2 Poetry – Oxford Centar

Holding On Upside Down The Life Of Marianne Moore

Jelena Kaćibo — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:58:18 +0000

This book is a comprehensive, deeply researched biography of Marianne Moore, one of America’s most influential modernist poets. As the first researcher granted full access to Moore’s private family archives, the author uncovers the intricate dynamics behind the poet’s highly unconventional personal life. The narrative explores her intensely close—and at times overbearing—relationship with her mother, which heavily shaped her life and decision to never marry.
Instead of just recounting dates and events, the biography seamlessly blends historical storytelling with literary critique, matching Moore’s personal letters and relationships with peers like T.S. Eliot and William Carlos Williams against the very poetry she produced. It provides a vivid look into how an eccentric, private individual transformed her complex personal world into award-winning, groundbreaking modern art.

Two-Way Mirror

Jelena Kaćibo — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:53:32 +0000

Two-Way Mirror offers a fresh, modern perspective on one of the Victorian era’s most celebrated yet frequently misunderstood poets. Rather than portraying Elizabeth Barrett Browning as the fragile, isolated invalid often seen in historical clichés, this biography paints a vibrant portrait of an ambitious, socially conscious writer who actively engaged with the political and cultural movements of her time. Structuring the narrative around Barrett Browning’s famous epic poem Aurora Leigh, Sampson weaves together recent archival discoveries to explore how the poet boldly challenged gender norms and established a powerful female voice in a male-dominated literary landscape.

This Long Pursuit

Vera Radojković — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:27:29 +0000

Across three centuries, and much of Europe – “Holmes writes beautifully… A masterly performance by the greatest literary biographer of his generation’ The Oldie In this kaleidoscope of stories spanning art, science and poetry, award-winning writer Richard Holmes confesses to a lifetime’s obsession with his Romantic subjects. This pursuit has taken him across three centuries, through much of Europe and into the lively company of many earlier biographers. Central to this quest is a powerful evocation of the lives of women both scientific and literary, some well-known and others almost lost: Margaret Cavendish, Mary Somerville, Germaine de Staël, Mary Wollstonecraft and Zélide. He investigates the myths that have overshadowed the lives of some favourite Romantics: the love-stunned John Keats, the waterlogged Percy Bysshe Shelley, the chocolate-box painter Thomas Lawrence, the opium-soaked genius Coleridge, and the mad-visionary bard William Blake. The diversity of Holmes’s material is testimony to his empathy, erudition and enquiring spirit; and at times his mischievous streak. This Long Pursuit contains Richard Holmes’s most personal and seductive writing yet.

Write Away! Poetry

Jelena Kaćibo — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:31:37 +0000

Write Away! Poetry is an inspiring guided journal with 101+ creative writing prompts and word play exercises designed to help you overcome your inner critic and create the poems you’ve always wanted to.

Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Jelena Kaćibo — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:31:12 +0000

“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” Shakespeare’s much-quoted sonnets are some of the most beautiful and moving poems in English literature. Dealing with love, beauty and the effects of time, they speak to us as directly now as they spoke to Elizabethan readers. This handsome edition of Shakespeare’s sonnets is based on the Arden Shakespeare edition, making authoritative texts available to the more general reader who wants to read for pleasure rather than study. A must for all Shakespeare and poetry lovers. Published as a small format hardback with colourful jacket, book ribbon and bookplate this is a beautiful collector’s edition of some of the greatest poetry in English

Love & Peace

Jelena Kaćibo — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:30:50 +0000

This new volume uses an engaging and timeless mix of uplifting inspirational quotes that are as relevant today as they were centuries ago, framed by an extraordinary combination of exquisite sixteenth century Islamic art from the Smithsonian’s Freer/Sackler Gallery and stunning contemporary images of the waters, rivers and, oceans. The publication includes full color photos and images divided into seven sections: Love, Joy, Grief, Resilience, Gratitude, Enlightenment, and Peace. Author Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave’s moving introduction, in which she writes of her personal loss, inspires the reader to re-embark on the spiritual journey started in Love & Wisdom.

GK Teacher to a Very Special Gold

Jelena Kaćibo — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:25:09 +0000

This book is a small “Thank You” gift for a teacher who is very special. It’s for being able to make even the dullest subjects interesting and for being the kind of person who helps just about everyone. It’s for being kind, patient and quietly encouraging. Above all, it’s about making someone like me feel good about life.

The Poetry of William Wordsworth

Jelena Kaćibo — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:55:02 +0000

William Wordsworth’s description of poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” is exemplified by the vivid use of imagery and sensory experience in his verse. His childhood in Cumbria imbued the poet with a deep love of nature and his youthful interest in politics inspired a passion for democracy and a hatred of tyranny. These qualities, together with those spiritual and epistemological speculation dominate his poetical and prose writings.

POETRY OF ROBERT BROWNING.

Jelena Kaćibo — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:54:59 +0000

Robert Browning was one of the greatest poets of the Victorian era. This collection includes his a selection of his most famous works. Dramatic monologues such as ‘My Last Duchess’ and ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ show Browning’s masterful ability to inhabit the minds of others and render them poetically, while his equally renowned narrative poetry, including such favourites as ‘The Pied Piper of Hamlin’, have become some the most frequently anthologized poems. There’s no simple way of summing up Browning because his work is so varied, but there is no one better when it comes to describing the complexity of love.

Haiku for the Single Girl. Beth Griffenhagen

Jelena Kaćibo — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:54:46 +0000

Unsolicited relationship advice from relatives, disastrous dates, men who wear thumb rings and the moments of deep satisfaction when a single girl realises she’s free to do whatever she wants with her time – it’s all here. Reading this collection, Read More ...