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Our True Beloved: Studies in Christianity and History Inspired by the Four Loves

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Report copyright infringementby Michael S. Whiting (Author)C. S. Lewis's masterpiece The Four Loves, published in 1960, provided the world with a Christian exploration of four dimensions of human love: extolling the divine blessings and warning of the idolatrous distortions in familial belonging (storge), friendship as a common quest (philia), romantic desire for personal union (eros), and concluding with the perfection of divine, unconditional love (agape). Whiting uses the four loves as a f...

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Report copyright infringementby Pasquale Trozzolo (Author)Seeing-In A Small-Town takes us on a journey through small-town America. The poetry chapbook is a collection of vignettes, each based on a different person or group of people that our visiting explorer encounters during their travels. Each vignette is a story the explorer imagines based on the person's appearance, behavior, and interactions with others. Through these stories, the reader is given a glimpse into the lives of small-town A...

there are ginkgo leaves on the window: letters to my deceased grandmother

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Report copyright infringementby Cara-Julie Kather (Author)The author writes from a place of love, light and tenderness in dialog with a deceased loved one whose presence accompanies her every day, and is even a collaborator on writing the book. An expression of grief as love, beauty and eternal reciprocal relationship. German feminist theorist Cara-Julie Kather's first book in the English language, there are ginkgo leaves on the window: letters to my deceased grandmother is a gentle and illum...

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Report copyright infringementby Michaela Angemeer (Author)See yourself as you truly are in this emotional collection of poetry and prose inspired by ancestral and inner child healing. Please Look into the Mirror is about facing the darkness to find light. Separated into three sections: Glass, Mirror, and Reflection, it's about the mother wound, gaining a deeper sense of self, learning to take accountability and finding relief in cycle breaking. Early Praise for Please Look into the Mirror Mic...

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Report copyright infringementby J. V. Cunningham (Author), James Matthew Wilson (Introduction by)A "renegade Irish Catholic from the plains of Montana, upper lower class, a onetime scholar in Latin and in the English Renaissance," J. V. Cunningham is known for formal verse that is clear and concise. A master of the epigram, Cunningham also wrote longer poems in what is often called the Plain Style. Though Cunningham's poetic output was small, he also left us a standout, wide-ranging body of e...

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Report copyright infringementby Elias Seraphim (Author)"Steps to the Divine Presence" invites readers on a transformative journey through the intricate pathways of the soul. Each poem serves as a guide, blending vivid imagery with profound insight, illuminating the sacred connections between the earthly and the ethereal. The collection explores themes of spirituality, self-discovery, and the quest for inner peace, encouraging introspection and reflection. With lyrical grace and heartfelt sinc...

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Guldin (Author)Ghost Poetry its a captivating collection that explores the depths of human emotion, haunting echoes of memory, and the intersections between the living and the departed. Each poem takes readers on a journey weaving through the what lies beyond the veil. With each poem, readers embark on a haunting journey filled with loss, love, and longing, weaving through the complexities of existence that persist beyond the veil. In this collection voices...

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Hollins (Author)In Some Humble Joy, Robert Hollins masterfully captures the delicate, electric pulse of life's fleeting moments and quiet revelations. Through poems that explore unfulfilled loves, missed connections, and the nuanced textures of human connection, Hollins invites readers into a world where emotions linger like memories and the ordinary hums with hidden brilliance. Each verse vibrates with the echoes of past dreams, intense yearnings, and t...

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Report copyright infringementby Melanie Gendron (Author)Melanie Gendron attended The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in affiliation with Tufts University, majoring in sculpture and painting. Studies in photography, print making, fashion design and computer arts further rounded out her curriculum. She developed a unique style rich in symbolism inspired by many cultures. Proficient in a variety of media, Melanie enjoys a renaissance attitude. Serving as animator, art director, author,...

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Report copyright infringementby Hester L. Furey (Author)House of Jars weaves together three sequences of poems: the journey of a character called Skeleton Woman through a mental health crisis triggered by menopause and environmental illness, the stories of a pantheon of modernist doctor-writers whose mental health struggles changed their writing, and the Conjuring Moses cycle. From the start, House of Jars invites us into a world in which multiple timelines erupt into each other. Sometimes a...

