Poetry

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Report copyright infringementby James Whitcomb Riley (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is imp...

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Report copyright infringementby Elizz Correa (Author)These are metaphors of surprising events that really happened to me while I was preparing for my twenties. They were nothing I'd wish to go through alone as I did but I know you'll find wake in intelligence, prodigy, and being a know-it-all and being not very good at hiding it. Number of Pages: 34 Dimensions: 0.07 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: May 30, 2023

Collected Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Report copyright infringementby Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work ...

An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic: On the Basis of Recently Discovered Texts - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Albert Tobias Clay (Author), Morris Jastrow (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur...

All Our Secrets: A Poetry Collection - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Bree Leto (Author)This poetry collection from Bree Leto delves into the secrets found in love, heartbreak, struggle, life and desire. Rest assured; you'll find yourself at home in these pages. Come explore the complexities of the human heart; you'll smile, you'll sigh, you'll lust and be left wanting more. A special section, Shared Secrets also brings Bree's writing together with other respected poets from around the globe. Read poetry collaborations from Tom A...

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Report copyright infringementby Nicholas Jr. D'Andrea (Author)The Nicest Sky is the conclusion of a trilogy that started with High-Speed Chase and continued with We Meet Again. This poetic story tells of love found and love lost, and love found once again. Number of Pages: 80 Dimensions: 0.21 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: August 17, 2022

Parts of a Life: 40 Stories on Youth to Adulthood

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Report copyright infringementby Chris Ehrlich (Author)We all share common experiences in life - from youth through adulthood. Parts of a Life tells a story about each part. They all matter. They make us who we are. Parts of a Life is a positive gift for anyone to better perceive, understand, and live life.Contents: 1. Elementary School 2. Soccer 3. Trading Cards 4. Middle School 5. Weightlifting 6. Violin 7. Football 8. Wrestling 9. Baseball 10. High School 11. Bloomfield Township 12. Granvil...

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Report copyright infringementby José Olivarez (Author)"Citizen Illegal is right on time, bringing both empathy and searing critique to the fore as a nation debates the very humanity of the people who built it." --Eve Ewing, author of Electric Arches In this stunning debut, poet José Olivarez explores the stories, contradictions, joys, and sorrows that embody life in the spaces between Mexico and America. He paints vivid portraits of good kids, bad kids, families clinging to hope, life after t...

African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (Loa

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Report copyright infringementby Kevin Young (Editor)A literary landmark: the biggest, most ambitious anthology of Black poetry ever published, gathering 250 poets from the colonial period to the present Across a turbulent history, from such vital centers as Harlem, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and the Bay Area, Black poets created a rich and multifaceted tradition that has been both a reckoning with American realities and an imaginative response to them. Capturing the power and bea...

Nodira And Uvaysiy: Selected Poems - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Nodira (Author), Uvaysiy (Author), Nazeela Elmi (Translator)"Nodira And Uvaysiy" is an English translation of selected poems by the two great nineteenth century Uzbek women poets. Nodira was a queen of the Khanate of Kokand and an important patron of the arts. Uvaysiy lived in the palace and was at the heart of its poetic life. The translations are by the English poet Andrew Staniland with the help of Nazeela Elmi and Aidakhon Bumatova. Number of P...

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Report copyright infringementby Ryan Blair (Author)In Self-Induced Regicide, Canadian writer, Ryan Blair, embarks on a journey of self-reflection through poetry and lyrics, sharing with readers his battles with self-doubt to shed light on our grasp of identity and contemporary attitudes towards mental health.Expressed with wit and humour, whilst also cutting deep, Ryan's commentary combines unfiltered, intrusive and introverted perspective with a consideration of broader ideologies and philos...

