The collection also includes a number of extraordinarily and passionate and luminous love poems."--Back cover.

This translation "first published by Allen Lane [in] 1979"--T.p. verso.

Expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself. this is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her arms as i wept think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year they will teach you that people too must wilt ...

A collection of love poems by Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda, presented in Spanish with English translations on facing pages.

In 1855 Whitman published at his own expense a volume of 12 poems, Leaves of Grass, which he had begun working on probably as early as 1847.

Presents a volume of more than fifty new poems accompanied by a generous gathering from the author's collections of the past decade, lending insight into his overall poetic achievements and his use of playful, ironic, and melodic language.

William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright and poet in history not merely for his extraordinary gift for language, but more because "he was also the world's greatest psychologist, with an uncanny ability to see and describe ...

How do we say no to despair, and instead take the risk of believing in something that offers no guarantee? Phillips reflects on the instability of life and love, and examines the past as both history and memory.