathtaking freshness and adventure in which dazzling orchestrations of language open up whole areas of consciousness no other American poet as ever begun to explore” (The New York Times).

Ants on the Melon: A Collection of Poems by Virginia Hamilton Adair

 Already singled out by The New York Times and the subject of a feature in The New Yorker, Virginia Adair has, after decades of shunning book publication, decided to collect eighty of her best poems in a volume that will surely be hailed as among the most accomplished works of our time.

Ants on the Melon includes poems that concern the author's childhood, that explore sensuality in candid terms, that starkly treat her husband's suicide and her own blindness, and that explore both her own emotional landscape and the universal mysteries of the human condition. Technically brilliant, using strict, classical prosody, yet entirely modern in sensibility, Virginia Adair's poetry will play a central role in the ongoing American poetry renaissance

Moods; Prose Poems by Mercedes de Acosta 1893-1968

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Shells (Yale Series of Younger Poets) by Craig Arnold

This year’s winner of the 1998 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition is Craig Arnold’s Shells, which was acclaimed as “a gifted collection of daring writing” by the contest judge, the distinguished poet W. S. Merwin. The book is an intriguing set of variations on the theme of identity. Arnold plays on the idea of the shell as both the dazzling surface of the self and a hard case that protects the self against the assaults of the world. His poems narrate amatory and culinary misadventures. “Friendships based on food,” Arnold writes, “are rarely stable”―this book is full of wildly unstable and bewitching friendships and other significant relations

For When The Revolution Comes: Poetry of days | Poetry of hope (Songbooks and Poetry) by Moushumi Ghose

 For When The Revolution Comes is a hauntingly beautiful poetry collection by Moushumi Ghose that delves deep into the emotional turmoil of a world in crisis. Through a series of raw and evocative poems, Ghose explores the profound sense of depression, sadness, loneliness, and disillusionment that arises when life feels increasingly chaotic and unjust.

This collection serves as both a personal reflection and a quiet act of resistance. Ghose candidly examines her struggle to find meaning and a sense of belonging in a world turned upside down, capturing the disillusionment and loud stirring or rebellion and resistance within her heart. Each poem is imbued with vivid and stirring imagery that mirrors the chaos and uncertainty of our times, resonating with anyone who has grappled with similar feelings of despair and hope.

In For When The Revolution Comes, Ghose offers readers a poignant and introspective journey through a landscape of emotional depth, providing solace and solidarity to those navigating the complexities of the human experience during challenging times

Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems by Diane Ackerman

 In A Natural History of the Senses Diane Ackerman revealed herself as a naturalist who writes with the sensuous immediately of a great poet. Now Jaguar of Sweet Laughter presents the work of a poet with the precise and wondering eye of a gifted naturalist.

Ackermans's Olympian vision records and transforms landscapes from Amazonia to Antarctica, while her imaginative empathy penetrates the otherness of hummingbirds, deer, and trilobites. But even as they draw readers into the wild heart of nature, Ackerman's poems are indelible reminders of what it is to be a human being—the "jaguar of sweet laughter" that, according to Mayan mythology, astonished the world because it was the first animal to speak

Thievery (Akron Series in Poetry ) by Seth Abramson

Here is a book that is truly quietly deeply subtle. It appears to operate along the lines of here is how one thing follows another; it appears to rely on anticipated cause and effect to spring us forth from one fraction of a split second’s thought to the next. There are many and then actions in this book. What follows comes as a surprise sometimes even when it shouldn't. For instance, at one poem’s conclusion it says: An archer shoots. That’s what an archer does. And this is astonishing. And then it is almost heartbreaking and then one must do a double take and then there is poetry. ―Dara Wier A few rare holdouts to the contrary, American culture is loud, unsubtle, insensitive, needy, exhausting, cheaply convenient, unreflective, and above all, distracted. What has been happening behind the scenes during all the years we haven’t been paying attention? What world have we given ourselves and what have we given up in that shallow exchange? Such observations are deeply implied by the poems in Seth Abramson’s Thievery. At the bottom of this book is the sense that we’ve been ripped off and don’t even know it yet. That we have allowed it has left us stunted, morally and spiritually, with no greater sense of wonder than a Styrofoam cup. Abramson is not preaching, however: he is telling the melancholy, lonely truth.―Maurice Manning

