Poetry

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by Sharon Olds (Author)PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - From one of today's best poets--a stunningly poignant sequence of poems that tells the story of a divorce, embracing strands of love, sex, sorrow, memory, and new freedom.In this wise and intimate telling--which carries us through the seasons when her marriage was ending--Sharon Olds opens her heart to the reader, sharing the feeling of invisibility that comes when we are no longer standing in love's sight; the surprising physical bond that still...

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by Tyehimba Jess (Author)Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry Winner of the 2017 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Poetry Winner of the 2017 Book Award from the Society of Midland Authors for Poetry 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist for poetry 2017 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award finalist 2017 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award finalist Named a top poetry book of spring 2016 by Library Journal Part fact, part fiction, Tyehimba Jess's much anticipated second book weaves sonnet, song, and n...

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by Billy Collins (Author)A wondrous collection from Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author of The Rain in Portugal "The poems are marked by his characteristic humor and arise out of small, banal moments, unearthing the extraordinary or uncanny in the everyday."--The Wall Street JournalWhale Day brings together more than fifty poems and showcases the deft mixing of the playful and the serious that has made Billy Collins one of our country's most celebrat...

The Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry - Paperback

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by Jonathan Wordsworth (Editor), Jonathan Wordsworth (Introduction by), Jessica Wordsworth (Editor)The Romanticism that emerged after the American and French revolutions of 1776 and 1789 represented a new flowering of the imagination and the spirit, and a celebration of the soul of humanity with its capacity for love. This extraordinary collection sets the acknowledged genius of poems such as Blake's 'Tyger', Coleridge's 'Khubla Khan' and Shelley's 'Ozymandias' alongside verse from less famil...

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by Mia S. Willis (Author)A poetic ethnography that creates and documents the vocabulary of the Southern Black queer experience, chosen as a National Poetry Series winner by Morgan Parker "Willis' poetic voice is brimming with personality and curiosity, as musical as it is philosophical, and the space between men is a formidable debut." --Morgan Parker, author of Magical Negro and There Are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé These piercing, surprising poems look to familial history, rituals of...

Carry on: Poetry by Young Immigrants - Hardcover

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by Various Contributors (Author), Rogé Girard (Illustrator)A moving #OwnVoices poetry collection written by young newcomers to Canada Carry On began in a high school in Outremont, Quebec, where author and poet Simon Boulerice conducted creative-writing workshops for young newcomers to Canada. As the students began writing, their poems gave voice to their reflections on leaving family, friends, and countries of origin to make new homes and connections in their new home, Canada. Paired with e...

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by R. D. Laing (Author)A series of dialogue-scenarios, which can be read as poems or plays, describing the knots and impasses in various kinds of human relationships.Front JacketA series of dialogue-scenarios, which can be read as poems or plays, describing the "knots" and impasses in various kinds of human relationships.Author BiographyR. D. Laing was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness - in particular, the experience of psychosis. Laing's views on the causes and ...

The Complete Poems of John Keats - Hardcover

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by John Keats (Author)'I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death, ' John Keats soberly prophesied in 1818 as he started writing the blankverse epic Hyperion. Today he endures as the archetypal Romantic genius who explored the limits of the imagination and celebrated the pleasures of the senses but suffered a tragic early death. Edmund Wilson counted him as 'one of the half dozen greatest English writers, ' and T. S. Eliot has paid tribute to the Shakespearean quality of Keats'...

Salsa: Un Poema Para Cocinar / A Cooking Poem - Paperback

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by Jorge Argueta (Author), Duncan Tonatiuh (Illustrator), Elisa Amado (Translator)In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy recipe for a yummy salsa.A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while.The children imagine that their ingredients are different parts of an orchestra -- the tomatoes are bongos and kettledrums, the onion, a maraca, the cloves of garlic, tr...

The History Of Navajo Culture Guide to the Correct utilization and Loss of Sacred Items of Navajo People - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Wilson Bellacoola (Author)Centuries before Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas in 1491, Navajos were already settled in the Four Corners area of the Colorado Plateau.From the cultural perspective, Navajos believe they came to their land by emerging through four worlds. They are currently residing in the fourth level, the "Glittering World."Navajos are the second most populous of all Native American peoples in theUnited States, with some 300,000 individu...

Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners - Paperback

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by Naomi Shihab Nye (Author)"Nye once again deftly charts the world through verse."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"A beautifully constructed, thoughtful, and inspiring collection."--School Library Journal (starred review)Young People's Poet Laureate and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye's uncommon and unforgettable voice offers readers peace, humor, inspiration, and solace. This volume of almost one hundred original poems is a stunning and engaging tribute to the diverse voices ...

