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  I Wander in Cities Defeated by...

  Paula Boulos Rubeiz

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  This is a book of poetry, love, and a journey through the impossible.
  
  The author takes readers on a search for the Jasmine Poet within the impossible.
  
  She explores emotions tied to dreams, aspirations, and conscience.
  
  "Passion dissolved into disbelief,
  
  Born from a whisper of nostalgia
  
  And an impossible journey…
  
  One day, we will laugh
  
  We will be happy
  
  We will rise
  
  We will win
  
  One day, we will walk toward the sun
  
  We pull life from the heart of tragedy
  
  Carrying our Arab hearts,
  
  Our Arab eyes,
  
  Our Arabic incense,
  
  And our forgotten hopes.
  
  One day, we will journey toward our Eastern dreams,
  
  With sunlight resting on our clothes."

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  Animal

  Jon Bradfield

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  David is gay, disabled and profoundly horny. He can't eat, drink or shower by himself – or wank. Totally inexperienced, he embarks on a sexual and romantic odyssey, armed with a fierce brain, and dick pics that he has to get someone to take.
  Can he keep it casual whilst also relying on round-the-clock care? And will he manage the thrill and uncertainty of random hook-ups after a lifetime of knockbacks?
  Animal is a hilarious, challenging and heartbreaking play by Jon Bradfield, from a story by Bradfield and Josh Hepple. It won the inaugural Through the Mill Playwriting Prize, was shortlisted for the Papatango Prize, and was first performed at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, and Park Theatre, London, in 2023.

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  Macbeth

  William Shakespeare

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  One of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies—a gripping tale of ambition, destiny, and the consequences of unchecked power.
  
  Discover "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare, the legendary tragedy that has captivated readers and theater audiences for centuries with its unforgettable characters, haunting atmosphere, and profound exploration of human nature. Rich in poetic language and psychological depth, this timeless classic remains one of the most influential plays in world literature.
  
  Set in medieval Scotland, the play follows the ambitious nobleman Macbeth, whose encounter with mysterious prophecies sets him on a path that forever changes his life. As ambition, loyalty, fear, and moral conflict collide, Shakespeare masterfully examines themes of power, fate, guilt, conscience, leadership, and the corrupting influence of unchecked desire. Through unforgettable dialogue, dramatic tension, and supernatural elements, Macbeth delivers an emotionally powerful and thought-provoking story without revealing its unforgettable conclusion.
  
  Believed to have been written around 1606, "Macbeth" stands among William Shakespeare's greatest tragedies and remains one of the most frequently performed plays in the English language. Its enduring influence extends across literature, theater, film, psychology, and popular culture, making it an essential work for readers and students alike.
  
  Perfect for readers who enjoy classic literature, Shakespeare, tragedy, drama, historical fiction, psychological drama, British literature, and timeless literary masterpieces, this extraordinary play offers an unforgettable reading experience filled with suspense, emotion, and philosophical insight.
  
  Experience one of the greatest tragedies ever written. Add "Macbeth" to your Kindle library today and discover Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece of ambition, power, and the human conscience.

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  Tapping At Glass

  Tim Tim Cheng

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  Tapping At Glass charts girlhood, multilingualism, and psychogeography from Hong Kong to Scotland. Myths, meditations on the arts and mass media, and migration stories entwine. Through protest-stricken urban spaces, love hotels, farming as activism, frog watching, alternative therapies, and seascapes where racial and social memories flow in all directions, the working class subjects in Cheng's poems reflect on what it means to exist in one locale and dream of elsewhere, where the past and future, interconnectedness and othering, are in perpetual negotiation. Tapping into various moods, Cheng's poems question the making of a self and a city, and the languages one uses to translate microhistories.
  Tapping At Glass is Tim Tim's debut pamphlet collection.
  "Tim Tim Cheng is a wonderful new voice in the poetry landscape. Playful, serious, complicating any attempt to pin her down – even in the short span of a pamphlet she dances through images and ideas. Already so accomplished, she is definitely a poet who is going places." – Niall Campbell

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  Cassie and the Lights

  Alex Howarth

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  'I needed to be better... and summat needed to change – to keep them safe. To fix my family.'
  When her mother disappears, teenager Cassie wants to care for her sisters on her own. But can kids be parents? Or should Cassie let foster parents adopt her sisters and create a new family?
  Alex Howarth's play Cassie and the Lights is a tender and playful examination of what makes a family and what holds it together. Based on real-life events and interviews with children in care, it celebrates the resilience of young people and the power of sisterhood.
  The play has been performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, VAULT Festival in London, 59E59 in New York City and Adelaide Fringe Festival in Australia. It toured the UK in 2024, produced by Patch of Blue and 3 hearts canvas, in association with Southwark Playhouse and Verse Unbound.

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  The Poetry of Alexander Pope -...

  Alexander Pope

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  Alexander Pope was born on May 21st, 1688 into a Catholic family in London.  
  His education was affected by the then recent Test Acts, which upheld the status of the Church of England and banned Catholics from teaching.  In effect this meant his formal education was over by the age of 12 but Pope was to immerse himself in classical literature and languages and too, in effect, educate himself.   
  From this age too he also suffered from numerous health problems including Pott’s disease, a type of tuberculosis, which resulted in a stunted, deformed body.  Only to grow to a height of 4’ 6”, with a severe hunchback and complicated further by respiratory difficulties, high fevers, inflamed eyes and abdominal pain all of which served to further isolate him, initially, from society. 
  However his talent was evident to all. Best known for his satirical verse, his translations of Homer and the use of the heroic couplet, he is the second-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare. 
  With the publication of Pastorals in 1709 followed by An Essay on Criticism in 1711 and his most famous work The Rape of the Lock in 1712, Pope became not only famous but wealthy. 
  His translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey further enhanced both reputation and purse.  His engagement to produce an opulent new edition of Shakespeare met with a mixed reception. Pope attempted to "regularise" Shakespeare's metre and rewrote some of his verse and cut 1500 lines, that Pope considered to be beneath the Bard’s standard, to mere footnotes. 
  Alexander Pope died on May 30th, 1744 at his villa at Twickenham (where he created his famous grotto and gardens) and was buried in the nave of the nearby Church of England Church - St Mary the Virgin. 
  Over the years and centuries since his death Pope’s work has been in and out of favour but with this distance he is now truly recognised as one of England’s greatest poets. 
   This volume comes to you from Portable Poetry, a specialized imprint from Deadtree Publishing.  Our range is large and growing and covers single poets, themes, and many compilations.

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