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Report copyright infringementby Tureeda Ture Mikell (Author)She is Cosmic Mother, Iyami Aje. Poems of pain, as presented by Mikell, sting as they heal; even the funny ones slap. The subcutaneous wounds of memory can hide no longer-- Mikell ruthlessly opens them with pure warrior priestess fire for complete healing. Behold her medicine of word: Nothing less than transcendence.- Youssef AlaouiAuthor BiographyTureeda Mikell, story medicine woman, poet educator, visionary, performer, an activist ...

The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain: New Poems - Paperback

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by Charles Bukowski (Author)The second of five new books of unpublished poems from the late, great, Charles Bukowski, America's most imitated and influential poet -- 143 never-before-seen works of gritty, amusing, and inspiring verse. Number of Pages: 320 Dimensions: 0.84 x 8.98 x 6.4 IN Publication Date: January 04, 2005

Gratitude Haiku: Surviving COVID in Photographs & Poems

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Report copyright infringementby Rae Berg (Author)This book is both gift and invitation, written in the midst of our generation's biblical-like plague, where haiku has become, for many including myself, an angel of mercy.Gift to you. From me, a happily-retired pastor, who, in 35 years of ministry preached from various pulpits in excess of two million words, and now am drawn to the "less is more" life. In all sorts of ways, this philosophy permeates my being, my decisions, and my weeks. Specifi...

Black Rootedness: 54 Poets from Africa to America

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Report copyright infringementby Karla Brundage (Compiled by), Stephanie Aoun Bou Karam (Designed by), Iman Gibson (Photographer)West Oakland to West Africa (WO2WA) provides a sustained exchange to connect members of the African Diaspora and Africa through creative writing. Our core values are to create a safe place for the transparent healing and growth of Black people; to deliver innovative and authentic forms of writing and to engage the medium of spoken word to shape and define the narrati...

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Report copyright infringementby Ivonne Gordon (Author), Diego E. Fernandez (Translator), Gayle Baird (Artist)Salt Oracle is a collection of poems about the earth, the home, and the ancestral memory of the human body. It celebrates the connection of that body with the contents of its environment-with the body's movement and grace; with food that unfolds into generational tales; and with the dreams that, like memory, bridge the divide of human existence.Estrellas de marLa espuma salada del marc...

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Report copyright infringementby Helga Vroom (Author), Harry Menne (Artist)The beginning is the thought process. Thoughts need to be organized. By doing that, feelings and the unconscious mind kick in. Those avenues travel and need to be crafted into a precise short form. Only a few words should express a lot of meaning. Each line stirs more ideas and thoughts. English is and always will be my second language. In the end effect the meaning of the poem is what counts. Number of Pag...

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Report copyright infringementby Alden Sproull (Author), Allie Rigby (Editor), Stephanie Bou Karam (Designed by)Through his work with people who were struggling with serious illness, Alden Sproull discovered a journey of reflection, insight, and trust. Walking the edge between life and death with those who battled for their lives was exciting, challenging, disturbing, troubling and, ultimately, life-changing. Join him and discover for yourself what it means to walk the edge of life. ...

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Report copyright infringementby Khalipha Dlangamandla (Author)This is a poetry book, written in a unique form. it consists of 5 chapters that have topics such as romance, heartbreak, faith, motivational and quotes. If you are looking for romance, I have you covered but not just that also poetry that encourages and motivates you. This poetry book is more connected to my life as every poem written is a certain event of my life. From bad times to good times in romance and life in general. from f...

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Report copyright infringementby Steven Sieting (Author)Having isolated myself from the Lord, I was spiritually drowning, tired and worn from life's pressures. I was finished. No longer willing to go through the motions, I was ready to turn my back, walk away from God, and never look back. And yet I said one last prayer, hoping to receive something to grab me up out of my despair. Alone, depressed, and silent in my chair, the Holy Spirit simply said, "I hear your cry." He rescued me from self-...

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Report copyright infringementby Audre Lorde (Author)"These are poems which blaze and pulse on the page."--Adrienne Rich "The first declaration of a black, lesbian feminist identity took place in these poems, and set the terms--beautifully, forcefully--for contemporary multicultural and pluralist debate."--Publishers Weekly "This is an amazing collection of poetry by . . . one of our best contemporary poets. . . . Her poems are powerful, often political, always lyrical and profoundly moving."-...

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Report copyright infringementby Dane Cervine (Author)Deep Travel - At Home In The [Burning] World is a book of contemporary haibun by the poet Dane Cervine. Underlying this series of journeys-through the great Midwest of America, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, a bit of French countryside, Italy, then later through New England-is an experience of pilgrimage. The Japanese poet Basho's famous book Narrow Road to the Interior explored both "interiors" of countryside and heart-mind. Ancient Zen poets g...

