Collections & Anthologies

Edited by the magazine’s poetry editor, Kevin Young, a celebratory selection from one hundred years of influential, entertaining, and taste-making verse in The New Yorker.

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

In the tumult of our contemporary moment, poetry has emerged as an inviting, consoling outlet with a unique power to move and connect us, to inspire fury, tears, joy, laughter, and surprise....

Tales to soothe tired souls. A nighttime companion for frazzled adults, including calming stories and poems for a good night's sleep....

The greatest poems from the greatest masters of French literature have been put together in a brilliant English adaptation in the form of an audiobook...

Ada Limon challenges what we think we know about "nature poetry," illuminating the myriad ways our landscapes—both literal and literary—are changing. You Are Here features fifty previously unpublished poems from some of the nation's most accomplished poets.

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts.

The intellectual and cultural revival of African-American arts and politics in the 1920s and 1930s was centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. Here are poems from three major contributors to that rebirth....

Robert Bly is in beautiful form, reading seven of his own poems from Stealing Sugar from the Castle, and Coleman Barks reads some segments from the Shams Tabrizi Sayings, as well as Rumi poems....

Here are the extraordinary writings of a generation who fought through a war of unprecedented destructive power, and who had to find new voices to express the horror of what they discovered...

44 Poems on Being with Each Other is a new volume that offers immersive reflections on the human connection. With an observant eye, Pádraig Ó Tuama shares an enlightening meditation on each poem, revealing the ways we relate to each other, the world around us, and ourselves.

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

The Book of Songs is the first collection of poems in China, and collects more than 500 years of poetry from the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. It comprehensively reflects the social conditions of the time....

Poetry Rx presents 50 great poems as seen through the eyes of a renowned psychiatrist and New York Times best seller. In this book, you will find insights into love, sorrow, ecstasy, and everything in between....

In this comprehensive and vibrant poetry anthology, bestselling author and poet Kwame Alexander curates a collection of contemporary anthems at turns tender and piercing and deeply inspiring throughout....

From Katharine Tynan, Francis Ledwidge, Isabella Valancy Crawford and Thomas Moore to James Joyce, Oscar Wilde and W B Yeats, this roll-call of wordsmiths speaks of Ireland and for Ireland....

Five works in one collection. This audiobook of his treasured poetry collection walks you through a time when the American Experiment came to a new maturity; when the Transcendentalist Movement forever changed life and poetry....

60 des plus beaux poèmes de la poésie française : 60 textes pour présenter aux plus jeunes toute la richesse de notre patrimoine...

En neuf siècles de poésies françaises, différentes formes et différents mouvements ont traversé l'histoire littéraire, mais la langue et l'art perdurent...

If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. This little history is about some....

Sometimes only a poem will do. These poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice are tailored to those moments in life when we need them most, from general glumness to news overload, and from infatuation to losing the spark....

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....

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

Do men need poems? Is the gender of brawn and ‘can-do’ really a candidate for honeyed verse? Obviously yes. Men needs words. They need support, understanding as well as goals, ambition and structure. They need purpose, desire; the need to love and be loved....

This anthology provides some of the finest Christian verse written during the second millennium of Christianity....

Step into the hauntingly beautiful world of the Brontë sisters, where passion, melancholy, and fierce independence collide. This collection brings together the complete poems of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë—three women whose words continue to resonate across centuries. From the wild, windswept moors to the depths of the human soul, these poems explore themes of love, loss, and longing with raw, unflinching emotion. A timeless treasure for listeners seeking the power of poetic brilliance and the voices of these groundbreaking literary icons.

THIS IS A SHORT RHYME DESCRIBING ONE MOUSE AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO SURVIVE IN A PLACE WHERE NO ONE WANTS HIM ALIVE "My name is Midas the Mouse and every day I run around the circus full of fright, on my own now because my family were trapped one by one last night, everyone’s afraid of us, never love at first sight, they can’t accept we’re living creatures with a beating heart and slight overbite"

A short poem about a desperate Mother: "Our child is displaying odd behavior", she said, her husband confused, nodding his head, so she went to a therapist the next day, but didn't have money to pay, they gave her a few tips, then sent her on her way.

From the creator of the beloved @PoetryIsNotaLuxury Instagram account, a gorgeously wrought poetry anthology that is a gift and a guide for listeners through every season of life. Inspired by writer and philosopher Audre Lorde’s famous claim: “Poetry is not a luxury,” this anthology proves the vitality of poetry as a crucial source of inspiration, comfort, and delight.

Celebrate National Poetry Month 2025 with an inspiring new collection! Do you seek poetry that ignites your soul, awakens possibility, and empowers self-discovery? AWAKENED VERSES: UNLEASHING THE P.O.W.E.R WITHIN invites you on a transformative journey through the written word. Within these pages, you’ll discover poems that honor the human spirit and the unyielding force within us all. P.O.W.E.R stands for Purpose, Optimism, Wisdom, Empathy, and Resilience—the guiding lights woven through each collection Queen Angela puts together. God is using her in an amazing way to share GOD'S ...

The Shield of Heracles is an archaic Greek epic poem that was attributed to Hesiod during antiquity. The subject of the poem is the expedition of Heracles and Iolaus against Cycnus, the son of Ares, who challenged Heracles to combat as Heracles was passing through Thessaly. It has been suggested that this epic may reflect anti-Thessalian feeling after the First Sacred War (595–585 BCE): in the epic, a Thessalian hero interfering with the Phocian sanctuary is killed by a Boeotian hero (Heracles), whose mortal father Amphitryon had for allies Locrians and Phocians.

The Hesiod Collection presents an essential anthology of ancient Greek literature, showcasing the profound impact of Hesiod's works on the literary and philosophical traditions of the Western world. This collection features three of his most significant texts: "The Works and Days," "The Theogony," and "The Shield of Heracles." In "The Works and Days," Hesiod offers a unique blend of practical advice and moral instruction, addressing the challenges of rural life and the importance of hard work, justice, and piety.

Stories and poems from thirty-nine UK based writers of the Global Majority from African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Carribean, South American, Chinese and Malay communities write about maps and mapping. Stories and poems of finding oneself and getting lost, colonialism and diaspora, childhood exploration and adult homecoming.

In einem früheren Vorwort des "Hyperion" sagt Hölderlin: "Die exzentrische Bahn, die der Mensch, im Allgemeinen und Einzelnen, von einem Punkte (der mehr oder weniger reinen Einfalt) zum anderen (der mehr oder weniger reinen Bildung) durchläuft, scheint sich, nach ihren wesentlichen Richtungen, immer gleich zu sein.

Along this journey called life, we experience strength and weakness, ups and downs, gains and losses, friends and enemies; yet wisdom is to realize that it all has its purpose, place and time. So, you see it is after facing our deepest despair that we are able to realize our greatest joy. It is our challenges that award us with knowledge. And the muddled mixed moments of doubt and confusion gives truth and clarity its radiant glow. However, to finally find the truest image of ourselves we must take the time to look beyond the surface of our existence and Search the Soul.