Unspoken Words: An Open Diary - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Fareeda A. Washington (Author)Trauma is something that many of us have experienced in one form or another. While some will cry out for help, many will try to suppress their suffering. It can be difficult to find words to identify your pain. When words are left unspoken, they can fester and slowly kill us inside! There is a way to overcome the effects of trauma by acknowledging and addressing your affliction. In Unspoken Words: An Open Diary, Fareeda A. Washingt...

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Report copyright infringementby Dave Oliphant (Author)Written in tightly constructed rhymed quatrains, this is the first biography of internationally acclaimed Texas jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham. Beginning in 1963 with Dorham's recordings in Denmark, this poetic biography traces the story of musician Kenny Dorham's career performing with the greatest legends of jazz history's bop and hard bop eras--including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Sonny Rollins, and John Coltrane. Also di...

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Report copyright infringementby New Directions (Author), Tynan Kogane (Editor)Across the ages, cats have provided their adopted humans with companionship, affection, mystery, and innumerable metaphors; cats cast a mirror on their beholders; cats endlessly captivate and hypnotize, frustrate and delight. And to poets, in particular, these enigmatic creatures are the most delightful and beguiling of muses (Charles Baudelaire: "the sole source of amusement in one's lodgings") as they go about pur...

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Report copyright infringementby Diane Rivers (Author)Raw Beats: Urban Poetry is a poetry book written from the perspective of a Black Poet. It contains three chapters of poems about the current political and social struggles of urban life. The joys of life are also revealed in poems about love and family. What is Urban Poetry? Why should you read it? The answers may surprise you. Urban poetry is commonly used by poets to describe the social and racial injustices of living in the urban core of...

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Report copyright infringementby F. D. Brake (Author)I began writing TRUTH AND COLD WATER the day I stepped out of an unwanted cold shower four or five years ago. Coldwater leaves no doubt that it is real when you're standing in it. Some have gone to great effort to shape truth into a more palatable story than the reality in which we live. But, truth is much more resilience and like cold water, it can be a shock to one's system. TRUTH AND COLD WATER Is a collection of poems written from my hea...

Bitey the Veggie Vampire: a peculiar poetry picture book - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Chris White (Illustrator), Chris White (Author)Just in time for Halloween 2017, Bitey the Veggie Vampire appears in his first ever poetry picture book For the first time, the peculiar poem about the luckless veggie vampire that was first published in 2000, gets the full-colour illustrated treatment Sink your fangs in now (No vegetables were harmed in the making of this book...)Author BiographyChris White is a globe-trotting author, poet & illustrator fro...

Grandpa's Children's Stories - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Frazier Neal (Author)In this day of technology, children can get on their electronic devices and read stories on their own. However, this method eliminates the parent-child bonding process. These stories were written to allow parents and children to share the opportunity to go into the world of imagination for a brief time and share the precious moments. They are short stories, so they allow for the imagination to take over for a brief period. They were...

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Report copyright infringementby Homer (Author)The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second oldest extant work of Western literature, the Iliad being the oldest. Scholars believe it was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia. The poem mainly focuses on the G...

Emdash & Ellipses: A Chapbook - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Tanzila Ahmed (Author)"Emdash and Ellipses" is the third poetry chapbook to be shared by poet, writer, and activist Tanzila "Taz" Ahmed. The collection of poems written over the course of the past seven years examines thematic struggles of South Asian American identities, Muslim spirituality, grief, social justice purpose, and the journey for love. Spilt in two parts - Poems to Scream and Poems to Whisper - the pieces explore the spaces in-between, loudly and q...

A Can of Mixed Nuts: Short Stories, Poems, Essays and Fish Stories - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Gary S. Anglin (Author)A Can of Nuts is just that...short stories, poem, essays and fish stories. Some are very funny, some will make you stop and think and some will make you feel good. There is a tribute to his adopted father, Jim L. Anglin, who was a song writer and a very early influence in the writer's life both as a person and a lover of music. The essays have subjects far ranging from the treatment of African Americans in the 1950's to what's good to eat...

