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Report copyright infringementby Martha Craig (Author), Evan Jackson (Illustrator)Driftwood is a refreshing, honest, and resilient portrayal of Martha Craig's life through poetry. This soul-searching book also explores the healing nature reaching beyond the stigma of inclusion when asking for help.The collection is for those who feel lost and broken, like salvaged wood that has been drifting through the ocean of community's expectations. It resonates with anyone who endeavors to be seen or hea...

Lend a Hand: Poems about Giving - Paperback

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by John Frank (Author), London Ladd (Illustrator)Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Notable Poetry List, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Social Justice Literature Award, International Literacy Association (ILA)A collection of original poems centered on giving and spontaneous acts of kindness, which also incorporate larger themes of community, intergenerational relationships, young mentors, and care for the environment.Now in paperback!"The spread of warmthshould...

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Peguy (Author), David L. Schindler (Translator)The poetry of Charles Péguy (1873- 1914) emerges from a world deeply embedded in supernatural realities and the hidden activities of grace. Nevertheless, it lacks any trace of the "other-worldliness" that frequently characterizes religious poetry. For, though he enters unabashedly into the mysteries of providence and the longings of God's own heart, he proceeds by means of the most ordinary experiences of h...

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

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Report copyright infringementby 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 ...

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Report copyright infringementby Liz Worth (Author)Longlisted for the 2025 Hamilton Literary Awards, Poetry CategoryOur lives are full of personal legend. Trivial details can feel fated, weighted with meaning. What happens when we start to see the words we speak as spells? Where do the lines of ritual, magic, and daily life blur? Inspired by Worth's professional tarot reading, these poems explore the thin veil between them and suggest it barely exists at all.Confessional stories blend with the...

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Report copyright infringementby Cynthia Schumerth (Author), Elisa Paganelli (Illustrator)Grandpa told Mom, and Mom told me: The secret of a plant lives in every little seed. Seeds are truly amazing! Did you know that every seed, no matter how small (microscopic) or large (weighing up to 14 pounds), contains everything it needs to one day grow into a plant? Three generations of a gardening family work together to bring a backyard garden to full bloom. Young readers are taken through each impor...

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Report copyright infringementby Marion Dane Bauer (Author), Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)The 2019 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award WinnerIn an astonishing unfurling of our universe, Newbery Honor winner Marion Dane Bauer and Caldecott Honor winner Ekua Holmes celebrate the birth of every child. Before the universe was formed, before time and space existed, there was . . . nothing. But then . . . BANG! Stars caught fire and burned so long that they exploded, flinging stardust everywhere. And t...

Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry

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Report copyright infringementby George Abraham (Editor), Noor Hindi (Editor)A love letter to Palestinian ancestors, their descendants, and their land, to all anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggles, to a history that will never be forgotten, and to a future in which there thrives a free, free Palestine. Poetry has always served as a mode of resistance in Palestinian culture. In defiance of dispossession and decades of military siege, of a nakba that never ended, of historical and cultur...

Iranian Contemporary Poetry - Sohrab Sepehri: Learn Farsi while reading Persian poetry

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Report copyright infringementby Farzaneh Farshad (Author)Are you drawn to the beauty of Persian poetry and possess an upper-intermediate understanding of Farsi? If so, this book offers a delightful opportunity for both enjoyment and learning. Within this captivating collection of Sohrab Sepehri's poems, each verse is meticulously annotated with diacritics for vowels, accompanied by vocabulary lists and comprehension exercises designed to enrich your learning experience.The exercises are craft...

Masnavi: Book 2: In Farsi with English Translation

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Report copyright infringementby Reza Nazari (Author), Jalaluddin Rumi (Author)One of the best known and most influential works of Persian literature Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi (1208-1273) was a 13th-century Persian poet, a Sufi mystic and one of the greatest spiritual masters and poetical intellects. Rumi is a mysterious and provocative poet. He was a great preacher and scholar of philosophy, logic, and divine law. His mystical epics, the Masnavi and the Divan, are widely considered among the be...

If by Magic: The Words and Lore of the Girobabies

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Report copyright infringementby Mark McGhee (Author)If By Magic collects the lyrics and 'baffling ned punk' lore of cult Glasgow band The Girobabies from 2008-2025. Frontman Mark McGhee takes us on a journey from the banks crashing right up to the spiralling revelations of our times. Here lies the lyrical lovechild of an 8am job centre queue and a Gallowgate jukebox in the 80s. The reader relives the gigs, the friendships and the mystical moments that made things happen over an 18-year evolu...

