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Report copyright infringementby Tearle Monette (Author)I've written this book for everyone who has been through, or knows someone who has been through, something similar and didn't know how to put their feelings into words. I also have that same problem. I hope that this will help close the gap in how we see, look at, and think about one another. Thanks to everyone who reads and appreciates these poems. Number of Pages: 34 Dimensions: 0.08 x 9 x 6 IN Pub...

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Report copyright infringementby Craig Randall (Author)The fourth installment in one poet's journey of healing, Coming Home grapples with questions of identity and roots, the seeds of who we are, and how much control we have over who we're becoming. It questions whether home is only a place where we sleep and eat, someplace we come back to every night, or is something we take with us each day when we walk out that door. If we find peace within ourselves, what's to stop us from cultivating it e...

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Report copyright infringementby Michelle Julian (Author)Shifting Seasons is a heartfelt collection of poetry exploring heartbreak, identity, and healing. It captures the beauty and pain of life's transformations through raw and honest prose, offering readers solace and hope as they navigate love, loss, and growth. Like the changing seasons, this collection reflects the resilience to embrace change and rediscover oneself. Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.17 x 8 x 5 I...

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Report copyright infringementby Joshua Zelesnick (Author)In Insert Coin the reckless project of American capitalism and imperialism is felt through four characters-a contestant, a drone operator, a monster, and a prisoner-who interact in a world of game shows, chain-of-command killing, and confusion around the virtual and the real. Through video games, fantasy, and drone warfare by joystick, the book chronicles dissociation and denial as well as a soul longing for meaning in a world whose abs...

All the Useless Things Are Mine: A Book of Seventeens

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Walton (Author), Douglas Miller (Illustrator)Poetry. Fiction. Literary Nonfiction. Art. Illustrated by Douglas Miller. This is a book of seventeen-word sentences, of aphorisms and otherisms. The aphorisms are in the tradition of Porchia, Blake, The Tao Te Ching, and Wittgenstein. The otherisms find their ancestors in Gertrude Stein, cabaret, Hejinian, haiku, and noir pulp fiction. Arranged thematically to respond to various themes--politics, love and sex...

Navigating In Purpose Volume 2: Route 219: Book of Poems: Handle With Care

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Report copyright infringementby Shayla G. Robinson (Author)This book of poems is an expression of Shayla's observations of the world, love, growth, and all things peace and gratitude. Number of Pages: 54 Dimensions: 0.15 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 07, 2023

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Report copyright infringementby W. Scott (Author)songs of the sun is a tale of disconnect and yet a story of finding one's own orbit once again. Within these pages lie grief, blame, relational hardship between father and son, the inheritance of failed love, but also, a tale of hope, rebirth, and finding the strength to break the cycle. Number of Pages: 142 Dimensions: 0.36 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: January 14, 2025

Buckman Journal Preserve & Decay: Anthology of Portland Artists and Writers

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Report copyright infringementby Emmi Greer (Editor), Ellen Robinette (Director)Buckman Journal: Preserve & Decay is a veritable compost pile of creativity featuring contributions from over 25 local artists and writers. This issue contains cover art by Melissa Monroe that you'll want to pet, a DIY recipe for Beet Kvass from professional Portland foodie Liz Crain, and a philosophical profile of Willamette winemaker Cristina Gonzales captured with her rainbow of bottles in photos by Christin...

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Report copyright infringementby V. B. Price (Author)"A full-throated gift from V. B. Price.... the poet's finest work to date. Read this book and revel in creativity and hope." -Margaret RandallFinalist for the New Mexico Book AwardHere, renowned New Mexico poet V. B. Price reflects on the underlying and ever-present reality of loss and grief in all our lives. The gradual and unstoppable accumulation of the deaths of friends and family, and the vacancy and longing they leave behind, is as clo...

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Report copyright infringementby Versannette Blackman (Author)soil. water. truth. explores themes of connection, growth, and self-reflection. Through meditations on nature, spirituality, and human experiences, these poems offer a journey from planting to blooming, resilience to transformation. The collection blends personal and universal moments-whether in the plea for a houseplant's survival or the solace of grief-guiding readers toward life's quiet beauty in its most ordinary and profound cy...

