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Report copyright infringementby Katie Proctor (Author)"Katie Proctor's Seasons is a collection of temporal elegant epiphanies well suited to a pandemic plagued culture. In Firsts," Proctor writes of the knowledge that shadows such experiences- 'knowing nothing will ever be quite like this again.' She speaks of distanced lovers imagining touching flesh and pressing flowers of the other's hometown into a book. The tactile details of this collection are timely in their taunts of the 'melted endl...

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Report copyright infringementby Patricia M. Osborne (Author)"Reading the poems together is like stepping into a forest where each tree has a highly individual character. Patricia M Osborne does really well to conjure up such a playful range of voices that feel different yet enhance one another, and her shifts in stanza length add brilliant disruption." John McCullough - Poet (Shortlisted for the Poetry Costa Award 2019) "Patricia M Osborne writes of the natural world with keen observation and...

THE FIRST THREE TURKISH SUFI MASTER POETS Ahmed Yesevi, Yunus Emre, Nesimi SELECTED POEMS: Translation & Introduction Paul Smith

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Smith (Translator), Nesimi , Ahmed Yesevi (Author)THE FIRST THREE TURKISH SUFI MASTER POETS Ahmed Yesevi, Yunus Emre SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith. Ahmed Yesevi, (1093 - 1166) was a Turkish poet and Sufi Master who exerted a powerful influence on the development of mystical orders throughout the Turkish-speaking world. Yesevi is the earliest known Turkish poet who composed poetry in an early Turkish. His poems influenced many Suf...

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Report copyright infringementby Ouyang Yu (Author)'Terminally Poetic is charged with desperation. It's written from an opium den of wasted Australian stereotypes in the Grub Street of the mind. Ouyang Yu puts the alien back in Australian. No one is spared in this exposé of Australian letters, certainly neither the poet nor his reader. A book to climb up in love with.' - Steve Brock'Terminally Poetic is Ouyang Yu working through the colonial alphabet and undoing it and himself at various turns...

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Report copyright infringementby John Kinsella (Author), Thurston Moore (Author)The Weave is the second book collaboration between Thurston Moore and John Kinsella - dubbed a 'work in progress' by the two poets, the book guides readers through a world in decay, crafting an invigorating language of spontaneity and survival out of the destruction. Moore and Kinsella aren't just observing - they implicate us all in the harms of global capitalism and environmental disaster, charting a back and for...

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Report copyright infringementby G. K. Chesterton (Author)This stirring narrative poem brings to life the legendary struggle of King Alfred the Great against the Danish invasions that threatened Saxon England. At its center stands the decisive Battle of Ethandune (Edington), where the fate of a kingdom-and the future of Christian England-hangs in the balance.Blending history, legend, and spiritual reflection, the poem portrays a moment of profound crisis. Driven into exile and uncertainty, Alf...

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Report copyright infringementby Gary Fincke (Author)Moving at surprising angles between the personal and the public world, Gary Fincke's poems lead to discoveries that are both exhilarating and unsettling. In long sequences and precisely observed shorter poems, he explores terrorism, mass hysteria, climate change, political calamity, and the necessity of sustaining belief. He references science and history as well as myth. He grounds his poems in experience. Gary Fincke's poems speak to the r...

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Report copyright infringementby Howard Stein (Author)"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." In this book, Howard F. Stein counts for us the myriad ways he has come to love the high desert beauty of Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. Amid the mesas, mountains, spires, and sky, over more than twenty-five years of visits (or should we say pilgrimages?), he has borne witness to its very special power, presence, and overwhelming Sense of Place.A widely published poet, Stein now wields his razor-sharp ...

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Report copyright infringementby M. S. Alonso (Author)De barro y de silencio, es el nuevo libro de la autora venezolana, M.S. Alonso. Obra que dedica a su abuela materna por cumplirse el 10 aniversario de su fallecimiento, y que, se encuentra dividida en dos capítulos.Mediante cuarenta y dos poemas y prosas, la autora nos habla de su necesidad por vivir desde la Misericordia, Honestidad y Simpleza. De manera creativa, expresa y comparte su dolor al sentir que no pertenece a un mundo que le es...

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Report copyright infringementby Alan Chazaro (Author)"Cante Jundo, or 'Deep Song, ' is what Garcia Lorca called poetry attached to the rhythms and waves of a continent, its people, its waters, its history. In Alan Chazaro's PIÑATA THEORY, those resonances echo across the field 'between the countries of your body, ' the shared stories of cousin-cultures stretching across manmade boundaries. 'I've become a borderland of tongues, ' writes Chazaro, 'a mezcla of eyes.' Here is the piñata, unbroken...

