English Poetry Anthology

Fragments of A Half-Life is a rare collection of intimate writings from award-winning poet and philosopher Emily Maroutian. This fragmented anthology diverges from her familiar uplifting tone, allowing the reader to journey into the mind of the poet as she comes to terms with past trauma, uncomfortable truths, and the pain of life after recovery. Written over the span of ten years, this collection features passages and poetry from old journals that were later discarded. The reflective accounts serve as candid observations and confessions about the difficulty of healing, including variants ...

With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry, where he began his career over fifty years ago, and what a return it is. Born in Sri Lanka during the Second World War, Ondaatje was sent as a child to school in London, and later moved to Canada. While he has lived here since, these poems reflect the life of a writer, traveller and watcher of the world – describing himself as a “mongrel,” someone born out of diverse cultures.

This collection of sixteen poems features several notable examples of his early work, including “Oenone” and “The May Queen”, as well as two of his most iconic works, “The Lady of Shalott” and “The Lotus Eaters."

Stolen Thoughts is a captivating collection of poetry that delves deep into the depths of the human experience. With a mesmerizing blend of introspection, motivation, commentary, and gratitude, Dr. Anish Kaushal invites listeners on an emotional journey through the inner workings of his mind.

In pieces that are at once brilliant, beautiful and hyper-imagined, Atwood gives voices to remarkably drawn characters – mythological figures, animals and everyday people – all of whom have something to say about what it means to live in a world as strange as our own. ‘How can one live with such a heart?’ Atwood asks, casting her singular spell upon the listener, and ferrying us through life, death and whatever comes next. Walking the tightrope between reality and fantasy as only she can, Atwood’s journey through poetry illuminates our most innate joys and sorrows, desires and fears.

Fun and wild poems that advise everyone to take it easy and take it crazy. The world is a wonder; these poems are its thunder. Dragons, monsters and even children thrive within these chapters. They are waiting for you.

Marie Corelli is best known as a novelist, but was always a poet at heart, composing on her strongest passions, whether for love, nature, God, or country. This volume collects poems from across her bestselling books and across her career, curated by Brenda Vyver, her her 'companion' of 40 years, who she left everything to when she died, and who is buried alongside her in a twin grave. It is perhaps worth noting that Brenda drove much of Corelli's work, which ran heavy to erotic descriptions of women.

Since 2009, Poet and Author Daniel L. Walker, Sr. wrote hundreds of short stories and poems. Here is an anthology collection of his work, both previously and unreleased material. Daniel's writing are not only captivating and inspiring throughout the world, but also part of his bestselling collection.

Broken down by a variety of subject matter, each section begins with a selection from an interview between NBA star Etan Thomas and political sportswriter Dave Zirin, followed by a Thomas poem and the writings of talented young poets.

Between then and now poets have written verse, both serious and humorous, in attempts to keep a poetic track both of feelings and as a tribute to our four-legged friends and their adventures.

Pose Prose and Poems: My Thoughts Exactly was the first compilation of poetry and prose by Janna Hill and was copyrighted in 1998. The verses reflect the hopes, dreams, hurt, and disappointments found in the human condition.

Shakespeare's sonnets have long been considered some of the greatest poetry ever written. It’s hard to find someone who hasn’t heard the phrase, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?" Marvel at the use of syllables, or simply sit back and enjoy all Shakespeare’s sonnets in one handy volume.

This book Wind in the Flute is a collection of tales of giving and lessons learned from stories of real lives. These stories are in prose and prose poetry form. It speaks of opportunities of being generous with ourselves and with people who come into our lives. It is often for reason or a lesson that we come in contact with certain people in our lives.

The styles and rhythms of English can vary fully as much as in poetry. Therefore to compliment The Anthology Of English Poetry, The Anthology Of English Prose aims to enchant with the best of English prose, and to illustrate the ways in which each great writer has bent the language to his will. The recordings were made in the 1950s by members of the University of Cambridge and directed by George Rylands.

"Where, Oh, Where Has My Little Dog Gone?": Look high and low with a little boy as he searches - and finds - his doggy in this classic rhyme. "Three Little Kittens": Join three little kittens in their mischief with mittens in this classic Mother Goose tale, ending the way every good nursery rhyme should: with mother's homemade pie and kisses good night.

This collection brings together the work of nine inventive and brilliant poets who defined and drove the dub poetry genre. From the Caribbean, Canada and the UK, the poetry in this collection spans forty years, as dub became a powerful cultural and creative force. The poets included in this collection are: Oku Onuora, Mikey Smith, Mutabaruka, Jean 'Binta' Breeze, James Berry, Benjamin Zephaniah, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Lillian Allen and Afua Cooper.

What is it that makes poetry...well, poetry? Is it the devices and techniques used by its creators like rhyme and rhythm? Alliteration and assonance? Or is it something much deeper that these tools merely convey? Compared to prose, poetry has to tell a lot with a little. Therein lies the core of what poetry may be. It is the product of a poet placing one finger on the pulse of the world or reality, nature, or human experience, and holding a pen with the other hand.

Poems to Enjoy Book 5 is read by a husband and wife couple, experienced educationists and readers with a life-long love for literature and performance.

Eighty-six outstanding poems by thirty-five remarkable poets including Greg Dasalla, Garrett Uehara, Moses Pilla, Malia Elliott, Nicole Maika’i-St. Louis, Jay Palompo, Ken Rasti, James Andrade, Dorothy Winslow Wright, Skyla Reyes, Karen Sisler, Hongri Yuan, Daniel S. Janik, Rüdiger Herzing Rückmann, Chuck St. Louis, Michael Lau, Milionea Toluao, Christopher Scott Halicion, Brent Kutara, Uhene, Miranda Zhang, Sidney Esperas, Paul Giovenco, Eddie Aribon, Chino Villa, Cathy A. Schultz, Kimo Dunn, Kaethe Kauffman, Serena Saleh, Cigeng Zhang, Martin Estaban, Mike Patelo, Mark Kempf, Abram ...

Sixty-nine outstanding poems by twenty-three remarkable poets including Conner Maikai-St. Louis, Teuta S. Rizaj, Yuan Hongri, Akanksha Agarwal, Cheri Woods, Daniel S. Janik, Ellen Rückmann-Bruch, Rüdiger Herzing Rückmann, Kaethe Kauffman, Cigeng Zhang, V. Bright Saigal, Bhupesh Chandra Karmakar, Lori Fisher, Jessie Dunn, Loretta Maikai, Ken Rasti, Kanzy Abdelkhalek, Mike Lau, Robert Uhene Maikai, Harvey Hess, Jennifer Cahill, Thomas Koron and Michael Joseph Masor. Edited by Robert Uhene Maikai.