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Report copyright infringementby Erin Hoover (Author)Poetry. Women's Studies / Gender Studies. Writing About the South. No Spare People documents the joys and perils of a tiny mother-daughter family navigating life on the margins. From poems about finding autonomy as a queer, unpartnered parent by choice in the South to those chronicling a generation's economic instability, Hoover rejects so-called "acceptable losses" stemming from inequalities of gender, race, and class. The book asks, what h...

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Report copyright infringementby Black Lawrence Press (Author)Stephen Meadows' WINTER WORK is a collection that resounds with intense observations of place. Each poem is a clean and reverent gesture of understanding - natural elements, the damage we inflict upon the land, our history. With brevity and precision, he takes readers on a journey of illness, grief, love and quiet joy. Memories make story and Meadows makes the geography of feeling a map of locations we want to explore. ...

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Report copyright infringementby Bettina Judd (Author)J. Marion Sims, the legendary, now controversial, 19th century gynecologist looms large in Bettina Judd's recent collection Patient. Sophisticated, complex, haunting, Patient. beckons readers to remember, to feel, to think deeply, to discover, to probe. Slavery's stench, the bodies of Black women, death, scientific racism, memory-these themes link the poems in extraordinary ways. Judd is a masterful new poet. Patient. is unforgettable!!-Bev...

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Report copyright infringementby J. Mroz Gondré (Author)Words have a habit of shaping reality.They can tear you down or raise you from the rubble.Breathe life or take it away.You create the world you want by speaking your words.Piece by piece, as I learn to speak the language of love, The voids in my body become full and reinforced.So that no other words can dismantle me againMy poems and art are glimpses into my world. I share them in hopes of connecting with other wandering minds. ...

Communion Symbols: Your connection to Nature's Spirit

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Report copyright infringementby Nithya Chellam (Author)Hope you identify the best as you expect in my each and every word I have used here to draw my feelings in the form of a poetry on a paper of some of the live life experiencing thoughts. Number of Pages: 86 Dimensions: 0.21 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: December 05, 2021

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Report copyright infringementby R. Brownlee Welsh (Author)Of WWII in the Battle of the Bulge, Centenarian, R. Brownlee Welsh plans to bring out his poem book of Bob's Theology from a renegade point of view, explaining what Biblical History really means. In addition to his treatise of "Two Foes To Fight," a book of poems on Biblical theological situations he finds interesting. His interpretations include the Apostles creed, the Birth stories of Jesus, and who He really was and now is. These ar...

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Report copyright infringementby Anne E. G. Nydam (Author)A kitchen window now and then looks out across a different world. An asteroid scanner crash lands in a secret mushroom garden. A shy woman plans to buy a love potion at Xyblik's Cosmic Emporium. A grieving sorceress finds vengeance in unexpected magic. Dreams arrive from the strange shores, searching for homes in the darkness. A lonely man is puzzled to find himself still haunting his old apartment after his death. A neighborhood witch ...

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Report copyright infringementby Nancy Gerber (Author)The poems in A Language Like Water explore conflicts, challenges and connections in a daughter's relationship with her mother over a lifetime. These poems resonate with longing and struggle as the daughter seeks to understand and restore her complicated mother, an enigmatic figure who struggles with depression. Ultimately the daughter recognizes her own strengths as she acknowledges moments and memories of sharing and connection. ...

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Report copyright infringementby Ira Joe Fisher (Author)This lyrical poetry collection offers an evocative exploration of life in Annville and the enduring rhythms of rural America. Through skillful and heartfelt verse, the poet captures the rich texture of small-town existence, painting intimate portraits of its people and their stories. Seasonal changes, particularly the stark beauty of winter's snows and transformations, serve as a recurring motif, evoking both the passage of time and natur...

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Report copyright infringementby David Giannini (Author)In Stones Are the First to Rise, Buddha, a U.P.S. driver, and an old woman living in hill country shares space and time with stones and peas and war and climate change, plus explorations of childhood and becoming a particular person. Throughout many of his books, Giannini finds himself working with discrete sets of concerns over the course of months or years, concerns that nevertheless cohere as a single envisioning, a book, as the parts ...

