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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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
Bethlehem
Carol Ann Duffy
Alice Stevenson
Pilgrim's Flower
Rachael Boast
The Book of My Enemy
Clive James
Brand New Ancients
Kae Tempest
The Heel of Bernadette
Colette Bryce
The Lammas Hireling
Ian Duhig
Better Than God
Peter Porter
The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea
Mark Haddon
Pluto
Glyn Maxwell
Hill of Doors
Robin Robertson
Collected Poems
Sean O'Brien
The Havocs
Jacob Polley
Wenceslas
Carol Ann Duffy
Stuart Kolakovic
The Overhaul
Kathleen Jamie
The Seacunny
Gerard Woodward
Banjo
Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch
The Dark Film
Paul Farley
Nefertiti in the Flak Tower
Clive James
Misadventure
Richard Meier
The Picador Book of Wedding Poems
Peter Forbes
The Picador Book of Funeral Poems
Don Paterson
The Picador Book of Love Poems
John Stammers
Armour
John Kinsella
The Cloud Corporation
Timothy Donnelly