How Long Is the Present: Selected Talk Poems of David Antin (Recencies Series: Research and Recovery in Twentieth-Century American Poetics) by David Antin and Stephen Fredman

 Poet, performance artist, and critic David Antin invented the "talk poem." He insists that his poems be oral and created in front of a live audience, in a specific time and place, with the transcription of the performance adjusted for print by presenting it not in prose but in clumps of words without justified margins or punctuation, peppered with white spaces that indicate pauses.

In this book, editor Stephen Fredman provides a critical introduction to a selection of talk poems from three out-of-print collections, accompanied by a new interview with the author. As Fredman points out, Antin's work is a form of conceptual writing that has influenced generations of experimental poets and prose writers. His profound and humorous talk poems are essential for classroom and scholarly discussions of the arts in modernism and postmodernism--offering as well an invitation to strengthen the ties between the sciences and the humanities

The Norton Anthology of English Literature; 3rd Edition (Volume 2) by Sam Abrams, M. H.; Donaldson, E. Talbot; Smith, Hallett; Adams, Robert M.; Monk

 The acclaimed Norton Anthology of English Literature, Major Authors Edition is now available in two paperbound volumes. Volume B begins with the writings of William Blake and continues through the Romantic Period, the Victorian Age, through to the Twentieth Century. This new Major Authors edition is a library between two covers—an indispensable addition to the family bookshelf

The Complete Poetry by Maya Angelou

The beauty and spirit of Maya Angelou’s words live on in this complete collection of poetry, including her inaugural poem “On the Pulse of Morning”

Throughout her illustrious career in letters, Maya Angelou gifted, healed, and inspired the world with her words. Now the beauty and spirit of those words live on in this new and complete collection of poetry that reflects and honors the writer’s remarkable life.

 

Every poetic phrase, every poignant verse can be found within the pages of this sure-to-be-treasured volume—from her reflections on African American life and hardship in the compilation Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’fore I Diiie (“Though there’s one thing that I cry for / I believe enough to die for / That is every man’s responsibility to man”) to her revolutionary celebrations of womanhood in the poem “Still I Rise”(“Out of the huts of history’s shame / I rise / Up from a past that’s rooted in pain / I rise”) to her “On the Pulse of Morning”tribute at President William Jefferson Clinton’s inauguration (“Lift up your eyes upon / The day breaking for you. / Give birth again / To the dream.”).

 

Maya Angelou: The Complete Poetry also features her final long-form poems, including “A Brave and Startling Truth,” “Amazing Peace,” “His Day Is Done,” and the honest and endearing Mother:

 

“I feared if I let you go

You would leave me eternally.

You smiled at my fears, saying

I could not stay in your lap forever”

 

This collection also includes the never-before-published poem “Amazement Awaits,” commissioned for the 2008 Olympic Games:

 

“We are here at the portal of the world we had wished for

At the lintel of the world we most need.

We are here roaring and singing.

We prove that we can not only make peace, we can bring it with us.”

 

Timeless and prescient, this definitive compendium will warm the hearts of Maya Angelou’s most ardent admirers as it introduces new readers to the legendary poet, activist, and teacher—a phenomenal woman for the ages

Poesie per porre fine alla fame nel Regno Unito: parlano i giovani scrittori

 Un'antologia di risposte di giovani poeti al problema della povertà alimentare. Nel 2018, The Poetry Society ha collaborato con Oxfam e la campagna End Hunger UK per sensibilizzare sul tema della povertà alimentare e incoraggiare risposte creative tramite Young Poets Network , la nostra piattaforma digitale per giovani scrittori. Queste sono le poesie vincitrici.