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Report copyright infringementby Alana Sejdic (Author), Blanca Flor (Illustrator)"Give me a hand when spoons are low. When they are back in stock, you'll know."Inspired by the author's experience with autism and cognitive, physical, social, and emotional disabilities, When Spoons Are Low is a response to disability ableism, euphemisms, infantilization, and censorship while advocating for respect, inclusion, and a community of care.It powerfully expresses the frustration of needing help while s...

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Report copyright infringementby Langston Hughes (Author)The perfect introduction to one of the most important writers to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and '30s, featuring a career-spanning collection of poems and three of his most powerful stories. "Langston Hughes is a titanic figure in 20th-century American literature ... a powerful interpreter of the American experience." The Philadelphia Inquirer Hughes's work blends elements of blues and jazz, speech and song, into a tr...

Bucephalus: Warhorse of Alexander the Great

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Report copyright infringementby Douglas A. Dowell (Author)Discover the epic tale of Bucephalus, the legendary warhorse of Alexander the Great, brought to life in this timeless poem by Douglas A. Dowell. Crafted for both young children and adults, this vivid narrative captures the indomitable spirit of Bucephalus as he gallops through history, leading Alexander to his greatest victories. With its lyrical language and powerful imagery, this story not only entertains but also inspires readers of...

Scribblings Of My Soul: A Poetry Collection

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Report copyright infringementby Preethi Saravanakumar (Author), Juliana Duclos (Illustrator)Scribblings Of My Soul, is a poetry compilation of 9 Words, 9 Sections, 9 Emotions, 9 Poems and 9 Artworks. SMILE with all your HEART gathering STRENGTH from LIFE, shedding any lingering PAIN to learn the TRUTH of LOVE and HOPE, walking towards the LIGHT.* Winner of 2021 International Impact Book Awards.* Winner of 2021 Firebird Book Award.* Winner of 2022 Literary Titan Award.* Honorable Mention- So...

Poetry for Historians: Or, W. H. Auden and History

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Report copyright infringementby Carolyn Steedman (Author)This is a book about the conflict between history and poetry - and historians and poets - in Atlantic World society from the end of the seventeenth century to the present day. Blending historiography and theory, it proceeds by asking: what is the point of poetry as far as historians are concerned? The focus is on W. H. Auden's Cold War-era history poems, but the book also looks at other poets from the seventeenth century onwards, provid...

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Report copyright infringementby James Söderholm (Author)Hamlet is a twelve year-old boy who hangs out in cemeteries and has a black horse called Nightmare. Yorick is alive and well and teaching the gloomy little prince how to play with words. Young Hamlet worries that he will never be a good king because he thinks too much and doesn't like killing things or grabbing more land. Hamlet debates theology with Horatio and goes swimming with Ophelia but spends most of his time learning how to be a ...

From Venice to Venice / Da Venice a Venezia

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Lipman (Editor), Anna Lombardo (Editor), David A. Romero (Prepared by)Edited by Mark Lipman (Venice, CA) and Anna Lombardo (Venice, IT), with cover art by Alessandra Drigo.Venice, CA poets: Will Alexander, Iris Berry, Rich Ferguson, S.A. Griffin, Susan Hayden, Ellyn Maybe, Richard Modiano, Bill Mohr, Harry E. Northup, Pam Ward, and Gail Wronsky.Venice, IT poets: Giovanni Luca Asmundo, Domenico Brancale, Alessandra Drigo, Giacomo Falchetta, Brigidina Gentil...

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah Kay (Author), Sophia Janowitz (Illustrator)In No Matter the Wreckage, Sarah Kay takes you on a profound journey through her self-discovery in New York.Following her breakout poem "B," this debut poetry collection showcases her accessible brilliance.With each verse, Kay transports readers to a world of love, nostalgia, and life's wonders. Her elegant words celebrate family bonds, young love, travel, and the echoes of history shaping our present.What sets N...

Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems & Drawings - Hardcover

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by Shel Silverstein (Author), Shel Silverstein (Illustrator)Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, has created a poetry collection that is outrageously funny and deeply profound. Come in...for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. This special edition contains 12 extra poems.You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live the...

How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope - Paperback

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by James Crews (Author), Ross Gay (Foreword by)An Indie Poetry Bestseller! What the world needs now - featuring poems from inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, Ross Gay, Tracy K. Smith and more. More and more people are turning to poetry as an antidote to divisiveness, negativity, anxiety, and the frenetic pace of life. How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope offers readers uplifting, deeply felt, and relatable poems by well-known poets from all walks of life and all parts of the US, in...

