Modern Poetry Collection

Sound Mind is a collection of poetry inspired by the struggles we face to embrace our true colours. The first half is a short novel written in rhyme and verse. The Second half is a collection of poems written by the author during the creative process. “Sound Mind”; Aura, a wolf born of many colours finds himself fighting to live his dreams as a singer/songwriter while maintaining the old traditions of his pack. This narrative poem stretches ninety-two pages and includes paintings created by the author. Excerpt from Sound Mind: The Valley As the pup’s tip toe, they notice the rituals ...

Step into the heart of medieval England with this masterful modern translation of Geoffrey Chaucer's immortal Canterbury Tales Journey alongside a colorful band of pilgrims as they travel the road to Canterbury, sharing tales that have captivated readers for over six centuries. This volume presents eight unforgettable stories in clear, accessible modern English while preserving the wit, wisdom, and timeless appeal of Chaucer's original masterpiece. Featured Tales Include: The Franklin's Tale - A revolutionary exploration of marriage, honor, and sacrifice that challenges medieval conventions...

We live in an age of paradox, where abundance breeds emptiness and progress marches backward into confusion. The machinery of modern life churns on, demanding our time, our energy, our very breath—offering promises it cannot keep and solutions that deepen the problems they claim to solve. This collection exists in the space between what is and what should be. These poems are mirrors held up to the absurdity we have learned to accept as normal: the fees that beget fees, the hours that multiply like rabbits, the distance that grows between us and those we love most, all while we struggle to...

"150 Most Famous Poems: Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman and Many More" is a timeless anthology that brings together some of the most celebrated and influential poems in the English language.

Urban Poetry & Truth: The Echo of the Streets Raw. Real. Resilient. The streets have a voice—do you hear it? Urban Poetry & Truth: The Echo of the Streets is a lyrical journey through the grit, soul, and unbreakable spirit of city life. Through powerful storytelling, rhythmic flow, and hard-hitting truth, this collection captures the voices of those who live, love, fight, and survive in the urban landscape. Divided into Three Powerful Sections: The Streets & The Struggle – Survival, injustice, and the fight to make it through another day.

Diane Seuss's signature voice—audacious in its honesty, virtuosic in its artistry, outsider in its attitude—has become one of the most original in contemporary poetry. Her latest collection takes its title, Modern Poetry, from the first textbook Seuss encountered as a child and the first poetry course she took in college, as an enrapt but ill-equipped student, one who felt poetry was beyond her reach. Many of the poems make use of the forms and terms of musical and poetic craft and contend with the works of writers overrepresented in textbooks and anthologies and those often underrepresented.

The sonnets are a collection numbering 154 poems dealing with themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty, and mortality. They were probably written over a long period of Shakespeare's life up until 1609, when they were first printed. The first 17 poems, traditionally referred to as the "procreation sonnets", are addressed to a young man urging him to marry and have children in order to immortalize his beauty by passing it on to his descendants.

For students of Middle English, Andrew and Waldron's The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript has been the key edition of the four Pearl poems for over 30 years. With the changing needs of today's students in mind, the editors produced a complete prose translation of the four poems - the best known of which is "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". The near-literal translations are intended to facilitate understanding of the four poems - to lead readers to, rather than away from, the original texts.

"Let me confess— I was never ruthless. I was only in love with everything and everyone except myself.” Ruthless isn’t just about rage—it’s about peeling away the painful layers to reveal the tender vulnerability that hides beneath our darkest, most aggressive emotions. It takes an unconventional path to healing, staying true to the wisdom that authenticity is the highest form of virtue. This collection is a haven where nothing you feel is shameful. Ruthless is rebellious, soft, and powerful all at once. It shatters masks, scrapes away veneers, and brings light to the deepest ...

“When life feels as though it has been burned to the ground, reduced to piles of ash, there is always someone to remind us that life begins again, no matter how hard we fall or how disastrous the crash.” This is the story of how you rose from the ashes—where every ending is a new beginning...