Your Moon (New Issues Poetry & Prose) by Ralph Angel

 Poetry. "Ralph Angel possesses what every poet dreams of—a warm heart and a cold eye—and all of his poems have a foothold between Everything and Nothing, the place each of us lives in day in and day out, though we seldom recognize or admit it the way these poems do. Many of them unfold like a ravishing film to which a voice-over adds such haunting commentary we are surprised to reach the end and realize we have been reading. His vernacular arrests me. A thread of wild and somber beauty runs through this book by one of America's most original poets."—Mary Ruefle

What To Say To Death by Ron Androla

 "From the not so lofty perch of middle age, Androla sees in all directions: the blue smoke of days gone by, the gray & golden now, the certain shadow of the future's ass end. He knows the reaper's on the road & closing steady, still a little light remains & not all the fruit has soured. There's time left for small victories & he wins with this book: the strained cadence of a life lived hard, words as natural as spit & poems built of flesh, breath & bone." -Bart Solarczyk

Antologia di poesie Melting Ice

 Nel 2017, la Young Poets Network della Poetry Society ha collaborato con il National Maritime Museum per sfidare i giovani poeti a rispondere al volto mutevole delle nostre regioni polari. La sfida è stata giudicata dal poeta Harry Man, Lucy Wood e dalla rappresentante del National Maritime Museum Claire Warrior, e molte poesie sono state inserite come parte di una giornata di ispirazione gratuita al museo, facilitata dai poeti Rachel Long e Mario Petrucci

I Don't Have Any Paper So Shut Up: (or, Social Romanticism) (New American Poetry) by Bruce Andrews

At once irreverent, serious, silly, intellectual, sexual, and relevant, Shut Up is a brilliant kaleidoscope of the social-sexual-political realities of the late 20th century. Shut Up is Andrews’ most accessible work to date; but it is also writing so raw and powerful that it will infuriate some of its audience. For Shut Up is a work directed at its readers, at the social and political community from which the writing springs, and Andrews holds no punches in his assault on the stupidity and barbarism of American moral homilies, its bigotry and destructiveness. “I can’t watch the freedom,” the poet angrily proclaims. “Astronauts would only prefer the hula, harmalite, tissue blots off Judeo-Christian sunset – church a regular wound museum . . . Timesharing Jesus – boys one smirking boys one shot.” As in much of Andrews’ writing, the poet pushes beyond cynicism into an aphoristic wit and outright laughter: “Literature is worse than life.” “Porn teaches us what to forget.” In Shut Up the author of such noted books as Love Songs, Give ‘Em Enough Rope, Getting Ready to Have Been Frightened, and Executive Summary takes everybody’s language into the great (rediscovered) known, a world of slang, song, street jive, pompous pronouncements, and whisperings of love. It is a world at once beautiful and terrifying, a world that cannot recognize its own beauty, its prophets, its own doom

The Walls Were Not Big Enough to Hold You: Foyle Anthology 2018

 An anthology of the top 15 poems in the 2018 Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, judged by Caroline Bird and Daljit Nagra. The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is The Poetry Society’s annual poetry competition for young poets around the world aged 11-17. The Award has sparked off the careers of many celebrated poets, including Jay Bernard, Sarah Howe, Helen Mort, Richard Osmond and Caroline Bird herself. Read the 2018 anthology online below.

Thorns of the Blood Rose by Victor H. Anderson, Gwydion Pendderwen (Preface)

 Winner of the 1975 Clover International Poetry Competition Award, this collection of ritual and love poetry of witchcraft has been hailed as a classic of neo-Pagan literature

Your Voice Crosses the Ocean: Foyle Anthology 2019

 An anthology of the top 15 poems in the 2019 Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, judged by Raymond Antrobus and Jackie Kay. The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is The Poetry Society’s annual poetry competition for young poets around the world aged 11-17. The Award has sparked off the careers of many celebrated poets, including Jay Bernard, Sarah Howe, Helen Mort, Richard Osmond and Caroline Bird herself. Read the 2019 anthology online below.

