Poetic prose

Books » Our lists » Poetic prose

Provoking prose for young and old.

From picture books and anthologies to slam poetry and novels written entirely in verse, there's something for everyone in this wonderful collection.
Killernova
Omar Musa
Call Us What We Carry
Amanda Gorman
Love is Strong as Death
Paul Kelly
Dearly
Margaret Atwood
You Will Rise
Sjana Elise Earp
Limelight
Solli Raphael
Millefiori
Omar Musa
Classic Australian Poems
Christopher Cheng
The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry
John Kinsella, Robert Drewe
Parang
Omar Musa
Revolting Rhymes
Roald Dahl
All Through the Year
Jane Godwin, Anna Walker
How Big is Too Small?
Jane Godwin, Andrew Joyner
Seadog
Tom Jellett, Claire Saxby
This Is a Circle
Chrissie Krebs
The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman
Henry Lawson Treasury
Oslo Davis
Love That Moves the Sun and Other Stars
Dante Dante
Poetry By Heart
Anon
Oroonoko
Aphra Behn
Poems
William Blake
Bee Journal (The Birds and the Bees)
Sean Borodale
O Frabjous Day!
Lewis Carroll
Of Love and Desire
Louis de Bernieres, Donald Sammut
Load more

More collections

See all
Introducing your next travel companion
April School Holiday Reads
Penguin Kids Picks for Mother's Day 2024
Horror books
Books worth sharing Mother's Day 2024
Grow your own food
Quirky mysteries and action-packed thrillers
Long weekend reads for Easter 2024
Books by Irish authors
BookTok's next big reads
Taylor Swift books
Books we love this Valentine's Day