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Report copyright infringementby Cary Kamarat (Author), Cary Kamarat (Photographer)Legends americanes is the Catalan translation of American Legends by Cary Kamarat. It is a masterful collection of poetry by poet and photographer Cary Kamarat. In this book, he handcrafts twenty poems that pay homage to the Native Americans and their culture, their stories, and their people. Number of Pages: 92 Dimensions: 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Pub...

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Bierovic (Author)You may have been introduced to haiku in elementary or middle school by a well-meaning teacher who told you that haiku is a type of poem from Japan, set in nature, and written in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables. However, haiku is really more challenging, more subtle, and more intriguing than just saying something 'poetic' about nature in three lines and 17 syllables. Haiku focus on a specific moment that catches the poet's at...

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Report copyright infringementby Amy Grace (Author)Soft & Strong is poetry that reflects the authors journey to finding balance in having a soft heart & a strong mind. It will take you through the very real thoughts and feelings that come from falling in love, break ups, make ups, & self-love. Number of Pages: 150 Dimensions: 0.32 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: July 03, 2020

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph Howard (Author)This book is an extremely emotional series of poems. When read in sequence, they tell you the true story in real-time of a love that was intense and so tragic. These poems were never intended to be a book. They were written as kind of a therapy by a very sensitive man in a downward spiral. He was struggling to deal with all of the overwhelming emotions that come with loving someone who is an addict, while at the same time watching the love...

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Report copyright infringementby Ryan Douglass (Author)With unflinching honesty and emotional clarity, BOY IN JEOPARDY catalogs a queer Black millennial's journey through self-destruction, sex addiction, love, and self-acceptance. Number of Pages: 34 Dimensions: 0.08 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: July 06, 2020

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Report copyright infringementby Mattie Wilson (Author)Wisdom Can Speak At An Early Age is a book of poetry; a mini-autobiography about the author s life, the challanges, and the changes she struggled to pull through. At the end she encourages her-self, that now the worst of the storm is over, it is okay to start working your way up again. Message: "To every ending of a storm, there s still another chance to live again, maybe even better than the last." -Mattie Wilson. Look at some of the po...

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Report copyright infringementby Leah Bodine Drake (Author), David E. Schultz (Editor), S. T. Joshi (Editor)American poet Leah Bodine Drake (1904-1964) attained celebrity with the publication of A Hornbook for Witches (1950), the first book of poetry issued by the legendary small-press publisher Arkham House. But that slim volume is only the tip of the iceberg of her writing.Drake published only one other book of verse, The Tilting Dust (1955), and an anthology, The Various Light (1964), coedi...

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Report copyright infringementby Yulia Ryzhik (Editor)The names Edmund Spenser and John Donne are typically associated with different ages in English poetry, the former with the sixteenth century and the Elizabethan Golden Age, the latter with the 'metaphysical' poets of the seventeenth century. This collection of essays, part of The Manchester Spenser series, brings together leading Spenser and Donne scholars to challenge this dichotomous view and to engage critically with both poets, not onl...

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Report copyright infringementby Emma Stone Soup (Created by), Emma Wood (Editor)The September 2020 issue of Stone Soup, the literary magazine 100% written and illustrated by kids age 13 and younger. Stone Soup has been inspiring young readers and celebrating the brilliance of its young creators since 1973; we currently publish eleven issues a year, each filled with short stories, memoir, poetry, and artwork. Number of Pages: 34 Dimensions: 0.07 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN ...

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Report copyright infringementby Ken Waldman (Author)The Writing Party, Ken Waldman's fourteenth book, is part writing manual (each chapter begins with a writing prompt), part memoir (about Ken's life as a writer and teacher), and part full-length poetry collection (of poems about writers and writing). There are also several stand-alone essays, including Ken's 2015 piece in Poets & Writers Magazine about making a living as a poet.Written in response to long-time requests for a resource tha...

Some Notes You Hold: New and Selected Poems

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Report copyright infringementby Rita Sims Quillen (Author)Some Notes You Hold is about surviving what life throws at us as we age. The so-called "golden years" are so named because of the high admission price--the tremendous losses, disappointments, illnesses, and failures we all experience if we live long enough. The first part of the book, called "Letting Go," focuses on surviving deep grief. The middle section is a musical interlude, exploring the tremendous power of music to heal us menta...

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Report copyright infringementby Alan Catlin (Author)The most notable characteristic of these poems is sharp conciseness of style. The poet uses simple words in the flame of emotion. Number of Pages: 78 Dimensions: 0.19 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: July 12, 2020

Light Shadow Life: The Missing Verse of the Soul

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Report copyright infringementby Unmesh Mohitkar (Author)"Light Shadow Life" is a collection of poetry and the missing verse of your soul. This book explore the various facets of love, pain, happiness, victory and failure in a way which was never done before. It motivates and inspires you to overcome pain and defeat. It asks you to stand tall in the face of adversity. It asks questions which were never asked before. It gives answers which were never discussed before. Lets explore, the journey ...

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Report copyright infringementby Carrie Green (Author)Carrie Green's Studies of Familiar Birds reflects upon the series of nest-and-egg illustrations that Virginia Jones saw to completion after her daughter, who had begun the project, died. The artist's loss in the late nineteenth century is presented in tandem with the poet's artistic response to the death of her own father. Other poems draw inspiration from altered vintage photographs in Sara Angelucci's Aviary series, or from firsthand obse...

Brown Skin and the Brave New World: A Poet's Anthem

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Report copyright infringementby Terry E. Carter (Author)In the past ten years, Terry E. Carter has established himself as a durable and authentic voice in American poetry. Through his writing, he offers insightful and spirited commentary on faith, culture, community and the Black Experience. In this fifth volume of Terry's Brown Skin book franchise. The reader is treated to a generous sampling of poems from the author's first four volumes, and a healthy collection of brand new work. The effec...

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Report copyright infringementby Karen Lee Oliver (Author)"THOUGHTS", was written during a period of grief and illness Ms. Oliver suffered after the death of her mother on January 11,2018. Ms. Oliver wanted" THOUGHTS", to be a dedication as well as a memorial to her mother who had been her life-long friend and mentor. "THOUGHTS", explores the devastating realities of grief we will all experience at some time in our lives but many of us will never fully realize as having any impact. Through poe...

The Love You Seek Resides Within Yourself

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Report copyright infringementby Evelyn Burgess (Author)Evelyn Burgess was born and raised in Detroit Michigan. Growing up without a mother present, she was raised by her grandmother. Keeping a journal was her way of venting and escaping her depression. Later becoming a survivor of domestic violence, she decided to tell her truths to the world. Number of Pages: 122 Dimensions: 0.29 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 20, 2020

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Report copyright infringementby David II Revell (Author)Today's Rights and Illusions is the best component for potential paths, serving as a frontline for a climate brewing with strengths that give provoking thoughts. It is inspired by words dynamically expressed as shout-outs entrenched with communication nurtured for conferences supporting truth. It presents tips for one to feel the objective of a party of offenders who have a number of views that add eyes to pain prone to conversations on ...

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Report copyright infringementby Doreen Stock (Author) Number of Pages: 46 Dimensions: 0.11 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: July 20, 2020

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Report copyright infringementby Melpomeni Chatzipanagiotou (Illustrator), Alyssa Robinson (Illustrator), Grace Gegenheimer (Author)The Way She Blooms is the long-awaited debut poetry collection of grace gegenheimer. The book is divided into 4 chapters: tiny words of wisdom, that feeling of solace, stories and fairytales & the way she blooms. the first chapter features poems that describe the ache, the hope, and the overcoming that all of us experience as we grow. chapter two is for feelin...

My adversary came onto the windowsill of another dream, as a bluebird

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Report copyright infringementby Michele Rozga (Author)This book is a kaleidoscope and travelogue of my life on the stony road towards art (lower case "a", always, for me, in the word art) - art as a form of learning and survival. One poem in this book, a poem about the part of my life I spent in Newport, Rhode Island, called To be somewhere, to say things about that place, expresses the sense of suspension between two worlds that I was trying to capture in the book's title (which is a line fr...

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Report copyright infringementby Bobby Bostic (Author)The poetry in this book is of excellent quality. It is original and heartfelt. Throughout its content, it is full of inspiration and each poem relates to people on a personal level. This book covers topics of love, pain, family, work, inspiration, war, poverty, etc. The reader feels the verses as they are being read. They are an inspiration for each and every life occasion. Number of Pages: 158 Dimensions: 0.34 x 9...