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by Gyo Fujikawa (Illustrator)William Blake, Kate Greenaway, Emily Dickinson: the writers in this charming anthology of 200 poems--first published in 1969--are among literature's most beloved. And Gyo Fujikawa's appealing illustrations depict children of all races sweetly interacting, as well as an engagingly rendered menagerie of animals and the natural world in all its wonderment. Among the verses that children will love are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Christmas Bells," Lewis Carroll's "Th...

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Report copyright infringementby Brianna Stewart (Author)Through the authors delicate words, Flowers sheds light on the unspoken struggles faced by mental health issues. With profound empathy, the poet reveals their personal battle within the darkest moments. Each poem serves as a poignant reminder that even in midst of despair, hope can bloom like a delicate flower. Number of Pages: 120 Dimensions: 0.28 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: August 23, 2024 ...

Rumi: Unseen Poems; Edited and Translated by Brad Gooch and Maryam Mortaz - Hardcover

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by Rumi (Author), Brad Gooch (Translator), Maryam Mortaz (Translator)A beautiful collector's hardcover of never-before-translated poems by the widely beloved medieval Persian poet Rumi. AN EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY POCKET POET Rumi (1207-1273) was trained in Sufism--a mystic tradition within Islam--and founded the Sufi order known to us as the Whirling Dervishes, who use dance and music as part of their spiritual devotion. Rumi's poetry has long been popular with contemporary Western audiences becau...

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Report copyright infringementby Nathalia Crane (Author)This book "" The Janitor's Boy, and Other Poems "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable. Number of...

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Report copyright infringementby Tyler B. Boivin (Author) Number of Pages: 170 Dimensions: 0.39 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: September 21, 2024

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by Giles Andreae (Author), David Wojtowycz (Illustrator)This delightful collection of poems includes fun rhymes about the creatures who live in and around the ocean. Children will delight in the snappy poems and colorful illustrations about whales, walruses, penguins, polar bears, stingrays and sharks. Rounded corners and sturdy board pages add to this great title!Author BiographyGiles Andreae is an artist, illustrator, writer, and poet. He often writes under the names of Purple Ronnie, and E...

Remember Love: Words for Tender Times - Hardcover

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by Cleo Wade (Author)From the beloved, New York Times bestselling author of Heart Talk, a collection of prose and poetry that explores how we can find light in periods of lostness, love for ourselves after heartbreak, okay-ness in the midst of change, and strength in letting go. How do we find steadiness within ourselves in the midst of dizzying personal and global change? At a time when many of us feel overwhelmed by fear and isolation, Cleo Wade's Remember Love offers intimate, uplifting ...

The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke: Bilingual Edition - Paperback

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by Rainer Maria Rilke (Author), Stephen Mitchell (Translator), Stephen Mitchell (Editor)" This miracle of a book, perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has ever produced, " (Chicago Tribune) should stand as the definitive English language version.Front JacketThis miracle of a book, perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has ever produced, (Chicago Tribune) should stand as the definitive English language version.Author BiographyRaine...

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by Sonia Sanchez (Author)Winner Gish Prize for Lifetime Achievement A representative collection of the life work of the much-honored poet and a founder of the Black Arts movement, spanning the 4 decades of her literary career. Gathering highlights from all of Sonia Sanchez's poetry, this compilation is sure to inspire love and community engagement among her legions of fans. Beginning with her earliest work, including poems from her first volume, Homecoming (1969), through to 2019, the poet ha...

Rumi Soul Healer: A Transcendental Story of Ecstatic Passion and Mystical Love - Paperback

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by Gabriel Iqbal (Author)"Best selling poet in the US" - BBC"He addressed humanity as a whole" - UNESCO INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM FOR THE AUTHOR: "truly passionate and motivating" - Sheridan College, Canada "a paradigm shift" - Dr. David Suzuki, Science broadcaster and environmental activist, Canada "timely message." - Peel Multicultural Council, Canada "Well expressed" - Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College, UK "dynamic" - BTL Worldwide, Dubai "flow of creativity" - Novell, USA "very diff...

The Dark Interval: Letters on Loss, Grief, and Transformation - Hardcover

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by Rainer Maria Rilke (Author), Ulrich Baer (Translator)From the writer of the classic Letters to a Young Poet, reflections on grief and loss, collected and published here in one volume for the first time. "A great poet's reflections on our greatest mystery."--Billy Collins "A treasure . . . The solace Rilke offers is uncommon, uplifting and necessary."--The Guardian Gleaned from Rainer Maria Rilke's voluminous, never-before-translated letters to bereaved friends and acquaintances, The Dark ...