You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World

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Report copyright infringementby Ada Limón (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLERA 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Big Reads SelectionA 2024 NPR "Books We Love" Selection"Whoever you are, you will find yourself and your own world in the expansiveness of this collection."-Margaret Renkl, New York Times Published in association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, a singular collection of poems reflecting on our relationship to the natural wo...

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Report copyright infringementby Ioana Gheorghiu (Author)Written from the soul for the soul, this collection of poetry is an invitation to come home to yourself. Through the alchemy of the heart, these words make windows out of your wounds, where the light shines just right, illuminating the perfection of who you are, where you are, and most importantly, why you are. No matter the depth and dimension of your struggles, these poems will reveal your true belonging to the soul of everything and g...

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Report copyright infringementby Claire Wahmanholm (Author)National Book Foundation Science + Literature SelectionFinalist for the 2024 Kingsley Tufts Poetry AwardFinalist for the 2024 Minnesota Book AwardLonglisted for the Julie Suk AwardA haunting collection that inhabits a disquieting future where fear is the governing body, "the organ and the tissue / and the cell, the membrane and the organelle." "Once there were oarfish, opaleyes, olive flounders. Once the oxbows were not overrun with ni...

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Report copyright infringementby Anna Lombardo (Author), Kaye Cederman (Artist), David A. Romero (Prepared by)"Anna Lombardo's Blackout holds a mirror of precision to the current horror of our dystopian reality. Her prescient words are a vital antidote to our current insatiable lust for bombs and destruction. ...consider how the hollow/ of this century is being drawn. She pleads to the air, to the sky, to whoever hears her gut-wrenching words; she pleads for the return of sanity, of love. Come...

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Report copyright infringementby Karen Solie (Author)Karen Solie launched to prominence with her first collection of poems, Short Haul Engine (2001), finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize and winner of many other awards and citations. She continued her upward trajectory with Modern and Normal (2005), and is now considered one of Canada's best poets. Pigeon is yet another leap forward for this singer of existential bewilderment. These poems are X-rays of our delusions and mistaken perceptions, ...

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Report copyright infringementby Eve L. Ewing (Author)NPR Best Books of 2019 Chicago Tribune Best Books of 2019 Chicago Review of Books Best Poetry Book of 2019 O Magazine Best Books by Women of Summer 2019 The Millions Must-Read Poetry of June 2019 LitHub Most Anticipated Reads of Summer 2019 The Chicago Race Riot of 1919, the most intense of the riots comprising the nation's Red Summer, has shaped the last century but is not widely discussed. In 1919, award-winning poet Eve L. Ewing explores...

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Report copyright infringementby W. S. Merwin (Author)Named one of the 100 Notable Books of the Year by The New York Times.Winner of the National Book Award for PoetryNamed by O as one of the "20 Books of Poetry Everyone Should Own""The poems in Migration speak a life-long belief in the power of words to awaken our drowsy souls and see the world with compassionate interconnection."--National Book Award judges' statement"The publication of W. S. Merwin's selected and new poems is one of those l...

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Report copyright infringementby Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (Author)Autobiographical sketch of Hedge Coke, a mixed-blood woman, presented in her debut collection of poems.Back JacketIn her debut collection of poems, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke presents an autobiographical sketch of a contemporary mixed-blood native life. These poems recount surviving diaspora, domestic violence, racism, and an extraordinary number of challenges. By drawing upon a variety of poetic and prosaic forms, Hedge Coke si...

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Report copyright infringementby Lara Mimosa Montes (Author)In elegiac and fervent language, Lara Mimosa Montes writes across the thresholds of fracture, trauma, violence, and identity. THRESHOLES is both a doorway and an absence, a road map and a remembering. In this almanac of place and memory, Lara Mimosa Montes explores the passage of time, returning to the Bronx of the '70s and '80s and the artistry that flourished there. What is the threshold between now and then, and how can the poet be...

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Nowak (Author), Amiri Baraka (Afterword by)In the grand, narrative tradition of Gwendolyn Brooks and Edward Sanders, this riveting collection of poetic plays and photo-documentary poems exposes the human cost of corporate greed and gives voice to the growing crisis faced in communities across America."The several long poems that make up this book build into each other with devastating force and understatement, breaking poetic boundaries, regenerating the r...

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Report copyright infringementby Ed Bok Lee (Author)In Whorled, Ed Bok Lee looks toward a global future, one where the dividing lines between state, religion, race, history, and culture have been blurred to the extent that the very idea of difference requires a new understanding. What does it mean to be a Global Citizen in an era of constant war, rampant industrialization, and ever-advancing technology? Whorled strives to give a voice to those left out with words of loss and longing, confronta...