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by Rhiannon McGavin (Author)Microscopes swivel and flowers spread as the poet wrestles with a spectrum of growing pains. These coming-of-age poems draw inspiration equally from science textbooks and fairy tales. As the final poem prays, "I will see the moon and morning and know". Branches explores what it means to live to the next day, and the next, before we fully understand what we are surviving.Author BiographyRhiannon McGavin has failed the CA driver's license test three times so far. She...

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by Rhiannon McGavin (Author)- Second full-length title by former Youth Poet Laureate of Los Angeles Rhiannon McGavin. - McGavin's focus around this title is to provide readers with a soft, relaxing space to dive into one's own self and to cut away from the bustle of world events. As such, McGavin will use her YouTube platform (30K+ subscribers) to develop workshop and conversational material surrounding the ethos of the book throughout 2021. Number of Pages: 200 Dimensions: 0.24 x 8.27 x 5.35...

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by Mary Oliver (Author)Never afraid to shed the pretense of academic poetry, never shy of letting the power of an image lie in unadorned language, Mary Oliver offers us poems of arresting beauty that reflect on the power of love and the great gifts of the natural world. Inspired by the familiar lines from William Wordsworth, "To me the meanest flower that blows can give / Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears," she uncovers the evidence presented to us daily by nature, in rivers and s...

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by Dante Alighieri (Author), Mary Jo Bang (Translator), Henrik Drescher (Illustrator)An innovative and fascinating new version of Dante Alighieri's Inferno as it has never been rendered Stopped mid-motion in the middle Of what we call a life, I looked up and saw no sky-Only a dense cage of leaf, tree, and twig. I was lost. --from Canto I Award-winning poet Mary Jo Bang has translated the Inferno into English at a moment when popular culture is so prevalent that it has even taken Dante, autho...

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Report copyright infringementby Jeannine Atkins (Author)Acclaimed author Jeannine Atkins revisits her past in this "brave, searing" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) memoir-in-verse about memory, healing, and finding her voice as a writer, perfect for fans of Amber Smith and Speak. Night darkens the window to mirror. I'm back in my old bedroom. Six weeks after the start of her freshman year of college, Jeannine Atkins finds herself back in her childhood bedroom after an unimaginable trauma....

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Report copyright infringementby Jasminne Mendez (Author)The Pura Belpré Honor Award winning author of Aniana del Mar Jumps In makes her YA debut with a powerful novel-in-verse about a Texas teen who is battling racism in her theatre program and book banning efforts by her town's school board. Yulieta Lopez is angry. Angry at her racist drama teacher who refuses to cast Black students in lead roles. Angry at the school board threatening her favorite teacher for teaching works of literature tha...

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Report copyright infringementby Arriel Vinson (Author)In this sparkling and heartfelt debut YA novel in verse by a Reese's Book Club LitUp fellow, a young Black girl discovers first love, self-worth, and the power of a good skate. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Joya Goffney. Sixteen-year-old Jaelyn Coleman lives for Saturdays at WestSide Roll, the iconic neighborhood roller rink. On these magical nights, Jae can lose herself in the music of DJ Sunny, the smell of nachos from the co...

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Report copyright infringementby Samira Ahmed (Author)For fans of You've Reached Sam and See You Yesterday, this captivating and mind-bending second-chance romance explores what it means to love--even across the multiverse.Aria Patel likes stability, certainty, predictability. It's why she's so into science. It's why she dumped her boyfriend before they went to different colleges because the odds were that something would go wrong, eventually. In a life that's already so chaotic, why obsess ov...

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by Gabi Abr?o (Author)Abrāo's work has been described by The Outline as "an existential funhouse of familiar thoughts" that "publicly grapples with pillars of its own existence within the influencer economy." Alongside The Outline, her work has been featured in publications such as The Atlantic, Dazed, The Harvard Crimson, and The Face, among others. In response to Abrāo's work, Dazed Magazine wrote, "Gabi debunks the myth that wellness is the preserve of the privileged, and in doing so hands...

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by Sean McDermott (Author)An important collection by a superb talent reflecting the poet's world during the lockdown/Pandemic. This is Sean Mcdermott's first collection of poems, each one surrounding a single realization of a visual truth in action. The poems cascade outward in reckless examination of a moment, a memory, and then retreat toward resolution. "During my solitude, I have taken a deep dive into personal history and common emotion. The poems deal with my thoughts on relationships,...

The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics - Hardcover

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by Susan Hood (Author), Christiane Engel (Illustrator)"Thoughtful and thought-provoking, this book will plant the seeds of environmental activism in young readers." --Kirkus (starred review)"I encourage everyone to read this book." --Dr. Jane Goodall There's no doubt about it--plastic is in almost everything. From our phones and computers to our toys and utensils, plastic is everywhere. But the amount of plastic we throw away is hurting the health of our planet. With The Last Straw: Kids vs. ...