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Report copyright infringementby Keith S. Wilson (Author)"A restless collection of incredible breadth, whose ability to meld applied science, faith, history, racial myth, and personal archive gives us poems whose power is unmistakable. A game-changing book."--Rosalie Moffett, judge of the 2024 National Poetry SeriesRadiant with a tenderness that is only achieved through close attention, these poems offer witnessing and formalistic exploration as well as a unique cosmology that is made ever mor...

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Report copyright infringementby Veronica Tucker (Author), Stephanie Lamb (Editor)Welcome to The House as Witness, a chapbook that leans into the quiet places where memory lingers and love takes shape. Within its pages, a home becomes more than wood and walls; it becomes a keeper of stories. These poems move through construction and childhood, through illness and inheritance, tracing the subtle architecture of family life where caregiving hums and the past settles softly, like dust in a sunlit...

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Report copyright infringementby Carlos Medina (Author)Overcoming heartbreaking situations in life are difficult. The ability to let go does not easily come. In this second journey of A Spirit's Destiny, you will be guided on the path of self discovery as the writer portrays through his words what he endured to find himself. Every human being must go through this stage. They must learn how to let go of their past in order to find the person they're meant to be while laying the past to rest. ...

The Heart & Soul of a Black Man: Featuring The Puppetmaster, Carib-American Nubian Queen and others...

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Report copyright infringementby Warren Landrum (Author)Warren G. Landrum, Jr. has had one poem, "The Lake (As I See It)", pub lished in the Amer i can Anthol ogy of Poetry - 1983. The first poems in this book were writ ten while Warren was a student at Indi ana Uni ver sity from 1974 - 1976; some were writ ten in Ger many while in the U.S. Air Force from 1977 - 1979, and the chap ter con tain ing the gospel songs was written in 1988 1989. The featured poem, "The Puppetmaster", was writ ten in...

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Report copyright infringementby Anna Lisa Tempero (Author)A Whirlwind Dream is a short poetry book, similar to the likes of Rupi Kaur and Courtney Peppernell. The topics include; friendship, relationships, love, lust, motivation and include many other musings of my mind. Each poem was written over the last 4 years and details my journey of heartbreak and healing. Number of Pages: 186 Dimensions: 0.47 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN Publication Date: July 19, 2021 ...

Rescue and Redemption: Poetry inspired by the T. S. Eliot poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'

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Report copyright infringementby Frank Prem (Author)Drawing on the phrasing of T.S. Eliot's amazing early 20th century poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (above) Frank Prem has produced a collection of companionable and introspective love poetry written, as always, in the unique style that allows every reader to relate. Prem's interpretations breathe new life into contemporary exploration of themes of love in poetry, and utilise Eliot's original phrases to inspire a contemplationof the s...

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Report copyright infringementby Jessica Spraggins (Author)What happens when your heart is full? What happens when all the love you gave, and all the love you lost collide? Do you run from the pain and curl up in a shell? Do you release it in a song? This diva, and lyricist has done just that. She's taken the hurt and made it beautiful. "Lyric's of My Heart" speaks to the soul of every woman. We've all been there, somewhere in the words of these pages lies our story. Jessica Spraggins has capt...

Fervations: A poetic perspective of intimate love

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Report copyright infringementby Charles L. Hinsley (Author)Soul Mates: The divine quality of intimacy inherent within the male/female creation that sanctifies the spiritual and emotional essence of our human nature when two hearts are joined by unconditional love. Number of Pages: 76 Dimensions: 0.16 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 26, 2015

The Eternal Rose: A Lullaby of Love for All Ages

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah West Love (Author)"Divine!" -"Wayne Dyer"Ms. Love's music and words will heal and inspire anyone who listens!" -Larry Dossey, M.D. author of Healing WordsThe Eternal Rose: A Lullaby of Love for All Ages takes the reader by the hand and tenderly unfurls the heart into an ecstatic encounter. Healing, peaceful and grounded in palpable depth. The Eternal Rose is a keepsake book that enlightens you as you read it. Are you stressed, overwhelmed? Consumed by too...

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Report copyright infringementby Toni Thomas (Author)This fifth collection of poems continues to explore the themes first introduced in ACE RAIDER OF THE UNFATHOMABLE UNIVERSE, which center on the life of a beloved brother Chris as seen through the eyes of his sister. We sense this shy man's independent spirit, struggles to conform to society's dictates, and follow him through back breaking jobs, an impossible work ethic, the downward spiral of drugs he wrestles to contain after the sudden de...