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Paperback

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by Burton Raffel (Translator), Burton Raffel (Preface by), Brenda Webster (Introduction by)THE INSPIRATION FOR THE UPCOMING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE THE GREEN KNIGHT--STARRING DEV PATEL An epic poem of honor and bravery written by an anonymous fourteenth-century poet, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is recognized as an equal of Chaucer's masterworks and of the great Old English poems, including Beowulf. It is Christmas in Camelot, and a truly royal feast has been laid out for King Arthur and his...

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by Audre Lorde (Author)Rich continues: Refusing to be circumscribed by any simple identity, Audre Lorde writes as a Black woman, a mother, a daughter, a Lesbian, a feminist, a visionary; poems of elemental wildness and healing, nightmare and lucidity. Her rhythms and accents have the timelessness of a poetry which extends beyond white Western politics, beyond the anger and wisdom of Black America, beyond the North American earth, to Abomey and the Dahomeyan Amazons. These are poems nourished ...

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by Ovid (Author), David Raeburn (Translator), Denis Feeney (Introduction by)Ovid's sensuous and witty poem, in an accessible translation by David Raeburn In Metamophoses, Ovid brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation--often as a result of love or lust--where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augus...

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by Virgil (Author), Robert Fagles (Translator), Bernard Knox (Introduction by)From the award-winning translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey comes a brilliant new translation of Virgil's great epic Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles' mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage will take him through stormy seas, entangle him in a tragic love affair, and lure him into the world of the dead itself--all the way tormented...

Cigarettes Until Tomorrow: Romanian Poetry - Paperback

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48th street: prose poems and paintings - Hardcover

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by Annepeck (Author)annEpeck's father promised her they would move to Colorado "as soon as she didn't need a mother." He also took her into his bed for years until she was ten. This is the story of her remembering, her artistic birth and the woman she fought to become. The prose poems and drawings are an uplifting, inspiring testament to the power of the human spirit and the power of art to heal any wound. Number of Pages: 138 Dimensions: 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 01, 2021

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by Giles Andreae (Author), David Wojtowycz (Illustrator)This delightful collection of poems includes fun rhymes about the creatures who live in and around the ocean. Children will delight in the snappy poems and colorful illustrations about whales, walruses, penguins, polar bears, stingrays, and sharks.Author BiographyGiles Andreae is an artist, illustrator, writer, and poet. He often writes under the names of Purple Ronnie, and Edward Monkton, and is the author of the best-selling titles Rum...

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by Dante (Author), Robert Pinsky (Translator), John Freccero (Foreword by)This widely praised version of Dante's masterpiece, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award of the Academy of American Poets, is more idiomatic and approachable than its many predecessors. Former U.S. Poet Laureate Pinsky employs slant rhyme and near rhyme to preserve Dante's terza rima form without distorting the flow of English idiom. The result is a clear and vigorous...

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by Dante Alighieri (Author), C. H. Sisson (Author), David H. Higgins (Editor)This single volume, blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy includes an introduction, maps of Dante's Italy, Hell, Purgatory, Geocentric Universe, and political panorama of the thirteenth and early fourteenth century, diagrams and notes providing the reader with invaluable guidance. Described as the "fifth gospel" because of its evangelical purpose, this spiritual autobiography creates a world in which reason an...

I Would Leave Me If I Could.: A Collection of Poetry - Hardcover

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by Halsey (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Grammy Award-nominated, platinum-selling musician Halsey is heralded as one of the most compelling voices of her generation. In I Would Leave Me If I Could, she reveals never-before-seen poetry of longing, love, and the nuances of bipolar disorder. In this debut collection, Halsey bares her soul. Bringing the same artistry found in her lyrics, Halsey's poems delve into the highs and lows of doomed relationships, family ties, sexuality, and mental il...

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by Ada Limon (Author)Celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of Ada Limón's award-winning debut poetry collection, this edition includes a new introduction by the poet that reflects on the book and how her writing practice has developed over time.From the new introduction by the author: "I expected to meet a stranger, someone naive and very different than what I remember, but Lucky Wreck is not a stranger at all. Lucky Wreck is me at the beginning, at a doorway. It is, quite simply, where 'I' b...

