The Alternative Poets

This is poetry as you've never heard it before – raw, inspiring and heartbreakingly beautiful.

The Flame by Leonard Cohen cover

Undying by Michel Faber cover

Gold from the Stone by Lemn Sissay cover

Gold from the Stone

HELL by Dante Alighieri, Alasdair Gray cover

Dante Alighieri & Alasdair Gray

The Sick Bag Song by Nick Cave cover

The Sick Bag Song

The Last Holiday by Gil Scott-Heron cover

The Last Holiday

Gil Scott-Heron

“Thanks for the dance / It was hell, it was swell, it was fun / Thanks for all the dances / One two three, one two three one”

The Flame

Forever Words by Johnny Cash, Paul Muldoon cover

The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump by Rob Sears cover

The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump

A Night Out with Robert Burns by Robert Burns, Andrew O'Hagan cover

A Night Out with Robert Burns

The Pleasures of the Damned by Charles Bukowski cover

The Pleasures of the Damned

Charles Bukowski

On Love by Charles Bukowski, Abel Debritto cover

Charles Bukowski

Telling Tales by Patience Agbabi cover

Patience Agbabi

Come On In! by Charles Bukowski cover

Charles Bukowski

The Best Of Second World War Poetry by Dirk Bogarde, Michael Thwaites, Uys Krige, Les Cleveland cover

The Best Of Second World War Poetry

Dirk Bogarde, Michael Thwaites, Uys Krige & Les Cleveland

iF by Various, Rachel Kelly, Allie Esiri cover

Listener by Lemn Sissay cover

Bloodshot Monochrome by Patience Agbabi cover

Bloodshot Monochrome

Patience Agbabi

Rebel Without Applause by Lemn Sissay cover

Rebel Without Applause

Haiku for the Single Girl by Beth Griffenhagen cover

Haiku for the Single Girl

Beth Griffenhagen

Morning Breaks In The Elevator by Lemn Sissay cover

Morning Breaks In The Elevator

Clear Light by Alan Spence cover

The Complete Poems Of Anna Akhmatova by Anna Akhmatova, Roberta Reeder cover

The Complete Poems Of Anna Akhmatova

The Makars by Jackie Tasioulas cover

Modern Scottish Gaelic Poems by Donald Macauley cover

Modern Scottish Gaelic Poems

Donald Macauley