Poems

Peter Whigham (Translator, Editor); Gaius Valerius Catullus

One of the most versatile of Roman poets, Catullus wrote verse of an almost unparalleled diversity and stylistic agility, from the brevity of the epigram to the sustained elegance of the elegy. This collection contains all of Catullus' extant work and includes his lyrics to the notorious Clodia Metelli ...

Well, They are Gone, and Here Must I Remain: Little Black Classics: Penguin 80s #35

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

'Ye Ice-Falls! Ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain...' A selection of Coleridge's poems, including 'This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison' and 'Frost at Midnight.' Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge r...

Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder And Things That Sustain You When The World Goes Dark

Julia Baird

A beautiful, intimate and inspiring investigation into how we can find and nurture within ourselves that essential quality of internal happiness - the 'light within' that Julia Baird calls 'phosphorescence' - which will sustain us even through the darkest times. Over the last decade, we have become bett...