Poetry

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the Academy Award–winning actor and author of Greenlights comes an inspiring, faith-filled, and often hilarious collection of personal poetry and prayers about navigating the rodeo of life and chasing down the original dream, belief. My prayers are my...

The great epic of Western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Christopher Nolan Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts...

A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....

Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....

An instant audio classic! Sir Patrick Stewart draws upon his decades on the Shakespearean stage to bring listeners an all-new, definitive recording of the complete Sonnets—an audio treasury of incandescent performances and insightful personal commentary. Already beloved by audiobook listeners...

This international best seller gently offers answers to life's biggest questions as well as a practical process to help you create prosperity, vitality, happiness and inner peace....

In 81 brief chapters, Lao-Tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, provides advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit, and teaches us how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao—the basic principle of the...

The #1 New York Times bestselling poet returns with his most ambitious collection yet. In this third and final installment of his poetic trilogy, Yung Pueblo expands upon favorite themes while guiding readers further, toward a life lived authentically, intuitively, and in harmony with others. In...

The first novel in Jan Karon’s bestselling and beloved Mitford series--now available in a new 20th Anniversary Edition, including an introductory letter by the author It's easy to feel at home in Mitford, North Carolina. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and...

Compelling and straight-shooting wisdom for coping with whatever challenges life throws at us from the New York Times bestselling author of Unfu*k Yourself. In Unfu*k Yourself, Gary John Bishop taught millions of readers how to silence the negative, self-sabotaging voice in their head to thrive...

You Better Be Lightning ranges from close examination of the deeply personal to the vastness of the world, exploring the expansiveness of the human experience from love to illness, from space to climate change, and so much more in between....

Renowned poet and critic Clive James presents the crowning achievement of his career: a monumental translation into English verse of Dante’s The Divine Comedy....

“Probably the most finely accomplished and ... most enduring" translation (Los Angeles Times Book Review) of this essential work of world literature—from a renowned scholar and master teacher of Dante and an accomplished poet. “The Hollanders … act as latter-day Virgils, guiding us...

The Iliad. Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and...

Tolkien’s acclaimed modern classic ‘fairie’ tale, read by Derek Jacobi. ‘Here is something that no devotee of the Hobbit epic can afford to miss, while awaiting a further instalment of the history of these fascinating people – a selection [of verses] offered as an ‘interim report’...

The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!). These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance....

Brought to you by Penguin The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and encounter with his dead love, Beatrice; and finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is a brilliantly...

With Professor Esolen you will enter the terrible gates of Hell and progress level by infernal level to its diabolical depths. Professor Esolen places a special emphasis on the drama of the poem, leading you through each canto in succession....

Beyond Thoughts is a poetry collection that explores the root cause of anxiety, depression, guilt, shame, negative thinking, and emotional suffering to help you heal....

Dating to the ninth century BC, Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned...

This translation of The Iliad equals Fitzgerald's earlier Odyssey in power and imagination. It recreates the original action as conceived by Homer, using fresh and flexible blank verse that is both lyrical and dramatic. * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF containing Notes on the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A READ WITH JENNA PICK From the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Mary Oliver, a definitive and enduring collection of her best work “No matter where one starts reading, Devotions offers much to love. . . . Perhaps more important, the luminous writing provides...

Read by the author. These are prayers for your moments of gratitude and celebration. For your seasons of loss and waiting. For your days when prayers come, not in words but in groans. When We Talk to God, from poet-theologian Sharifa Stevens, captures the arc and the ache of our lives. A...

A collection of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex and honour. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl are two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. Sir Gawain is a romance, a fairy-tale for...

Social media sensation Darby Hudson offers this collection of encouraging and humorous reflections to encourage others to continue expressing themselves, no matter what. You're Going to Be OK is a book on art, jobs, magic and muddling through. These fragments were gathered by the train tracks at...

Tender captures all the tiny, fragile, perfect moments of new life and, with it, new parenthood. Full of sleepless wonder and with his characteristic wit and warmth, Harry Baker offers snapshots into the intense first 100 days with his son as they get to know each other.

