English Poetry Anthology

When cleaning the house, you find something peculiar, it strikes curiosity but seems awfully familiar, I looked at the photo and thought what happened before this was taken, is the woman hurt or could I be mistaken?

This amazing collection of poetry from the famous Greek Anthology spans over 1,500 years of ancient Greek and Byzantine history. The selections in this recording were chosen and translated by famed classicist J. W. Mackail.

Canonized, overlooked, and forgotten African American poets star in Terrance Hayes's brilliant contemplations of personal, canonical, and allegorical literary development. Proceeding from Toni Morrison's aim to expand the landscape of literary imagination in Playing in the Dark ("I want to draw a map, so to speak, of a critical geography"), Watch Your Language charts a lyrical geography of reading and influence in poetry.

BREAK THE SILENCE VOLUME 2 is the work of 91 International poets of the How to Write for Success Literary Network. Together they have used their pens to raise their voices against Domestic Violence. The first issue of this anthology was published in March 2020. From feedback received, it brought relief to many victims of domestic violence. With the onslaught of Covid 19 and the extended lockdowns, Domestic Violence has started to rise again. We believe that persons in abusive situations must speak out against this menace in our society, and as writers we will support them. Together we can ...

The Whispers in the Dead Zone are few and far between a cry None like it here, you lose control inside and out, once you die That’s why our wings are clipped, so we never learn how to fly Be careful in this Zone and don’t dare ask, who, what or why

In the years since he first had the idea of prescribing short, powerful poems for all manner of spiritual ailments, William Sieghart has taken his Poetry Pharmacy around Britain, into the pages of the Guardian, onto BBC Radio 4 and onto the television, honing his prescriptions all the time. This audiobook presents the most essential poems in his dispensary: those which, again and again, have really shown themselves to work. Whether you are suffering from loneliness, lack of courage, heartbreak, hopelessness or an excess of ego, there is something here to ease your pain.

If a Lurker is lurking, most likely they'll find you They wait and hide, until they no longer need too Lurking just to harm someone, this is so very true Like a chess player, strategically planning what to do The Lurkers are waiting on your very next move...

Pretty Evil Halloween Store: Open for business My favorite time of year will soon be here, new scary rhymes will soon appear, I love to write them yes that's true, won't you please read one or maybe two. Welcome and take a look around, but be careful not to get caught and placed underground The owner has a darkness in her eyes, that intensifies when evil satisfies her appetite, but beware of when she takes a bite, if her eyes turn white get out of her site, or this Halloween will be your biggest fright!

My sweet demons do not need a reason to be tough They are patient and wait until the beast has enough Demons One through Ten, love to get a little rough Enter, if you dare, but beware, never call their bluff

What happened here? in this house , on Lamplighter rd., no ones around, and the food is cold, hello, hello is anyone home, this house looks like a danger zone, to call nine one one, I reached for the phone, realizing I was standing, in a crime scene alone!

Although she is most famous for her bestselling fiction, Erica Jong started her publishing career as a poet and has an international reputation for her verse. Becoming Light includes early poems previously uncollected in book form, selections from her previous books and many new poems. Erica Jong's poetry exhibits her rare gifts for inventiveness, wit, vigor, honesty and accessibility.

Resonant, raw, and vibrant, Home is a lyrical map to navigating heartbreak. Tracing the stages of healing - from the despair that comes with the end of a relationship to the eventual light and liberation that comes with time - the poems in Home provide comfort and solace, while revitalizing your soul - and helping you make peace with your bees.

Seventeen iconic poems from World War One, including: Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Deorum Est"; "In Flanders Fields" by John McRae; "Counter Attack" by Siegfried Sassoon; Rupert Brook's "The Soldier"; and many more that bring the horrors of the Great War vividly to life through the eyes of those living them.

In life’s kitbag of essentials food and drink are right at the top. Their variety and ways to consume are a wonder, both of nature’s offerings and human creativity. For our classic poets ranging from Ancient Romans to Elinor Wylie and Rainer Maria Rilke, their recipes for verse using the simple ingredients of words and imagination are a wonderful and enduring example of their craft and art applied to the one thing mankind looks forward to each and every day.

Great Minds ‘INK’ Alike Anthology, by Author Reneé Drummond-Brown and diverse writers on one accord from across the globe, who weigh in with various writing styles: Haiku, Free Verse and none other than Shakespeare’s distinct and favorite poetic form: sonnets relating to love. Wisdom speaks from a poetic minds-eye and these international dramatists have certainly seen it all. After all is said and done, “love makes the world go around” and the proof is in their poems, Shakespearean style.

A collection of the greatest poetry from the Victorian era, read by some of the 20th century’s most renowned actors. Science, religion and sexuality are played out in these timeless readings of poetry written during the Romantic period.

Steamy hot collection to make your holiday fantastic. Alpha guys who protect and are loyal to one woman. This collection will have you pleading for more, enjoy!

Elegant, profound, and intoxicating—Spectral Evidence, Gregory Pardlo’s first major collection of poetry after winning the Pulitzer Prize for Digest, moves fluidly among considerations of the pro-wrestler Owen Hart; Tituba, the only Black woman to be accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials; MOVE, the movement and militant separatist group famous for its violent stand-offs with the Philadelphia Police Department (“flames rose like orchids . . . / blocks lay open like egg cartons”); and more.

Presenting a delightful collection of children's favorite Mother Goose rhymes by Tomie dePaola. Young listeners and their parents will enjoy meeting up with familiar friends, including Old King Cole, Little Bo-Peep, Jack and Jill, and many more in an audiobook that is sure to be a story-hour favorite.

Now is an extraordinary time. Across the country, people are losing their loved ones, their livelihoods, their homes, and even their own lives to COVID-19. Despite the pandemic, countless protests erupted this summer over the recurring loss of Black lives. Reverberations of shock and outrage remain with us all. There's a Revolution Outside, My Love captures and articulates all of these roiling sentiments unleashed by a profound national reckoning.