poems

the first work by British novelist William Golding (better known for Lord of the Flies, among other novels), released in 1934, 20 years before Lord of the Flies (his second major work and first novel).

a collection of 31 poems written by the German author Hermann Hesse between 1899 and 1921.

the title of three separate collections of the early poetry of W. H. Auden.

the second of two collections of poetry by crime writer Agatha Christie, the first being The Road of Dreams in January 1925.

an early self-published volume of poems by William Carlos Williams.

Poems, by Alfred Tennyson, was a two-volume 1842 collection in which new poems and reworked older ones were printed in separate volumes.

a quarto volume of poetry by Wilfred Owen published posthumously by Chatto and Windus in 1920.

Poems, by H.L.V. Derozio is a book of poetry by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, first published in Calcutta in 1827.

a collection of poems by Australian poet Jennings Carmichael.

Roots

poieopoe- · Greek · make, create

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