Henry Carter Hull

"Dublin's writers rarely remain solemn for long: their wicked sense of humour has travelled the world. This is an irresistible new anthology of what used to be called 'comic and curious verse' about the city, written by some of her most entertaining poets and songwriters. Fashions in verse come and go. Too often we forget -- paradoxically -- the most memorable works of wit, sarcasm or absurdity. The ones gathered here were written over four centuries,...

"On the first day of Christmas, a gift was sent to me: a parrot in a palm tree! Ahoy mateys--Christmas is coming and even pirates celebrate the holiday! This follow-up to the hugely popular A Pirate's Night Before Christmas offers a witty re-imagining of "The Twelve Days of Christmas"--with a sly buccaneer twist. A brave cabin boy receives marvelously mysterious gifts for each of the 12 days he is left alone to guard the pirate ship: 12 cannons blastin',...

"2019 National Book Award Longlist: "Centering on black, female identity, [this is] an exquisite and thoughtful collection." -- Bustle This is about what grows through the wreckage. This is an anthem of survival and a look at what might come after. A view of what floats and what, ultimately, sustains. A finalist for the PEN Open Book Award, Build Yourself a Boat redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory. "With...

A collection of eighteen short poems celebrating love and friendship between animals, from cats and sheep to giraffes and crocodiles.

Illustrations accompany couplets describing things that go together naturally, such as "Sand with sea" and especially "You with me."

Dream in Pienza was originally published by the Timberline Press in a hand-set and hand-printed limited edition. The title poem, written in Rome, sings of the passion of unrequited love in another century. From birth through resurrection, we sweep our separate shores for sight of stars. Although the angels may have left us to our devices, we become the measure of what we believe. This is God's gift to each of us.

The Pied Piper piped the village free of rats and when the villagers refused to pay him for the service he piped away their children too.

In this collection of poetry, we enter the mystery of the Night. Who knows what that Night will bring? We may step back into the past. We may look to the future through the eyes of surrealism. We may see the present time as a secretive world, only the Night wanderer can unlock. What does the Night hold? In the hours of Night, darkness envelopes. Darkness can be present in the brightest of days though, the leading light is dimmed. How can the Night...

Collection of poems by the 1995 Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet.

A collection of poems by Nobel Prize-winning author Seamus Heaney, based on the theme of origins and oracles.