Poetry
A Momentary Stay
This is a poetry that is both sensitive and beguiling;that is erudite;amused, reflective and lyrical in turns.Clark ia always queationing what he knows, and always probing the resources of his poetic language.
Nine Horses
Nine Horses, Billy Collins?s first book of new poems since Picnic, Lightning in 1998, is the latest curve in the phenomenal trajectory of this poet?s career.
Leaves of Grass
Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced.
CliffsNotesTM Shakespeare's Sonnets
Numbering more than 150, Shakespeare's sonnets have contributed significantly to discussions of the elusive character of the Bard. While most of the poems are addressed to a young man, others invoke the renowned Dark Lady.
Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience
A collection of two poetic works by William Blake that tell of the innocence of childhood and the eventual corruption of adulthood.
Sonnets from the Portuguese
A selection of Portuguese poems translated by Elizabeth Barrett Browning in English.
The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
Sir Richard Burton's Kasidah, written in 1880 after his return from Mecca, has been called one of the greatest poems of the Earth, and the essence of the explorer's life and work.
Gitanjali
A collection of inspirational Indian poems which won Tagore the Nobel Prize in Literature.