Hannah Lowe taught for a decade in an inner-city London sixth form. At the heart of this book of compassionate and energetic sonnets are ?The Kids?, her students, the teenagers she nurtured. But the poems go further, meeting her own child self as she comes of age in the riotous 80s and 90s, later bearing witness to her small son learning to negotiate contemporary London. Across these deeply felt poems, Lowe interrogates the acts of teaching and learning...

In the informal rituals of the tide remaking its tideline, of a painter absorbed in the act of painting or of an old couple greeting the night, the English poet Kate Miller sees and charts the creative process at work. As its title suggests, Miller's debut collection explores perception, the poet's eye and ear trained on distances that stretch beyond comfort zones.

Read by the poet at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree at the White House on December 1, 2005, Maya Angelou?s celebration of the ?Glad Season? is a radiant affirmation of the goodness of life and a beautiful holiday gift for people of all faiths.

From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a powerful first collection of poems exploring issues of identity, difference, faith, relationships, fear, loss and joy. Intricate, evocative and dazzling - these are poems that explore the experiences that connect people; they encourage readers to look within and explore the tendencies of the heart.

This volume features poetry drawn from old newspapers and journals, trench and hospital magazines, individual volumes of verse, gift books, postcards, and a manuscript magazine put together by conscientious objectors.

Danez Smith is our president Rooted in the loss of one of Smith?s close friends, this book comes out of the search for joy and intimacy within a nation where both can seem scarce and getting scarcer. In poems of rare power and generosity, Smith acknowledges that in a country overrun by violence, xenophobia, and disparity, and in a body defined by race, queerness, and diagnosis, it can be hard to survive, even harder to remember reasons for living....

Anita Lobel?s beautifully illustrated edition of The Night Before Christmas is now available as an eBook.

A hilarious and brilliant poetry collection from bestselling poet and Twitter laureate, Brian Bilston.