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Předtím než se setmí


Sbírka Petra Ligockého Předtím než se setmí je tichým a hlubokým ponorem do světa každodennosti, přírody a vnitřního prožívání. Autor zde navazuje na tradici japonského haiku a korejské zenové poezie, zároveň však tyto formy obohacuje o evropskou citlivost a osobní prožitky. Výsledkem je kniha, která svou křehkostí a hloubkou působí jako meditace – pomalá, soustředěná a očišťující.
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11,84 €

Foretokens


Unearthed in a clear-out, a picture calendar she’s kept – hoarding, I’ve learnt, is a mark of the emigrant – across continents and time.So begins Sarah Howe’s extraordinary new collection, returning to the riddle of belonging she explored in her award-winning debut, Loop of Jade. At the heart is her own mother’s clouded past: abandoned as a baby and taken in, at the turbulent dawn of Communist China, by a woman with her own hidden motives. Now a mother herself, Howe finds herself re-examining this unreliable narrative with fresh sight. Sifting through her own history, the poet asks, how can a new generation transform a shattered inheritance? And what is lost and gained in the pursuit?What unfolds is a personal Babel of voices and identities, and an examination of the contradictory legacies of colonialism, where poems – past and present – act as ‘foretokens’, omens of what lies ahead. A central spine of poems takes the molecular structure of DNA as its template: a ‘ladder of atoms beginning to twist’, down which the poet steps into the darkness of time. Objects of witness resurface to tell their own stories: fragile porcelains of past centuries transiting across continents; a picture calendar of old postcards from another world.‘From the other side of ruin / we found safe passage’, Howe writes in these spectacular poems of emotional heft and quickening wit, their voice salvaged from the fragments of a former self. Foretokens is a monumental work of survival and creation, turning over what is left behind as it strikes out towards astonishing new vistas.
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17,99 €

Sculling


In her unflinching and tenderly obsessive collection, Sculling, poet Sophie Dumont explores a deeply personal relationship to the River Avon, as she circles the curses that unravel from a canoe club. At the age of 16, Sophie Dumont trained to be a canoe coach before her own coach and partner of three years died suddenly in an aquaplaning road accident, which led to five of his organs continuing at least seven people''s lives. His heart was donated to a young man studying in the same city as he did.Using the kayak as a vessel to traverse life''s accumulation of losses, Sculling speaks of how this bereavement caused Dumont to reflect on her relationship to bodies of water, from her own body to the state of pollution in UK rivers. Here, she explores the campaign for rivers to be given personhood status for rights to protection and inspects the symbiosis of her body and the river''s. Sculling is a powerful investigation into categories of haunting, from a body living on through donated organs, through dementia''s slow erasure, and through witnessing her niece learn object permanence - that things continue to exist when they are not visible.In this fiercely vulnerable and meticulous debut, Dumont probes the urge to call out when under a bridge, to hear oneself ricocheted back, changed:''. . . a boy in a red cap opens his throat, throws sound into shadows, as we''ve all done, in the reckless hope of its return.''
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17,99 €

Poetry Prescription: Calm


Poetry Prescription: Calm is a beautiful pocket-sized hardback gift book containing carefully curated prescriptions in verse compiled by Deborah Alma, the founder of the Poetry Pharmacy. Life is lived with feeling - and these poems will bring you calm. Soporifics, Sedatives & Balms for the Spirit; to educe Moments of Reflection & Serenity; to be Present in the Moment; a Calmative for Intention & Attention Includes poems by William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Edward Thomas, W. B. Yeats, William Shakespeare and many more. • No bitter pills • No adverse reactions The Poetry Prescription series is the perfect antidote for life’s ailments. Inspired by the achingly cool Poetry Pharmacy shops in London and Shropshire - social media favourites with a clear focus on promoting wellbeing through the written and spoken word. Each of the 8 themed titles offers an array of poems to inspire, heal and comfort. Whether readers are looking to find solace for times of ill-health, loss and grief, cope with matters of the heart, need poetic inspiration for courage and confidence, or want to find peace and tranquillity in wild spaces, there is a collection for everyone. Perfect for reading aloud or for quiet contemplation, these books are a much needed balm for our busy lives.
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22,45 €

The Poems


Of all the great classical love poets, Propertius (c. 50-10 BC) is surely one of those with most immediate appeal for readers today. His helpless infatuation for the sinister figure of his mistress Cynthia forms the main subject of his poetry and is analysed with a tormented but witty grandeur in all its changing moods, from ecstasy to suicidal despair. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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12,49 €
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Znamení


