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This new selected poems comes forty years on from her first carcanet selected, which it honours by retaining her original choices while adding a substantial number of poems from her several later collectionsedited by rebecca watts, whose debut poetry collection was shortlisted for the seamus heaney prize, this book is a new take on a poet whose human sympathy and religious faith are transferable and timelesssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresmith prize for her collected poemsas the author and editor of almost fifty books of poetry, criticism and theology, she received numerous awards, including the woxfam shop hebden bridge elizabeth jennings () is one of the twentieth century's best-loved and bestselling poets
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I am selling a selection of poetry books as follows: faber & faber box set of poetry essentials containing ten books sylvia plath a selection by ted hughes 80th anniversary limited edition (hardback) poems by coleridge published in (hardback) rupert brooke selected poems (hardback) poems of wb yeats collection is from weir road, balham sw12
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This is a collection of the poetry by the victorian poet-critic and professor of poetry at oxford (), matthew arnold ()arnold's love for his particular engand and for his friends, his longing for stability and his religious doubt, form the case note of much of his poetryspine, gilt banding and lettering, bumped, some staining at the bottom along the sides, sunned backboard, embossed banding, bumped, slightly stained at the top, rubbedthis book contains some of his most popular works, such as "dover beach," "the scholar gypsy" and "thyrsisbound in blue clothpasedown, yellowed, endpaper, inscription by a previous owner in pencil on the poets biography, yellowed" beside these widely anthologised poems, this book places a selection of other poems in many genres, revealing the scope of his worksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreback pastedown, has a the educational co, ltd, 46 renshaw street, liverpoolhis impact as a poet, critic and scholar was considerablefrontboard, embossed banding, gilt lettering and decoration, bumped, stained, rubbedoxfam shop darlington hardbackmany pages are underlined with comments, in pencil and ink, all pages in complete and cleanson of dr arnold, headmaster of rugby school, matthew arnold was himself deeply involved in education, becoming an inspector of schoolspublisher is macmillan and co sticker, yellowed endpaper, small of amount of discolouration  slightly dusty on the top edge,all edges yellowed, used good condition
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The orkney press very good (however front page has been written on) 8 1/2" x 5 3/4", with dust jacket yellow boards with gold type to spine, 30 b&w atmospheric drawings, selected letters, selected prose, selected poetry, and select bibliographyoxfam bookshop ludlow an island shore: the life and work of robert rendallforeword by george mackay brown; illustrations by isobel gardnersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The incarnation of this order in his poetry is the city in which he grew up, the city of leningrad… but in contrast to the dramatic effect usually found in elegiac poets… the death of the world order in rein is accompanied by a vulgar ditty from the 30s or 40sone of akhmatova's 'magic choir' of young leningrad poets, he was joseph brodsky's mentor and lifetime friendindeed, for rein’s work – and in my view he is the most gifted russian poet of the second half of the 20th century – the cadences of soviet popular music from that era probably had a greater influence than the technical achievements of the best among the russian futurists and constructivists… rein not only radically extended the poetic vocabulary and sound palette of russian poetry; he also broadened and shook up the psychological sweep of russian lyricshe is an elegist, but of a tragic stripeborn in , he belongs to that tragic generation of russian poets who for decades went unpublished in the soviet unionoxfam bookshop hexham evgeny rein is one of russia's major living poetsbrodsky figures in many of his poems, and brodsky's essay on rein introduces this bilingual selection: 'rein is unquestionably an elegiac poethis main theme is the end of things, the end, to put it more broadly, of a world order that is dear – or at least acceptable – to himfew among his compatriots would dispute the depth of the despair and exhaustion that darkens these poems… ' see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop hexham sacred poetry selected and edited by robert aris willmott with 79 illustrations by holman hunt, jembossed pictorial covers and spine a little wornslight foxing to front and rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreslight shelfwear to edges and corners of coversbinding reinforced with tape to front end paperswatson and others
