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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...

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by Mary Oliver (Author)The New York Times-bestselling collection of poems from celebrated poet Mary Oliver In A Thousand Mornings, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her life's work, transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved home, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Whether studying the leaves of a tree or mourning her treasured dog Percy, Oliver is open to the teachings contained in the smallest of moments and explores with startling clarity, humor, and ...

The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Inferno - Paperback

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by Dante Alighieri (Author), Mark Musa (Translator), Mark Musa (Introduction by)An acclaimed translation of Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy Volume 1: Inferno that retains all the style, power and meaning of the original A Penguin Classic This vigorous translation of Inferno preserves Dante's simple, natural style, and captures the swift movement of the original Italian verse. Mark Musa's blank verse rendition of the poet's journey through the circles of hell recreates for the modern read...

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by Homer (Author), Caroline Alexander (Author)With her virtuoso translation, classicist and bestselling author Caroline Alexander brings to life Homer's timeless epic of the Trojan WarComposed around 730 B.C., Homer's Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year war between the invading Achaeans, or Greeks, and the Trojans in their besieged city of Ilion. From the explosive confrontation between Achilles, the greatest warrior at Troy, and Agamemnon, the inept ...

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Report copyright infringementby Robin Chappell (Author)This is a man's world What do you believe it would be without women or little girls? Welcome to Adamic Where a man's main focus is only his hustle and elevating his strength while being ruled by a heartless and womanizing king threatening harsh punishments and even death for those who defy his belief that women only complicate society. That was the only life Jesseph ever knew until smart, witty, and beautiful scientist and inventor Rona...

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Report copyright infringementby Alina Pleskova (Author)"Fierce like the history of poetry itself, Alina Pleskova gives us poetry that explores how relations, love, and even failed love are where the real answers await. I would read anything she writes, a poet who gives the world back to us with her brilliant, assertive poems. Say Thank You Alina and BUY THIS BOOK " --CAConrad "In Alina Pleskova's What Urge Will Save Us fever, competing economies of intimacies, work, and cultural expectation c...

Empower vs Neutralize the Perception - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Nataniel Pereira (Author)I had to survive to see the beauty. The many events in my life inspired me to write poems-not only to empower others, but also to teach you how to forgive those that harm you and to help you relieve the pain. Number of Pages: 148 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 28, 2017

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Report copyright infringementby William Wordsworth (Author), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Author)Start from the beginning of the English Romantic movement. Two poets believed everyone should be able to enjoy the beauty of the English language. Wordsworth and Coleridge cover the breadth of human emotions and speak to the soul of a human in this wonderful collection published in 1798. Number of Pages: 126 Dimensions: 0.27 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: Jan...

Boys Have Called Me That Before - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Tammy Subia (Author)This poetry collection captures the essence of early adulthood-the romantic and sexual relationships, the hopefulness, the despair, and the eventual self-acceptance. The tone shifts back and forth between romantic, angry, nostalgic, inspirational, and even humorous. With these poems, the author depicts all her failed attempts at love (with many boys, and one very special girl), while always trying to remain confident in the belief that who s...

The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Geoffrey Chaucer (Author)The Canterbury Tales: And Other Poems By Geoffrey Chaucer. Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. A collection of over 20 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century, during the time of the Hundred Years' War. The tal...

Glimpses Along the Path: Songs of Mahamudra - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Preston D. McWhorter (Author)Description of Glimpses along the Path This work is about a series of experiences gained through mahamudra investigations. Mahamudra, Tibetan for the Great Seal Mahamudra investigations are undertaken to understand the nature of the mind which must be understood to experience reality which is the world without illusion. Most of the poems in this volume are my recollections of experiences achieved while meditating. Meditation strips ...

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Report copyright infringementby Margot Liberty (Author) Number of Pages: 322 Dimensions: 0.72 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 16, 2010

1957 Expeditions Journal: Baja California American Museum of Natural History Expedition Journal Spring 1957 Huautla Mexico Seeking the Sacred Mu - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Oakes A. Plimpton (Author)In the spring and summer of 1957, after being released from the army and before going to graduate school, author Oakes A. Plimpton embarked on two incredible journeys into different parts of Mexico.First, he joined the Puritan Expedition (so named for their schooner, the Puritan) to Baja California organized by the American Museum of Natural History. He was to assist four scientists who were collecting specimens of mammals, reptiles, m...

