The Best of the Beautiful: New and Selected Poems

The Best of the Beautiful: New and Selected Poems – Mark Anthony

For readers who have followed Mark Anthony’s poetry, and for those discovering it for the first time, The Best of the Beautiful brings together the best of his writing in a single volume.

This collection gathers the finest love poems from Mark Anthony’s first two books, together with new poems that had never been published before. The result is a selection that shows the full range of his voice, from the excitement of new love to heartbreak, healing and the courage to love again.

Hopeful, romantic and self-empowering, the poems are written in a direct, accessible style that speaks to the emotions in a way many readers find easy to relate to. They are short enough to read in a quiet moment, and personal enough to return to again and again.

Drawing on both his earlier collections and new writing, this book represents some of Mark Anthony’s best work, making it an ideal starting point for new readers as well as a must-have for existing fans.

Whether you read it from cover to cover or open it at random for a few lines of inspiration, it is a book that celebrates love in all its forms, including the love we need to give ourselves.

The Best of the Beautiful is ideal for lovers of contemporary and romantic poetry, for fans of Mark Anthony, and as a meaningful gift for a partner, friend or anyone going through a time of change in their relationships.