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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...

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by Jalal Al-Din Rumi (Author), Peter Washington (Editor)A gorgeously jacketed hardcover collection that draws on a wide variety of translations of Rumi's deeply moving, sensually vibrant poetry. The poetry of the medieval Persian sage Rumi combines lyrical beauty with spiritual profundity, a sense of rapture, and acute awareness of human suffering in ways that speak directly to contemporary audiences. Trained in Sufism--a mystic tradition within Islam--Rumi founded the Sufi order known to us ...

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by Matthew 'Cuban' Hernandez (Author), Robalu Gibson (Artist), David A. Romero (Prepared by)This book is dedicated to every kid told who they were, before discovering on their own. It's for the teachers and mentors praying their students won't fall into the traps the world has set for them. These poems are for liberation, and those who strive for peace by any means. For the ones who feel like a mistake, the ones riddled with grief and self-doubt. This book is for Duval County and every poet w...

Beowulf: A New Verse Translation - Paperback

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by Seamus Heaney (Editor)Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. He then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on in the exhausted aftermath. In the contours of this story, at ...

Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works - Paperback

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by Alfred Tennyson (Author), Adam Roberts (Editor)Tennyson was the chief poetic voice of his age, and he remains one of the most highly regarded masters of the music and mood of verse. This authoritative edition brings together a unique combination of Tennyson's poetry and prose, spanning his entire career, from his striking juvenilia, through his career as Poet Laureate, to the powerful poetry he wrote in his ninth decade. It contains such classics as "The Lady of Shalott," "Morte d'Arthur,"...

Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing - Paperback

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by Coleman Barks (Author)Rumi: The Book of Love is a collection of astonishing poems for lovers from the mystic Rumi, by the translator who made him sing anew, Coleman Barks.Poetry and Rumi fans will want to own this gorgeously packaged compilation of love poems by the thirteenth-century Sufi mystic. Rumi is best known and most cherished as the poet of love in all its forms, and renowned poet and Rumi interpretor Coleman Barks has gathered the best of these poems in delightful and wise render...

Winter Morning Walks: 100 Postcards to Jim Harrison - Paperback

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by Ted Kooser (Author)A collection of poetry by Ted Kooser.Author BiographyTED KOOSER's poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Hudson Review, Antioch Review, Kenyon Review, Shenandoah and dozens of other literary journals. Kooser has won the Hugo Prize from Poetry Northwest, the Kunitz Prize from Columbia, and two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. He has published eight full-length collections of poetry and a number of chapbooks and special editions. He lives on an acreage near the...

The New Oxford Book of War Poetry - Paperback

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by Jon Stallworthy (Editor)There can be no area of human experience that has generated a wider range of powerful feelings than war. Jon Stallworthy's classic and celebrated anthology spans centuries of human experience of war, from Homer's Iliad, through the First and Second World Wars, the Vietnam War, and the wars fought since. This new edition, published to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, includes a new introduction and additonal poems from David Harsent and Pete...

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by Samantha King Holmes (Author)In Meet Me Halfway--her first solo venture since 2019's Don't Tell Me Not to Ask Why--Samantha King Holmes is ready to dive even deeper into the dynamics of love and relationships with an earnestness all her own. Samantha King Holmes is back with Meet Me Halfway, a new collection of poetry that explores the journey back to yourself after earth-shattering disappointment. A fervent cry in the dark, these poems are a reminder that even after the harshest winter, s...

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by Akwaeke Emezi (Author)The first book of poems from an acclaimed young author, whose meteoric rise has already landed them on the cover of Time Magazine. In their bold debut poetry collection, Akwaeke Emezi--award-winning author of Freshwater, PET, The Death of Vivek Oji, and Dear Senthuran--imagines a new depth of belonging. Crafted of both divine and earthly materials, these poems travel from home to homesickness, tracing desire to surrender and abuse to survival, while mapping out a chos...

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by Matthew Zapruder (Author)Written by one of the country's leading younger poets, "Zapruder's poems don't merely attempt beauty, they attain it."--Boston ReviewAuthor BiographyMatthew Zapruder: Matthew Zapruder holds degrees from Amherst College, UC Berkeley, and the University of Massachusetts. He is the author of two collections of poetry, American Linden and The Pajamaist, which won the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America and was honored by Library Journal as ...

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

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by Olena Kalytiak Davis (Author)Now in paperback, "Shattered Sonnets breathes life into American verse . . . [an] urgent and unrepentant collection" (Poetry).Author BiographyOlena Kalyiak Davis is a first-generation Ukrainian-American who was born and raised in Detroit. Educated at Wayne State University, the University of Michigan Law School, and Vermont College, she is the author of three books of poetry, including And Her Soul Out of Nothing (University of Wisconsin Press 1997), which rece...

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by David Budbill (Author)Budbill both informs and moves. He is, in short, a delight and a comfort. --Wendell BerryDavid Budbill is a no-nonsense, free-range sage. --Dana Jennings, The New York TimesLooking at the reality closely, he sees parts move in a unison--sometimes graceless, sometimes ugly, always resolved in a human wholeness. --Donald HallDavid Budbill's . . . poetry is as accessible as a parking lot and as plain as a pair of Levis. --Parnassus Appearing frequently on Garrison Keillo...