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Report copyright infringementby Sonia Isabel Gomez-Neri (Author)One Last Chance is a poem dedicated to anyone who has unexpectedly lost a loved one.We all wish for one last moment to share with a loved one who has passed. It is my hope that this poem will inspire you to remember your loved ones fondly and to know with certainty that when your time has come they will be there to greet you and welcome you home.Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. Matthew 5:4 Numb...

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Report copyright infringementby Toni Thomas (Author)This fourth collection of poems explores the life of a beloved brother Chris through the eyes of his sister. We are introduced to his childhood of potential and tension, his passionate mother and disciplinarian father. We learn of the relationship between brother and sister as his years unfold, his hard working life, his understanding of and care for the marginalized, restless impulses, struggle to find personal meaning and dignity. After th...

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Report copyright infringementby Dane Cervine (Author)Adrienne Rich chose Cervine's poem The Jeweled Net of Indra as the winner of the 2005 National Writers Union contest, as well as his poem Holography for Honorable Mention. She comments that "each has a fine sense both of language and the inter-connectedness of human lives that for me is at the heart of poetry." In the great fields of his country-not just the U.S. but the country of the heart, the country of poetry. Dane Cervine sits with a...

Impressions: Sharing the Human Experience

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Report copyright infringementby Cora Davis (Author)A poetry anthology in three parts, the first section relates ordeals or simple incidents through narratives based on real or imagined events to make a point about life experiences. In the second, many of the concepts that aid individuals when contending with struggles and developing means for survivals are explored. In the third section, one poem narrates the journey of one immigrant American group: African Americans. The first two sections a...

Down Side Up: Healing Grief Through Poetry

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Report copyright infringementby Trudy A. Brosh (Author)Trudy Brosh's daughter, Andrea, had many challenges getting through high school and was hospitalized twice in need of mental health comfort. While overcoming many obstacles, she graduated high school and also junior college.She was living with Trudy while going to junior college and had a full time job, but deep inside she wrestled. And then one day, life would never be the same, Trudy walked into her garage to find Andrea dead from car e...

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Report copyright infringementby Muriel Hoff (Author), David Michael Hoff (Editor)Award winning poet Muriel Hoff has dedicated this book to the language of love. Some poems are short and some long, but all are chocked full of nuggets of loving advice. These are writings that mostly were written down in the wee hours of the night between 2am and 5am, when Muriel was free of the busy work of being a housewife and mother of four children. About this book Muriel Hoff says, "Love transcends the uni...

Will I ever Love Again?: Memoirs of a Broken-Heart

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Report copyright infringementby Na-Tasha Rise (Author), Jeffrey (Jaebars) Townsell (Cover Design by)Through her pages of truth, Na-Tasha Rise encourages other women, or anyone going through separation, divorce, and even death of a loved one, there is hope. You will survive, You can make it through, and there are many others in the world just like you. Through the power of prayer and a bucket load of faith, she enlightens us through her journey. While she picks up the pieces of a love she thou...

Pleasant Surprises: Inspiring Rhymes for Special Times

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Report copyright infringementby Oscar Rocco Nordstrom (Author)Oscar Nordstrom has compiled a lifetime of his selected poems and verse drawn from real life experices and reflections on life, love, aging, loss, inspiring sights, holidays, nature, cooking, loved toys, the power of words, human nature and many other subjects. Each poem and verse is set on a unique background with imagry that complements the poems and verse.The poetry and verse is resplendent in its imagry and in its abilty to tou...

Shattered Verses: A Collection of Poetry

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Report copyright infringementby Jaime Nicole (Author)This book is not just a collection of poems; it's the echoes of battles fought in the silence of the heart, the scars left by love that was never kind, and the weight of betrayals that linger long after the tears have dried. It is the story of a soul searching for healing in a world that too often feels cold, a story of love that never quite lived up to its promise, and pain that feels eternal. Within these pages, you will find raw truth - ...

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Meinke (Author), Jeanne Meinke (Illustrator) To Begin With, Feel Fortunate was written in part in the chaotic year running up to the election of the new president and is a passionate analysis of how we got to where we are as a nation, and what may be in store for us. As Peter has said in an interview, "You have to remember that even the poets who live in garrets are citizens, and I urge them to use their voices and partake in the actual goings-on of our c...

The Book of Treasures: Poems - Paperback

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by Dustin Junkert (Author), Shane Moritz (Author), David Nichols (Illustrator)In their collaborative poetry, Dustin Junkert and Shane Moritz drag the compositional practice of Exquisite Corpse kicking and screaming into the 21st century.The two poets finish each other's sentences with often preposterous élan. Their subjects are projectiles of varying gravity launched at a Ouija board planchette. The scenarios they unfold describe a universe of pop-culture misunderstandings.Somewhere at the in...