Poetry (116)

Ten Poems About Walking

ISBN: 9781907598647

Authors: Various, Sasha Dugdale    Publisher: Candlestick Press

There seems to be a natural connection between walking and poetry. For William Wordsworth, the regular rhythm of walking was a stimulus to writing, and he said ...


There seems to be a natural connection between walking and poetry. For William Wordsworth, the regular rhythm of walking was a stimulus to writing, and he said that “nine-tenths of my verses have been poured out in the open air.” This beautiful mini-anthology contains William Wordsworth’s heart-stopping ‘Old Man Travelling’ alongside contemporary poems that capture the delights of a walk with a dear friend and of walking in solitude. There’s a poem about setting off through city streets to find a river and a heron, and another featuring a surprising encounter on the top of Helvellyn. One by one then as a whole, these poems remind us that being on foot is one of the best ways of experiencing the world: “Sole self I bedded down close as I could To listen: lapping, birdlife homing, settling …” from ‘Lake’ by David Constantine. Sasha Dugdale is an award-winning poet and translator – and a keen walker. Poems by Matthew Clegg, David Constantine, Sasha Dugdale, Choman Hardi, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Stephanie Norgate, MR Peacocke, Stephen Watts, William Wordsworth and Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch.


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Pages: 20


Dimensions: 137 x 210 mm


Publication Date: 01-12-2018


$15.99
Ten Poems About Art

ISBN: 9781907598777

Authors: Various, Geoff Dyer    Publisher: Candlestick Press

Poems about art have a long and vivid history, and some of our greatest poets have tried to capture in verse the beguiling worlds of colour on canvas. Geoff Dye...


Poems about art have a long and vivid history, and some of our greatest poets have tried to capture in verse the beguiling worlds of colour on canvas. Geoff Dyer’s remarkably wide-ranging selection encourages us to look at familiar and unfamiliar paintings and artists with fresh eyes. We find ourselves in Vermeer’s studio next door to a rowdy alehouse and meet a Bonnard nude day-dreaming in her bathtub. There’s a contemplative poem capturing the calm of a Vuillard interior, and then there’s life as one of Miró’s dots: “So here I am, on the edge of animation, a dream, a dance, a fantastic construction, A child’s adventure.” from ‘I Would Like to be a Dot in a Painting by Miró’ by Moniza Alvi. These poems are sure to delight every art lover, reminding us that any painting worth its salt has a thousand different meanings. This title is the second co-publication by Candlestick Press in association with Pushkin Press. Geoff Dyer is the award-winning author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction. His books have been translated into 24 languages. Poems by Fleur Adcock, Moniza Alvi, WH Auden, Sue Hubbard, Mark Doty, Linda France, Mimi Khalvati, RS Thomas, Tomas Tranströmer and William Carlos Williams.


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Pages: 24


Dimensions: 137 x 210 mm


Publication Date: 01-08-2019


$15.99
Ten War Poems

ISBN: 9781907598388

Authors: Various, Andrew Motion    Publisher: Candlestick Press

War poetry has always caught the public imagination. Here, Andrew Motion chooses ten war poems from an enormous, varied and arresting tradition. Wishing to “c...


War poetry has always caught the public imagination. Here, Andrew Motion chooses ten war poems from an enormous, varied and arresting tradition. Wishing to “catch the subject by surprise” rather than opt for the obvious classics, his chosen poems meet the reader head on. “In the poems that follow, we hear a range of voices from this country and beyond, from ancient history and the present. They all have feelings in common – fear, dread, regret, horror, defiance, sorrow. And they all express them in ways that make us concentrate on the individuality of their authors and their subjects.” Poems by Li Bai, Keith Douglas, Miroslav Holub, Yusef Komunyakaa, Andrew Motion, Alice Oswald, Wilfred Owen, Stevie Smith and Walt Whitman.


