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Report copyright infringementby Deirdre O'Connor (Author)Odes, nocturnes, aubades-if Keats were still here, he'd want to have a conversation and a glass of claret with Deirdre O'Connor. These are gorgeous poems but not pretty poems. There's a fidelity to the often messy world, a fidelity to the messy truth that gives this book a rare, clear strength gracefully, even delicately applied. From the first lines "What wind is this, / turning the pear tree's blossoms/ to loose-leaf snow?/ What wind,...

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Report copyright infringementby Nancy Kassell (Author)They were little girls, the age of flowers, said their mother Asma, who foundand buried them herself after the bombingTo perish so before full bloom Gaza. 2025. Asma does for her daughters the only thing she can do now, bury them. A girl raped in Nigeria, a girl displaced in Ukraine, a woman poet arrested by Nazis in Warsaw 1942. The United States 2025. Recurring cycles of conflict and war seem so alike at times that they become almost ahi...

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Report copyright infringementby Jericho Brown (Author)WINNER OF THE 2020 PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award "100 Notable Books of the Year," The New York Times Book Review One Book, One Philadelphia Citywide Reading Program Selection, 2021 "By some literary magic--no, it's precision, and honesty--Brown manages to bestow upon even the most public of subjects the most intimate and personal stakes."--Craig Morgan Teicher, "'I Reject Walls': A 2019 Poetry Preview"...

The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America's Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders

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Report copyright infringementby Luisa A. Igloria (Editor), Aileen Cassinetto (Editor), David Hassler (Editor)The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America's Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural WondersA Poets for Science anthology and companion to the first national assessment of U.S. lands, waters, and wildlifeEdited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, and David Hassler; Foreword by Phillip LevinWINNER, 2026 AMERICAN LEGACY BOOK AWARDSOriginally envisioned as a companion to the first-e...

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Report copyright infringementby Joyce Sidman (Author), Beth Krommes (Illustrator)Sidman's lyrical poetry and Krommes' charming illustrations illuminate this intriguing shape found all throughout the universe. Young readers will enjoy discovering all of the different spirals in nature in this new board book edition. What makes the tiny snail shell so beautiful? Why does that shape occur in nature over and over again--in rushing rivers, in a flower bud, even inside your ear?With simplicity and ...

Three Leaves, Three Roots: Poems on the Haiti-Congo Story

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Report copyright infringementby Danielle Legros Georges (Author)A Haitian-born, Boston-based poet explores the personal and political stories of the Haitians who were part of Congo's 1960s decolonization movement Between 1960 and 1975, thousands of Haitian professionals emigrated to Congo, a fellow Black francophone nation that emerged under the revolutionary new leadership of Patrice Lumumba. As Danielle Legros Georges writes in the introduction to this collection, these émigrés sought to ...

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Report copyright infringementby T. S. Eliot (Author), Edward Gorey (Author)The inspiration for the iconic musical Cats, T. S. Eliot's classic and delightful collection of poetry about cats, with whimsical illustrations by Edward Gorey.These playful verses by a celebrated poet have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world since they were gathered for publication in 1939.As Valerie Eliot has pointed out, there are a number of references to cats in T.S. Eliot's work, but it was to his ...

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Report copyright infringementby Brian Bilston (Author)A hilarious collection of pet poems by wordplay wizard Brian Bilston. When you've got a bad case of the 'mews' and are in desperate need of a 'pup'-lifting read, this book is the 'ulti-mutt' remedy. Please don't think me lazy, I'm not trying to slack -it's just that I'm stuck, you see, under this cat. This collection of poems focuses on the hilarious happenings in the lives of our furry - and not so furry - friends. Stars include Wilf, the...

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Report copyright infringementby Ashley Capes (Author)Stepping Over Seasons artfully depicts the finer details of life, encapsulating change within people and places as the seasons unfurl. Ashley Capes explores subtle links between human nature and the natural world. Using spare and evocative language, these graceful poems display a curiosity and empathy which make for accessible and rewarding reading - Jane Williams. (Expanded reissue of the 2009 collection.) Number of Pages: 74...

Love You, Bye: A Daughter's Journey in Essays and Poems

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Report copyright infringementby Brenda Miller (Author)A luminous collection of essays and poems about family, faith, and the art of saying goodbye from award-winning essayist, poet, and teacher Brenda Miller. In Love You, Bye, award-winning author Brenda Miller maps the territory of caregiving, loss, and unexpected grace. The title--drawn from the simple phrase she and her mother said to each other for years--captures the bittersweet essence of a book that finds profound meaning in the most o...

