‘Poetry was my place, my little clearing in the forest, where I could quietly put everything I was holding. I’m not sure what gave me the courage to open up that space to you, but here I am, doing it.’

The Magic Border is the debut book from Mercury Prize-winning musician and poet Arlo Parks, combining never-before-seen poetry, song lyrics and beautiful, intimate images from collaborator, photographer Daniyel Lowden.

Featuring twenty original poems, alongside an exclusive artist’s sta...

An old pond;

a frog jumps in:

the sound of water

-- Basho

This comprehensive introduction to Japan's best-loved haiku poets is the perfect book for anyone wanting to learn about haiku. Compiled and with commentary by renowned author and translator William Scott Wilson, the book features 26 poets and 550 haiku, exquisitely translated. Wilson takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the works of the major Japanese poets from the fifteenth century up to the present.

The poets include Ba...

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Author: Omar Khayyam

Translator: Edward FitzGerald

Illustrator: Elihu Vedder

Commissioner: John Stonehouse

Cover design: Francis Sangorski

Desktop publishing: Willem v.d. Berg

Printing: Pumbo B.V.

The history of this book and the tragic story behind it are not less important than its contents.

Omar Khayyam was famous during his lifetime in the 12th century not as a poet but as an astronomer and mathematician.

Although the authenticity of all the poetry attributed to Omar Kh...

Toen Kim A. Poldner in 2022 met haar gezin verhuisde naar een nieuwe stad, besloot ze afscheid te nemen van bepaalde kledingstukken. In intieme afscheidsbrieven aan deze lang gekoesterde items uit haar garderobe reflecteert ze op 20 jaar activisme voor een duurzame mode industrie. Ze beschrijft wat deze kledingstukken voor haar hebben betekent gedurende reizen, relateren en het worden van de vrouw die ze is. In onze fast fashion economie kunnen de brieven beschouwd worden als een feministisch...

WORDS AND IMAGES is a poetry collection, where Lenka Dvorcakova connects her writing and artistic skills through poetry. In a mixture of free verse, rhyme, and rhythm, it contains thirty-two poems separated into two sections: Awakening and Love Poems.

For the first section, Dvorcakova chose poems that were written after her spiritual awakening. She has always been a curious person and have known there is something more to this world. The poems contain themes such as spiritual awakening, the u...

A debut poetry collection by Megan Fox.

'A triumph ... A wholly original and creative mind' NEW YORK TIMES

'Akwaeke Emezi continues to astound with their prolific multi-genre, multidisciplinary work' SHONDALAND

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A fiercely contemporary collection which renegotiates the contract between poet and reader in the light of this moment in human history, from the bestselling author of The Death of Vivek Oji

Content Warning: Everything concerns itself with the fugitive nature of being in the world especially, but not...

‘Inclusieve erotiek in tekst en beeld’

In een tijd waarin elke blote borst of bil in de openbare ruimte tot ophef leidt, wagen Tatum Hoetmer en Hanneke Wetzer zich aan een boek met erotische poëzie en tekeningen. De teksten en beelden zijn een ode aan de liefde.

‘Lust en liefde zijn onlosmakelijk met elkaar verbonden’ , aldus Hoetmer, die de sensuele teksten schreef. ‘Liefde is de bron van alle leven. Het is te belangrijk om daar krampachtig over te doen’.

Tatum Hoetmer is cult...

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Author: Omar Khayyam

Translator: Edward FitzGerald

Illustrator: Elihu Vedder

Cover design: Elihu Vedder

Desktop publishing: Willem v.d. Berg

Printing: Pumbo B.V.

Omar Khayyam was famous during his lifetime in the 12th century not as a poet but as an astronomer and mathematician.

Although the authenticity of all the poetry attributed to Omar Khayyam is not completely certain, Edward FitzGerald published in 1859 the English translation of 75 quatrains which with certainty belong...