The Manyoshu or 'Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves' is an anthology of ancient Japanese poems compiled c. 759 CE during the Nara Period but including many earlier works. The most likely person to have … [Read more...] about The Manyoshu
Poetry
Pat Ingoldsby Poetry Books
Pat Ingoldsby has hosted children's TV shows, written plays for the stage and for radio, published books of short stories and been a newspaper columnist. Since the mid-1990s, he has withdrawn from … [Read more...] about Pat Ingoldsby Poetry Books
Voices At The World’s Edge edited by Paddy Bushe
The full title of this book is Voices At The World's Edge - Irish Poets on Skellig Michael. For some 700 years after its foundation in the 6th century, the monastery on Skellig Michael off the Kerry … [Read more...] about Voices At The World’s Edge edited by Paddy Bushe
Gradual Wars by Seamus Deane
Gradual Wars was Deane's first collection of poems. It was published in 1972 by Irish University Press. This collection won the prestigious AE Memorial Award for Literature in Ireland.. Among the … [Read more...] about Gradual Wars by Seamus Deane
Four Eggs in a Basket by Brian McEnery
It takes four eggs to make a good omelette. Brian has included four metaphorical eggs in this book. Each of these eggs is a collection of poems composed at different times from the beginning of the … [Read more...] about Four Eggs in a Basket by Brian McEnery
Poems from The Lord of The Rings by J R R Tolkien
This hardback contains the well-loved poems from Tolkien's literary masterpiece The Lord of The Rings. The book is illustrated by celebrated Tolkien artist Alan Lee. Featuring poems written in … [Read more...] about Poems from The Lord of The Rings by J R R Tolkien
Falling for a Dolphin by Heathcote Williams
This dramatic poem, by the writer of Whale Nation and Sacred Elephant, describes the encounter between man and dolphin. His research led him to a remote cove near Dingle where a lone dolphin, Fungie, … [Read more...] about Falling for a Dolphin by Heathcote Williams
In this Kingdom by the Sea by W.G. McNeice
W.G. McNeice was born in Castleisland, County Kerry in 1930 and worked with a local authority in Tralee before moving to Bray, Co Wicklow in 1972.. His poetry has been published including in The … [Read more...] about In this Kingdom by the Sea by W.G. McNeice
One Wide Expanse by Michael Longley
This is the first volume in The Poet's Chair series, which will publish the public lectures of the Ireland Professors of Poetry. The Ireland Chair of Poetry was established in 1998 following the … [Read more...] about One Wide Expanse by Michael Longley
On Poetry and Poets by T S Eliot
An important collection of T. S. Eliot's literary essays and lectures composed, with one exception, in the 1940s and 1950s. All the material is subsequent to the criticism represented in his … [Read more...] about On Poetry and Poets by T S Eliot