Words from the Eagle's Nest: Inspirational & Motivational Poems and Prose - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Nawania Perry-Lyles (Author)As you read this book you just might find yourself reflecting on real life situations that may relate to you also. They may be some of the experiences you have confronted personally or maybe they are those of family members, friends or associates. In either case, use this book as a source of encouragement for any circumstance of life. Number of Pages: 104 Dimensions: 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN Publication ...

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel Coate (Author)A collection of revised early poems by Daniel Coate, who originally composed and performed them as "spk." Includes pieces from "Lick and Eat Death" and "Cocoon Dance of Death, Life Waltz of Me," as well as previously unreleased material. Number of Pages: 42 Dimensions: 0.09 x 8 x 5.25 IN Publication Date: November 13, 2010

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Report copyright infringementby Melissa Delfin-Marshall (Author)Funny Tummy Tickle is children's poem book that is a fun read for parents, grandparents, children and people of all ages again and again. It has recieved rave reviews from local librarians, local libraries schools and avid readers. The book takes you back to your cherished childhood with fun rhymes, great phonics for early readers and tons of laughs and quality time reading with family and friends. Enjoy reading Funny Tummy Tickl...

Rural Route 2: Poetry and Wisdom from an Old Man Remembering His Childhood - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Jerry Burtcher (Author) Number of Pages: 116 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 15, 2002

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Report copyright infringementby Jocelyn Ng (Author)A collection of spoken word poetry and other writings which explores a queer womyn of color's journey of living between San Francisco and Hawaii. Number of Pages: 40 Dimensions: 0.1 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 11, 2014

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Report copyright infringementby Brenda Lee Mason (Author)This book is about my feeling as a child and my experiences. My poetry focuses on elevating the consciousness of parents, children, and young adults. In addition, to inform the readers that it is acceptable to keep focus on their dreams and beliefs. Some of us been devoured by circumstances. We have all made wrong decision and choices at some period in our life. However, do not allow the selfish, envious, deceitful and dishonest charact...

A Season in Hell: An English Translation from the French - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur Rimbaud (Author)Arthur Rimbaud wrote a few pieces that set french poetry aghast around 1873. He'd taken to wandering Europe in lieu of university. His teachers hated him. There was a sort of subtle but perverse defiance to his work. He would create new words to describe the world around him, and produced pages of rhyming latin verse in his mathematics class while taking notes. For a time he produced latin homework for his fellow students and appeared, fo...

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Report copyright infringementby Madeleine Martin (Author)A collection of poem; some old, some new, some glad, some sad; capturing moments in life that are sometimes transient, sometimes lasting, always a record of experience. Number of Pages: 44 Dimensions: 0.09 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: January 01, 2023

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Report copyright infringementby Cherry Jones (Author)This book of poetry depicts glimpses of Black women's late nights and early mornings. It is inspired by my journey of motherhood which came before my journey of wifehood. It is a collection of reflections given to raising two beautiful Queens alongside a lovely Black King. It also includes pieces of my healing journey as a daughter. Number of Pages: 32 Dimensions: 0.07 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: June...

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Report copyright infringementby Erin Rose Belair (Author)The Blue Years is a lyrical essay; a story told through prose, poetry, love notes, meticulous research, and meditations on the sea. Written at a beach house, at the very edge of California. This collection grapples with grief, love, isolation, motherhood, and what we owe to ourselves in this life. It is a balm to an broken heart and a beacon for weathering any storm. Number of Pages: 134 Dimensions: 0.63 x 8.5 ...

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Report copyright infringementby Grover Asequia (Author)Unleashing Your Potential: Embracing Life's Boundless Opportunities" is a transformative guidebook that empowers readers to tap into their untapped potential and embrace the limitless possibilities that life has to offer. Through practical strategies, inspiring poems, and actionable advice, this book provides the tools and mindset shifts needed to break free from limitations, overcome obstacles, and seize the abundant opportunities that a...