Benjamin Thorpe 
Codex Exoniensis 
A Collection of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, From a Manuscript in the Library of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter

”This is a courageous, arresting debut from a poet to watch” Independent ”A vital contribution to literature” Huck Chosen as one of Bustle ”s Best Debut Books of 2021 Chosen as one of Glamour”s …

This wonderful anthology contains some of the nation”s all-time favourite comic poetry. From much-loved classics such as Lewis Carroll”s curious ”Jabberwocky” to lesser known and forgotten gems …

Lemn Sissay was seventeen when he wrote his first poetry book, which he hand-sold to the miners and millworkers of Wigan. Since then his poems have become landmarks, sculpted in granite and built …

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The long poem at the centre of John Hartley Williams” new collection is a dramatic monologue narrated by a laconic, possibly lamed, forest dweller, a lowly crewmember on a barge travelling an …

James Lasdun”s new book of poems, his first since his acclaimed collection Landscape with Chainsaw, applies his characteristic blend of the celebratory and the elegiac to a rich variety of new theme …

Arthur Seymour John Tessimond – Jack to his family, John in later life – was born in Birkenhead in 1902 and made his living as an advertising copywriter, but his true writing life was in poetry, …

The ultimate goal of Dante’s travels is heaven. However, the first step of his journey is a passage through hell, which, according to Medieval ideas, is located within the earth. The Roman poet …

Maggie Nelson”s third collection of poems combines a wanderer”s attention to landscape with a deeply personal exploration of desire, heartbreak, resilience, accident, and flux. Something …