It was the way in which a private voice was heard to speak for the concerns of an entire generation, in the midst of war and doubt, that confirmed it as an enduring masterpiece. This striking new edition marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of publication.

In this series, a contemporary poet advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses and by the personal and critical reactions they express, the selectors offer intriguing insight into their own work.

Six-hundred-year-old tales with modern relevance.

A well-established and respected series with titles in the original Middle English.

A charitable anthology of brilliant poems by young people, edited by the award-winning writer and teacher Kate Clanchy.

The stirring, mindful and deeply humane new collection of poems from Paul Muldoon - now in paperback.

A collection of poems, that illustrates the range to be found under the heading of humorous poetry.

Six-hundred-year-old tales with modern relevance.

Part agricultural manual, part political poem and allegory, the Georgics' scenes are real and vivid, and the poet-farmer Peter Fallon restores to life the sights, sounds, and textures of the ancient Italian landscape.

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) attended Balliol College, Oxford where he befriended the future Poet Laureate Robert Bridges. Since the publication of his poems in 1918 he has become one of the best known poets of the Victorian age and his are among the greatest poems written on the subject of faith and doubt. This book deals with his poems.

Explores how music and the muse intertwine in work and in life. This title includes stories, anecdotes, jokes, absurdities, the odd informal homily, pitfalls and pratfalls, and Yorkshire life and death. It is about the dream and reality of what you are, and what you might have been.

Presents a collection of poems that connects the shores of the author's native Northern Ireland with those of the American east coast where he spends increasing time. This title covers subjects such as: weapons of mass destruction, sectarian violence, religious faith, Jonah and the Whale, marriage, fatherhood, a daughter.

Nick Laird's poetry travels yet further afield, connecting the shores of his native Northern Ireland with those of the American east coast where he spends increasing time. This title features a trans-Atlantic fusion, an inventive melding of Ulster lyricism with proto-Beat rhythms and phrase.

Features 32 works - among them "The Convent Threshold," "Up-hill," "Cousin Kate," "Winter: My Secret," "Maude Clare," and celebrated title poem.