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Report copyright infringementby Nikita Thakrar (Author)Meditation Through Poetry (2nd Edition)Embark on a Journey of Mindfulness, Reflection, and Inner PeaceDiscover the healing power of words. Meditation Through Poetry is a collection of mindful, heartfelt poems designed to guide you through self-reflection and emotional growth. Each poem serves as a doorway to explore themes of life, love, loss, and renewal, offering moments of peace and introspection in our fast-paced world.Perfect for rea...

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Report copyright infringementby John Palen (Author)Art and life have a good long chat in this new book by John Palen. Starved of visual stimulation during the Covid shutdown, Palen turned to the work of Pablo Picasso, who pioneered a way of capturing the fluidity, complexity and craziness of being human on this planet. The resulting nine ekphrastic poems on Picasso paintings anchor poems exploring family, work, sex, love, music, and a broken world in need of repair. Number of Pag...

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Report copyright infringementby Ron Smith (Author)From athletic events to family portraits to celebrations of historic scenes, Running Again in Hollywood Cemetery speaks with the stately music of complex witness....The drama of these poems is to convert physical life to words without losing touch with physical life. Number of Pages: 92 Dimensions: 0.22 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: January 24, 2020

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Report copyright infringementby Jacob Minasian (Author)In his debut chapbook, Jacob Minasian tracks the often blatant inconsistencies he observes around him. Moving from California to Ohio just weeks before the 2016 presidential election, he records the startling social, political, and ecological transition from one environment to the next. Together, these poems construct the narrative of a journey, of a poet attempting to come to terms with the altered world around him, and to process the co...

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Report copyright infringementby Susan Delaney Spear (Author)These poems were born in the ups and downs of the "here and now" hot air balloon rides, an afternoon jog, the everyday beauty of the natural world, yoga, Impressionist art, a global pandemic, and the inadequacy of words. And yet, these poems are ever looking forward to when the "there and then" joins the "here and now," on Earth.Author BiographySusan Delaney Spear is an associate professor of English at Colorado Christian University....

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Report copyright infringementby Wendy Negley (Author)A work of poetry, full of poems that bring excitement, nostalgia, recollections, and fond memories. Wendy's poems span the gamut of emotions, from hope and love, to despair and anger, charm and annoyance, bounty, life, death, yearning and remorse, and so many more sensations in between the emotional gamut. Number of Pages: 198 Dimensions: 0.45 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: June 01, 2023

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Report copyright infringementby Reese Lieberman (Author)living proof is Reese's third volume of poetry. This collection of over 100 poems and prose is a journey of growth and rediscovering love for nature, life, and oneself. In living proof Reese dives deeper into the human experience and the emotions that shape it. It is both a look out the window and a look in the mirror. Number of Pages: 158 Dimensions: 0.37 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: July 20, 2024 ...

Eve Was a Realist: Poems for the Untamed Heart

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Report copyright infringementby Fiona Robertson (Author)In Eve Was a Realist, a collection of poems written over the last decade, Fiona Robertson invokes the complexities and pains of flesh-and-blood living, while also celebrating moments of awe, revelation, and emergence. She throws off the shackles of anodyne spirituality, and invites us into the depths, where paradox abounds and nothing is quite what it seems on the surface. Robertson's poems emerge from moments of raw, visceral experience...

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Report copyright infringementby Kevin James Hess (Author)Winner of the 2025 International Impact Book Award-Contemporary Poetry!Let your heart light your way out of the darkness...This is a collection of poems that speak to the deepest corners of grief...and healing. On Love and Light... captures the raw emotions of loss-each poem is a journey through heartache, memory, and resilience. Through his poetry, Kevin Hess invites his readers to explore their inner strength, the power of loving ones...

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Report copyright infringementby Christina Trezevant McGriff (Author)A book capturing the end of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the current activities of the 1st term of (#46) Biden administration in contrast to the past 1st term of (#45) Trump administration. Hot button topics such as abortion, climate control, gun control, inflation, and the ever perpetual have and have-nots in America. These sociological events are written in poetry form with pictures to capture moments in real time. N...

Paradise Lost (Collector's Edition) (Laminated Hardback with Jacket)

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Report copyright infringementby John Milton (Author) Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket John Milton's Paradise Lost is an epic poem that narrates the biblical story of humanity's fall from grace. The tale opens in Hell, where Satan and his followers, cast out of Heaven, plan revenge against God. Determined to corrupt God's new creation, Satan travels to Eden, where he deceives Adam and Eve, leading them to eat the forbidden fruit. This act of disobedience brings sin and death ...