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He wrote poetry from early childhoodhe was the author of sixteen books, mostly poetryhe is buried in treslothan churchyard, with his daughter, lucretiaone paste-down on front cover verso; remains of sticker on rear verso; library stamp/catalogue number on copyright page, and traces of a spine stickersee oxfam website for delivery information read morediscreetly ex-libraryoxfam bookshop kingsbridge john harris was born at bolennowe, near camborne, in , the eldest of ten childrenhe remained working there for twenty years, until a post as bible reader in falmouth was found for himhe was at work by the age of nine, and when he was thirteen he joined his father underground in dolcoath mineif no paper was at hand, he would scratch his poem on slate, wedges, his miner's 'hard' hat, even his thumbnail; and if no ink was available he would use blackberry-juicesince his death, and until the last few years, almost none of his work has been reprintededited and with an introduction by dphotographs by david hillsotherwise, however, in very good, clean condition
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In vgc although some age discolourationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brigg an american edition, copyrighted in
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Composed in the first instance to commemorate athletics victories, they fan out like a peacock's tail to illuminate with brilliant subtlety and imagination the human condition in general, and how our moments of heroic achievement are inevitably tempered by our mortal frailtiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhile particular attention is paid to elucidating pindar's cryptic chains of thoughts and to explaining the significance of the myths in the odes, much greater help than usual in this series is given with translating the greekthe selection, which contains pindar's most famous poem (olympian 1) and two particularly charming mythical stories (in pythian 9 and nemean 3), illustrates pindar's range and variety by including odes commemorating victors at each of the four major gamesgreek text with translation, commentary and notesoxfam bookshop hexham pindar's odes, blending beauty of poetic form and profundity of thought, are one of the wonders of ancient greecethis edition aims to make for the first time a selection of these wonderful, but complex, poems accessible and enjoyable not only to scholars and advanced students but especially to sixth-form students and non-classicists (including anyone interested in pindar's influence on english poetry)
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A spokesman for his people, the rural catholics of northern ireland, and haunted by their history, he also brings an international, modernist sensibility to his writingthis selection, based on his collected poems published by gallery press in , has been chosen by the poet himselfoxfam bookshop cheltenham john montague is the senior figure in irish poetry, as both poet and critic, representative of a generation before heaney and mahon'his lyrics evoke the landscapes and heritage of rural ireland in a fine, spare diction' oxford companion to english literature see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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He notes what the eye sees and what the subsconscious has to say on the matter, in a poetry which is a triumph of the plain style see oxfam website for delivery information read moreblending the real and the surreal, the urbane and the uncanny, simic's poems construct a neighbourhood of experience that is estranged yet recognisably at home with its surroundingsoxfam books & music aberdeen serbian by birth, brought up under nazi occupation and transplanted to america in his teens, charles simic has had the opportunity to distill a highly particular vision of the world, in which comic gaiety goes hand in hand with the recognition of our darker spiritual and philosophical problems
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Excellent condition published in miniature classic books the social contract (633pages) a lyrical drama in four acts (488pages) the turn of the screw (604 pages) the divine comedy:paradise (639 pages) selected poetry (588 pages) bartleby, the scrivener (637pages) size 5cm x 65 cm collectors item read more
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Includes poetry by dlawrence, siegfried sassoon, rupert brooke, robert graves and othersoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells georgian poetry, a compilation of georgian poetry, keith hale (ed) originally published in 5 volumes by editor edward march there is a name written in red pen in the top corner of the first page, otherwise this is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Creating rhyming poetry is my passion and favourite art form and born out of my joy of the english languageit is a highly satisfying feeling to arouse people's emotions with my poetry and make them laugh and cry and put smiles on their facesi have established rhymes for times to offer a fully personalised, bespoke and rhyming poetry and speech writing service for individuals and businesses worldwide and for any occasioni always take exceptional care and pride in creating poetry and aim to touch the hearts of those who read it and have them connect with the deeper meaning of my wordsfor me, it is a wonderful form of catharsis and self-expressionmy name is clive saffron, a published poet with the desire to use my writing skills to bring the feel good factor to othersas somebody who likes to sing too, the rhythms and lyrics of so many songs inspire me to play with words and arrange them in metrical patterns to create rhymes