ZNAMENÍ je druhá sbírka textů Kateřiny Pokorné, kterou znáte ze sítí pod nickem @svojost. „Každý znamení přichází jinak. Jedno tiše a jiný velkým třeskem. Jak ho uneseme, záleží na nás. Tohle znamení něco váží, neste ho lehce. A když budete chtít, hoďte ho na zem. A pak si k němu sedněte. Otevře se vám. A já jenom doufám, že aspoň na chvilinku, anebo na malinko, zaplní vaši aortu. Klidem. A k lidem. Bude mluvit. Tohle Znamení.“ Kniha volně navazuje na bestseller MILLENNIALS.
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21,25 €

Interlocutor Goddess


“Jasmine Reid writes a shapeful, theoretical work involved in the rigorous attending to emergent selves and the languages made in calling them into being.” —aracelis girmayInterlocutor Goddess explores the creation of a trans language for selfhood within an exilic state of "ecstatic grief."Reid''s experimental work challenges societal norms, particularly the family as a political construct while reflecting on the trans experiences of a queer Black woman. The poems grapple with oppressive systems of separation and colonial legacies, rejecting extractive, empire-driven paradigms, and gender essentialism. Within her collection, Reid envisions alternative, ethical ways of being, rooted in unity and wholeness and finds kinship with the rhythms and lifeways of the natural world—soil, stars, and water. Her poetry employs a trans-lyricism, weaving together dual meanings through homonyms, homophones, and portmanteaus to create a layered, fugitive language that resists rigid classifications. At its core, Interlocutor Goddess is an act of transfiguration, a celebration of girlhood, and a reclamation of wholeness for all who exist beyond imposed boundaries.
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17,99 €

The Masnavi, Book Six


''Until effaced no one can actuallyEnter the Court of Holy Majesty.What is the meaning of the heavenly ascensio? on-being: the mystics'' law school and religion.''Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and The Masnavi is his masterpiece. Divided into six books and consisting of some 26,000 verses, the poem was designed to convey teachings about divine love and unity to the disciples of the Sufi order that he founded, best known today as the Whirling Dervishes. Like the earlier books, Book Six interweaves amusing stories with homilies and lyrical flights. The longest of all the six volumes at nearly 5,000 verses, its themes focus on self-annihilation in God and the oneness experienced at the end of the Sufi path by the realized mystic. Rumi is believed to have completed it shortly before his death on 17 December 1273.This is the first ever verse translation into English of the entirety of Book Six of Rumi''s Masnavi. It follows the original by presenting Rumi''s most mature mystical teachings in simple and attractive rhyming couplets.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around theglobe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of othervaluable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies forfurther study, and much more.
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14,99 €

The Flowers of Evil


"A new shudder. A new thrill" - Victor HugoThis striking pocket hardback edition presents Charles Baudelaire''s classic poetry collection, The Flowers of Evil, featuring silver cover embossing and gilded page-edges.Charles Baudelaire was one of the most influential French writers of the 19th century, whose darkly beautiful poetry never failed to leave a lasting mark on his readers. Controversial and challenging, the outspoken nature of his poems marks him out as a pivotal figure in European literature - a bridge between the Romantics of the past and 20th-century modernism. Flowers of Evil, or ''Les Fleurs du mal'', is perhaps his most celebrated collection, which addresses themes of love, decadence, and death. Though many of these poems were banned in his lifetime, their lyrical beauty and penetrating themes have ensured their enduring success.This edition includes curated selection of the poems from the 1861 publication, with translations from Cyril Scott, Lewis Piaget Shanks, Frank Pearce Sturm, Jack Collings Squire and James Elroy Flecker. This is elegantly presented with a silver embossed cover design, ivory pages, beautifully designed endpapers and silver gilded page edges, making a wonderful gift or collectible for any lover of classic poetry.ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Ornate Classics are beautifully bound editions of iconic literary works across history. These compact, foil-embossed hardbacks are printed using deluxe ivory paper and make the perfect gift.
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12,49 €

Metafyzika


Osemstranová experimentálna kniha Metafyzika je poeticko-filozofická symfónia, prepájajú-ca pradávne archetypy a súčasné technologické vízie. Východiskom je svetlo – ako fyzikálny jav, duchovný symbol a brána medzi vonkajším a vnútorným svetom. Kniha spája koncepty Anima Mundi (duše sveta), Musica Universalis (harmónie sfér), Unio Mystica (mystického zjednotenia) a hviezdy Sírius – pradávneho svetelného majáka, s té-mami transhumanizmu a umelej inteligencie. V tomto prepletení mytologického a techno-logického sa otvára priestor pre skúmanie hraníc vedomia, identity a duchovnej evolúcie človeka. Metafyzika nie je kniha v bežnom zmysle slova – je to svetelný portál, výzva k introspekcii a zároveň vízia budúcnosti, kde sa mystérium a algoritmus stávajú súčasťou jedného univerza. Expresívnu maľbu inšpirovanú hudobnými a literárnymi postupmi vytvoril Edo Šelestiak.
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9,90 €

