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Shattered Sonnets, Love Cards, and Other Off and Back Handed Importunities

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Report copyright infringementby Olena Kalytiak Davis (Author)"[Shattered Sonnets] breathes life into American verse . . . [an] urgent and unrepentant collection."-Rick Moody, Poetry"This convulsive book [Shattered Sonnets]--at times funny, at times sick at heart--refracts and defends a wondrous light."--Edward HirschOlena Kalytiak Davis's Shattered Sonnets has earned "cult classic" status and is an unremittingly electrifying collection brimming with intelligence, humor, and ardor. Drawing on ...

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Report copyright infringementby David Budbill (Author)"Budbill both informs and moves. He is, in short, a delight and a comfort." --Wendell Berry"David Budbill is a no-nonsense, free-range sage." --Dana Jennings, The New York Times"Looking at the reality closely, he sees parts move in a unison--sometimes graceless, sometimes ugly, always resolved in a human wholeness." --Donald Hall"David Budbill's . . . poetry is as accessible as a parking lot and as plain as a pair of Levis." --Parnassus Ap...

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Report copyright infringementby Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Author), Mint Editions (Contribution by)The Song of Hiawatha (1855) is an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A master of poetic tradition and form, Longfellow wrote The Song of Hiawatha in trochaic tetrameter, the meter of such classical epics as the Finnish Kalevala. Inspired by stories from Ojibwe oral tradition, for which he consulted Ojibwe chief Kahge-ga-gah-bowh and other indigenous sources, Longfellow composed his Americ...

Witness Against the Beast: William Blake and the Moral Law

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Report copyright infringementby E. P. Thompson (Author)Witness Against the Beast is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary study in which the renowned social historian E.P. Thompson contends that most of the assumptions scholars have made about William Blake are misleading and unfounded. Brilliantly reexamining Blake's cultural milieu and intellectual background, Thompson detects in Blake's poetry a repeated call to resist the usury and commercialism of the "Antichrist" embodied by contemporary s...

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Report copyright infringementby Nathaniel Perry (Author), Marie Howe (Introduction by)Selected by Marie Howe from over one thousand submissions, Nine Acres is the winner of the American Poetry Review/APR Honickman First Book Prize. Taking their titles from chapters of a 1930s small-scale farming handbook, the fifty-two poems in this cycle create a handbook for living and explore sustainability on many levels--on the land, in the family, and in the spirit.As Marie Howe writes in her introducti...

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Report copyright infringementby Ada Limón (Author)WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDFINALIST FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARDFrom U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón comes The Carrying--her most powerful collection yet.Vulnerable, tender, acute, these are serious poems, brave poems, exploring with honesty the ambiguous moment between the rapture of youth and the grace of acceptance. A daughter tends to aging parents. A woman struggles with infertility--"What if, instead of carrying / ...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Farman (Editor), Geoffrey Waters (Translator), Jeanne Larsen (Translator)"A delectable selection of poems by China's greatest women poets in translations of exquisite beauty. A rare achievement!"--Red Pine"Jade Mirror's particular strength comes from the fact that all of its fine translators bring to the work different senses of where poetry is to be found in the originals as well present some of the finest poetic translation of the last twenty years."-...

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Bly (Author), Dennis Maloney (Editor), Thomas R. Smith (Introduction by)"The most recent in a line of great American transcendentalist writers."--The New York Times"Bly's poems flow from . . . the great current of longing for reality, true maturity, the devotee's call to the Beloved."--The Nation"Robert Bly changed the course of poetry in America by opening it up to the imagination and the deep-image aesthetic, he is dedicated to reintegrating poetry wit...

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Van Camp (Author), Julie Flett (Illustrator)A celebration of the bond between parent and child, this is the perfect song to share with your little ones. In this sweet and lyrical picture book from the creators of the bestselling Little You, gentle rhythmic text captures the wonder new parents feel as they welcome baby into the world. Internationally renowned storyteller and bestselling author Richard Van Camp teams up with award-winning illustrator Jul...

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Report copyright infringementby Petra White (Author)Petra White is a distinctive voice in Australian poetry. That Galloping Horse is her sixth collection, and the first to introduce her to UK readers. Written while living in Melbourne, London and Berlin between 2017 and 2023, this new collection includes 13 elegies that mediate a spiritual anguish through a delight in language and the physical world. White's characteristic, often dark playfulness is also abundant in this collection, with shor...