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Report copyright infringementby Ruby M. Harmon (Author)With Love is a collection of love poems that explores love in all its forms, colors, variation and flavors. A delightful book that will enchant! Number of Pages: 106 Dimensions: 0.28 x 10 x 7 IN Publication Date: February 01, 2010

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Report copyright infringementby Loryn Brantz (Author)INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A must-have book for all parents, this illustrated collection of tender, funny, radically honest poems about parenthood, based on a series of popular Instagram posts, is the perfect baby shower or Mother's Day gift.Modern parenthood can feel indescribable. This poignant collection of poetry and art chronicles the ups and downs of a rollercoaster ride that every parent will recognize. Capturing the joys and...

If I Could Choose a Best Day: Poems of Possibility

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Waters (Author), Irene Latham (Author), Olivia Sua (Illustrator)An ode to imagination and the power of "if," this exhilarating poetry collection features the voices of thirty-one diverse poets. If I could choose a best dayit would be sunny it would be summer and I would be with you. Imagine what you could do with if. Build a tree house, ride your bike back in time, catch a firefly like a tiny star in the palm of your hands and let it go to make a wish-...

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Report copyright infringementby Scott Antwan (Author)First love is a right of passage that everyone is destined to experience and the reason that it rings through our souls forever is because it only happens once. Love Drunk is a poetic tribute to "First Love" from one lovelorn heart to the heart that it yearns for. Antwan has created a poetic winner that sings to the truth that we all experience but don't all know how to express. His unique and original style of story telling places each poe...

The Many Faces Of LJ: A Book of Art and Poetry

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Report copyright infringementby Lisa Johnson (Author)"The Many Faces of LJ" by Lisa Johnson Dive into a powerful collection of poetry and art that explores the raw and emotional journey of self-discovery, love, loss, and healing. Through each page, Lisa Johnson bares her soul, capturing the deep feelings of joy, sorrow, anger, and passion that we all experience but rarely express.This book invites readers to connect on a personal level, exploring intimate reflections on life, love, and spirit...

leaving traces: (poetry collections to read)

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Pargeter (Author)Agnes Meadows, award winning poet: poet: "Leaving Traces " is Mary Pargeter's second collection, and one which fully embraces life's tragedies, sorrows and regrets, as well as some of the things that amuse or remind us of nature's bounty. It is a collection packed with poignant, emotional images that haunt, staying with you long after you've read the poems. Evocative and nostalgic are words that spring to mind over and over again when read...

Getting the Short End of the Stick: Poems and Reflections

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Report copyright infringementby Renita L. Akridge (Author)Renita Akridge knows from personal experience that getting the short end of the stick in life does not mean that any of us are powerless, but instead that we are powerful. It does not mean that we are in a hopeless situation, but instead filled with hope. It does not signify that we no longer have a purpose, but instead is designed to help steer us to our purpose. In a collection of motivational poems, Akridge shares reflections geared...

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Report copyright infringementby Mat Rappaport (Author)An anthology based on the Treatments 2019 / 2023 photographic series by Rappaport, made to accompany the 2022 exhibition at Material Gallery, and as a stand-alone anthology of artistic meditations on spousal loss and grief. The volume includes an essay by Michael Workman, with poetry collections "The Well: Grief Poems," by Rachel J. Webster, and Josh Honn's "We Fall: Migration." Number of Pages: 138 Dimensions: 0....

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Report copyright infringementby Susan Martinello (Author), Sue Brannan Walker (Editor), Jenni Krchak (Illustrator)Little Gears of Time is a collection of poems following the lives of six generations of mothers and daughters. A stunning evocation of their experiences, ranging from the early nineteenth century to the present day and from Europe to America, Martinello's collection is one that can strengthen generations.Susan Martinello is an award-winning poet with roots in New England. She earn...

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Report copyright infringementby Gabriella Torres (Author), Sharon Yang (Illustrator)In the Emergence of Brood III, Gabriella Torres uses the life cycle of the seventeen- year cicadas as a vehicle to explore ideas of home-a home that perhaps may or may not have ever existed. Known as the Iowan Brood, Torres takes on the collective voice of the emerging cicadas and re-imagines them as teenagers on the verge of adulthood in a summer of desire and song. Through their voices, the poems weave a nar...

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Report copyright infringementby Stacie Seidl (Author), Ava Balis (Illustrator)This short collection of illustrated poetry tells the story of crazy love: the all consuming, life changing kind of love that imprints on your heart. Broken into two parts, Amour and Fou, the collection explores the power of deep romantic connections, both in their double-sided power to inspire and enliven, as well as destruct and hurt. In the end, Seidl chooses release from the cycle and grapples with self-love in ...

