poetry, modern

Margaret Atwood, Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, feminist and activist, presents her first collection of poetry in over a decade that addresses themes such as love, loss, the passage of time, nature, and zombies.

A selection of essays written during the last five years on the importance and vitality of poetry.

Profiles twenty-two visionary poets, including William Blake, Hart Crane, Pablo Neruda, Rainer Maria Rilke, and William Butler Yeats, and provides a brief biography of each poet and a list of their works and achievements.

Profiles twenty-five war poets, including a brief biography of each poet and a list of their works and achievements, including Rupert Brooke, Guillaume Apollinaire, and Chinua Achebe.

Profiles twenty poets who wrote about gay and lesbian themes, including a brief biography of each poet and a list of their works and achievements.

Profiles nineteen green movement poets, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, W.S. Merwin, Gary Snyder, Walt Whitman, and William Butler Yeats, and provides a brief biography of each poet and a list of their works and achievements.