Turning Toward Grief: Reflections on Life, Loss, and Appreciation

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Report copyright infringementby James Crews (Author)Poetry offers potent medicine for healing the heart. As a teacher of mindfulness and writing courses, retreats, and webinars for more than a decade, beloved poet, editor, and writer James Crews has seen again and again how poems can initiate a deep dive into our own experience, and how reflecting on poetry can open the floodgates of feeling. More and more people are turning to poetry as a source of comfort in times of grief, loss, and uncert...

Radicle, or When the World Lived Inside Us: Poems

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Report copyright infringementby Stephanie Catudal (Author)From the New York Times bestselling author Everything All at Once comes a beautiful poetry collection exploring motherhood, grief, the unending road to healing, and the redeeming power of love.The word radicle is defined as the root of a plant embryo, the first organ to appear when a seed germinates. It grows downward into the soil, anchoring the seedling, a symbol of growth and grounding.Steph Catudal is beloved for her poignant medit...

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Report copyright infringementby Lee Woodman (Author)The sixth volume in Lee Woodman's renowned Scapes series, Colorscapes is a veritable celebration of the colors of Woodman's life. As a child living in India, she absorbed the rich and colorful fruits and spices in the marketplace and the wild combos of yellows, greens, and purples in women's saris. Studying studio art and art history in college, she encountered color theory and the phenomenology of perception. Throughout her career came oppo...

Assaracus Issue 26: A Journal of Gay and Queer Poetry

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Report copyright infringementby Bryan Borland (Editor)After years away, Assaracus roars back to life: fluid, defiant, unapologetic, and gloriously multiple. Assaracus Issue 26 revives the journal that never played it safe. This time it's louder, queerer, and more unruly, cracking open the doors to a wilder range of voices. In the spirit of the gritty, imperfect, bold poetry magazines and presses of the '70s and '80s, this issue hums with risk, bite, and desire. This isn't for tenure. This is ...

Midnight Mass: Poetic Scripture for the Broken Soul

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel Villanueva (Author), Sarah Fazriah (Illustrator)This is not a sermon, it's a summoning. Midnight Mass: Poetic Scripture for the Broken Soul is a journey into the cathedral of shadows within us all. Across five chapters - Genesis, Descent, Abyss, Revelation, and Ascension - these poems lead you through the darkest corridors of love, loss, pain, and transformation. Each section is a rite of passage: the birth of hope, the fall into despair, the confrontati...

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by Andrés Cerpa (Author)The Vault is a quiet and vulnerable sequence of ethereal fragments, letters, and poems that trace a narrative of love and healing in the afterlife of a parent (TM)s death. Seasons turn and a life is built despite the ruin. Each poem is a music box of prayer, of the decisions made and yet to be made.Author BiographyAndrés Cerpa was raised in Staten Island, New York and spent many of his childhood summers in Puerto Rico. A recipient of fellowships from the MacDowell Col...

Rose Unfolding: Poems Honoring the Journey from Maiden to Mother

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Report copyright infringementby Stacey Maney (Author)Rose Unfolding invites readers into an intimate journey of voice and transformation. Gathered from sketchbooks spanning college days through the initiation of motherhood, these poems trace the passage from Maiden to Mother, honoring each stage with honesty and wonder.Alongside the words, Stacey's black-and-white illustrations pulse like abstract energy maps-fluid yet grounded; weaving realistic forms into the unseen currents of our consciou...

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Report copyright infringementby Robbi Nester (Author)About to Disappear is a poetry collection that explores the limits of ekphrasis; that is, descriptions and reflections on works of art in order to expand their meaning. The book is separated into four sections: Ex Nihilo, Adaptation, Law of Attraction, and Ad Nihilum. The first and final sections-translated as "from nothing, returning to nothing"-act as bookends. Ex Nihilo includes poems about imagination, optics, creation, and and developm...

The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost - Paperback

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by Harold Bloom (Author)"To read Bloom's insights here is to bask in the emanation of genius. As entertaining and erudite as his choices of the works he most loves are, the book's overriding strength is the guidance it gives, in context and comprehension." -Baltimore Sun This comprehensive anthology offers renowned critic Harold Bloom's choice of the best of six centuries of great British and American poetry, selected in accordance with his three absolute criteria: aesthetic splendor, intelle...

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Report copyright infringementby Catharine Savage Brosman (Author), Scott P. Richert (Editor), Aaron D. Wolf (Cover Design by)From the Preface: Among the topics that arise [in this book] are family roots and other human connections; places; travel; books; food; manners and morals; urban design; womanhood; liberal education; natural scenes and objects; and music and architecture. Directed toward discriminating readers, the volume as a whole may be taken as an exercise in seeing the world, even ...