The Raven - Bilingual Edition - English/French

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Report copyright infringementby Edgar Allan Poe (Author), Charles Baudelaire (Translator), Gustave Doré (Illustrator)The Raven is surely the most striking poem in the work of Edgar Allan Poe. This bilingual edition presents this narrative poem in English, the translation by Charles Baudelaire as well as the 26 illustrations by Gustave Doré. A preface and an analysis by Charles Baudelaire (bilingual French / English) also complete this edition.Table of Contents: The Genesis of a Poem - Prefac...

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Report copyright infringementby Ron Starbuck (Author)The Lamp is a lament in verse, written for theater in the round and presented in three movements. Standing in conversation with Luke 11:34-36 and the tradition of modern poetic drama, it explores how a city sees - and what happens when fear begins to shape perception.In an unnamed American city, labor rises before dawn. Kitchens open. Concrete sets. Towers catch morning light. Yet beneath the brightness, a line is already forming - quiet, p...

A Collection Of Old English Plays Vol IV

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Report copyright infringementby Editor A. H. Bullen (Author)A Collection of Old English Plays vol. 4 is edited by A E Bullen. Besides the plays there is an excellent introduction to the plays. The plays in this collection are Two Tragedies in One. By Robert Yarington, The Captives, or the Lost Recovered. By Thomas Heywood, The Costlie Whore, and Everie Woman in her Humor. Number of Pages: 488 Dimensions: 0.98 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: June 08, 20...

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Report copyright infringementby James Fenton (Author)Three Libretti--Ranging In Setting From Ancient Jerusalem To Pre-Apocalyptic London--From An Acclaimed Poet This volume of libretti marks new work--and new terrain--for James Fenton. Commissioned by companies in New York and England, these musical pieces make the most of the poet's poignant, witty, and characteristically lyrical verse. Whether evoking modern-day London on the edge of apocalypse in The Love Bomb, a timeless land beyond the m...

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Report copyright infringementby Masoud Shakarami (Author), Kioomars Ghanbari Azar (Translator), Blair Purvis (Editor)The revered Persian poets and philosophers of the 13th and 14th century, (such as Saadi and Hafez) wrote lyrical poems called Ghazals, that recounted tales of love in all its splendour and tragedy. The love described differed from western notions of love. Ghazals spoke of separation and pain that demanded complete surrender and total sacrifice.Have Colourful Dreams, Sir is a co...

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Report copyright infringementby Mickey Mack (Author)A wry poetry collection that captures the jarring sink-or-swim leap into adulthood. This book honors the limbo of exiting youth, a unique period where responsibility suddenly smashes the youthful optimist, crushing it under the crippling weight of adulthood. Twenty-somethings scatter across life's spectrum with some jobless and couch-surfing, while others marry, become parents, and buy a house. Everyone eventually finds themselves old enough...

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Report copyright infringementby John Baldoni (Author)Leadership in Verse: Poems & Stories provokes reflection about what leadership is and is not. Through poetry and prose, John Baldoni reveals how to lead in times of challenge and stress by providing courage, compassion and grace."In Leadership in Verse, sage philosopher poet John Baldoni captures hope, spirit, purpose, and soul, and connects them to leadership, reflection, example, and practice. At once gently informative and deeply hon...

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Report copyright infringementby John Velasquez (Author)It All Starts Within September 11, 1989...Four Days Before My 18th Birthday...I Was Being Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Knowing of a brutal murder. Two peers of mine, possessing the Same Charges as I, received probation and house arrest; another peer received 20 years In Prison For Being At the murder scene and the teen which took Thee Life was sentenced to 60 years In Prison. This Journey is Not About Five Teens That "Conspired" To...

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Report copyright infringementby Jeremy Hooker (Author)Upstate is the journal of poet and lecturer Jeremy Hooker's time spent in North America during the academic year 1994-5. Like his earlier 'Welsh Journal' (Seren, 2001), which covered his first sojourn in Wales in the 1970s, the book muses on his time as an Englishman in a foreign land - albeit a land with which he feels deep ties, both personal and literary. As the author says in his introduction: "Keeping a journal is a means of seeing in...

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Report copyright infringementby Ford Madox Ford (Author)First published in 1915, this volume contains a selection of works by Ford Madox Ford. It includes a selection of his poetry and assorted autobiographical notes. Ford Madox Ford (1873 - 1939) was an English poet, novelist, critic and editor. His contributions to "The English Review" and "The Transatlantic Review" were pivotal in the development of early 20th-century English literature. Contents include: "The Early Years", "My Grandfather...

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Report copyright infringementby Meredith Coleman McGee (Author), Alma M. Fisher (Introduction by), Angela D. Stewart (Foreword by)Mississippi author Meredith Coleman McGee presents the reader with a triple expression of literary form in ODYSSEY, a uniquely written, well researched work which produces a family of fiction and nonfiction writings under one cover. This edition of ODYSSEY includes three chapters of poems, a chapter of speeches, a chapter of newspaper and other articles, and the fi...