The Burning Key: New & Selected Poems (1973-2023)

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Report copyright infringementby Beatrix Gates (Author)The Burning Key is a testament to the communities and legacies that sustain intimate relationships and bridge intergenerational social movements. A student and teacher of history, Gates's literary legacy lies in her unflinching awareness that brings wounds to surface and violence to account, commemorating necessary truths with clear-eyed accuracy as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Featuring new work, poetry from limited editions, and sel...

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Report copyright infringementby Storybots (Author)Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing! The inquisitive crew from the award-winning StoryBots apps, videos, and Emmy Award-winning Netflix show star in a Step 1 reader that is over the moon! Children will recognize the signature catchy rhymes and colorful art from the StoryBots' popular YouTube video "The Moon's Time to Shine." They will learn that the moon orbits Earth, that--in spite of glowing brightly--it doesn't make it...

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Report copyright infringementby Clint Smith (Author)Clint Smith's debut poetry collection, Counting Descent, is a coming of age story that seeks to complicate our conception of lineage and tradition.Smith explores the cognitive dissonance that results from belonging to a community that unapologetically celebrates black humanity while living in a world that often renders blackness a caricature of fear. His poems move fluidly across personal and political histories, all the while reflecting on ...

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah Erin (Author)Secrets Make You Sick is a poetry collection that candidly explores the intricacies of severe mental illness and subsequent trauma. It delves into the sense of self, the highs and lows of Bipolar Disorder, the effects of Complex PTSD, and the many layers of grief.*The topics addressed in this collection are highly sensitive. please read at your own discretion and take care of your heart. Number of Pages: 96 Dimension...

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Report copyright infringementby Fulterius King (Author)A Book of Poems for Black Kings is a profound and empowering anthology that speaks directly to the hearts and souls of Black men and Black boys. This collection of poetry and prose is designed to validate their lived experiences, provide strength during trials, and facilitate deep soul-searching and self-discovery. Through poignant and powerful pieces, this book explores the multifaceted nature of power, vulnerability, and purpose within ...

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Report copyright infringementby Rupi Kaur (Author)Watch rupi kaur live now on Prime Video. "Rupi Kaur is the Writer of the Decade." -- The New Republic From rupi kaur, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of milk and honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. A vibrant and transcendent journey about growth and healing. Ancestry and honoring one's roots. Expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself. Divided into five chapters and illustrated by kaur, the sun an...

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Oliver (Author)A rich collection of ten poems, two essays, and two dozen of Mary Oliver's classic works on flowers, trees, and plants of all sorts, elegantly illustrated, Blue Iris is the essential companion to Owls and Other Fantasies, one of the best-selling volumes of poetry of 2003 and a Book Sense 76 selection.Author BiographyA private person by nature, Mary Oliver (1935-2019) gave very few interviews over the years. Instead, she preferred to let her ...

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen Kuusisto (Author)"[Kuusisto] is a powerful writer with a musical ear for language and a gift for emotional candor."--The New York Times"A talented writer judged against any standard."--USA TodayBest-selling memoirist Stephen Kuusisto uses the themes of travel, place, religion, music, art, and loneliness to explore the relationship between seeing, blindness, and being. In poems addressed to Jorge Luis Borges--another poet who lived with blindness--Kuusis...

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Report copyright infringementby T. S. Eliot (Author)The celebrated, last major verse written by Nobel laureate T. S. Eliot.Considered by Eliot himself to be his finest work, Four Quartets is a rich composition that expands the spiritual vision introduced in "The Waste Land." Here, in four linked poems ("Burnt Norton," "East Coker," "The Dry Salvages," and "Little Gidding"), spiritual, philosophical, and personal themes emerge through symbolic allusions and literary and religious references fr...

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Report copyright infringementby Cicely Mary Barker (Author)Explore the whimsy and wonder of the fairy world with this must-have gift for young fairy enthusiasts! This complete collection of Cicely Mary Barker's classic Flower Fairies books brings the world of fairies to life with charming poems, stunning illustrations, and enchanting imagination. This collector's favorite has been redesigned and features a lavish, eye-catching jacket with silver foil. The interior still includes all of the w...

These Immortal Creations: An Anthology of British Romantic Poetry

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Report copyright infringementby Sylvia Hunt (Author)The Romantic poet is both man and myth. He inherits an ancient birthright and creates a new heritage. He is prophet, seer, priest, bard, creator of (imaginative) worlds, hero, and myth-maker. He is also a man speaking to other men. Poets are, according to Shelley, the vehicles for the spirit of the age and for the ages to come; they are "the unacknowledged legislators of the world." In fact, in his Defense of Poetry (1821), Shelley endows bo...

