Poetry Legends

This #1 New York Times bestselling novel-in-verse from world-renowned poet Nikita Gill is a richly imagined retelling of the Greek myth of Hekate, a goddess of the underworld. Perfect for fans of Madeline Miller and Alexandra Bracken. This is an ancient story written long before us. It is a tale...

The poem that invented the universe. Before Homer's heroes sailed to Troy, before Odysseus wandered the wine-dark sea, a Boeotian shepherd named Hesiod stood on Mount Helicon and received from the Muses the oldest surviving account of how everything began. The Theogony is the foundational text of Greek mythology — the poem that gave the gods their genealogy, the cosmos its architecture, and Western literature its first creation story. From the primordial abyss of Chaos to the rise of Zeus, from the castration of Uranus to the birth of Aphrodite from the foam of the sea, Hesiod's thousand-...

Strange worlds, dark whispers, and bizarre nightmares. Step into a world where each fleeting moment holds infinite mystery and strangeness, where the natural and the surreal collide in whispers of wind, frost, and starlight. In Miniscule Madness: Weird Poetry Vol 6, every line compresses entire universes of wonder, unease, and cosmic humor into just a few heartbeats. Whether it's stars that melt into fields of forgotten moons, wolves howling with human voices, or leaves that sigh with lost names, these poems capture fragments of reality and spin them into something entirely otherworldly. ...

Welcome to Edmund Spenser’s 1590s epic poem, The Faerie Queene. This text-faithful, line-by-line prose rendering transports modern listeners into a vast narrative tapestry. Knights traverse diverse fantastical landscapes including the shadowy depths of an enchanted forest, a treacherous underwater lair, a mysterious subterranean kingdom, and the deadly Bower of Bliss.

Strange worlds, dark whispers, and bizarre nightmares. Step beyond the limits of ordinary imagination into something exquisitely bizarre, where the boundaries between reality and the surreal dissolve into an unsettling dreamscape and every line invites you to see the world anew. In Looney Limericks: Weird Poetry Vol 4, the whimsical and the uncanny reverberate through an enchanting landscape of poetic oddities. Here, shadows come alive, and inanimate objects hold profound conversations. A shoe embarks on a quest, a beetle contemplates the cosmos, and a clock shares secrets with the floor—...

The instant #1 New York Times bestselling series! Perfect for fans of Madeline Miller and Alexandra Bracken, this novel-in-verse from world-renowned poet Nikita Gill is a richly imagined retelling of the Greek myth of Styx, goddess of the underworld river. Before the tale of Zeus and Hera, and...

Chaucer’s Legend of Good Women re-tells the stories of some of the most fascinating women in history and mythology, including Cleopatra, Medea and Dido, Queen of Carthage. This edition includes Simon Webb’s highly accessible prose translation, and an introduction which examines how this neglected work has been rediscovered as a key text for understanding the medieval view of women.

Strange worlds, dark whispers, and bizarre nightmares. Step beyond the limits of ordinary imagination into something exquisitely bizarre, where the boundaries between reality and the surreal dissolve into an unsettling dreamscape and every line invites you to see the world anew. In Surreal Sevenlings: Weird Poetry Vol 1 Whimsically Grotesque nothing is quite as it seems, and everything is far stranger than you could imagine. Flowers gossip over coffee about their wilting fashion, umbrellas stage debates on the ethics of rain, and skies forget how to shine. This collection is a kaleidoscope ...

When God is hardened into a visible image, and worship reduced to a program, we remain exiled from what is truly sacred—the world around us and the “divine imagination” that created it. In this third volume of his Celtic wisdom trilogy, John O’Donohue immerses us in what has been called...

Take a leap into a world of pure absurdity, where nonsense reigns and every verse dances to a rhythm all its own. In Utter Nonsense Verse: Weird Poetry Vol 5, reality unravels in the most delightful ways, with kings who waltz with waffles, creatures who write poems in a fit of rage, and parades of sleepyheads marching to dreams unknown. These poems tickle the imagination, blurring the lines between the bizarre and the hilarious, offering a whirlwind journey through lands where anything is possible and nothing makes sense—yet it all feels strangely familiar. With each playful rhyme, the ...

Strange worlds, dark whispers, and bizarre nightmares. Step beyond the limits of ordinary imagination into something exquisitely bizarre, where the boundaries between reality and the surreal dissolve into an unsettling dreamscape and every line invites you to see the world anew. In Surreal Sevenlings: Weird Poetry Vol 3 Mundane Foolishness, the ordinary becomes anything but. A routine trip to the bus stop, brushing your teeth, or simply folding laundry transforms into a labyrinth of unsettling realities. From mailboxes that devour letters to family holiday gatherings that slip into the ...

Welcome to Edmund Spenser’s 1590s epic poem, The Faerie Queene. This text-faithful, line-by-line prose rendering transports modern listeners into a vast narrative tapestry. Knights traverse diverse fantastical landscapes including the shadowy depths of an enchanted forest, a treacherous underwater lair, a mysterious subterranean kingdom, and the deadly Bower of Bliss.

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An American anthropologist and her creative sister spend a year in the Orkney Islands trying to locate the burial site of a Viking princess from the 10th century. Much to their surprise, they find themselves embarking on an adventure much more meaningful than an archeological quest: they uncover an entire world of ancient Norse poetry, history, music, stories, our connection with nature and the world of the dead.

Strange worlds, dark whispers, and bizarre nightmares. Step beyond the limits of ordinary imagination into something exquisitely bizarre, where the boundaries between reality and the surreal dissolve into an unsettling dreamscape and every line invites you to see the world anew. Surreal Sevenlings: Weird Poetry Vol 2 Double Feature Picture Show ventures far beyond the stars into realms both terrifying and uncharted. Here, intergalactic monstrosities, peculiar alien worlds, and monstrous cryptids collide in poetic visions of cosmic horror. From invisible predators stalking the streets to ...

The quintessential dramatisations of Homer’s two masterpieces, with exceptional casts including Derek Jacobi, Christopher Eccleston, Tim McInnerny and Benedict Cumberbatch Attributed to the Greek poet Homer, The Iliad and The Odyssey are among the greatest and most influential works of the...

Many have attempted to read Spenser’s original masterpiece only to retreat, daunted by language that was deliberately archaic even in Elizabethan times. Classical educator Rebecca K. Reynolds bridges this gap, crafting a prose adaptation that gradually introduces more of Spenser’s distinctive vocabulary and diction. By the final volume, listeners will find themselves prepared to engage directly with Spenser’s original text with confidence and delight.

This biography is the very first in-depth telling of the life of New Mexico’s celebrated cowboy poet, S. Omar Barker. He was an amazing man who became not only widely known but greatly admired and loved. He managed to achieve that status even though he seldom left his beloved retreat in the mountains of northern New Mexico. His secret was that he made his living through his mailbox. Writing in virtual isolation, Omar sold his poetry, articles and novels to many different publishers. That was from 1926 until his death in 1985. This biography contains 50 complete poems of his, but it is ...

All proceeds from sales go directly to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Every copy purchased is one to step closer to saving a life. Choosing a charity very close to her heart, international bestselling author J.E. Feldman presents a collection of poetry addressing the hidden struggles people face to survive depression, anxiety, grief, and other serious emotions in order to raise awareness and funds to continue providing free help to those in need. Become someone's bright light in the dark by joining the cause for only $0.99 today!