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Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years - Hardcover

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by Joy Harjo (Author), Sandra Cisneros (Foreword by)Over a long, influential career in poetry, Joy Harjo has been praised for her "warm, oracular voice" (John Freeman, Boston Globe) that speaks "from a deep and timeless source of compassion for all" (Craig Morgan Teicher, NPR). Her poems are musical, intimate, political, and wise, intertwining ancestral memory and tribal histories with resilience and love.In this gemlike volume, Harjo selects her best poems from across fifty years, beginning ...

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Report copyright infringementby James Robert Murphy (Author), Mary Jo Melby (Foreword by)There are many beautiful poems within these old woven-together words. Each speaking the weary truth. Reflecting back in time, this poetry points to a repeated history of human yearning. The wanting need to share my life with someone. The sincere beginnings, the attempts at reconciliation, and the anger that followed each failed attempt. But somewhere along my winding unpaved road, love was found. I simply...

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Report copyright infringementby Catherine Lawton (Author)Honest poetry coming out of everyday life, joys and struggles, keen observations of nature, family, friends, and faith.A beautifully-presented collection composed at various times throughout the author's life. Many of these poems have been published in national periodicals and are collected here in book form for the first time. Together, they offer a spiritual and emotional memoir of a life of searching faith, faltering bu constantly cl...

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Report copyright infringementby Frances V. Holton (Author)Reflections in Rhyme: Capturing the Rhythms of Life is a heartfelt blend of memoir and poetry that chronicles one woman's journey through faith, family, love, loss, and resilience.Drawing from more than seven decades of lived experience, Frances V. Holton weaves personal stories with lyrical verse to celebrate heritage, spirituality, and the enduring power of God's grace. From childhood memories and family legacies to marriage, motherh...

A Year with Rilke: Daily Readings from the Best of Rainer Maria Rilke

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Report copyright infringementby Anita Barrows (Author), Joanna Macy (Author)One of the most beloved poets of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke is widely celebrated for his depth of insight and timeless relevance. He has influenced generations of writers with his classic Letters to a Young Poet, and his reflections on the divine and our place in the world are disarmingly profound. A Year with Rilke provides the first ever reading from Rilke for every day of the year, including selectio...

The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone

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Report copyright infringementby Seamus Heaney (Translator), Sophocles (Author)In this outstanding new translation, commissioned by Ireland's renowned Abbey Theatre to commemorate its centenary, Seamus Heaney exposes the darkness and the humanity in Sophocles' masterpiece, and inks it with his own modern and masterly touch. Sophocles' play, first staged in the fifth century B.C., stands as a timely exploration of the conflict between those who affirm the individual's human rights and those who...

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Report copyright infringementby Mallory Eaglewood (Author)Some of the poems will make you laugh, some will bring tears of joy and some sobs of sadness. Some will titillate you, some will cause pause. Some may make you wish they were not true. You may be humbled by some or angered. But you will think, reflect and I hope be moved. Number of Pages: 136 Dimensions: 0.35 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: March 23, 2015

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Report copyright infringementby Lenora Marshall (Author)The context of this book is a combination of love stories, personal testimonies of events that took place as well as comedy and other facts. While we encounter so many negative things in life, there are so many wonderful things that have transpired in the great city of Elaine. When people share details about their former experiences, it is designed to make them aware of former struggles and pain. Just merely relating facts. It is my hope...

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Report copyright infringementby Don Briddell (Author)It always seemed to me that the universe has a voice and will speak if anyone is there to listen. Most times we don't hear what it has to say. We are busy with our beloved trivialities. Once in a while, we do hear. We know what is said by the truthfulness conveyed. We don't control this. In fact, taking responsibility for what the cosmos says is a sure way to silence the voice. "Let the cosmos speak", is the poet's advice.Hence, I have come...

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Report copyright infringementby Wallace George Du Temple (Author)Wally du Temple, who was a social worker during the Sixties Scoop of aboriginal children, presents a convincing case for the need of reconciliation with First Nations and also with Mother Earth. Number of Pages: 240 Dimensions: 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: September 13, 2018

Taking Flight: An Autobiography in Poetry and Poetic Prose

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Report copyright infringementby Jennifer Cram Wright (Author), Greg Wright (Introduction by), Greg Wright (Editor)With just a handful of exceptions, the poetry of my late wife, Jennifer Cram Wright, has heretofore been unpublished. During her undergraduate years at Seattle Pacific University, a handful of her more formal pieces were published in the 1997 edition of Second Essence, the school's annual journal of the arts; but aside from that honor, and the occasional feedback she would receive...