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Report copyright infringementby Lucy Griffith (Author)In this moving memoir-in-verse, Lucy Griffith takes us on a journey through a memorable childhood on the Esperanza Ranch in the South Texas brush country. You will meet the jefe and the vaqueros, the horses and vipers. Those lessons on the ranch that shaped and challenged her offer an opportunity to the reader to "ride along" and discover why the thorn scrub is a world to remember and celebrate. Number of Pages: 104 ...

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen Cramer (Author)For Stephen Cramer, the possibility of collaborating with the greatest author of all time was too great an opportunity to pass up. In these blackout poems, Cramer used the first and last pages of each of Shakespeare's plays and crossed out letters and words to come up with his own "poems." The process is not unlike that of a sculptor who, like Michelangelo shaping David, takes a piece of marble and chisels away at it to discover the form ...

Electric Drapes: A Poetic Exploration of Artificial Intelligence and the Human Condition

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Report copyright infringementby Jake Guyton (Author)Electric Drapes: A Poetic Exploration of Artificial Intelligence and the Human Condition examines what we currently know about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and deeply explores the could-bes and what-ifs. Many people view AI as a tool we can use to optimize workflow and maximize efficiency. While those surely are some of its functions, time may reveal that AI is much more than just the tool many of us deem it to be. As our use-or misuse-of AI...

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Report copyright infringementby Jordan Charlton (Author)Slow Kill by Jordan Charlton reveals to us the struggle of being "born brown in a country that's burned bodies like mine for intimidation." In brilliant poetic language Charlton reveals that "America is in an arms race with itself" all the "while knowing it's a slow / kill for any of us born into this system that / wasn't made for us." This powerful work echoes the past all the while hoping for a better future. -Leah Huete de Maines, Poe...

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Report copyright infringementby Theodore Enslin (Author)Theodore Enslin (1925-2011) is widely regarded as one of the most musical of American avant-garde poets. He was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. His father was a biblical scholar and his mother a Latin scholar. He studied musical composition at Cambridge, Mass. His teacher, Nadia Boulanger, was the first person to recognize his ability as a writer and encouraged him to pursue his interest in poetry. He said, "I like to be considered as a c...

Night Weavers: Poetic Meditations on Resiliency

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Report copyright infringementby Melvin Dowdy (Author)In 2015, author Melvin Dowdy's life partner of forty-odd years was paralyzed by a spinal cord stroke. Every function below her waist was negated in some way, and doctors doubted that she would walk again. The two of them were suddenly on a journey that altered every aspect of their lives and offered few promises of recovery. To deal with this, Dowdy knew he needed a practice that would combine mindfulness with acceptance of his experiences,...

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathon McClellan (Author), Dan Peeler (Illustrator), Charlie Rose (Designed by)Messages of Hope is a devotional book of prose poetry and short stories. Within these pages are conversations crystalized between a broken man and his Creator. They were the honest conversations that Jonathon started having with God around the times he was homeless - going in and out of therapy due eventually, after surviving many attempts at taking his own life. These are the pray...

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Report copyright infringementby Beatrice Wilson Crutchfield (Author)Poems from the HeartThis book contains a wide spectrum of subjects.It will give you a valuable resource of poems that can be used for different occasions, such as birthdays, Christmas, Father's Day, and Mother's Day. It also provides messages of advice, inspiration, life applications, the wonders of nature, etc.The person who coordinated the book said in the acknowledgment, "It was truly a joy for me to read over her poems. S...

The Crooked Mirror: Selected Poems by Stephen Evans

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen Evans (Author)The Crooked Mirror is a collection of verse in assorted styles and colors.From the Poet: So here's what I think.A poem is a linguistic unity. It has no narrative flow. It has no time. It has no tempo, no pauses. It is the opposite of music. It coalesces in the mind as the last element is read or heard; only then does it exist, like a quantum state collapsing into reality from the interaction of a reader.The text of a poem is a single word ...

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Report copyright infringementby Lynda V. E. Crawford (Author)Washing Water is a poetry collection that lilts life through the eyes of Caribbean girls and women across the African diaspora. The poems weave vignettes of ancestor-women, known and unknown, who have lived the fat belly of life and understand its joys and imperfections. The poems in Washing Water entwine stories, lived and dreamed, from little girl into womanhood-stories that hold hands with ancestors and progeny to talk together o...