For When The Revolution Comes: Poetry of days | Poetry of hope (Songbooks and Poetry) by Moushumi Ghose

 For When The Revolution Comes is a hauntingly beautiful poetry collection by Moushumi Ghose that delves deep into the emotional turmoil of a world in crisis. Through a series of raw and evocative poems, Ghose explores the profound sense of depression, sadness, loneliness, and disillusionment that arises when life feels increasingly chaotic and unjust.

This collection serves as both a personal reflection and a quiet act of resistance. Ghose candidly examines her struggle to find meaning and a sense of belonging in a world turned upside down, capturing the disillusionment and loud stirring or rebellion and resistance within her heart. Each poem is imbued with vivid and stirring imagery that mirrors the chaos and uncertainty of our times, resonating with anyone who has grappled with similar feelings of despair and hope.

In For When The Revolution Comes, Ghose offers readers a poignant and introspective journey through a landscape of emotional depth, providing solace and solidarity to those navigating the complexities of the human experience during challenging times.

Selected Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

In 'Selected Poems', Elizabeth Barrett Browning's lyrical and deeply emotional writing shines through. From the love poems that captured her own romantic relationship with Robert Browning, to her social commentary and spiritual reflections, this collection is a testament to her unique voice in poetry.

Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays by Mary Oliver

A perfect introduction to Mary Oliver’s poetry, this stunning collection features 26 nature poems and prose writings about the birds that played such an important role in the Pulitzer Prize winner’s life.

 

Within these pages you will find hawks, hummingbirds, and herons; kingfishers, catbirds, and crows; swans, swallows and, of course, the snowy owl, among a dozen others-including ten poems that have never before been collected. She adds two beautifully crafted essays, “Owls,” selected for the Best American Essays series, and “Bird,” a new essay that will surely take its place among the classics of the genre.

In the words of the poet Stanley Kunitz, “Mary Oliver's poetry is fine and deep; it reads like a blessing. Her special gift is to connect us with our sources in the natural world, its beauties and terrors and mysteries and consolations.”

For anyone who values poetry and essays, for anyone who cares about birds, Owls and Other Fantasies will be a treasured gift; for those who love both, it will be essential reading.

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Ten Thousand Steps Against the Tyrant by Indran Amirthanayagam

 There's an adage that journalism is the first draft of history, but for the flesh-and-blood truth of lived experience, the "news that stays news" has always been poetry. And perhaps no poet is better situated to write of the tumultuous events of the recent past than Indran Amirthanayagam, a true global citizen. In TEN THOUSAND STEPS AGAINST THE TYRAN, he encapsulates the full range of emotion surrounding the 2020 U.S. presidential election and subsequent insurrection, taking place against the backdrop of a deadly global pandemic, from terror and outrage to euphoria and hope for "Joe and Kamala," as he refers to the newly elected president and vice president, this familiarity itself a desire for a return to decency and simple human dignity. There are poems here that treat of politics and lofty affairs of state, a world the poet has experienced as an international diplomat, and of living through pandemic; but for the heart of the collection, look to his tender poem for his mother, and his desire to keep her safe, to hold her forever--"Decline and death are prohibited." This same love is extended to all mankind throughout these poems. They are a celebration, but also a warning of the fragility of our tenuous step back from the brink of tyranny. And if the first bloom of hope for the Biden administration is already wilting a bit in the harsh glare of reality, that's all the more reason to persevere. "We need to hear / the songs of your migrant heart," he declares in his opening poem. We need to keep singing. We need to be prepared to take the next step, beyond the 10,000 steps it has taken to reach this point, ready for the moment "the world wakes up from / this pandemic dream alive and ready to move, / to make, to fill, and to rename the void."

Selected Poems by Carl Sandburg

 Superb collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet.

This collection of Sandburg’s finest and most representative poetry draws on all of his previous volumes and includes four unpublished poems about Lincoln. The Hendricks’s comprehensive introduction discusses how Sandburg’s life and beliefs colored his work and why it continues to resonate so deeply with americans today.

Edited and with an Introduction by George and Willene Hendrick