Dear Diaspora


Dear Diaspora is an unapologetic reckoning with history, memory, and grief. Parting the weeds on a small American town, this collection sheds light on the intersections of girlhood and diaspora. The poems introduce us to Suzi: ripping her leg hairs out with duct tape, praying for ecstasy during Sunday mass, dreaming up a language for buried familial trauma and discovering that such a language may not exist. Through a collage of lyric, documentary, and epistolary poems, we follow Suzi as she untangles intergenerational grief and her father’s disappearance while climbing trees to stare at the color green and wishing that she wore Lucy Liu’s freckles.Winner of the Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry, Dear Diaspora scrutinizes our turning away from the trauma of our past and our complicity in its erasure. Suzi, caught between enjoying a rundown American adolescence and living with the inheritances of war, attempts to unravel her own inherited grief as she explores the multiplicities of identity and selfhood against the backdrop of the Vietnamese diaspora. In its deliberate interweaving of voices, Dear Diaspora explores Suzi’s journey while bringing to light other incarnations of the refugee experience.
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19,99 €

Vdychovanie škorice


Básnická zbierka Patrície Gabrišovej Vdychovanie škorice prináša poéziu ľudskej skúsenosti a reflexie, v ktorej sa všetko pod¬statné predostiera nasýtenou obraznosťou a zároveň úsporným básnickým jazykom. Tematickou dominantou knihy je svet žien, vní-maný ako aktuálna a prirodzene osobná vec, rovnako však aj ako nadčasová a nadosobná rodová skúsenosť. Človek je chápaný ako nositeľ historickej a kultúrnej pamäti, ktorá siaha až do obdobia mýtov, rozprávok, orákul a proroctiev a ich stopy si človek preniesol aj do moderných čias ako svoje novodobé rituály. Pozostatky sú naďalej viditeľné v tom, ako prežívame lásku, hnev a strach, ako odpúšťame sebe či iným, ako túžime a potrebujeme patriť k niekomu, k rodine alebo rodu. Básnická zbierka je autentickým skúmaním miesta človeka vo všetkých medziľudských vzťahoch, s osobitným zreteľom na roly, ktoré svet očakáva od žien a pri ktorých hrozí zvýšené riziko straty samej seba.
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13,50 €

Liebestod


Básnická kniha slovinského spisovateľa Miklavža Komelja Liebestod prevracia zaužívané predstavy o smrti a v kontexte európskej literatúry nového milénia predstavuje jeden z najprekvapujúcejších literárnych projektov, v ktorej je fenomén smrti preskúmaný z netradičných a až protirečivých aspektov. Smrť tu nie je zachytená ako posledná vec v životnom príbehu človeka, ale stupňovanie intenzity života. I keď sa v knihe sleduje viacero cieľov, tým najpodstatnejším sa javí oslobodenie človeka od paralyzujúceho stavu pri interakcii so smrťou. Hoci má hĺbkový ponor v knihe podobu osobnej cesty, vďaka obrazovému a jazykovému potenciálu poézie ide nielen o sugestívnu, ale tiež prenosnú skúsenosť. Preložila Diana Pungeršič.
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15,50 €

The Divine Comedy


Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso—the three fates of the deceased become the three pillars of an epic poem. The Divine Comedy, written by Italian poet Dante Alighieri in the fourteenth century, is considered the foremost work in Italian literature. The journey begins with Dante’s descent into the depths of Hell, where he witnesses those eternally separated from God. Then he climbs the mountain of Purgatory, where Christian souls undergo final purification, before he tours the celestial circles of Heaven, where he is filled with the image of God. An allegorical work, The Divine Comedy is representative of the soul’s journey toward God. Influential for seven centuries, this classic is a must-have for lovers of great literature, and this luxurious leather-bound edition from Canterbury Classics will make a stunning addition to any home library.
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31,95 €

So Far So Good


Legendary author Ursula K. Le Guin was lauded by millions for her ground-breaking science fiction novels, but she began as a poet, and wrote across genres for her entire career. In this clarifying and sublime collection – completed shortly before her death in 2018 – Le Guin is unflinching in the face of mortality, and full of wonder for the mysteries beyond. Redolent of the lush natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest, with rich sounds playfully echoing myth and nursery rhyme, Le Guin bookends a long, daring, and prolific career.
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19,49 €

poyums annaw


There isn''t a timescale for how you should healYour bad days are valid, your heartache is realBut so is the day that your smile will returnThat fire within you continues to burnYou will overcome this and continue to thriveYou are here, you are loved, you are whole, you''re alive.A formidable follow up to her award-winning debut poetry collection, Len Pennie''s poyums annaw is just like her: defiant, angry and trailblazing. These poems are a call to arms, confronting ideas of patriarchy, gender-based violence and societal injustice with equal parts tenderness, quick-wit and righteous fury. poyums annaw firmly cements Len as a defining voice in contemporary Scots poetry.
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19,99 €

