Selected Poems [Paperback]

A completely new selection of D. H. Lawrence's poetry

Published as part of a series of new editions of D. H. Lawrence's works, this major collection presents the fullest range of the author's poetry available today. Selected by prize-winning poet and scholar James Fenton, these lush, evocative poems offer a direct link to the genius of one of the twentieth century's most provocative writers.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Selected PoemsChronology
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FromLove Poems and Others(1913)

Cherry Robbers
Bei Hennef
Violets
Whether or Not
The Collier's Wife
The Drained Cup
A Snowy Day in School
The Best of School
Last Lesson of the Afternoon

FromAmores(1916)

The Wild Common
Discord in Childhood
Weeknight Service
A Winter's Tale
Discipline
Scent of Irises
Last Words to Miriam
Endless Anxiety
At the Window
Sorrow
Brooding Grief
Malade

FromLook! We Have Come Through!(1917)

She Looks Back
On the Balcony
Frohnleichnam
A Young Wife
River Roses
Gloire de Dijon
A Youth Mowing
Misery
Meeting among the Mountains
Spring Morning

FromNew Poems(1918)

Coming Awake
Letter from Town: The Almond-Tree
Thief in the Night
Twofold
Piccadilly Circus at Night: Street-Walkers
Piano

FromBay(1919)

Bombardment
Winter-Lull
Shades
Ruination
Nostalgia