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The question at the heart of Poetry's Nature is "How is poetry a living art?" Based on Stewart's 2023 Clarendon Lectures in English at Oxford, it explores four paradigms that illuminate poetry's relation to other natural phenomena. By reframing poetry in its relation to nature, Stewart hopes to reframe our relation to the world in which we live.

Farther on Down the Road is a volume of assorted poetic forms and themes and purposes with a Southern flair.The book celebrates life in its depth, breadth, and beauty, and contains verses from different perspectives from the commonplace to the fanciful to the fantastic.The works evoke a range of emotions from joy to sorrow; from awe to bliss; from concern to glee.

“Between God and the soul, there is no in-between,” said Julian of Norwich, a 14th-century mystic, and that idea frames the poems in this collection.Norris’ central idea is that mystery is the core of being. It is in us and around us. Given a chance, something deep inside will show up as longing, something that can’t be explained but needs expression. This is what she begins to call “soul singing.”A well-known writer and poet now in her eighties, Gunilla Norris offers this collection of short prayers, tender moments of awareness, even humming, that express her yearning for and experience of connecting with the Source of all. Norris’ expressions have a universal feel, and speak across a spectrum of traditions. Above all, Soul Songs shows how sometimes we simply can’t help but lift our hearts and sing for the soul’s sake.

A handpicked crew of dykes board the Caledonian Sleeper bound for Glasgow. A couple wrestle with gender roles when their flat inventory includes a brand new baby. A young man's world expands with possibility in Barcelona, while lust mingles with faith and celebrity in verse. Curious and provocative, sometimes domestic, sometimes otherworldly, this collection of stories, poems and memoir provides a snapshot of Scotland's queer community and LGBTI+ writing scene, and captures the variety of experiences that bind our community together.

Introducing Here to Stay (an Anthology) by Ty Smith, a mesmerizing collection of poems that will sweep readers off their feet. In this remarkable anthology, Ty Smith showcases his poetic prowess, taking readers on an emotional journey through the depths of love, loss, and the resilience of the human spirit.Through his evocative verses, Smith explores themes of identity, belonging, and the power of self-expression. Each poem is a window into the poet's soul, inviting readers to contemplate life's complexities and find solace in the beauty of words.With lyrical grace and a keen sense of imagery, Smith paints vivid pictures that resonate deeply with readers. From poignant reflections on personal experiences to heartfelt odes to the wonders of the natural world, Here to Stay is a testament to the enduring power of poetry.This anthology is a treasure trove of emotions, a collection that will leave readers moved, inspired, and longing for more. Dive into the enchanting world of Here to Stay and let Ty Smith's poetic brilliance ignite your imagination and touch your heart.

House clearances, charity shops, jumble sales and skips... The significance of everyday possessions, heightened by absence...If objects could talk of the dead, what would they say?Taking in its sights 'the significance of everyday possessions', All that Remains is a powerful and poignant collection resulting from a collaboration between disciplines of art. Featuring ten beautiful full-page paintings, interwoven with poems, it forces us to consider what we leave behind in the everyday items we have amassed.

New collection of poems by Padraig O Tuama - poet, theologian, conflict negotiator and host of the hugely popular poetry podcast Poetry Unbound, as well as editor of the anthology of the same name.

Never stop looking at the beauty in ordinary places! How often do you allow yourself to really look at the divine in the world around you? Take some time to connect with your soul, with your loved ones, with the trees and water.Poetry helps us find our place in the world. It lives in our bodies and desires to be expressed. We are all poets once we learn the diverse ways in which we can express ourselves. Today more than ever I believe we need to find our creative outlets to deal with feelings of isolation, disconnection, and rising fears of unrest in our world.This morning, I had to take a little time for self-reflection. This morning my heart was too heavy to hold back my tears. I knew my heart needed grace and balancing in a time that felt overly troublesome. There are times when the information coming in from every place outside my head feels unsafe as a response to social media, TV, the continual stream of angry sad hurting people pointing fingers with no grace in their hearts.

From Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, a stunning collection of early works written from 1921-1927 and curated by award winning poet and National Book Award finalist, Danez Smith

This collection interlaces the spectacles of gender, faith, and family and unravels the age-old idea that seeing is believing. Theophanies testifies to women's capacity for piercing and musical exegesis and asks: what more might a woman's body hold after it has been hailed as a vessel for the divine?

The Paris Psalter and the Meters of Boethius (1932) contains the texts and comprehensive notes on the Paris Psalter (the most extensive collection of Anglo-Saxon metrical translations of the Psalms) and the Meters of Boethius (the surviving Anglo-Saxon versions of De Consolatione Philosophiae of Boethius.

Beowulf and Judith (1953) contains an extensive introduction to the texts of Beowulf and Judith, the full texts of the poems themselves, and comprehensive notes to the texts.

The Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems (1942) contains the many verse texts, most of them short, which are scattered here and there in manuscripts not primarily devoted to Anglo-Saxon poetry. Some, like Battle of Maldon, are well-known, while others are less so. Each text has an introduction, bibliography and extensive notes.

The Exeter Book (1936) contains the texts of the Exeter Book, the largest of the great miscellanies of Anglo-Saxon poetry, together with an extensive introduction and notes.

Anglo-Saxon Coins (1961) is an illustrated analysis of the coinage of the Anglo-Saxon era. It examines the coins of the end of Roman Britain and those of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, as well as those of the Vikings, Ireland and Wales.

This volume offers a broad introduction to the correspondence of Ausonius of Bordeaux and his protégé Paulinus of Nola, as well as selections from Paulinus' poetic output. Suitable for students and scholars of Classics, Late Antiquity, and Religious Studies.

This book includes conceptual printed works, poem-objects, texts for performance, and computational poetry that shape a posthumanist understanding which is "situated". Part of the material turn, it fashions modes of complex embodiment in relation to the global crises of our moment: environmental, economic and ethical.

Esteemed scholar, poet, and critic Stephanie Burt anthologizes five decades of verse for and by queer Americans. Interpreted by Burt, the poems of Frank O'Hara, Audre Lorde, Judy Grahn, James Merrill, Thom Gunn, Jackie Kay, Adrienne Rich, Chen Chen, The Cyborg Jillian Weise, and others trace a flourishing of queer life from Stonewall to today.

Chock Full of Fuckery is a captivating collection of poems, short stories, and musings told through the lens of a mixed, Gen X chick who is ridiculously sick of everyone's shit. Including her own. Blended with pain and humor, this book gives a glimpse into raw and often absurd aspects of her life, and offers a gentle reminder that life is a tapestry of experiences interwoven with darkness and light, tragedy and triumph.Be ready to embrace the beautiful mess of one woman's history. Why? Because this could be just what you need right now.