World Poetry

Inspired by the world-changing events of 2020, Michael H. Hanson delivers a moving collection of poetry and verse, driven by his own experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The poems in Adrian Matejka's newest and fifth collection, Somebody Else Sold the World, meditate on the ways we exist in an uncontrollable world: in love and its aftermaths, in families that divide themselves, in protest-filled streets, in isolation as routines become obsolete because of lockdown orders and curfews. Somebody Else uses past and future touchstones like pop songs, love notes, and imaginary gossip to illuminate those moments of splendor that persist even in exhaustion.

From New York Times best-selling author Kelly Corrigan comes a book that celebrates the people in our lives and the meaningful connections we make that come from asking each other questions.

Imagine the poets Wallace Stevens and Anne Sexton met in a bar owned by Michael Robbins. The result might be News In A New World, the first published collection of poems by Tamara Tifareth. Jarringly profound, hilarious, and offensive, highly topical, always insightful, the poems combine a strong lyrical quality with a narrator's capacity for storytelling. In many of the pieces, Ms. Tifareth assumes a persona only to push its attitudes to the limits of sensibility, illustrating the absurdity of life.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Enlightenment, a Day I Long to See and to hear a poem towards world peace.

Una adaptación de la rima clásica, está vez situada en Perú y contada en español e inglés. María y su traviesa llama te robarán el corazón. An adaptation of the classic rhyme, this time set in Perú and told in Spanish and English. María and her mischievous llama will win your heart.

The Nun's Priest's Tale is one of The Canterbury Tales by the 14th century Middle English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Read in Middle English by Robert Ross.

Seventeen iconic poems from World War One, including: Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Deorum Est"; "In Flanders Fields" by John McRae; "Counter Attack" by Siegfried Sassoon; Rupert Brook's "The Soldier"; and many more that bring the horrors of the Great War vividly to life through the eyes of those living them.

From the author of the best-selling children's book When God Made You comes a rhythmic, whimsical journey through creation - for little listeners who love science and wonder and the beginnings of all things. For spiritual parents who are looking for a different kind of creation book, Matthew Paul Turner's When God Made the World focuses on the complex way that God created our vast and scientifically operating universe, including the biodiversity of life on our planet and the intricacies of a vast solar system.

Selected by Keith Winston, these are beautiful narrations of the best verse of the Celtic poets. Included are works by a Jonathan Swift, Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Oscar Wilde, and William Butler Yeats.

Y si estoy aquí,No es porque sé caminar o porque al norte Le brillan los ojos, el corazón no sabe deEsas cosas, y esta vez, yo lo he seguido...Aquí estoyY desconozco la forma en que me pasa,Podría lastimarme horas y horas,Y aunque las palomas, y aunque el trenRuidoso de mi pueblo intente despertarme,No conseguirían más que atarmeDe pies y manos, para tu memoria.Aquí estoy y me quedo.No seré nunca más el mismo.

A poem about why everybody loves L.A. Sun, beach, loud colors, beautiful people, and sundresses. Cool cars, the Sunset Strip and sunshine against a crystal blue sky!

Inspirational poetry written by Bernice Willis.

Nancy's mother is having a baby and it is making her ill; Nancy's father is angry with her mother because they can't afford the baby; Nancy is angry with everyone. Then she starts to see things... things that should only happen in fairytales. Is Buk a sign she is going mad or is he there to save her?

Everyday, the World Would End is a modern poetry collection that examines the darker parts of depression, the everyday struggles that come with anxiety, and how it really feels to deal with self-hatred on a regular basis. This collection is deeply personal to the author, but she hopes that by revealing her worst moments, someone else will find a way through theirs, that someone else will know that they are not alone in their darkest emotions, and that someone will realize life happens wherever you are, and there is always a way to survive it.

From NPR correspondent and New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, comes a powerful and provocative collection of poems that cut to the heart of the entrenched racism and oppression in America and eloquently explores ongoing events.

En este poemario su autor reflexiona sobre la vida, la superación del dolor y la belleza de la naturaleza y del mundo. Es una obra breve, pero intensa, inspirada en Walt Whitman y en los haikús japoneses. Los poemas que conforman este libro transmiten optimismo, alegría por vivir y el deseo de disfrutar de las maravillas que nos rodean.

Algunas veces sueñas despierto, quieres que tú entorno sea perfecto, pero sin embargo, como todo mundo sabe, la perfección es fugaz y simplemente imperfecta. En estos poemas espero encuentres la solitud que tu alma necesita para poder empezar de nuevo o qué tal vez te sumerjas en mis letras completamente para que tu realidad sea un poquito más amena. Que te des cuenta de que, aunque algunas veces no vemos salida alguna a problemas incontrolables, siempre hay alguien más que te puede entender perfectamente porque lo tuyo, en ojos de ellos, solo es pasajero.

Este conjunto de poemas puede parecer inconexo o inconsistente. Y en buena medida lo es: No hay unidad temática ni un esquema fijo predeterminado. Ni siquiera una voz única, dado que reúnen casi una década de trabajo en esto de escribir versos. Disparejo: Visceral a ratos, prolijo y apegado a lo formal en otros momentos. Poesía que reniega de apellidos, de los "ismos" y de las taxonomías mañosas. Poesía a secas, con las manos vacías y sin cruzar los dedos.