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	A Choice of Coleridge's Verse Ted Hughes (ed) £7.99 With a vigorously argued introductory essay, Ted Hughes has selected a number of Coleridges greatest poems and verses in a daring and radical attempt to get to the heart of his spiritual and poetic concerns. Published by : Faber & Faber Published date : 1996 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Crackle from the Larder Patricia Pogson £3.00 Poems in this collection include Private Habits, Masks, After Therapy, Noccalula Falls, Womens Medical, Gallery, Judy, Next Bed, Caller, At Random and Obsessional. Published by : Redbeck Press Published date : 1991 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Description of the Lakes 1822 William Wordsworth £18.00 Published by : Woodstock Published date : 2002 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Please allow 10 days for delivery

	A Second Life William Scammell £7.95 Another early collection of Scammells, including poems such as Monday Monday, The Vet, Time Past, Christmas at Bristol, Our Man at the Bar, Wishbone, Marriage Song, and Ice for the Lips. Published by : Peterloo Poets Published date : 1982 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Sparrow's Flight Lois Howard £6.00 A collection of 23 poems that animate the world, its difficulties and questions. The lyric poems of 'A Sparrow's Flight' are conjured with a lightness of touch and wry sense of humour, and remind us of the power of memory to sustain and transform the bonds between people and the relentlessness of time. (review - Clare Crossman) Published by : Slate New Writing Published date : December 2007 Format : 148mm x 250mm stitched paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Wordsworth Chronology F.B. Pinion £12.00 A fascinating study of the poets life, with information gleaned from many different sources. Published by : G.K. Hall & Co. Published date : 1988 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Alive in Cumbria Christopher Pilling & Stuart Holmes £10.00 This unique book is a collection of evocative poems by Pilling and vibrant photographs by Holmes which celebrate everything that is alive in Cumbria; from waterfalls and trees to plants and animals. Published by : South Col Press Published date : 2005 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	All Set to Fall off the Edge of the World William Scammell £6.95 Moving and funny by turns, both personal and political, Scammell has produced his best work yet in this collection; with 45 poems divided into three different sections. Published by : Flambard Press Published date : 1998 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Anchoring the Light Victoria Bennett £5.99 Victoria Bennetts poetry peels back the layers of memory in the pursuit of honesty. Threading its way through the half-remembered childhood land of myth, magic and fairytale, this book - her first full-length publication - charts the journey from Published by : Wild Women Press Published date : 1999 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Black and White William Scammell £7.50 In 2000 Scammell began compiling a collection of new poems for Flambard Press, but did not complete this before his unexpected and premature death in November of that year. This book is divided into two sections. Published by : Flambard Press Published date : 2002 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Bleeding Heart Yard William Scammell £7.95 In his argument with himself and others he highlights the street credibility of the eternal verities in poems of remarkably sensuous beauty. Published by : Peterloo Poets Published date : 1992 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Both Sides of Hadrian's Wall Various £6.50 Both sides of Hadrian's Wall celebrates the best in contemporary poetry from south Scotland and north England. Published by : Selkirk Lapwing Press Published date : December 2006 Format : 150mm x 210mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Breccia Malcolm Carson £8.95 Sense of place is strong in Malcolm Carson's poetry - Ireland where some of his roots are, flat Lincolnshire from which he moved to hilly Cumbria. His landscapes are explicitly emotional and he has the wide-angle vision of the land and it's inhabitants that is anything but parochial. Published by : Shoestring Press Published date : June 2007 Format : 148 x 210mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Coleridge and Wordsworth: The Crucible of Friendship Tom Mayberry £9.99 The account of an extraordinary friendship between the two poets in 1797 which gave rise to such poems as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and culminated in Lyrical Ballads, a collection of poems which marked the beginning of English Romanticism. Published by : Sutton Published date : 2000 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Coleridge and Wordsworth: Travels in the West Country Tom Mayberry £9.99 Published by : Sutton Publishing Published date : 2000 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Coleridge, Wordsworth and the Language of Allusion Lucy Newlyn £17.99 In this study of two creative minds, the author offers a version of the Coleridge-Wordsworth interaction during its most crucial years: 1797-1807. Published by : Oxford Published date : 2001 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Please allow 10 days for delivery

	Coleridge: Darker Reflections Richard Holmes £9.99 Companion volume to Early Visions. Published by : Flamingo Published date : 1999 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Coleridge: Early Visions Richard Holmes £9.99 A vivid, sympathetic and beautifully written study of the great poet. Published by : Flamingo Published date : 1999 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Cross your Legs and Wish Christopher Pilling £5.00 A classic collection of Pilling's poetry. Signed by the author. Published by : Redbeck Press Published date : 1994 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Disowned by Memory: Wordsworth's Poetry of the 1790s David Bromwich £11.99 Imported from America, this book connects the accidents of Wordsworths life with the originality of his writing, showing how the poets strong sympathy with the political idealism of the age and with the lives of the outcast and the dispossessed formed Published by : University of Chicago Press Published date : 2000 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Eldorado William Scammell £7.95 In this collection Scammell deepens and extends his range, moving easily between free verse and strict form. Whether writing of his travels in America, or exploring the pleasures and pains of youth, he never fails to interest, amuse and enlighten. Published by : Peterloo Poets Published date : 1987 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Eoliths Peter Rafferty £6.95 A collection of poems by Carlisle poet Peter Rafferty. Published by : Arrowhead Press Published date : 2002 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Family Phantoms Gervase Phinn £4.99 Be very, very afraid! A collection of spooky poems for children from the bestselling writer Gervase Phinn. Published by : Puffin Published date : 2003 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Fragments Victoria Bennett £5.00 In 2006, Victoria Bennett undertook the challenge of giving up her usual Wild life to spend 40 days and 40 nights in an enclosed Franciscan monastery, as part of the BBC2 documentary The Convent. During her stay at the Convent of the Poor Clares, Arundel, she wrote a poem each day. This book collects together the 40 poems to offer an intimate sharing of her moving spiritual journey, one that unfolds with each turning page. Published by : Wild Women Press Published date : 2006 Format : Small Paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Give or Take Bernard Landreth £6.99 Cumbrian writer Bernard Landreth's first collection of poetry is full of surprises. Just when you've got a handle on his voice he surprises you with a lurch in mood or a twist in tone. Published by : Red Squirrel Press Published date : 2007 Format : 135mm x 210mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity: