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Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

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Report copyright infringementby Mosab Abu Toha (Author)Winner of the American Book Award, the Palestine Book Award and Arrowsmith Press's 2023 Derek Walcott Poetry PrizeNational Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry Finalist"Written from his native Gaza, Abu Toha's accomplished debut contrasts scenes of political violence with natural beauty."-The New York TimesIn this poetry debut Mosab Abu Toha writes about his life under siege in Gaza, first as a child, and then as a young father. A survivo...

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Report copyright infringementby Toussaint St Negritude (Author)Poetry Winner, 2025 International Firebird Book AwardsFormer poet laureate of Belfast, Maine, Afrofuturist/Oro-shamanic poet and bass clarinetist Toussaint St. Negritude dazzles with this debut collection of poems, featuring an ensemble of cosmic tones the late Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks once called "full of sweet sounds and surprises."Through the inspiration of life, jazz, and nature, Mountain Spells is about th...

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Report copyright infringementby Henrik Nordbrandt (Author), Patrick Phillips (Translator)"Henrik Nordbrandt's poems pour out as cold, clear, and mineral-tanged as spring water. . . . Nordbrandt is a master, masterfully reborn in English. This is a book of signal beauty and mystery."--Rosanna WarrenAlthough most of his life has been spent abroad in countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, Henrik Nordbrandt has simultaneously and undeniably emerged, next to Inger Christensen, as one of Denm...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael R. Howard (Author)The cover is a beautiful depiction of Scotland's iconic Helix Kelpies, the world's largest equine sculptures, created by artist Andy Scott. He has captivated the imagination as they "pay homage to the horses that once powered Scotland's industrial might." Although I was nearly killed on a horse at a young age, I remain loyal to and love all things related to horses. Several poems in this collection have footnotes at the end of the poem...

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Report copyright infringementby Tishani Doshi (Author)"Tishani Doshi . . . offer[s] an eloquent dissection of the body-its attributes, metaphors, deficiencies and contradictions-all delivered in chromatic, richly textured lines, in which the assured manipulation of rhythm and internal rhyme produces poems of remarkable balance and grace." -The Guardian"Tishani Doshi combines artistic elegance with a visceral power to create a breathtaking panorama of danger, memory, beauty and the strange geo...

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Report copyright infringementby Liam Guilar (Author)"The Fabled Third is the final instalment in the sequence that began with A Presentment of Englishry. It continues to follow Laȝamon's 12th century version of the legendary history of Britain up to the death of Uther, ending as the story begins to overlap with Sir Thomas Malory's later, better known tale of King Arthur. When Laȝamon's Uther arrives at Tintagel, he doesn't enter the late fifth century settlement revealed by recent archaeology...

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Report copyright infringementby Diane Lockward (Editor)What the House Knows is an anthology of 116 poems by 116 poets, poets such as Ted Kooser, Alice Friman, Billy Collins, Tracy K. Smith, Jan Beatty, and George Bilgere. Each poem features a house. Throughout the collection, you will find a variety of houses: old age homes, a schoolhouse, an outhouse, an abandoned farmhouse, rented apartments, and even a doghouse. The poems tell stories and hit the heart. There are poems about losing a house...

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Report copyright infringementby Reginald Dwayne Betts (Author)In fierce, agile poems, Felon tells the story of the effects of incarceration--canvassing a wide range of emotions and experiences through homelessness, underemployment, love, drug abuse, domestic violence, fatherhood, and grace--and, in doing so, creates a travelogue for an imagined life. Reginald Dwayne Betts confronts the funk of post-incarceration existence in traditional and newfound forms, from revolutionary found poems creat...

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Report copyright infringementby Bryant a. Loney (Author)In the College at Night is about a young man's coming of age within the complexities of campus life. Full of pathos, poignancy, and provoking introspection, this poetry collection guides readers through the quiet magic of a summer romance, the generational restlessness of packed parties, the angst of a hopeless relationship, and the self-reflection of graduation afternoon. In the style of spoken word poets such as Phil Kaye and Rudy Fran...

Best New African Poets 10th Anniversary: African Languages and Collaborations

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Report copyright infringementby Tendai R. Mwanaka (Editor)When we were producing yearly Best New African Poets anthologies, we knew we could never achieve perfection, or right representation and balance. They were imperfect. So these anniversary anthologies are our opportunity to create strong scholarship in one area, to take a moment and look back at the journey and reflect on the coming future. This particular anthology only has poets writing in several African languages and collaborations ...

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Report copyright infringementby McKenzie Vlad (Author)a pocket of love, dark poetry, and prose is a mesmerizing collection that captures the essence of human emotions through a symphony of poems, spoken word poetry, and prose. each piece in this anthology invites readers to traverse the intricate landscapes of love and heartbreak, to feel the raw pangs of pain, and to reflect on the profound experiences that shape our lives. mckenzie vlad weaves words with exquisite craftsmanship, creating a ...

