The title should have warned me. On reading the title poem, I realise any of the poems is a gateway into this passion with compassion, into a garden whose fragrances colour every sound lovers make when words have to cope. Make the lovers poets, see how each facet is etched, each jewel worked and polished. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. ó Hugh Hodge

Carol Ann Duffy is the most humane and accessible poet of our time, and Rapture is essential reading for the broken-hearted of all ages' - Rose TremainThe effortless virtuosity, directness, drama and humanity of Carol Ann Duffy's verse have made her our most admired and best-loved contemporary poet. Rapture, her seventh collection, is a book-length love-poem, and a moving act of personal testimony; but what sets these poems apart from other treatments of the subje...

'Poetry, always foremost of the arts in traditional Africa, has continued to compete for primacy against the newer forms of prose fiction and theatre drama.' This wonderfully comprehensive anthology of African poetry has been expanded to include ninety-nine poets from twenty-seven countries, thirty-one of whom appear for the first time. Equally wide-ranging is the content of the poetry itself: war songs and political protests jostle with poems about human love, African nature and the surpr...

We Have Crossed Many Rivers: New Poetry from Africa is a fascinating anthology of some of the finest contemporary poetic voices from twenty-nine African countries. Inspired by the examples of first generation African poets like Wole Soyinka, Christopher Okigbo, Dennis Brutus, and Mazisi Kunene, the poets in this anthology display rootedness in, and preoccupation with, the discourses of identity and political freedom. At the same time, they engage the more contemporary themes of human and e...

Love's Patriot is an anthology of poems in acknowledgment and assertion of patriotism to country, continent and affection to people who enhance our livelihoods as either family or heroes/heroines. I celebrate heroes and heroines of country and the African continent that's the cradle of mankind.That Love itself is patriotic to the elements and people that it is given to, is the pillar for this anthology. I celebrate heroes and heroines of country and the African continent that's the cradle ...

Inspired by current realities in Nigeria, This Tragic Charade lends a voice to sensitive Nigerian issues like corruption and patriotism with strong sentiments. Poet Tonyi Amba-Ambaiowei was born and raised in Nigeria, so he has had plenty of time to observe its beauties and its horrors, which he now eloquently shares via imagery and verse.His poems recapture intriguing traditional Ijaw folklore as well as contemporary experiences, illustrated by a selection of art that sho...

This collection of poems reveals the heart and soul of a young girl's journey to find and hold on to love. This revised anthology is filled with romance, desire and stolen moments between lost lovers.

Behind closed doors contain 15 thrilling, emotional and romantic poems.

In his thirteenth collection, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic melds folklore and black magic with everyday life.Hamlet’s ghost wandering the halls of a Vegas motel, a street corner ventriloquist using passersby as dummies, and Jesus panhandling in a weed-infested Eden are just a few of the startling conceits Simic unleashes in this collection.“Few contemporary poets have been as influential-or inimitable-as Charle...

Intwasa Poetry is a book of memorable poems from inside and outside Zimbabwe. The fifteen poets who are brought together in this collection have all read from their work at the Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo. There is a diversity in their work. The poems of love, of sensuality, of humour, of compassion, of yearning, of sadness, of loss and of outrage. They range from the intensely personal to reflections of life at this pivotal time in Zimbabwe's history.

This book is a beautiful collection of original poetry. It's an inspirational book of love, life, and loss. Discussing the complexities and strife of life. With wisdom, this book is filled with influences of an experienced life. The nights get darker and darker before the sun rises. God can help you rise with it, just take a chance. I know life can be hard, sad and downright depressing, and that's why I write! To explore those emotions and let the world know that there is a beautiful and p...

Please stop and Inhale Deeply the beauty in and around you. When you do you Awaken Love and your heart will feel Butterfly Kisses and Rays of Light. Find this place where Love Is A River and Deep Inside you will experience True Love. Dr Claus presents Inhale Deeply (Aquarelle) rippling in water colors. You are a Rose of Sharon and you Color The World. Remember My Valentine, You Are Beautiful!