 | Poem of the Deep Song by Federico Garcia Lorca
Buy new: £11.25 / Used from: £0.18 truly inspiring poetry - my favourite poetry book of all time - Lorca creates paintings with words!
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 | Dr. James Graham's Celestial Bed by Gaia Holmes
Gaia Holmes is a modern poet with a unique and inspiring voice - these poems touched me in a way that made me want to read them again and again.
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 | In Person: 30 Poets Filmed by Pamela Robertson-Pearce by Neil Astley (editor)
Buy new: £7.57 / Used from: £3.98 worth buying for the DVD of poets reading their own work - and at a bargain price - outstanding moments for me - Selima Hill and the late Ken Smith.
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 | The Dog in the Sky by Helen Ivory
Buy new: £7.16 / Used from: £1.08 A fabulous modern poet - a heady mixture of fantasy and realism.
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 | Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £1.50 Beautiful!
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 | Consorting with Angels: Essays on Modern Women Poets
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £4.81 A must for writers and students, inspiring and interesting.
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 | Dime-store Alchemy: The Art of Joseph Cornell (New York Review Books Classics) by Charles Simic
Buy new: £7.27 / Used from: £6.58 Uplifting - I love this book - Simic writes a spiritual and uplifting homage to the work of artist Joseph Cornell - not strictly poetry - but some of the most beautiful and poetic writing I have read.
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 | The Artist's Way: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self by Julia Cameron
Buy new: £8.77 / Used from: £3.50 A must for anyone embarking on any kind of creative path - this is a book that over the years I keep coming back to.
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 | Ariel by Sylvia Plath
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £3.98 I didn't enjoy this book when I first studied it - however age and a greater understanding of life and writing has led me to new appreciation of Plath's work.
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 | Selected Poems: Tennyson (Penguin Classics) by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £4.01 I am not a fan all Tennyson's work but the lady of Shallot has a special place in my heart. It was one of the poems that set me off on my own poetic journey.
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 | The Budapest File by George Szirtes
Buy new: £9.95 / Used from: £1.15 One of the finest living poets - Szirtes is always inspiring.
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 | Midnight in the City of Clocks (Salt Modern Poets) by Tobias Hill
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £12.73 There is something about Hill's writing that leaves you hungry for more - like a tasty dinner. This book contains moments of sheer genious.
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 | Sweetness by Torgny Lindgren
Buy used from: £1.62 The most poetic novel I have ever read - set in snow covered Sweden it is both beautiful and disturbing in equal measure.
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 | Strong Words: Modern Poets on Modern Poetry by W.N. Herbert
Buy new: £6.82 / Used from: £5.12 a must read for anyone interested in poetry - a collection of essays by modern poets about poetry .
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 | The Kiosk on the Brink (Oxford Poets) by Jamie McKendrick
Buy used from: £0.15 McKendrick is destined for greatness - well worth a read.
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 | Little Green Man by Simon Armitage
Buy used from: £0.01 A novel by a poet - Simon Armitage is a great writer and this novel is full of humour and insight into the weirdness of human behaviour - a must read.
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 | Collected Poems by Louis MacNeice
Buy new: £18.99 / Used from: £17.01 One of the greatest poets of the last century.
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