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Report copyright infringementby Irene Mitchell (Author)In the pages that comprise An Overdose of Meditation, the poet readily confesses that "remembering, supposing, counting, assessing/ is no way to spend the time. It is an overdose/ of meditation." Yet the poet has devised a formula through which she realizes that thoughtful perception is a vital principle of life. The direct way, she says, to the inner fruit is through the interior power of the soul.Whether the poet is conducting her orche...

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Report copyright infringementby Kelvin Corcoran (Editor)The second double issue of Shearsman magazine for 2024 features poetry by Josephine Balmer, Daragh Breen, Steve Brock, Carmen Bugan, Anna D'Alton, Amy Evans Bauer, Mischa Foster-Poole, Lucy Hamilton, Ellen Harrold, Huw Gwynn Jones, Jazmine Linklater, Sujatha Menon, John Muckle, Tom Phillips, Paula Sankelo, Ian Seed, Aidan Semmens, Simon Smith and Rimas Uzgiris; plus translations of Marco Catalão by Chris Miller, Giedre Kazlauskaite by R...

Rebellion in the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg (1926 - 1997): An M. A. Thesis submitted to: The Department of English Faculty of Arts Assiut University

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Report copyright infringementby Ahmed Gad El-Rab (Author), Ferdous Bahnasawi (Other), Faten Helmi Ahmed (Other)This book embarks on a captivating journey through the turbulent life and revolutionary poetry of Allen Ginsberg, a pivotal figure in 20th-century American literature. More than just a literary analysis, it delves into the complexities of Ginsberg's persona, exploring the cultural and political forces that shaped his rebellious style and the controversies it ignited among critics and...

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Report copyright infringementby Karen Morris (Author)Nothing Happened Last Night serves as a membrane for psychic contact. As in silent illumination, it speaks from the interstices between moments of longed-for values that bind existence, of impermanence, imperfection, and our indivisible interconnectedness. These are poems inscribed on the tissue thin skin of the back of our hands before we are born. They ask where our minds flew to last night, what of the unknown companions in our dreams. T...

Poetry for Coaching: Transformation Through Verse

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Report copyright infringementby The Creative Coaching Collective (Curated by)These poems were selected and curated by a team of 7 co-editors standing together as The Creative Coaching Collective: Anjli Gheewala, Kate Jenkinson, Tracey McEachran, Sarah Moores, Ross Nichols, Elizabeth Papalia and Sharon Strimling.We can all feel stuck at times, limited by difficult experiences. It's not always clear where to find support. Poetry and storytelling can provide appropriate support either as standal...

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Report copyright infringementby Jordaan Arledge (Author), Sharron Arledge (Photographer)Shuttered Stanzas, where lens and sonnet intertwine, Pacific Northwest's beauty in poetic design. A Pacific Northwest nature photographer and a cotemporary sonneteer unite to present one stunning collection of art and verse. Number of Pages: 32 Dimensions: 0.25 x 8.5 x 11 IN Publication Date: November 01, 2024

It All Began With Cherry Soup: Poetry and Stories by Linda J. Albertano and Frank Lutz

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Report copyright infringementby Linda J. Albertano (Author), Frank A. Lutz (Author), Susan Hayden (Foreword by)Linda J. Albertano, award-winning poet and Poetry Diva of the City of Los Angeles, was an enchantress, musician, performance artist, actress, and filmmaker. As a child, she was reared in various unkindly foster homes. But this six-foot-four beauty with brains excelled and made her art speak for her. Frank Lutz was Linda's lover, husband, partner, and best friend for more than 55 year...

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Report copyright infringementby Pedro Serrano (Author), Anna Crowe (Translator)The Conjurer is Pedro Serrano's second book from Arc, and includes work drawn from his three published collections in Mexico as well as unpublished work. These are powerful poems which explore the natural world in all its wonder with a close and meticulous attention that transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. Serrano's rich and complex lexicon and his mastery of poetic form, metaphor and diction are perfec...

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Report copyright infringementby Ovid (Author), Henry T. Riley (Translator) "There is nothing constant in the universe, all ebb and flow, and every shape that is born bears in its womb the seeds of change." - Ovid"A faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character." - Ovid "History is not the study of the past; it is the study of change." - Yuval Noah Harari.Ovid's Metamorphoses is a sweeping epic describing the transformations that created his world. He begins with the creation of the ...

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Report copyright infringementby Therese Gleason (Author)In Hemicrania, poet Therese Gleason reaches out through the "half-headed pain" of the migraineur, despite (or rather, because of) "her head a cracked bell/ that wouldn't stop ringing." Like the two halves of the brain, this chapbook succeeds by dualities. Both thematically cohesive and formally expansive, Hemicrania tells the story, on one side, of the mostly male failures of medicine, and on the other, of the matrilineal inheritance of ...

