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  Some People Are Trains

  Jackson Phoenix Nash

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  'you need to be a warrior right now,especially in Wetherspoon's where you're slightly scaredto take a pissand for comfort you search 'Mudlarking' on your phone,as you squat in the cubicle with one footpressed hard against the doorin case someone should come inand realise what you are.'
  Jackson Phoenix Nash is an essential new poetic voice. Funny, tragic, deeply lived, his poems snap you wide awake.
  'There is an artful balance of humour and melancholy that makes these poems into a gorgeously unforgettable experience for the reader. Jackson's poetry embodies both trans joy and trans vulnerability in such a candid and heartfelt way that it leaves a beautiful mark on the mind.' Golnoosh Nour
  'This collection is essential reading: powerful, arresting, brave, heartbreaking and funny. Jackson's 'glissando' journey from 'geezerbird' through 'decomposing girlhood' and 'premature elation' to 'phoenix' is told with wry humour, deft imagery and open-hearted candour. It ought to be on every school syllabus.' Maggie Butt

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  The Infernal Garden

  Gregory Leadbetter

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  In The Infernal Garden, Gregory Leadbetter's poetry leads us into dark and verdant places of the imagination, the edge of the wild where the human meets the more-than-human in the burning green fuse of the living world. This liminal ground becomes a garden of death and rebirth, of sound and voice, in poems that combine the lyric with the mythic, precision with mystery.
  Responding to the intricate crisis in our relationship to our planet and the life around us, the garden here assumes a haunting, otherworldly aspect, as a space of loss, grief and trial, which nonetheless carries within it the energies of regeneration and growth. At the heart of this bewitching book is the force of language itself – at once disquieting and healing – through which we are drawn to the common roots of art, science, and magic, in exquisite poetry of incantatory power.
  "This is heavy-metal poetry, dark and decidedly theatrical." - Jeremy Wikeley, 'The best poetry books of 2025 so far', The Telegraph.

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  Elegy Written in a Country...

  Thomas Gray

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  Few poets can collect thoughts and words to such perfect harmony

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  Rhyme A Dozen A - Love - 12...

  William Shakespeare, William...

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  ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 
   
  1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic.  Love - An Introduction 
  2 - Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare 
  3 - He Wishes For The Cloths of Heaven by William Butler Yeats 
  4 - If Thou Must Love Me Let It Be For Nought by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 
  5 - Bright Star by John Keats 
  6 - Oh Lovers by Jalaluddin Rumi 
  7 - Love's Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley 
  8 - Go Lovely Rose by Edmund Waller 
  9 - A Red Red Rose by Robert Burns 
  10 - She Walks In Beauty by Lord Byron 
  11 - The Good Morrow by John Donne 
  12 - The Passionate Shepherd To His Love by Christopher Marlowe 
  13 - The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear

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  A Rhyme A Dozen ― The Nativity -...

  Ann Griffiths, John Milton,...

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  ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 
  1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic.  The Nativity - An Introduction 
  2 - Wondrous Sight For Men and Angels by Ann Griffiths 
  3 - An Ode of the Birth of Our Saviour by Robert Herrick 
  4 - A Nativity by Rudyard Kipling 
  5 - Nativity by John Donne 
  6 - On the Morning of Christ's Nativity by John Milton 
  7 - The Mother of God by William Butler Yeats 
  8 - The Nativity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Christopher Smart 
  9 - The Burning Babe by Robert Southwell 
  10 - Upon Christ His Birth by Sir John Suckling 
  11 - Christmas Carol by Sara Teasdale 
  12 - The Nativity by Henry Vaughan 
  13 - The Three Kings by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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  The Unbroken Spirit - Journey...

  Erlinda Galvez Baguios

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  The Unbroken Spirit: Journey and Vows of Love is a poignant poetic tale of love's endurance despite distance, centered on Elara and Jillian, two star-crossed lovers. Their bond transcends miles through heartfelt letters that express their deepest longings and unwavering devotion. Each letter serves as a testament to their infinite love, filled with promises of togetherness and dreams shared in an ethereal connection that allows their spirits to dance freely amidst life's harsh realities. As seasons change and life pulls them apart, the weight of their promises becomes apparent. Their once-vibrant exchanges turn melancholic, revealing the fragility of love in the face of fate. Each letter, once a beacon of hope, now resonates with the bittersweet truth that love can be both powerful and vulnerable. Ultimately, The Unbroken Spirit celebrates the enduring essence of love, reflecting the complexities of human emotions—the beauty of connection and the heartache of separation. Elara and Jillian's journey reminds us that while promises may falter, true love remains forever enshrined in the hearts of those who dare to love deeply. Through lyrical prose, this tale invites readers to explore love's depths and the unyielding spirit that persists even through heartbreak.

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