Revering, Reminiscing, Recordando: Bilingual Muses of a Centenarian - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Pi Santa Pi (Author), Santa Pi (Author)They came by the boat loads to find a better life in the 1930s, but found loneliness and despair during the depression and WWII years. Revering, Reminiscing, Recordando: Bilingual Muses of a Centenarian emotionally reflects through verse one woman's journey from a Puerto Rican small town to one of the largest cities in America, New York City. The Spanish poems particularly express her love for her homeland, while the Engli...

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by Romeo Oriogun (Author)2024 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist in Poetry Like I knew, standing on the seashore, the hunger wracking a migrant's body is movement. --from Romeo Oriogun's "Migrant by the Sea" The Gathering of Bastards chronicles the movement of migrants as they navigate borders both internal and external. At the heart of these poems of vulnerability and sharp intelligence, the poet himself is the perpetual migrant embarked on forced journeys that take him across ...

The Poetry of Emily Dickinson: Gilded Pocket Edition - Hardcover

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by Emily Dickinson (Author)This elegant hardback edition presents Emily Dickinson's best loved work, featuring a silver-embossed cover design, gilded page edges and beautiful patterned endpapers. A deeply personal collection of poetry, the raw emotion and mastery of Emily Dickinson's poems cannot be denied. Her unique style, with its short lines, unusual punctuation and succinct nature, is quite unlike anything else. This collection of over 250 poems feature a range of subject matters, from...

My Parents Think I'm Sleeping - Paperback

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by Jack Prelutsky (Author), Yossi Abolafia (Illustrator)From Children's Poet Laureate Jack Prelutsky and illustrator Yossi Abolafia, My Parents Think I'm Sleeping is the perfect book to get young readers excited about bedtime. This Level 3 I Can Read book is a funny collection of poems about a boy who should be sleeping, but manages to find more than just storybooks and his model rocket kit to keep him awake.From reading under the covers to watching shadows dance on the wall, these fourteen f...

Duino Elegies, Deluxe Edition: The Original English Translation of Rilke's Landmark Poetry Cycle, by Vita and Edward Sackville-West - Reissued for the - Paperback

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by Rainer Maria Rilke (Author), Vita Sackville-West (Translator), Edward Sackville-West (Translator)The first-ever English translation of Rilke's landmark poetry cycle, by Vita and Edward Sackville-West - reissued for the first time in 90 years In 1931, Virginia and Leonard Woolf's Hogarth Press published a small run of a beautiful edition of Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies, in English translation by the writers Vita and Edward Sackville-West. This marked the English debut of Rilke's mast...

Stealing Flowers from the Neighbors - Paperback

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by Sherri Levine (Author)If one of the aims of poetry is to condense our vast, contradictory, and beautiful world into the briefest of songs, Sherri Levine's debut collection stands as a testament to its possibility. Each poem maps out the human heart, in all its internal conflicts, with precision and grace. From broken to sustainable relationships, fears of aging to cultural explorations, familial death to gender studies, these poems probe the many paradoxes of living with an open, curious m...

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by Willie Edward Taylor Carver (Author) Number of Pages: 120 Dimensions: 0.36 x 8.51 x 5.58 IN Publication Date: June 06, 2023

Basho: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho (Collector's Edition) - Hardcover

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by Basho (Author), Andrew Fitzsimons (Translator)A lavish collector's edition of the complete poems of eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Bashō--with a new index that contains the full Japanese text of the original poems. Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694) is arguably the greatest figure in the history of Japanese literature and the master of the haiku. Bashō The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bashō offers in English a full picture of the haiku of Bashō, 980 poems in all. In Fitzsimons's beautif...

Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field - Paperback

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by Scott Walter Sir (Author), Mint Editions (Contribution by)When Lord Marmion, a favorite of the king, becomes enamored by Clara, a rich noble woman, he is willing to stop at nothing to get her attention. Though Clara is engaged to the heroic Sir Ralph De Wilton, and he already has a mistress, Lord Marmion views these issues as minor, and has a plan to overcome them. With the help of his mistress, a nun named Constance, Lord Marmion forges a letter than implicates Sir Wilton in the heinous c...