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Pages: 28


Dimensions: 137 x 210 mm


Publication Date: 01-07-2016


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Ten Poems About Flowers

ISBN: 9781907598876

Author: Various    Publisher: Candlestick Press

A bouquet is a welcome and beautiful thing, but the beauty is inevitably short-lived. This delightful mini-anthology, however, is guaranteed never to wither. Ro...


A bouquet is a welcome and beautiful thing, but the beauty is inevitably short-lived. This delightful mini-anthology, however, is guaranteed never to wither. Roses, fritillaries, daisies, gentians and the humble ragwort are celebrated here by poets ranging from Mimi Khalvati to William Wordsworth. We experience their colours and scents in vivid language, so each lives on the page with all the intensity of a real flower. Sometimes it seems we can even learn from them; lilacs growing in an urban street know as much about love as we do: “Lilac, like love, makes no distinction. It will open for anyone. Even before love knows that it is love lilac knows it must blossom.” from ‘City Lilacs’ by Helen Dunmore. This is one of the lovely mysteries of these poems – that a flower can somehow be like us and shed light on our own hopes and joys. Poems by John Clare, Beth Davies, Helen Dunmore, John Heath-Stubbs, Seán Hewitt, Mimi Khalvati, DH Lawrence, Anne Ridler, Edward Thomas and William Wordsworth.


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Pages: 20


Dimensions: 137 x 210 mm


Publication Date: 01-02-2020


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Twelve Poems About Chickens

ISBN: 9781907598333

Authors: Various, Pippa Greenwood    Publisher: Candlestick Press

Here’s one for the friends in our lives who have succumbed to the charms of chickens. A dozen poems celebrate their quirks and curiosities, with chickens inc...


Here’s one for the friends in our lives who have succumbed to the charms of chickens. A dozen poems celebrate their quirks and curiosities, with chickens increasingly kept and cherished by besotted owners whose gardens and smallholdings will never be the same again. From Diana Gittins’ petulant hens preening themselves and annihilating the flower beds, to Caroline Hawkridge’s splendid cockerel straddling the world and yelling his good morning, endearing characters of the poultry world come clucking to life: ‘There should be a word for the way they look with just one eye, neck bent … … And for the way they run toward someone they trust, their skirts hiked, their plump bodies wobbling.’ from ‘A Glossary of Chickens’ by Gary Whitehead. Poems by Jean Atkin, Jacqueline Brown, John Clare, Robert Frost, Diana Gittins, Robert Graves, Caroline Hawkridge, Norman MacCaig, Kay Ryan, Sir Charles Sedley, Jane Sudworth and Gary Whitehead.


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Pages: 24


Dimensions: 137 x 210 mm


Publication Date: 01-08-2015


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Ten Poems About Sheep: Volume Two

ISBN: 9781907598555

Authors: Various, Alison O'Neill    Publisher: Candlestick Press

This is our second mini-anthology of sheep poems. Sheep are such a familiar feature of our rural landscape that most of us pay them little attention. Even less ...


This is our second mini-anthology of sheep poems. Sheep are such a familiar feature of our rural landscape that most of us pay them little attention. Even less visible to the outsider’s eye is the year-round work of shepherds who look after their flocks through the changing seasons. This selection of poems is introduced by shepherdess and textile designer Alison O’Neill who lives on a hill top farm in Cumbria, tending her flock of native Herdwicks, Swaledales and Rough Fells. The poems reflect the hardships and quiet joys of the shepherding year, and the deep relationship between humans and sheep developed down the centuries. We’re encouraged to look at these humble creatures afresh and to reflect on the simplicity of their lives: “Thousands of sheep, soft-footed, black-nosed sheep – one by one going up the hill and over the fence – one by one four-footed pattering up and over – one by one wiggling their stub tails…” from ‘Sheep’ by Carl Sandburg. Poems by Alfred Brendel, Jim Carruth, John Clare, Nicola Daly, Eugene Field, Hannah Lowe, Hugh McMillan, Carl Sandburg, Susan Taylor and Siriol Troup.