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The poetry guidegcse aqa anthology of poetry, love and poetrymore gcse guides and workbooks for sale, see my other ads
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The second edition-fully revised, expanded, updated, and supported by a new companion website-confirm the poetry handbook as the best guide to poetry available in englishchapters on each element of poetry offer a wide-ranging general account and end by looking at different poems, to build up sustained analytical readingsoxfam bookshop victoria some annotations in pencil on very few pages, but good condition otherwise: this volume is a lucid and entertaining guide to the poet's craft, and an invaluable introduction to practical criticism for studentssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music perth set of 22 postcards celebrating poetry all postcards are unused and in good condition bbc poetry:- "he wishes for the cloths of heaven" by william butler yeats; "in a bath teashop" by john betjeman;  "a birthday" by christina rossetti;  "to a mouse" by robert burns;  "scaffolding" by seamus heaney;  "eat your words" by benjamin zephaniah;  "clown in the moor" by dylan thomas; "the charge of the light brigade" by alfred, lord tennyson;  "flowers" by wendy cope; "anthem for doomed youth" by wilfred owen;  national poetry day in scotland: - "am bucas" by ruaraidh macthomais/derick thomas; "field days" by gerry cambridge; "pushing forty" by alison fell; "happy families" by lindsay macrae; "clone machine" by mary blackadder & holly tarbet; "streams" by diana hendry; "eight tentacles" by julia donaldson; "in hospital" by tim leonard; "the voyage" by james robertson; "latha glan sheonaidh" by martin macintyre; "stars and planets" by norman maccaig and "twinkle, twinkle, little star" by jane taylor see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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8) robert bly, talking all morning, pp6) robert francis, pot shots at poetry, pp20) marvin bell, old snow just melting, essays and interviews, ppnims, a local habitation, essays on poetry, pp13) hayden carruth, effluences from the sacred caves, pp12) marge piercy, parti-colored blocks for a quilts, pp19) philip levine, don't ask, pp10) donald hall, goatfoot milktongue twinbird, ppcolburn, no evil star, anne sexton, pp18) robert hayden, collected prose, foreword by william meredith, edited by frederick glaysher, pp17) charles simic, the uncertain certainty, pp21 volumes in the series poets on poetry: 1) s2) donald justice, platonic scripts, pp5) william stafford, you must revise your life, pp11) louis simpson, a company of poets, ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available4) donald davie, trying to explain, pp3) richard kostelanetz, the old poetries and the new, ppwill be sent by registered and insured mail7) william stafford, writing the australian crawl, views on the writer's vocation, pp16) louis simpson, the character of the poet, pp9) john haines, living off the country, ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store21) james wright, collected prose, edited by anne wright, pp14) john logan, a ballet for the ear, interviews, essays and reviews (edited by a
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4 lovely books in excellent condition - pre- raphaelite x 3, fairy x 1 'sound the deep waters - womens romantic poetry in the victorian age' 'the art of the pre-raphaelites' by edmund swinglehurst 'love - penhaligon's scented book of days' 'fairies - an anthology of verse and prose' 4 books - all in excellent condition - 3 have dust covers lovely poetry, lovely pictures can send for an additional postage charge
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The poetry guidegcse unseen poetry aqafor the grade 9 - 1 course
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Taking its title from john keats,my silver planet contends that the problem of elite poetry’s relation to popular culture bears the indelible mark of its turbulent incorporation of vernacular poetry—a legacy shaped by nostalgia, contempt, and fraudulence
