Collections & Anthologies

Book of Longing is Leonard Cohen's first book of new poetry since Book of Mercy was published two decades ago

Adopting the methodology of the music charts, The Classic Hundred Poems presents the "top 100" poems of all time...

This inspiring collection, edited by Pádraig ó Tuama, presents fifty poems about what it means to be alive in the world today. Each poem is paired with Pádraig's illuminating commentary that offers personal anecdotes and generous insights into the content of the poem....

Richard Ellmann has revised and expanded his definitive work on Joyce's life to include newly discovered primary material....

A masterly new recording by Ralph Fiennes. Four Quartets is the culminating achievement of T. S. Eliot's career as a poet....

Wordsworth's The Prelude is the consummation of his achievement as the great founder of English romanticism....

Blending humour with insight, tension with tenderness, complexity with care, Poetry Unbound articulates the power of poetry itself; it illuminates aspects of the human condition, particularly the ways we are inextricably linked to each other, and provides inspiration for grounded self-reflection.

Sometimes only a poem will do. These poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice offer comfort, delight and inspiration for all, a space for reflection and that precious realisation - I'm not the only one who feels like this....

This special audio collection features some of Poe's best-known stories....

With its intricate structure and imagery, Four Quartets is the achievement of T. S. Eliot's career. Its greatness is done full justice in this rendition by the late Poet Laureate Ted Hughes....

These are masterly readings, by renowned thespian Paul Schofield, of two substantial works of poetry by T.S. Eliot....

"100 Best-Loved Poems" is a cherished anthology that brings together some of the most timeless and evocative works of poetry in the English language.

With more than 80 of the most popular and loved poems in the English language, this collection is one of the most comprehensive anthologies of its kind. It covers a remarkable range...

A collection of the greatest poetry from the Romantic period, the battlefield and the Victorian era, read by some of the 20th century’s most renowned actors....

An anthology of 113 original poems inspired by Taylor Swift songs, from a powerhouse group of contemporary poets - including Diane Seuss, Amanda Lovelace, Hollie McNish, Richard Siken, Ilya Kaminsky, Joy Harjo, Lang Leav, Paul Muldoon, Maggie Smith, Jane Hirshfield and Yusef Komunyakaa.

In nearly four decades as a journalist covering conflict from Rwanda to Kosovo to Palestine, Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum has always carried a book of poetry. In Ukraine, she tweeted a poem a day, and people began to read, to share, to ask for more.

You have been looking for this book for quite some time. Pick it up to begin a journey into the deepest depths of the human psyche and the darkest corners of the imagination....

In She Walks in Beauty, Caroline Kennedy has once again marshaled the gifts of our greatest poets to pay a very personal tribute to the human experience....

101 Famous Poems, compiled by Roy J. Cook and first published in 1916, is a collection of one familiar poem each by the best-known poets in the English language....

From misting of the eyes, through soft drizzles on cheek to cascades that would put Niagara falls to shame the event of tears comes in all shapes and sizes.

John Keats' letters paint an unforgettably vivid and moving picture of the richly productive but also tragic final years of the poet's life….

A collection of the greatest war poetry ever written, read by some of the 20th century’s most renowned actors....

Falstaff is both a comic and tragic central protagonist in Shakespeare's three Henry plays. Award-winning author and esteemed professor Harold Bloom examines Falstaff with the deepest compassion and sympathy and also with unerring wisdom....

A collection of playfully elucidating essays to help reluctant poetry audiences become well-versed in verse....

The period of English romantic poetry occurred roughly between 1800 and 1850 and was represented by poets such as William Blake, Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and William Wordsworth....

Of Poor Billionaires and Rich Paupers is a startlingly funny and fresh fusion of poetry, speeches, musings, warnings and pleadings couched in words that are memorable and well thought-out.

This audiobook is an anthology of Lope de Vega's poetry. A contemporary of Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega is one of the greatest poets ever in Spanish lenguaje. In this production you will find some of his best poems.

Содержание: «В ночи, когда уснет тревога…» «Сумерки, сумерки вешние…» «Недосказанной речи тревогу…» «Ужасен холод вечеров…» «В туманах, над сверканьем рос…» «Девушка пела в церковном хоре…» Незнакомка Балаган Второе крещенье «Ушла. Но гиацинты ждали…» «О, весна без конца и без краю…» «И я любил. И я изведал…» Поэты «Она, как прежде, захотела…» Россия «Я пригвожден к трактирной стойке…» Осенний день Сиена «Кольцо существованья тесно…» На железной дороге Авиатор «Ночь, улица, фонарь, аптека…» К музе Художник «Как растет тревога к ночи!..» «О, нет!

Содержание: «До свиданья, друг мой, до свиданья…» «Там, где капустные грядки…» «За горами, за желтыми долами…» «Дымом половодье…» «Край любимый! Сердцу снятся…» «Я пастух, мои палаты…» «В том краю, где желтая крапива…» «О край дождей и непогоды…» «Не напрасно дули ветры…» Корова «Весна на радость не похожа…» «Гляну в поле, гляну в небо…» «Вот оно, глупое счастье…» «Я последний поэт деревни…» «Устал я жить в родном краю…» «Все живое особой метой…» Не ругайтесь! Такое дело! «Не жалею, не зову, не плачу…» «Я обманывать себя не стану…» «Да! Теперь – решено. Без возврата…» «Сыпь, гармоника.

Discover the wisdom and wonder of poetry through candid conversations with some of the most powerful poets of the 21st century. In this remarkable collection, Ben Palpant, author of Letters from The Mountain, invites listeners into intimate, one-on-one interviews with seventeen acclaimed poets.