My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter - Paperback

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by Aja Monet (Author)My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter is poet Aja Monet's ode to mothers, daughters, and sisters--the tiny gods who fight to change the world. Textured with the sights and sounds of growing up in East New York in the nineties, to school on the South Side of Chicago, all the way to the olive groves of Palestine, these stunning poems tackle racism, sexism, genocide, displacement, heartbreak, and grief, but also love, motherhood, spirituality, and Black joy.Author Biographyaja mon...

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by Allen Ginsberg (Author)The landmark, original publication of Allen Ginsberg's HOWL & Other Poems HOWL & Other Poems, the prophetic book that launched the Beat Generation, was published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti at City Lights Books in 1956. Considered the single most influential work of post-WWII United States poetry, the City Lights edition of HOWL has remained in print for more than 60 years, with well over 1,000,000 copies in print. A strident critique of middle-class complacency...

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by Anne Carson (Author)Nox is an epitaph in the form of a book, a facsimile of a handmade book Anne Carson wrote and created after the death of her brother. The poem describes coming to terms with his loss through the lens of her translation of Poem 101 by Catullus "for his brother who died in the Troad." Nox is a work of poetry, but arrives as a fascinating and unique physical object. Carson pasted old letters, family photos, collages and sketches on pages. The poems, typed on a computer, we...

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by Ocean Vuong (Author)The New Yorker, The Best Books of Poetry of 2016 New York Times, Critics Pick Boston Globe, Best Books listing Miami Herald, Best LGBTQ Books San Francisco Chronicle, Top 100 Books of the Year Library Journal, Best Books of 2016"There is a powerful emotional undertow to these poems that springs from Mr. Vuong's sincerity and candor, and from his ability to capture specific moments in time with both photographic clarity and a sense of the evanescence of all earthly thin...

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by Richard Van Camp (Author), Julie Flett (Illustrator)"You are life and breath adored. You are us and so much more..." Richard Van Camp, internationally renowned storyteller and bestselling author of the hugely successful Welcome Song for Baby: A Lullaby for Newborns, has partnered with award-winning illustrator Julie Flett to create a tender board book for babies and toddlers that celebrates the potential of every child. With its delightful contemporary illustrations, Little You is perfect ...

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by Mary Oliver (Author)"Joy is not made to be a crumb," writes Mary Oliver, and certainly joy abounds in her new book of poetry and prose poems. Swan, her twentieth volume, shows us that, though we may be "made out of the dust of stars," we are of the world she captures here so vividly. Swan is Oliver's tribute to "the mortal way" of desiring and living in the world, to which the poet is renowned for having always been "totally loyal."Author BiographyA private person by nature, Mary Oliver (...

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by Etel Adnan (Author)Shifting the Silence does just that, breaks the social taboo around writing and speaking about our own deaths. In short unrelenting paragraphs, Adnan enumerates her personal struggle to conceptualize the breadth of her own life at 95, the process of aging, and the knowledge of her own inevitable death. The personal is continuously projected outwards and mirrored back through ruminations on climate catastrophe, California wildfires, the on-going war in Syria, planned miss...

Tyrannosaurus Rex (Storybots) - Paperback

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by Storybots (Author)The wacky robots from the award-winning apps, videos, and Netflix show, Ask the Storybots, now star in their own early readers. This one is about everyone's favorite dinosaur Fans of the StoryBots will recognize the colorful art from the hugely popular dinosaur video "Tyrannosaurus Rex" on YouTube. A gigantic body and super-sharp teeth make the Tyrannosaurus rex the most fearsome of the dinosaurs. Just don't make fun of those tiny arms This rhyming Step 1 Science Reader...

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by Tim Seibles (Author)2012 National Book Award Finalist in Poetry"Crisply comic, disarmingly frank, and aurally bold ..."--Publishers WeeklyThis collection by African American poet Tim Seibles explores a range of poetic form, including lyric, ode, narrative, and mystical. Like a fast animal, the poet's voice can swiftly change direction and tone as he crisscrosses between present and past."Built like one single sustained song, Fast Animal is alive with music, ardor, and wit that flow in utte...

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by Stephen Vincent Benet (Author)One of the most widely read poems of our time, John Brown's Body is Stephen Vincent Benét's masterful retelling of the Civil War. A book of great energy and sweep, it swings into view the entire course of that terrible and decisive war, lighting up the lives of soldiers, leaders, and civilians, North and South, amidst the conflict. Generations of readers have found the book a compelling and moving experience. "Magnificently readable."-New Statesman. "It is not...