The Heart of You


In the third and final installment of the Souls Trilogy, acclaimed poet Iain S. Thomas explores what hope feels like after despair.Following on his bestselling collections, The Truth of You and The Secret of You, Thomas’s latest volume of over two-hundred poems examines how we find the faith to carry on when everything has been stripped away and all that remains is the core of who we are. Enhanced by dramatic ink illustrations in his signature style, The Heart of You explores fear, bravery, intimacy, what we keep, and what we leave behind.
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19,99 €

After Party


A Poetry Book Society RecommendationA Sunday Times, Telegraph and Irish Times Book of the YearShortlisted for the Pigott Poetry Prize in association with Listowel Writers’ WeekDean Browne arrives at the After Party with the maturity and style of an altogether more seasoned poet. In a debut collection of standout and stand-alone poems, each tests the boundaries of its unique universe. Browne is a mesmeric teller of strange tales, imaginings that can seem origamically contained within the compressed dimensions of a poem. A leg sets off on a long train journey; a Parisian alley cat is launched into space; earthbound lovers attempt to connect while their inner lives prove unbridgeable. Losses are mourned: two poets elegized here – Charles Simic and the late Donegal poet Matthew Sweeney – might offer a fingerpost of sensibilities, though Browne’s significant talent is distinctly his own. After Party introduces a beguiling, resonant new voice, a raised eyebrow and fidelity to the image – sometimes carried along the tightrope much further than seems possible. In poems that are both death-haunted and youthful, and thrumming with a delicious dark humour, Dean Browne brings a much-needed injection of the surreal – or the surreal-ish as he might prefer to say – to Ireland’s rising generation. 'Wildly expressive and exuberant, throwing out phrases and ideas almost recklessly. . . After Party is surely the start of an exceptional poetic career' – Graeme Richardson, Sunday Times Books of the Year‘Poems that sneak in the side-door then exit through the ceiling’ – Caroline Bird'The success of this Cork-based 31-year-old is by no means a surprise . . . But it’s still refreshing to encounter such a distilled, haunting voice' – Telegraph, Books of the Year‘Dean Browne is a terrific poet: his language is agile and fresh, his ideas surprising, and the reader feels invigorated, renewed – and lucky to have met such poems’ – Nick Laird
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17,99 €

Love Is a Dog That Bites When It's Scared


An impressive and though-provoking collection from GRAMMY nominated artist and poet Courtney Marie Andrews.With the same vulnerability and timelessness as her debut collection Old Monarch, Love Is a Dog That Bites When It’s Scared acknowledges the layers to our feelings, experiences, and humanity. Inspired by her own life, Courtney Marie Andrews speaks gently to love and its many layers. She comforts readers with the knowledge that though love is confusing, unorganized, bewitching, and often too hard, it is also magical, and surreal, and always worth it.
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Pre niekoho nezmyselné, pre iného uchu lahodiace. Také je básnické umenie.

Tu ste správne, ak si radi vychutnáte krátke verše o láske alebo dlhé o živote, poéziu veselú či vážnu. Nájdite si v našej ponuke ideálnu báseň na prednes alebo na intímne tiché čítanie.

Ak obľubujete klasikov, vyberte si niektorého z najprekladanejších svetových básnikov. Vychutnajte si nesmrteľné verše z pera Apollinairea, Walta Whitmana, Johna Keatsa a mnohých ďalších. O tom, že romantická poézia nemusí byť vždy o láske vás presvedčí Stendhal či Lord Byron. O temných stránkach ľudskej duše nás aj po desaťročiach vie poučiť Baudelaire či Rilke.

Očarila vás súčasná tvorba? Nesklamú vás ani slovenskí autori. Pavel Hirax Baričák a množstvo jeho kolegov i kolegýň poetiek vám rado spríjemní dlhé večery. Siahnite po veršoch Jany Melcerovej inšpirovaných ženskou dušou, po básnických zbierkach dvojjazyčnej autorky Judity Kaššovicovej či po Mile Haugovej, držiteľke prestížnej ceny Dominika Tatarku.

Radi si beriete básne ako spoločníkov na cesty? Vtedy sa vám bude hodiť niektorý z našich titulov „do vrecka“. Čas strávený vo vlaku či let na dovolenku bude razom príjemnejší.

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Nájdete tu slovenskú poéziu, českú poéziu, svetovú poéziu aj antológie.