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Report copyright infringementby Rupen Janbazian (Translator), Tatul Sonentz-Papazian (Translator), Andranik Tzarukian (Author)This story begins with a short, slanderous political attack by one writer, and continues with a lengthy rebuttal by another-a self-appointed target who took it upon himself to respond in kind: in verse. Written in 1944 in response to Soviet Armenian writer Gevorg Abov's Մենք չենք մոռացել ("Menk chenk moratsel," "We Have Not Forgotten"), and published the following year...

Unleashing the Power Within: A Journey of Self-Discovery Through Poetry - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Lisa McCarthy (Author)Unleashing the Power Within: A Journey of Self-Discovery through Poetry by Lisa McCarthy is a genuinely inspiring collection that covers a range of themes, including personal growth, overcoming obstacles, finding joy and fulfillment, love, nature, faith, hope, and freedom. It also touches on important topics, like creating healthy boundaries, self-acceptance, and finding self-worth in God. Each poem offers a unique perspective on life, ins...

Wisdom From The Ages: Selections From Hindu Scriptures - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Mahesh B. Sharma (Author)"Wisdom from Ages" contains selected articles from Hindu Scriptures. The ancient Hindu Scriptures such as the Vedas, Upanishads, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Puranas, Bhagavad Gita, Shrimad Bhagavata, etc., are the very foundation of Hindu spiritual tradition. The Vedas house the earliest poetry and prose literature and incorporate a vast body of Sanskrit poetry, ritual treatises, dialogues, and philosophical discourses, which are the oldest ...

The Goblin Market and Other Poems - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Christina Rossetti (Author)In this representative collection of Christina Rossetti's poems we find a vast array of narrative tales, love lyrics, sonnets, hymns, ballads, and sprightly verses for children. Ranked among the finest English poets of the nineteenth century, Christina Rossetti is a widely read, though not widely imitated poet, recognized for her devotional poetry, influenced by the religious conservatism and asceticism of the Church of England. This ...

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Report copyright infringementby Elaine Parker Adams (Author)Elaine Parker Adams is one of the many survivors of Hurricane Harvey, which devastated the Houston, Texas area in 2017. Although her life goes on, it is forever altered, as she experienced the terror of the storm, the uncertainty of evacuation, and the difficult rebuilding of her home. Writing Hurricane Harvey Lowku allowed Adams to explore the storm and flooding, as well as the rescue, recovery, and rebuilding, through a unique blen...

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Report copyright infringementby Ruby Dell Ross (Author)... is a collection of Christian poetry. This book shares my belief and faith in God, in prayer and in praise. I was a soul struggling for sanity. Thinking my life defeated, to Him - God - I wholly retreated. He enabled me to weather the storm. I hope my poetry will lift the spirit of readers in bleak hours, and encourage them to enjoy the beauty of this great world, and accept God's invitation to everlasting life. I would like to relate ...

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Report copyright infringementby Anna Woods (Author)"This book is a conversation between the hearts of lovers. From the blush of beginnings through the passions within. The push and pull of every hearts struggle to the reconciliation of working it out. Each poem is written in the voice of, ""Him"" ""Her"" or ""Them""" Number of Pages: 34 Dimensions: 0.07 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: August 28, 2023

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Report copyright infringementby John Marinelli (Author)My book reveals the Biblical truths about being "Born Again." We will discuss the need for it; the process, the benefits; the Biblical proof text; the overall statistics of Christianity, and some other aspects of the experience. Being "Born Again" is a study that will take the reader deeper into the knowledge and will of God. The author raises the question, "What is it all about." and then explains, in an orderly discourse, the hidden tr...

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Report copyright infringementby Qasim Kashmiri (Author)With a heartfelt gratitude and affection, I strongly express my words of adoration to those who have been reading my poems for all these years and abetted me when I was despondent. Poetry has been my passion and it was more than pain I have been sharing with my readers, but I strongly disagree with those who take poetry just as the part habit but it is rather an ache of living, longing and love. Poetry for me sounds like sake of or the bo...

Earthquakes in Our Fingertips - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Cheryl Lynn Peele (Author)"Earthquakes in Our Fingertips" is a collection of poetry and drawings which draws us to answer the call to become active stewarts to the fragile, beautiful world and all it's inhabitants which we call home. "Whales migrate, stars rise bees are guided to each flower. Sap flows through every tree in tune to the pulse of the planets," is a quote from the poem "Earthquakes in Our Fingertips." Here is a way of joyfully viewing our place in...