Dikter

This gorgeously illustrated collection of poems illuminates and reimagines the ingenious, fragile dwellings of the living creatures around us. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage was inspired to write these poems by the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, an ambitious restoration project where history and mystery combine.

A love letter to Palestinian ancestors, their descendants, and their land, to all anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggles, to a history that will never be forgotten, and to a future in which there thrives a free, free Palestine.Poetry has always served as a mode of resistance in Palestinian culture. In defiance of dispossession and decades of military siege, of a nakba that never ended, of historical and cultural obfuscation, of unrelenting violence and thousands of martyred people, the "power to narrate," as Edward Said wrote, remains a necessary tool for self-determination. The poems collected here reclaim that power, bridging borders, languages, and generations to forge new conversations around resistance and liberation.HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US is a battle-cry against the annihilation of a people. As Palestinian history remains haunted by exile, violence, and grief, so, too, are the poems in this anthology. And yet, editors George Abraham and Noor Hindi present these realities alongside other themes that are also true: queer and feminist perspectives, eco-poetry, meditations on love and time, and lineages of protest. This anthology dares to imagine a future beyond a nation-state for Palestinian people everywhere. Contributors include Refaat Alareer, Mahmoud Darwish, Naomi Shihab Nye, Mohammed El-Kurd, A.D. Lauren-Abunassar, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Hala Alyan, Fady Joudah, and Heba Abu Nada, and many other voices, both established and ascending.

'Among the pages in this book, "I" is not always me, "You" is not necessarily you, but "We" often refers to all of us. There is no limit to knowing. Anyone who claims to know it all, is lying. Though, every day lends an opportunity to discover something new-, about yourself or the world; magic is real and it's all around us.' In this thought provoking collection of poems, the author addresses the issues of the modern world, questioning humanity's current pathway and calling for a return to a life more in step with Mother Nature.

The first new anthology of its kind in 20 years, Victorian Poetry provides generous selections of poetry both by well-known Victorian poets (Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, Christina Rossetti) and by writers who have received less critical attention (Constance Naden, Toru Dutt, Grace Aguilar). Detailed annotations, substantial biographies, and an introduction outlining major literary and historical trends of the Victorian period ensure that the anthology will be useful both for specialists and for students encountering these poems for the first time. A companion website features additional poetry, selections of critical prose, and five appendices that group together poems related by genre, geography, or subject.

With this book you can integrate the Hanuman Chalisa into your life, allowing your heart and mind to meditate on its significance. Each line includes a commentary that can help as a supporting tool as you construct your own relationship with the sacred poem.

The thrilling story of the healers, artists and prodigies once persecuted as witches - from the three-time T.S. Eliot Prize-shortlisted poetIn her thrilling fourth collection, Midden Witch, Fiona Benson enters the world of familiars, fables and hedge-magic and focuses on the persistent superstition - the fear and false knowledge - that was witchcraft. Telling tales of imagined transformations and spell-casting, these poems present a litany of artists, dreamers and outcasts and a study of their ostracisation. The poet looks at how gifted, sometimes troubled, individuals - generally healers, artists, prodigies and almost always women - became scapegoats, victims of societal paranoia and persecution, and were hounded for centuries, often to a gratuitously violent public execution. In Midden Witch, these women speak back to us with dark humour, insight and real herbal knowledge. Reckoning with middle age, marginalisation, perimenopause and a steady, unstoppable vanishing, this troubled codex of remedies, spells and stories speaks to human fear in the face of the unknown, and a drive to protect our loved ones that transcends all rational thought. At play in the language of archival accounts of witchcraft, this is a dark, eclectic spell-book that witnesses the end-days of magic.

"Catching a Ride on Creation" invites readers on a poignant journey through the poetic landscapes of nature, relationships, the sacred, and hope. Within these verses, the author reveals an intimate dance with life experiences, as if plucking inspiration from the ether. Gratitude permeates the pages, as the act of capturing these fleeting verses becomes an integral part of the author's existence. Unconstrained by a specific style, the poems organically find their form, mirroring the purpose they serve. Simplicity is celebrated, with the author eschewing clever wordplay in favor of profound sincerity. Each poem unfolds like a glimpse into the author's soul, resonating with the universal themes that weave the fabric of human connection. "Catching a Ride on Creation" promises not just a reading experience but a shared exploration of the profound simplicity that threads through life's tapestry.

The fourth full-length collection of poems by Irish poet Patrick Cotter, Quality Control at the Miracle Factory reflects the dark times of its writing, moving with unease through the world.

Silk Work is the debut collection by Imogen Cassels, a Foyle Young Poet of the Year. Weaving multiple sources from literature, philosophy, visual art and history into ways of reading and documenting, the poems in Silk Work are an exercise in language's inbuilt, radiant futility, which is both its suffering and its joy.

An electrifying debut collection exploring langage and revolution, by an extraordinary new poetic talent