When the Light is Mine, A Poetry Collection for People Searching for Meaning In the quiet places of the heart, where emotions linger and memories echo, poetry becomes the language we finally understand. When the Light is Mine invites readers into an intimate space, a place where love, loss, healing, and self-discovery meet in soft, honest lines. Through thoughtful reflection and vivid emotional depth, this collection explores the beauty and difficulty of being human. These poems speak to anyone who has loved deeply, questioned their path, or searched for light during darker moments. Inside ...

A remarkable series of audiobooks, featuring distinguished twentieth-century American poets reading from their own work. A first in audiobook publishing--a series that uses the written word to enhance the listening experience--poetry to be read as well as heard. Each audiobook includes rare...

A collection of 13 original poems, on a variety of themes. Thought provoking, emotional and evocative.

Pamplemousse is a collection of poems about the things we hold onto—ticket stubs, half-finished apologies, voicemails we can't quite delete—and the quiet reckonings that shape a life. These poems speak in a voice that is by turns tender, self-aware, and gently ironic. They search for meaning in burned-out streetlamps, late-night emails, broken clocks, and memories that refuse to behave. With nods to the everyday and the existential, Pamplemousse explores love, loss, and the strange dignity of continuing. If you've ever stared into your refrigerator late at night waiting for answers, ...

कड़कती धूप-सा पिता । नर्म छाँव-सी माँ। एक सकुचाया-सा लड़का । एक धक-सी गोरी लड़की । और एक अजीब-सी प्रेम कहानी । एक ऐसी कहानी जिसमें प्रेम तो तरतीब से सिमटा हुआ है, लेकिन कहानी बेतरतीब-सी जाने कहाँ से कहाँ तक फैली हुई है !

“The Valley is enveloped in deep weaves of arbor which rise to echoing cobalt peaks before cascading and fading into the horizon. The Shenandoah twists erratically through the interior, glittering rapidly in the sun and lingering murky in its shadows”... “It is from this Valley my poems are birthed. They speak with the voices deeply rooted in my soul.” In Valley Voices, Melissa DeDomenico-Payne shares her collection of poetry which reflects eclectic and unique styles and forms, university award winners, and new public releases. A reader can expect speakers and themes which ...

Since 1998, the Alfred A. Knopf Publishing Group has celebrated National Poetry Month by emailing a poem-a-day throughout the month of April to over 25,000 devoted poetry fans. In April 2006, Knopf introduced the Poem-a-Day podcast, which featured poets including Kevin Young and James Merrill...

Broken Unbroken is a collection of 33 raw, intimate poems that explore the tender space between collapse and rising. M. L. Butler writes with a voice forged in fire and quiet grace, unflinching in its honesty and lyrical in its rage. Each poem is titled with a single, powerful metaphor—Bacchanight, Stonepetal, Godlessfound, and more—echoes of love, loss, motherhood, memory, and becoming. These poems do not offer neat endings or polished truths. Instead, they invite the reader to feel: deeply, vulnerably, and without apology. For those who have endured, broken, healed, and still carry ...

Every voice in nature has a story — if you slow down long enough to listen. Whispers of the Green is a collection of fifty micro eco-stories told through the quiet, living perspectives of the natural world. A single raindrop that becomes a child’s wish. A dandelion that refuses to die. A glacier that remembers the first fire. A fox who learns kindness on a rooftop garden. A plastic bag that finds purpose sheltering a seed. Each story is under 250 words — a moment, a breath, a heartbeat of the planet itself. Together, they form a lyrical mosaic of connection, resilience, and rebirth. ...

Embark on a profound journey through the pages of “Emberlight: An African Poetry Collection,” where author John Monyjok Maluth delves into the depths of the human condition. This compelling anthology of contemporary poetry draws from the rich cultural tapestry of South Sudan, offering a raw and evocative exploration of life, loss, and legacy. Through his masterful use of language and imagery, Maluth captures the essence of African storytelling, transporting readers to the heart of a continent where death is not merely an end but a powerful force that shapes lives and communities. Each ...