"Another bostin book of comic verse from the master of mirth. Poignant, reflective and all the way up to 11 on the comedy dial. I particularly like the one about sperm!..."Willis the PoetAnother trawl through the mind of Johnny Mogs, a popular performer on the spoken word circuit. Here he promises the 'saftness' we have come to expect together with some more serious poems., so be prepared!Heather Wastie,former Worcestershire Poet Laurea...

If you are a poetry lover or a student of the English Language, this may not be for you. The poems aren't particularly 'poetic' and some of the words share only a passing resemblance to English. Instead it's a collection of dialect poems intended to celebrate the uniqueness of the people of The Black Country, the way we speak and our sheer saftness. Hopefully some of them will give you a loff!And what is the Black Country? In general terms it is the part of the West Midlands of Engl...

John Morris, otherwise known as Mogs, has lived in The Black Country all his life. He is an amazing blind poet and stage performer and this is his fourth collection, following on from a set of verses written in the Black Country dialect."Johnny 'Mogs' Morris is a familiar and much loved face on the Black Country poetry scene, raising more than a chuckle or three from audiences by way of his rhyming verse. In his latest collection he's exploring the ageing process in his own indomit...

Introduce children to the joys of poetry with this intricately illustrated collection of classics a book that will delight both young and old. The carefully selected poems in this anthology open up an enchanting world of rhythm and language, feeling and fantasy. The book features a wide range of well-known writers, including Christina Rossetti, William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, William Blake and John Keats. It includes a compendium of beautiful poems such as Robin Hood, A Thing of Beauty, T...

The farmer’s boy from Ayrshire who went on to be the most acclaimed of all Scottish poets, celebrated around the world, Robert Burns is a greater and more varied artist than those that know him only through annual Burns’ Suppers and choruses of his ‘Auld Lang Syne’ at New Year could imagine.This new selection by Ian Rankin of verses and lyrics from Scotland’s national poet, the ‘Heaven-taught ploughman’, reveals a writer capable of evoking tremendous sympathetic power from his read...

A collection of court documents from the witchcraft trials in Orkney and Shetland in the 1600s.Written in the local dialect, this volume contains a rare collection of typed court documents recording the trials of men and women accused of witchcraft. Reporting their crimes, their trials, and their punishments, this book details the trivial actions many people were arrested for and states the horrendous executions those found guilty faced.

The Scottish poet Robert Burns has been idolised and eulogised. He has been sainted, painted, tarted-up and toasted. He is famous as the author of 'Auld Lang Syne', and he has long been the patron saint of the heartsore and the hungover. But what about the poems? Beneath the cult of Burns Nights and patriotic yawps, there is the work itself, among the purest and most truthful created in any age.This is a Burns collection like no other, introduced, arranged and contextualised by the...

C. J. Dennis's Collected Works contained 5 works written by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis, better known as C. J. Dennis, (7 September 1876 - 22 June 1938) was an Australian poet known for his humorous poems, especially "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke", published in the early 20th century. Though Dennis's work is less well known today, his 1916 publication of The Sentimental Bloke sold 65,000 copies in its first year, and by 1917 he was the most prosperous poet in Australian hi...

From master storyteller David Almond comes a gripping, exquisitely written novel about a hidden-away child who emerges into a broken world.Billy Dean is a secret child. He has a beautiful young mother and a father who arrives at night carrying the scents of candles and incense and cigarettes. Birds fly to his window. Mice run out from his walls. His world is a carpet, a bed, pictures of the holy island, and a single locked door. His father fills his mind and his dr...

A collection of poems and songs by Robert Burns, the National Bard of Scotland.This is the companion script to Almost Tangible's award-winning audio production of Robert Burns, a Collection of Poems and Songs. Read along as you listen on headphones for the best experience!The collection includes:A Man's A Man for a' ThatA Poet's Welcome to his Love-Begotten DaughterAddress to a HaggisAe Fond KissA Red Red RoseAuld Lang Syne...

Scouse One-Liners is the latest collection showcasing the Scouse skill for straightforward insults, sly digs and outright threats, culled from pubs and clubs Liverpool-wide by Ian Black, master of the quick sidestep. Uproariously witty and full of unforgettable sidesplitting sayings, this is one book that will have you crying with laughter and reciting lines to everyone you meet - but just be careful who you say them to!

This file includes: The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, Digger Smith, and The Glugs of Gosh. Clarence James DennisAccording to Wikipedia: "Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis, better known as C. J. Dennis, (7 September 1876 - 22 June 1938) was an Australian poet famous for his humorous poems, especially "The Sentimental Bloke", published in the early 20th century."