Poetry
Classic and contemporary poems for all occasions and ages, from John Keats to John Cooper Clarke. Our range includes some of the most vital voices in contemporary poetry, such as Carol Ann Duffy, Kae Tempest and Clive James.
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Selling Manhattan
Carol Ann Duffy

The King of Christmas
Carol Ann Duffy
Lara Hawthorne

Let Them Eat Chaos
Kae Tempest

Poetry Notebook
Clive James

Sentenced to Life
Clive James

The Odyssey
Homer

The Remedies
Katharine Towers

Selected Verse
Rudyard Kipling

The Sonnets
William Shakespeare

The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran

Collected Poems
W B Yeats

Selected Poems
Gillian Clarke

Collected Poems
Clive James

Gate of Lilacs
Clive James

Opal Sunset
Clive James

The Blind Roadmaker
Ian Duhig

Drowning in Wheat
John Kinsella

Chorale at the Crossing
Peter Porter

The Wren-Boys
Carol Ann Duffy
Dermot Flynn

The Bonniest Companie
Kathleen Jamie

The Golden Mean
John Glenday

The Remains
Annie Freud

The Drowned Book
Sean O'Brien

The Divine Comedy
Clive James
Dante Alighieri

Some Desperate Glory
Max Egremont

The Beautiful Librarians
Sean O'Brien

Disinformation
Frances Leviston

Sack
John Kinsella

Dorothy Wordsworth's Christmas Birthday
Carol Ann Duffy
Tom Duxbury

The Mirabelles
Annie Freud

The Christmas Truce
Carol Ann Duffy
David Roberts

Sailing the Forest
Robin Robertson

Collected Poems
Michael Donaghy

The Whole & Rain-domed Universe
Colette Bryce

Ritual Lighting
Carol Ann Duffy
Stephen Raw

There Will Be No More Nonsense
Lorraine Mariner

The Ballad of HMS Belfast
Ciaran Carson

Selected Poems
Paul Farley

Byssus
Jen Hadfield

The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke