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Wings and Whispers Tales of Friendship: Volume 1

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Report copyright infringementby Kaelen Felix (Author), Kaelen Felix (Illustrator)All creatures lived in harmony on the earth.Kindness, happiness, and tranquility prevailed. As time passed, the world changed. Much like life itself, the creatures discovered that living peacefully posed a challenge.How can they all adapt and live harmoniously?Is there a silver lining to be found amidst these challenging times?Come along this adventure with Evie and Thea and join this whimsical journey from Alex ...

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by Alan Chazaro (Editor), Malcolm Friend (Editor), Kim Sousa (Editor)A radical rethinking of poetics and the negation of borders from more than 40 Latinx poets.Até Mais: Until More gathers poets from a diverse spectrum of Latinidad, sharing their truths, visions, wonderments, fears, and revelations. Visions of collective futures emerge from a resistance to colonialist projects, displacement, and anti-indigenous settler cultures.In this anthology, Latinx poets engage in a radical rethinking of...

Selected Poems of Langston Hughes: A Classic Collection of Poems by a Master of American Verse - Paperback

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by Langston Hughes (Author)Langston Hughes electrified readers and launched a renaissance in Black writing in America--the poems in this collection were chosen by Hughes himself shortly before his death and represent stunning work from his entire career.The poems Hughes wrote celebrated the experience of invisible men and women: of slaves who "rushed the boots of Washington"; of musicians on Lenox Avenue; of the poor and the lovesick; of losers in "the raffle of night." They conveyed that exp...

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by Anna Dewdney (Author), Jt Morrow (Illustrator), Reed Duncan (Author)Llama Llama learns the importance of telling the truth, even if it is hard to say.Author BiographyAnna Dewdney passed away in September 2016, at the age of fifty, from cancer. A teacher, mother, and enthusiastic proponent of reading aloud to children, she continually honed her skills as an artist and writer and published her first Llama Llama book in 2005. Her passion for creating extended to home and garden, and she lovin...

Dystokyo: Cyberpunk Poetry and Glitch Art

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Report copyright infringementby Zoria Petkoska K. (Author), Simon Kalajdjiev (Author)Tokyo is both the inspiration and the studio for both Simon's glitch art and Zoria's cyber[punk] poetry. We create on the move, oftentimes on the commute, with the excitement, immediacy and restlessness that only Tokyo can stir up, and because the nature of the city also limits time and space for creativity. It's a utopian/dystopian cocktail you can taste in the art and poetry of this book, both tackling them...

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Report copyright infringementby Cynarie A. Cosby (Author)Navigating the intricacies of love and relationships means balancing vulnerability and strength, passion and independence, and the desire for connection with the need for self-respect. It's a journey of self-discovery, where past experiences shape expectations, and societal norms often dictate roles. From the thrill of new romance to the challenges of long-term commitment, love requires patience, communication, and emotional resilience....

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Report copyright infringementby Aridam S. Dojie (Author)Blurring the line between poetry and picture book with its highly emotive visual narrative, FIVE STAGES OF LOVE marks a delectably powerful poetic debut by author and artist Aridam S. Dojie.Each illustrated, black-and-white spread whispers a solemn secret as art weaves through words and rhymes caress ink, holding heartbreak prisoner while you witness a woman fall in love with her worst enemy, her nemesis - herself.Grab a copy and dive in...

Rethinking Art and Visual Culture: The Poetics of Opacity

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Report copyright infringementby Asbjørn Skarsvåg Grønstad (Author)This is the first book to offer a systematic account of the concept of opacity in the aesthetic field. Engaging with works by Ernie Gehr, John Akomfrah, Matt Saunders, David Lynch, Trevor Paglen, Zach Blas, and Low, the study considers the cultural, epistemological, and ethical values of images and sounds that are fuzzy, indeterminate, distorted, degraded, or otherwise indistinct. Rethinking Art and Visual Culture shows how opa...

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Report copyright infringementby G. K (Author)From My Heart To Yours revisits the five muses: The Abyss, Exoskeleton, Equilibrium, The Unrequited, and The Mending. Each chapter metamorphosizes into a transformative periodical that illustrates the acceptance of growth. The Abyss presents the harboured scars of self-sabotage and emotional betrayal. Exoskeleton refers to the fragility of the soul's exposure to empathic manipulation and the longing for inner requite. Equilibrium enlivens the spiri...

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Report copyright infringementby Armed Services Arts Partnership (Prepared by)Partners are an integral aspect of military life, at home and afar, during deployment and after homecoming. Partnerships drive military action and extend beyond being a battle buddy, wingman, or crew member. Some are planned while others arise entirely unexpectedly. Spouses, family, old or new friends, community, faith leaders, and medical specialists all support the military community. Despite their importance, the ...

Talking Colors: Seeing Words/Hearing Images

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Report copyright infringementby Sandra Indig (Author)This book is for those readers who have a strong interest in creativity and the creative process from the perspective of the artist/analyst. Wrapped in colors, lines, textures, and words is the fascinating, ambiguous, often mysterious story of a life told through images associated with words and words associated with images. The collection draws from aesthetic, spiritual concerns and those of science and psychoanalysis. Implied, often veile...

Visual and Plastic Poetics: From Brazilian Concretism to the Chilean Neo-Avant-Garde

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Report copyright infringementby Rachel Elizabeth Robinson (Author)Characteristically a-syntactic and focusing on the word and poem as object, Brazilian concrete poetry (1950s onward) creatively and often playfully performs a critique of the ways in which we interact with language and literature. The concretist techniques move beyond the Brazilian borders to the Chilean neo-avant-garde of the 1970s and 1980s. Robinson for the first time demonstrates how three Chilean experimental poets, Cecili...

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Report copyright infringementby Terry Wright (Author)Choosing pieces from a series called "Google Poems" written during the Obama and Trump presidencies, Terry Wright seeks new ways to produce poetry in this inventive collection. First, Wright creates an original artwork and titles it. The title, now also the title of a new poem, is then searched in the Google Search Engine. A new poem is then composed, and sometimes collaged, using the resulting search prose fragments and links. Unsurprising...

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Report copyright infringementby Maryam Elen Jones (Author)The Cunning people were practitioners of folk medicine, folk magic and divination throughoutEurope from the Middle Ages onwards. Illiterate and impoverished, these folk have vanished into the past, and left few records. To the modern ear, cunning sounds like a negative attribute, a kind of sneaky intelligence that no onewants to have. This book is a magic speculation, and a balm, born out of my own cunning: the low, sneaky spit-in-the-...

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Report copyright infringementby Kate Light (Author)Character Shoes, Kate Light's posthumous collection, exhilarates and enchants like a command performance. The gifts and the curse of the young Sleeping Beauty in Tchaikovski's ballet ("Some fairy picked/ and pricked her for all time") become a metaphor for the initial spark of inspiration within the child whose life would be spent in the performing arts. Whether Light's subject is the pursuit and performance of onstage excellence, the power o...

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Report copyright infringementby Joshua Jones (Author)This beautiful collection of poems embodies the nature of love, faith, and the complexities of pain.Love is only introduced when we are willing to surrender to someone that is higher than us. Number of Pages: 104 Dimensions: 0.28 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: February 22, 2025 Large Print: Yes

Collected Works of Paul Valery, Volume 8: Leonardo, Poe, Mallarme

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Val?ry (Author), M. Cowley (Editor), James R. Lawler (Editor)Valéry's essays on Leonardo, Poe, Mallarmé, and with these the "Teste Cycle," were that part of his work most central to his thought. The extensive selection included from his Notebooks is evidence of his enduring interest in these figures. The essays are, in fact, the only work with marginal glosses, Valéry's notations showing how he went back, amending and amplifying his original ideas. Origina...

PRAISE in the VALLEY OF DESPAIR: A Book of Poems

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Report copyright infringementby Carolyn Stovall (Author)I have had the privilege of being one of God's chosen vessels to pour forth His love, His comfort, and His peace through this book, Praise in the Valley of Despair. You will thoroughly be encouraged as you read this anointed book. Praise in the Valley of Despair takes you on life's journey from despair to hope and faith in Christ Jesus our Saviour. The simplicity of this book and the truths unveiled can turn your heart towards God and en...

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Report copyright infringementby Dradill James Bonney (Author)Research shows the most important touch in a child's life is that of his or her Dad. Life had not given Mr. Bonney that privilege. What could he do? After committing his life to God, he discovered a Father more real than any earthly Dad - his Heavenly Father. Prepare to be moved in your innermost being as you get to share in his deep revelation of love, emotion, and intimacy with his Heavenly Father. - James E. Townsend, Ph.D. ...

This One Thing: Pocketbook poems to encourage us along the way

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Report copyright infringementby Andrea Strecker (Author)These poems detail experiences of surrender along the way. The desire of the author in sharing these poems comes with the hope of encouraging others to the LORD. No matter what we have done or what it looks like, the answer is, This One Thing! ANDREA STRECKER: Born in Denver, CO to Rudolph Williams and Cheryl Goines. Mother of twin boys Anthony Jr. and Andrae Turner. Served in the U.S. Navy for 13.5 years, and was medically retired due t...

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Report copyright infringementby Barbara Knight (Author)Poems from the Heart of a Cowgirl is a collection of whimsical thoughts and adventurous dreams of a young-at-heart country girl's reflections on her life, times, and relationships. Number of Pages: 52 Dimensions: 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: September 09, 2024

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Report copyright infringementby Aleta Antoinette (Author)What started out to be a simple legacy of four decades of poetry for Aleta's family expanded to people who inspired her and brought meaning to her life, the photographers whose artwork shines throughout the book, and the charities who generously and passionately bring their gifts to the world. May these people and their magnificence inspire you, as well.This book highlights charities across the globe and inspires the Five Cs: Compassion...

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Report copyright infringementby Barbara Swift Guidotti (Author)A compilation of nature-themed scanned art images and poetry inspired by them to use for inspiration, meditation, enjoyment, and gift-giving. The art images were the artist's inspiration for the accompanying Haiku poetry. Number of Pages: 48 Dimensions: 0.13 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: January 01, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Shay Rahm (Editor)New Plains Review is a student-run literary journal at the University of Central Oklahoma. It is our mission to share with our readers thought-provoking, quality work from a diverse number of authors and artists. Number of Pages: 186 Dimensions: 0.4 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 22, 2024

Timeless Melodies: A Nostalgic Collection of Classic Song Lyrics - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Dennis (Author)Timeless Melodies by Robert Dennis is a heartfelt collection celebrating songs thathave shaped generations. This curated anthology features cherished classic lyricsfrom various decades, reflecting the essence of influential musical eras.Spanning genres from the 1940s swing to 1950s rock 'n' roll and 1970s ballads, each chapter focuses on a specific decade and its iconic artists. Dennis's insightfulcommentary links the lyrics to their histo...

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Report copyright infringementby Gabrielle Pilot (Author)Sometimes it's difficult to speak. To feel. To think. In those moments speech is stifled, feelings are bottled up and thoughts are wiped away. Instead, you walk past the moment, affix a smile, and say, "I'm OK". Some days, it's true. You mostly are okay. But sometimes, okay is not OK. Number of Pages: 34 Dimensions: 0.07 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: July 04, 2023

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by Ezra Pound (Author)Delmore Schwartz said about The Cantos: "They are one of the touchstones of modern poetry." William Carlos WIlliams said "[Pound] discloses history by its odor, by the feel of it--in the words; fuses it with the words, present and past, to MAKE his Cantos. Make them." Since the 1969 revised edition, the Italian Cantos LXXII and LXXIII (as well as a 1966 fragment concluding the work) have been added. Now appearing for the first time is Pound's recently found Eglish transl...

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Report copyright infringementby Katie Schmid (Author)A book of wild imagination and linguistic play, Nowhere begins by chronicling the pain that the speaker and her absent father endure during the years they are separated while he is in prison. The alternative universe the speaker builds in order to survive this complex loss and its aftermath sees her experimenting with her body to try to build connection, giving it away to careless and indifferent lovers as she dreams of consuming them in th...

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Report copyright infringementby Gary Jackson (Author)origin story outlines a family history of distant sisters, grieving mothers and daughters, and alcoholic fathers. These poems take us from Kansas to Korea and back again in an attempt to reconnect with estranged family and familial ghosts divided by years of diaspora. An interrogation of cultural and personal myths, origin story wrestles with the questions: Who will remember us? How do we deal with the failures of memory? Whose stories are ...

A Breeze Swept Through: Poetry - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Luci Tapahonso (Author)This popular poetry volume expresses Navajo life in its wholeness and sweetness, stressing the colloquial wisdom, humor, and courage of ordinary Navajo people. Some of the text is in Navajo. Joe Bruchac says of the author of this volume, "She presents a wide cast of characters, talking, living, arguing, even dying against the background of a place and a time which are uniquely Native American, yet accessible to a wide range of readers.Fro...

The Handyman's Guide to End Times: Poems - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Juan J. Morales (Author)First Place Winner of the 2019 International Latino Book Award for Poetry, One Author, in EnglishIn Morales's newest collection, an imagined zombie apocalypse intertwines with personal narrative. From zombie dating to the sin of popcorn ceilings, these poems investigate the nature of impermanence while celebrating the complexities of life. Number of Pages: 96 Dimensions: 0.29 x 9.16 x 7.79 IN Public...

A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry - Paperback

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by Mary Oliver (Author)"Mary Oliver would probably never admit to anything so grandiose as an effort to connect the conscious mind and the heart (that's what she says poetry can do), but that is exactly what she accomplishes in this stunning little handbook."--Los Angeles Times From the beloved and acclaimed poet, an ultimate guide to writing and understanding poetry. With passion and wit, Mary Oliver skillfully imparts expertise from her long, celebrated career as a disguised poet. She walks...