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Report copyright infringementby Gëzim Hajdari (Author), Sarah Stickney (Translator)"Gëzim Hajdari's generous literary, scholarly, and editorial work extends across different countries and languages. Resistance, commitment, social justice, freedom, courage, and solidarity are at the centre of his research. In his own words, 'Good poetry is an act of life and of ethics. A great life means great poetry.' An already established poet in Albania, after moving to Italy, the author went through a pat...

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Report copyright infringementby Chris Arvidson (Author)Nobody Cares What You Think authentically reflects, digests, and illuminates living in our world today. This is a book for grown-ups who have been, and seen, a myriad of people navigating this planet. It offers conclusions, observations, and puzzles with precision, wit and snap. Number of Pages: 70 Dimensions: 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 10, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Pilar Graham (Author)"Out of the dark hole of grief comes a startling, at times surreal, lyricism in this poetic narrative which fall as burning meteors, dark matters making light, to suddenly ascend into the love fall. Departing of parents within a short span fifteen months empties her into adult orphanhood; fallen, staggering along the convoluted memory lane of mirrors where dreamscapes merge in the back - forward - standstill of time. A scrambled time stream...

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Report copyright infringementby Myra Rao (Author)""In the space between every heartbeat, there is a story-a quiet moment where love, loss, joy, and sorrow all exist at once. This collection takes you on a journey through the vast emotional landscapes of life, embracing both the light and the dark, the soaring highs and the aching lows. Between Heartbeats is for the dreamers and the broken, the lovers and the lost, the resilient souls who keep moving forward despite the weight of the world. It...

Sparring Artists Annual 2: Literary Anthology of Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts

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Report copyright infringementby S. a. Griffin (Editor), Richard Modiano (Editor), Daniel Yaryan (Designed by)This exciting 2nd annual edition of Sparring Artists: Anthology of Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts packs a punch with 150 amazing contributors in a 302-page illuminated volume. This year's double issue was co-edited by S.A. Griffin and Richard Modiano who together assembled an incredible ensemble of "Mystic Boxers" ranging from some of the most magnificent poets, storytellers, reviewers, ...

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Report copyright infringementby Alexander Molano (Author) Sumérgete en una conmovedora colección de poesías que exploran las profundidades de la conexión humana, el amor y el autodescubrimiento. Cada poema teje emociones en imágenes vívidas, llevando a los lectores a un mundo de introspección y anhelo. A través de temas de nostalgia, resiliencia y pasión, este libro invita a abrazar la belleza de la vulnerabilidad y la fortaleza que se encuentra en las experiencias del corazón.Ya sea celebran...

Certain Fires, Certain Lights: Jeremy Hilton at 80

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Report copyright infringementby Giles Goodland (Editor), Keith Jebb (Editor), David Miller (Editor)A festschrift to celebrate the life and career of Jeremy Hilton, with contributions from: Jeremy Hilton, Harry Anderson, Val Bridge, Ian Brinton, Sean Burn, Lesley Burt, David Caddy, Simon Collings, Lyndon Davies, Owen Davis, Andrew Duncan, Allen Fisher, Mélisande Fitzsimons, John Freeman, Ulli Freer, Jesse Glass, Giles Goodland, Christopher Gutkind, Janet Hancock, Graham Hartill, Jeff Hilson, L...

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Report copyright infringementby Nancy Elizabeth (Author), Jessie Allen (Illustrator), Georgia Evans (Designed by)First Nine Lives covers the grief, angst, yearn, and all of the in between of being queer, female, and American. The words hit you where it hurts, loves, and needs the most, giving you permission to reinvent yourself over and over again. Follow the path less taken, or hell, pave your own. There are more than nine lives. Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.1...

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Report copyright infringementby Samuel M. Dickerson (Author)Innermost Thoughts of a Poet by Samuel M. Dickerson offers a soul-stirring collection of poetry and illustrations that reflect a life of resilience, faith, and redemption. With honesty and vulnerability, Dickerson draws from his own journey-overcoming battles with mental illness, addiction, incarceration, and injury-to craft poems that range from the depths of heartbreak to the joy of new beginnings. Through this deeply personal work...

The World Is My Canvas: R.I.P. Recovery in Progress

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Report copyright infringementby Joe Easterday (Author)Take a glimpse into the journey of a man who has captivated listeners with his compelling life stories of addiction, incarceration, heartache, betrayal, loneliness, depression and even death. These poems are written from actual experience and each word is depicted with real emotion that you feel. Number of Pages: 294 Dimensions: 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 03, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby L. D. Calica (Author)Each piece is a written extension of the author's thought or emotion, given in the immediate moment. Number of Pages: 62 Dimensions: 0.13 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: January 23, 2025