Every poem Edgar Allan Poe ever wrote — in one volume, with a critical essay and biography Edited by Henry Bugalho — philosopher, writer, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Before horror had a name, before the gothic became a genre, there was a man in a dark room writing poems about loss, madness, beauty, and the dead women he could not stop mourning. Edgar Allan Poe did not invent melancholy — but he gave it a music that no one has surpassed. This edition brings together all 61 poems — from the famous to the forgotten, from the early Byronic experiments to the final, ...

Sunday Times bestselling author and Instagram sensation Jessica Urlichs returns with a new collection of beautifully observed poems about the ever-evolving journey of motherhood—the hard, the magic, and the fleeting. The love you have for your children Only deepens as they grow As poet Jessica...

Following 2024's sold-out, three-city tour, My Soul To Take: Undead marks the second installment in Joe Arden's live stage experience, My Soul To Take. Through poetry, prose, stories, original writing, and classic pieces of literature, Joe explores the depths of love and the spirits that linger long past life. In two interconnected standalone evenings, join Joe and special guest Andi Eloise as they bring back to life characters and moments from romance and classical literature that evoke the power of immortality and celebrate the timelessness of words.

In God of All Promises: A Poetic Pilgrimage through Genesis, Walter Brueggemann offers a fresh, prayerful journey that illuminates our shared faith. With poetic insight and theological depth, Brueggemann invites listeners to find new meaning in each chapter of Genesis through his personal spiritual practice of praying back the Bible to the God who dwells therein.

An authoritative collection including over 70 brand new poems celebrating the strength, beauty, and joy of being a woman, from the best-selling author of Wild Hope and Words to Live By. To the Women is a celebration of the beauty, strength, and joy of being a woman. In this love letter to our...

La vasta produzione è infatti pervasa dalla personalità schiva eppure dirompente che la contraddistinse: gli affetti, la natura, il pensiero ossessivo della morte e dell'abbandono ne sono protagonisti vivi, che Dickinson racconta con uno sguardo in apparenza semplice e ritirato, in realtà ricco di complessità. Nei suoi versi ritroviamo lo scorrere ciclico ma effimero delle stagioni, i fiori e soprattutto gli animali, in grado di risvegliare in lei la più variegata gamma dei sentimenti, dalla repulsione allo sgomento, dall'ironia all'incanto.

In this part-memoir, part-manifesto, an acclaimed poet interprets Black radical literary traditions to reimagine freedom through refusal. “In these fierce yet tender pages, Camonghne Felix reveals how imagination can become a form of governance—an instrument for creating a world rooted in...

Emily Dickinson é considerada uma das maiores poetisas americanas de todos os tempos, e só teve grande parte da sua obra publicada postumamente. Levando uma vida reclusa, ela escreveu mais de mil poemas com metáforas surpreendentes, uso não convencional de pontuação e observações extraordinárias sobre muitos temas. Nesta seleção inédita, que contou com a participação de @mcarolbrx, o foco foi o amor - talvez o assunto que mais entusiasme seus leitores fiéis.

James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901-May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and opinion columnist from Joplin, Missouri. An early innovator of jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. In the following recording, Langston Hughes reading 35 of his best-known poems.

Este libro reúne los mejores poemas de amor escritos por Mario Benedetti, uno de los poetas más innovadores, divertidos, ambiciosos y modernos de la literatura en español.

No toda presencia se olvida cuando se aleja. Algunas permanecen ardiendo en la memoria y en el lenguaje. Todo en este libro nace de esa intensidad: la admiración, la distancia, el deseo y el asombro. Aquí la poesía intenta rozar a una mujer hecha de fuerza, misterio, fuego y hielo. Lo que estos versos nombran no es solo una figura, sino la huella que deja en quien la mira. Y al final, lo que queda no es el incendio, sino la luz.