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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: 0.17 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 10, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby H. T. Reynolds (Author)Inspired by the insights of Alan Watts, this poetry collection delves into the compulsive reckoning of thoughts from a neurodivergent mind struggling with what it means to be safe, free, a father, a man, and an American in a world that often feels detached from authenticity creating the need to find clarity amidst the noise Number of Pages: 92 Dimensions: 0.19 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: December 23...

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Report copyright infringementby Heather Corbally Bryant (Author)In The Coffin Makers, Heather Bryant Jordan turns a close and penetrating look at the unfolding daily experience of living through a pandemic. By turns elegiac, melancholic and hopeful, she explores the bonds of family, the horrors of loss, and the solace of children and nature as the seasons turn and we come to grips with experiencing the unthinkable. Number of Pages: 84 Dimensions: 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN ...

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Report copyright infringementby Paradise Dickinson (Author)Filled with heartfelt bravery, optimism, and hope. The wild words of these poems are here to help heal any wounds lingering inside waiting to be heard, felt, and seen. Beautifully crafted and carefully written to give you the silver lining of whatever tornado is pursuit. This book will brighten even the darkest day but also help you to understand you are not alone in this life. Full of the exact right words with the accompanying illus...

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Report copyright infringementby Susannah Sheffer (Author)From Eduardo C. Corrall (author of Guillotine): "The Stone Tries to Understand the Hands is a dazzling book of poems-I underlined many lines and images. The electric particulars of the past and the sorrow of knowing dovetail into poems that pulse with music, pleasure. One of the greatest pleasures is the lyrical thinking that serpentines through the language. Another pleasure: the attentiveness to other texts, to language itself. This i...

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Report copyright infringementby Sharmil Nanjappa (Author)""Hush... don't feel it. Hide it deep inside! Not knowing how to deal with our immature emotions, we let them fester within us. The poems in this book force the spotlight on feeling and accepting every one of them. This collection is an ode to, the lesser talked about grays within us, understanding that they are all part of our hue, and an urge to embrace every version of ourselves. A toast, to all our cracks and crevices that let us be...

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Report copyright infringementby Denise Duhamel (Author)When her mother agrees to enter a Rhode Island nursing home in December of 2019, Denise Duhamel promises she'll visit at least once a month. By March of 2020, everyone is in lockdown. The elegies in Pink Lady explore the resiliency of her elderly mother and nurses on the frontline, as well as the personal and universally experienced anxieties faced during pandemic policies. With focus, obsession, and even humor, Duhamel chronicles the sep...

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Report copyright infringementby Amanda North (Author)Naked Light is a reflection on the grief process. Number of Pages: 60 Dimensions: 0.12 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: December 16, 2024

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Report copyright infringementby Terrance Hayes (Author)The third collection of poetry from the author of Lighthead, winner of the 2010 National Book Award Watch for the new collection of poetry from Terrance Hayes, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, coming in June of 2018 Terrance Hayes is an elegant and adventurous writer with disarming humor, grace, tenderness, and brilliant turns of phrase. He is very much interested in what it means to be an artist and a black man. In his ...

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Report copyright infringementby Jeffrey Dessources (Author)The text ""do not hold doors"" uses poetry to investigate social, historical and cultural aspects of black lifestyle in America and abroad. ""do not hold doors"" digs through the surface looking towards creating a voice for younger members of the Post Soul generation. Dessources uses diverse poetic techniques and channels black history to create a text of education and enlightenment. THIS IS A TEXT TRULY ABOUT MOVEMENT! N...

ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action 10.24

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Report copyright infringementby Hattie B. Myers (Editor)ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action is a magazine conceived as an agent of community building and transformation. Its innovative and accessible forum brings different perspectives to bear on the complex problems facing us, while inviting greater familiarity with psychoanalysis as an important lens for personal, cultural, and political discourse. ROOM has been publicly recognized by the broader psychoanalytic community for its outstand...