The Waste Land and Other Poems - Paperback

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by T. S. Eliot (Author)A Vintage Classics edition of T. S. Eliot's most groundbreaking poems "This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper." Those famous concluding lines of T. S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men" have resonated with readers for nearly a century. As with "April is the cruelest month," from The Waste Land and "Do I dare disturb the universe?," from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," Eliot's words have permanently entered our cultural bloodstream. Through the poems...

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur Sze (Author)"Classically elegant."--The New York Times Book ReviewSze's free verse emphasizes at once how difficult, and how necessary, it is for us to imagine our world as a system whose ecologies and societies require us to care for all their interdependent parts." --Publishers Weekly"Sze's list-laden sequences capture the world's manifold facts one by one, then through discursive commentary exact from them a sense not only of aesthetic order but of un...

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by Mez Breeze (Author)Mez does for code poetry as jodi and Vuk Cosic have done for ASCII Art: Turning a great, but naively executed concept into something brilliant, paving the ground for a whole generation of digital artists." (Florian Cramer). Number of Pages: 328 Dimensions: 0.73 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: May 02, 2012

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Report copyright infringementby Isabelle Simler (Author), Vineet Lal (Translator)ALSC Notable Children's Books List - Middle Readers (2025) A 2025 Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book "Unites STEM learning with literary excellence . . . an essential purchase." -- School Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW) "[A] beautiful work of natural history." -- The Wall Street Journal "Astounding, unusual, and breathtaking dwellings."-- Shelf Awareness (STARRED REVIEW) "Stunning . . . An exceptional explorati...

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Report copyright infringementby Anne Waldman (Author)A fascinating new work from an internationally renowned poetAcclaimed for her visionary, incantatory verse and her experimental ethos, Anne Waldman's newest book-length poem is an allegory of a radical spirit in lockdown, dominated by "Deciders" and "Imposters" who threaten the future of poetry and its archive. A doppelganger nightmare ensues: the imposter "Anne" is a succubus, and the original Anne has to break free from a metaphorical cas...

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Report copyright infringementby Homer (Author), Richmond Lattimore (Translator), Richard Martin (Introduction by)"Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus' son Achilleus / and its devastation." For sixty years, that's how Homer has begun the Iliad in English, in Richmond Lattimore's faithful translation--the gold standard for generations of students and general readers. This long-awaited new edition of Lattimore's Iliad is designed to bring the book into the twenty-first century--while leaving the ...

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by Andi Landes (Author), Jacqueline East (Illustrator)Families will enjoy reading this sweet story about a parent's ever-growing love for their child in this book with rhyming text and beautiful illustrations. This small, padded board book is the perfect size for little hands and is a wonderful gift for parents and their babies. A precious love poem written from parent to child, I'll Love You More is a sweetly illustrated board book that will melt hearts. Parents will enjoy sharing these remi...

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by Kahlil Gibran (Author), Kahlil Gibran (Illustrator)Read Gibran's masterpiece in print! Set in the mythic city of Orphalese, The Prophet is a poetic treatise on all facets of life, from the daily realities of clothes and houses, to questions of love, beauty, and self-knowledge. Featuring 12 original illustrations by the author, Gibran's lyric exploration of the human condition is as relevant today as it was nearly a century ago. Dimensions: 0.63 x 7.64 x 4.57 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication...

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew Zawacki (Author)By Reason of Breakings, Andrew Zawacki's first book of poetry, overwhelms and silences by virtue of its extremely austere beauty. In highly wrought lyrics, prose poems, fragments of apocrypha, and splintered efforts at song, this volume is forceful and haunted by doubt. Each intimate and restrained line is a glimpse at a wisdom that defies paraphrase, each image carefully chosen and constructed. Zawacki's language summons and invites and ...

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Report copyright infringementby Johanna Harris (Editor), Alison Searle (Editor)What is meant by the Puritan literary tradition, and when did the idea of Puritan literature, as distinct from Puritan beliefs and practices, come into being? The answer is not straightforward. This volume addresses these questions by bringing together new research on a wide range of established and emerging literary subjects that help to articulate the Puritan literary tradition, including: political polemic and t...

The View From Here - The Poetry Path 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Northport Arts Coalition (Author)Welcome to this, our second poetry/art collaboration! The poetry came first, and the artists then interpreted the poems. Here are the fruits of our labor, the poems, the art that was paired with them, and the joy of seeing them together in a place where all can enjoy them. We are in our second year, and just as thrilled. We have garnered attention across the country, across the world. We are so very thankful for our new donors a...