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by Bernabé Ramírez Herrada (Author)Camino de Santiago poemas no es un libro del Camino de Santiago sino un conjunto de poemas de viajero, de la intemperie y de los caminos. En el se describen sentimientos, rechazos, problemas, la supervivencia, el desconsuelo, el olvido y la soledad de quienes con una mochila en la espalda deciden un día cualquiera abandonar todo y echarse a caminar. Number of Pages: 114 Dimensions: 0.27 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: March 07, 2019

To See the Earth Before the End of the World - Paperback

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by Ed Roberson (Author)Generous, visionary new work by this major American poetWinner of the Voelcker Award (PEN America) (2016)In To See the Earth Before the End of the World Ed Roberson presents us with 120 new poems, each speaking in his unique voice and seen through his unique eye. Earth and sky, neighborhood life and ancient myths, the art of seeing and the architecture of the imagination are all among the subjects of these poems. Recurring images and ideas construct a complex picture of...

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by 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 American epic, a story of romance a...

Witness Against the Beast: William Blake and the Moral Law - Paperback

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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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by Nathaniel Perry (Author), Marie Howe (Introduction by)Winner of the 2011 American Poetry Review/APR Honickman First Book Prize.Author BiographyNathaniel Perry: Nathaniel Perry lives with his family in rural southside Virginia. He is the editor of the Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review and teaches at Hampden-Sydney College.Marie Howe: Marie Howe was born in 1950 and received her MFA from Columbia University. Her debut volume, The Good Thief, was selected by Margaret Atwood as winner of the 1987 ...

Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World - Hardcover

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by Susan Hood (Author), Sophie Blackall (Illustrator), Emily Winfield Martin (Illustrator)"Each poem and illustration shines with a personality all its own." --Shelf Awareness (starred review)"This book has definitely made an impact on my life." --Kitt Shapiro, daughter of Eartha KittFresh, accessible, and inspiring, Shaking Things Up introduces 14 revolutionary young women--each paired with a noteworthy female artist--to the next generation of activists, trailblazers, and rabble-rousers.From...

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by 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 / a child, I am supposed to car...

Jade Mirror: Women Poets of China - Paperback

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by 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."--Jerome SeatonThis anthology ...

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by Deborah Kerbel (Author), Miki Sato (Illustrator)Morning sun, golden skies Softly waking sleepy eyes For preschoolers, sunny days are full of possibility. A sunbeam on the floor is the perfect place to curl up with a furry friend, and warming weather means seeds in the garden, mud pies in the yard, adventures at the beach, and ice cream in the shade. Evening brings the silly fun of watching little shadows stretch out long, and there's nothing so cozy as watching the sun set as a family. In ...

Like the New Moon I Will Live My Life - Paperback

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by 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 TimesBly's poems flow from . . . the great current of longing for reality, true maturity, the devotee's call to the Beloved.--The NationRobert 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 with life--daily life, the life of th...

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by 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 Julie Flett for a second time to...

'Twas the Night Before Christmas - Hardcover

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by Clement C. Moore (Author), P. J. Lynch (Illustrator)The classic Christmas verse in an elegant new gift edition--breathtakingly illustrated by P.J. Lynch. 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house . . . P.J. Lynch brings his rich and atmospheric art to the well-loved holiday poem. Children will pore over every cozy detail in these warm, sweeping watercolor illustrations--from snug mice to stockings hung by the chimney with care to toys in the bundle flung over merry St. N...

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by Virgil (Author), Allen Mandelbaum (Translator)Aeneas flees the ashes of Troy to found the city of Rome and change forever the course of the Western world--as literature as well. Virgil's Aeneid is as eternal as Rome itself, a sweeping epic of arms and heroism--the searching portrait of a man caught between love and duty, human feeling and the force of fate--that has influenced writers for over 2,000 years. Filled with drama, passion, and the universal pathos that only a masterpiece can exp...

A Happy Poem to Start Every Day - Hardcover

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by Jane McMorland Hunter (Author)This poetry anthology provides a bright and cheery way to start your day, with one joyful poem for every morning of the year. Whether you wake up to the chirping of birds or stumble out the door in a last-minute rush, it's important to take some time for yourself in the mornings to boost your mood. Before stepping into the day, prepare yourself with a jolly poem. With one happy poem for every single day of the year, keep this book by your bedside for a seroton...

My Life and My Life in the Nineties - Paperback

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by Lyn Hejinian (Author)New edition of one of the founding works of Language writingLyn Hejinian is among the most prominent of contemporary American poets. Her poem My Life has garnered accolades and fans inside and outside academia. First published in 1980, and revised in 1987 and 2002, My Life is now firmly established in the postmodern canon. This Wesleyan edition includes the 45-part prose poem sequence along with a closely related ten-part work titled My Life in the Nineties. An experim...

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by Hesiod (Author), M. L. West (Editor), M. L. West (Translator)This new, fully-annotated translation by a leading expert on Hesiodic poems combines accuracy with readability and includes an introduction and explanatory notes on these two works by one of the oldest known Greek poets. The Theogony contains a systematic genealogy and account of the struggles of the gods, and the Works and Days offers a compendium of moral and practical advice for a life of honest husbandry. About the Series: F...

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by 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 short mysterious lyrics that buil...

The Four Chinese Classics: Tao Te Ching, Chuang Tzu, Analects, Mencius - Paperback

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by David Hinton (Translator)Discover four seminal masterworks of Chinese thought--Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, the Analects of Confucius, the Chuang Tzu, and the Mencius--presented in one volume for the first time in nearly two centuries.Award-winning translator David Hinton offers fresh insights on the most influential texts on Taoism, Zen Buddhism, Chinese philosophy, and more. Hinton's award-winning experience translating a wide range of ancient Chinese poets makes these books sing in English a...