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Contains multiple poetry examples and subsequent analysis this is poetry of resistance, of suffering and ultimately of freedom - but a freedom tainted by the betrayals of vichy regime, and the everyday compromises of occupation  softback copy in good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop bishop's stortford an interesting selection of wwii french poets, brought together and analysed in a comprehensive and intriguing manner
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This poetry book is a bilingual edition with poems translated from spanish into english, and is in near-perfect conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon the other hand, his literary work includes an extensive list of books of poetry, narratives, peculiar translations and essays, always with the unmistakable hallmark of rebelliousnessoxfam bookshop woodley it is necessary to give leopoldo maria panero credit for two great constructs: his life and his work(from the introduction by tua blesa)his life, consisting of provocation, confrontation with orderly society, outrageous behaviour, and of being a victim of psychiatric treatment, has created a legend
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When she discovers that her grandson is one of the perpetrators of a serious crime, mija is at a loss how to react, and ends up enrolling in a poetry class in an attempt to find some strength, purpose and meaning in her lifejeong-hie yun stars as mija, a grandmother in her late 60s who is struggling to bring up her teenage grandson wook (da-wit lee) on her own while also entering the early stages of alzheimer'ssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road chang-dong lee directs this korean drama about a grandmother desperately trying to hold onto beauty and meaning in the face of deteriorating health and family problems
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Oxfam bookshop lymington the voice of poetryvolume ii: john gielgud john gielgud ? the voice of poetryreleased: original set of 6 x 78 rpm records in folderthere is no booklet includedthe records are all in very good shiny condition apart from side 1 where track two has two small areas of damage/depositcolumbia masterworkside 1 track three has a larger area of deposit which has not moved on cleaningsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreother than this the set is very goodcolumbia ? db to x shellac, rpmall the others are slightly dulledreleased: original set of 6 x 78 rpm records in folderplease note, this is a heavy package and there is an additional courier charge of £8some of the records have chips around the edges which do not affect the playing surfacesthere is a booklet includedthe folder is intact but has significant mould marking to the covers and the cover fabric is deterioratingside 4 has a long scratchshellac, rpm ukthe folder is intact but has significant mould marking to the covers and the cover fabric is deteriorating and there is damage to one corneran anthology of recorded versevolume i: edith evans columbia dvolumes i and ii
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Oxfam books & music perth set of 8 poetry postcards from bbc and national poetry day in scotland all postcards are unused and in good condition"clown in the moor" by dylan thomas; "in a bath teashop" by john betjeman; "am bucas" by ruaraidh macthomais/derick thomas; "scaffolding" by seamus heaney; "eat your words" by benjamin zephaniah; "he wishes for the cloths of heaven" by william butler yeats; "little star" by james mcgonigal and "a birthday" by christina rossettisee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music perth set of 8 poetry postcards from bbc and national poetry day in scotland all postcards are unused and in good condition"clown in the moor" by dylan thomas; "in a bath teashop" by john betjeman;Â "am bucas" by ruaraidh macthomais/derick thomas;Â "scaffolding" by seamus heaney; "eat your words" by benjamin zephaniah;Â "he wishes for the cloths of heaven" by william butler yeats; "little star" by james mcgonigal and "a birthday" by christina rossettisee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It’s a hardback book of 128 pages of poetry humour by pam and it’s in absolutely pristine conditioni’m selling ‘up in the attic’ by pam ayres, which is one of her most recent books of poetry and excellent it is toofree postage within uhence this saleunfortunately, after i’d purchased this one for my husband i discovered that he’d already been bought one, probably for his birthdayfrom a smoke-free home
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Magnetic poetry kit - haikuthis magnetic poetry kit is new in box! “over 240 haiku-ready world magnets’
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Stuck for words? a personalised, bespoke and rhyming poetry writing service for all occasionsunique poetry crafted by clive saffron, a published poet, for anniversaries, birthdays, henparties, weddings, funeral and memorial ceremonies, valentine’s day, mother’s day, father’s day and any other occasion or eventfor more details visit: https://wwwcom/ email: click to contact contact number(click to reveal full phone number)
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