Pocket Poets

Beautiful clothbound editions of classic poets and anthologies to suit every taste – great for gifting!

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The Aeneid by Virgil

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The Aeneid – thrilling, terrifying and poignant in equal measure – has inspired centuries of artists, writers and musicians.

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The Iliad by Homer

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With themes of war, rage, grief and love, The Iliad remains powerful and enthralling more than 2,700 years after it was composed.

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Montale: Poems by Eugenio Montale

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Selections from Montale’s greatest works, rendered into English by the accomplished poet and translator Jonathan Galassi.

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Poems for Happiness Introduced by the Rev. Richard Coles

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In addition to well-known verses, this beautiful volume includes lesser-known poems to discover and enjoy.

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Poems on Nature Introduced by Helen Macdonald

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Since poetry began, there have been poems about nature – a complex subject which has inspired some of the most beautiful poetry ever written.

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Poems for Travellers Introduced by Paul Theroux

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Poems for Travellers transports the reader to lands far and near in the company of some of our greatest poets such as Walt Whitman, John Keats and Christina Rossetti.

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Keats by John Keats

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“I find that I cannot exist without poetry.”

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Whitman by Walt Whitman

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The poet of grand passions, great open spaces, lofty mourning and male love.

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Hip Hops Edited by Christoph Keller

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Whether pulling up at the celestial bar in Keats’s ‘Mermaid Tavern’ or at the grittier, jazzier one in Carl Sandburg’s ‘Honky Tonk in Cleveland, Ohio’, lovers of beer and poetry are sure to find something to celebrate in these pages.

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Zen Poems Edited by Peter Harris

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Zen poetry, with its simple expression of direct, intuitive insight and sudden enlightenment, appeals to lovers of poetry, spirituality and beauty everywhere.

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The Great Cat Edited by Emily Fragos

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Poets across the continents and the centuries describe felines doing what they do best: sleeping, prowling, prancing, purring, sleeping some more, and gazing disdainfully at lesser beings like ourselves.

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Poems Dead and Undead Edited by Tony Barnstone & Michelle Mitchell-Foust

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This selection of poems from across the ages brings to life a staggering array of zombies, ghosts, vampires, and devils.

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