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Pages: 20


Dimensions: 137 x 210 mm


Publication Date: 01-11-2017


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Ten Poems About Horses

ISBN: 9781907598791

Authors: Various, Alison Brackenbury    Publisher: Candlestick Press

The poems in this selection take us on an exhilarating canter through our friendships with horses. Along the way, we meet an edgy stallion waiting for his winte...


The poems in this selection take us on an exhilarating canter through our friendships with horses. Along the way, we meet an edgy stallion waiting for his winter bale and a pony picking her way across paddocks after having her hooves trimmed: “…she sidled through the silver air pretending to shy at shadows each hair of her coat standing upright with joy.” from ‘The Grey Pony’ by Dorothy Hewett. There are also encounters of a quieter kind – a moment lingering at a field gate as horses decide whether to come over and say hello. The poems beautifully illustrate that humans and equines are always equals. We can learn as much from them as they from us. Alison Brackenbury is an award-winning poet who has kept and loved horses for most of her life. Poems by Alison Brackenbury, Jane Commane, Tony Curtis, Sally Goldsmith, Adam Lindsay Gordon, Jen Hadfield, Dorothy Hewett, Geoffrey Holloway, Maxine Kumin and Robert Wrigley.


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Pages: 20


Dimensions: 137 x 210 mm


Publication Date: 01-01-2019


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Letter To Oumuamua

ISBN: 9781990048517

Author: James Norcliffe    Publisher: Otago University Press

In this wry and witty collection – addressed to the first interstellar object ever to be detected in our solar system – James Norcliffe applies a cool, clea...


In this wry and witty collection – addressed to the first interstellar object ever to be detected in our solar system – James Norcliffe applies a cool, clear eye to human life on Earth. Our foibles and absurdities are laid bare, but so too is the human capacity for love, desire, sorrow and regret. Norcliffe’s succinct observations traverse the personal and the political. Grounded in the local but encompassing the global, they range through subjects such as commuting, insomnia and faltering health to the contemplation of current events and issues such as gun violence and climate change. The landscapes and settings of these poems are vividly evoked, often in terms of human impact. Birds, ‘knowing what we are’, take flight at the approach of a person; a coal range is the acknowledged centre of a West Coast family’s survival. Often very funny, and always deeply felt, Norcliffe’s Letter to 'Oumuamua describes a world where every day is both everyday – gritty, material, bread-and-butter – and also luminous and precious: a ‘day like no other’. The little ones bring us stories. They want us to read to them, to embroider the bright illustrations and make them even brighter. How can we resist? Lying is in our blood. From "Wolf Light"


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Pages: 98


Dimensions: 150 x 230 mm


Publication Date: 20-02-2023


Tag: Poetry
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Poems For Remembering

ISBN: 9781991103161

Author: Mike Beveridge    Publisher: Quentin Wilson Publishing

Mike Beveridge's poems return us to a time when poems had rhyme and rhythm (they are, in short, Poems For Remembering), while at the same time being wholly mode...


Mike Beveridge's poems return us to a time when poems had rhyme and rhythm (they are, in short, Poems For Remembering), while at the same time being wholly modern in their scope and points of reference. And New Zealand is a constant presence...


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Pages: 146


Dimensions: 160 x 235 mm


Publication Date: 12-11-2022


$27.50
Tree Whispers : A Forest of Poems

ISBN: 9781786286826

Author: Mandy Ross    Publisher: Child’s Play

"Our leaves rustle, Our roots whisper. If you were a tree, what would you whisper to me?" Mandy Ross has been listening closely to the trees, from the willow t...


"Our leaves rustle, Our roots whisper. If you were a tree, what would you whisper to me?" Mandy Ross has been listening closely to the trees, from the willow to the eucalyptus, and the sycamore to the oak. These fascinating poems, beautifully illustrated by Juliana Oakley, imagine the songs they are singing to us and the verses they speak. With a strong environmental message, the book awakens us to the rich, unique and irreplaceable biodiversity of tree life and the many species that depend on it - including ourselves.


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Pages: 32


Dimensions: 245 x 268 mm


Publication Date: 28-02-2023


$22.00
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