This book of Free Verse poems tells stories of growing up. When we share our growing-up experiences, a window is open for children to learn about life, family, friendship, and faith. These stories can impart invaluable lessons and morals, helping them navigate their life journeys. Sharing stories from your childhood and adolescence allows children to connect with you on a deeper level. They will see you not just as a parent or guardian but as someone who faced and learned from challenges. Such narratives provide gentle guidance and a moral compass for positive choices.

In seinen Gedichten treten Sinnlichkeit, die Mythen des Mittelmeers und die Themen einer unruhigen Gegenwart in Resonanz. Er schreibt in den Farben des Mittelmeers, seiner Küsten und findet in der Moderne jene Orte, in denen das Vergangene verwandelt wieder ans Licht tritt. Seine Gedichte sind ein Fundus, ein Schatz in vielen Stimmen. Diese CD präsentiert eine Auswahl aus über 50 Jahren lyrischen Schaffens.

From an award-winning poet praised for his “rhapsodic, rigorous” work (The New Yorker) comes an immersive meditation on kindship, collectivity, and environmental thought We (The People of The United States) is a book-length poem made to the measure of the modern world. Composed of 55...

Shades of Blue by Ahron Friedberg is a deeply moving poetry audiobook that explores universal themes of love, loss, longing, memory, and self-discovery. This intimate collection of early poems reflects the quiet emotional landscapes that shape who we become—making it a powerful listen for anyone who appreciates contemporary poetry, reflective writing, and heartfelt storytelling.

A short collection of poems about Christmas time. Christmas is supposed to be magical, a fun time of year. Christmas has never been about Christianity or religion for me. It was always a time of abuse and fear, a time when family was forced to be in close proximity. A fear and dread that I did not have my life together, as society forces us to assume is the way it should be. That Christmas time is a time of family, tradition and forgiveness.

Esta compilación reúne voces tanto consolidadas como emergentes que han participado en los micrófonos abiertos de PERRA MALA 666. Los textos aquí reunidos exploran la identidad, el cuerpo y el deseo disidente. Denuncian la violencia y nos animan a buscar en la amistad y en la comunidad alternativas al amor romántico y a la familia tradicional.

Have you ever thought of yourself as a “vessel of love?” This image speaks to what I envision for the elderhood years. The vast life experiences of the past provided countless opportunities for our love to grow and mature. The persons we have known, what we have done or had done to us, the beliefs stretching our minds and hearts, what we gained and what we shed, the results of our choices and decisions, our deliberate participation in the evolving history of the world―all this and more we bring with us into the final decades.

Haiku God invites listeners on a journey of further discovering God through the art of haiku poetry. Haiku is a traditional Japanese style of artistic writing. It consists of three lines with a total of seventeen syllables—five in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. This concise format allows for the expression of profound spiritual concepts in a straightforward and accessible manner.

Haikus are poems that are formulated in five to seven syllables and are primarily used in the Asian cultures.

El amor es tan natural como existir. Lo vivimos, lo deseamos, lo consumimos de manera constante, pues sin él dejaríamos de ser quienes somos. Kokoro es un corazón delator que palpita entre las llamas de la pasión y la calma del universo. De tres en tres versos se habla de ese sentimiento compartido que no debe faltar, porque el amor es la fuerza que mueve el mundo.

La poesia come atto di resistenza. La forza delle parole come tentativo di salvezza. È questo il senso più profondo delle trentadue poesie di autori palestinesi raccolte in questo volume, in gran parte scritte a Gaza dopo il 7 ottobre 2023, nella tragedia della guerra in Palestina, in condizioni di estrema precarietà: poco prima di essere uccisi dai bombardamenti, come ultima preghiera o testamento poetico (Abu Nada, Alareer), mentre si è costretti ad abbandonare la propria casa per fuggire (al-Ghazali), oppure da una tenda, in un campo profughi dove si muore di freddo e di bombe (Elqedra).

A delightful account of the seasons in a house and its garden near the sea, a domestic idyll of hardy plants and neighbors, outer and inner weather, love and loss, and taking stock of the life we’ve made The delicious long-form poem “The Vineyard” is set in and around the quasi-fictional...