Birth of a Poet: The Prison Letters of Justin Booth

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Report copyright infringementby Marcia Camp (Compiled by)The thoughtful reader will experience the give-and-take of a poet's budding into the successful one he is today. Behind bars, his inquiring mind and eagerness to understand the prose and poetry he read and responded to led the fledgling writer to become a prize-winning poet. Number of Pages: 84 Dimensions: 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: March 17, 2015

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Report copyright infringementby H. M. Gooden (Author)2020 was a year that changed life as we know it. In this collection of poetry and prose, Gooden explores her longing for more than the daily routine as she makes her way through a "once in a lifetime" world event. In the middle of turmoil, she creates magic in the mundane as she examines her life in an honest, poignant, and often irreverent way. As she reflects on life and all it encompasses through a healthcare workers perspective, she pro...

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Report copyright infringementby Susan Lever (Author)The first biography of A.D. Hope, one of Australia's greatest poets.Alec Derwent Hope (1907-2000) was one of Australia's most acclaimed poets. His first collection was not published until he was forty-eight years old, mainly because of its sexual nature and fears of censorship, but its release cemented his reputation as the pre-eminent Australian poet of his time.This biography recounts Hope's early life in rural Tasmania, the influences of ...

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Report copyright infringementby Gay Beaumont (Author), Tina Barkhouse (Artist)When a devastating head injury turned her world upside down, Gay Beaumont found herself separated from her beloved son and forced to rebuild her life from the haze of a coma. Amid the confusion and pain, she discovered an unexpected lifeline: writing.Reality and Romance is the culmination of twenty-five years of raw, heartfelt poetry and prose born from this struggle and recovery. Beaumont invites readers into the v...

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Report copyright infringementby Atalina Wright (Author), Debbie Stokoe (Editor)'When we set off with our backpacks hanging from our shoulders and our hiking boots unwashed from the last trail ... we never know how it will all pan out. But something deep inside calls us to adventure and to brave the unknown ... There is a bit of wilderness within all of us ...'From hiking through the crisp mountain valleys of the Lake District to wild swimming in waterfalls beloved by poets of old to silent me...

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Report copyright infringementby Rachel Slotnick (Author)In this surreal series of dreamscapes, bears roam the subway, and fathers become fish. But for all of the fantastic imagery in this stunning debut poetry collection, there are equally memorable explorations of more familiar terrain: the landscapes of our lives and relationships. Number of Pages: 48 Dimensions: 0.12 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 01, 2015

Hitch Your Heart: Come Sail Again with Me through Mind Hitching Poetry and Prose

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Report copyright infringementby May F. Lindsey Reed (Author)May F. Lindsey Reed recounts events, people, and experiences through the years. She was born in Mounds, Pulaski Co, IL. She grew-up in Muncie, IN. She is a 1959 graduate of Muncie Central. She excelled in Eleanor Bly's speech class. She sang with the Concert Choir. After graduation she began modeling for the Muncie Camera Club. In 1961 she was employed in the Radiology Dept. at Ball Memorial Hospital as Film File Clerk. In 1965 she a...

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Report copyright infringementby Jo D'Arc (Author)'The act of taking human form is not for the faint-hearted.' Jo D'arc's magical text takes the reader on a journey across the elements as Minerva wakes and explores the earth. This fantasy tale, printed in pamphlet form with original poetry, is part of a multi-art project that combines music, photography, poetry and prose by writer, musician, producer/DJ and artist, Jo D'arc. Number of Pages: 36 Dimensions: 0.07 x 8 x...

The Doorstep Orphan: Eugene Field and a Trilogy of His Best-Loved Poems

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Report copyright infringementby Jean A. Lukesh (Author), Ronald E. Lukesh (Illustrator)A literary criticism biography of Eugene Field, who was known in the late 1800s and early 1900s as the Children's Poet and the Poet of Childhood, featuring three of his best-loved poems, "Little Boy Blue," "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" (also called "The Dutch Lullaby"), and "The Duel" (also called "The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat"). LitCritBio series Includes notes, glossary, annotated bibliography. ...

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Report copyright infringementby Danyelle M. Addesso (Author)Words can wound, but they can also save. All the Things I Never Said is a poetry-memoir born from the private pages of a diary and transformed into a testament of survival. Through raw, lyrical verse, it traces the arc of an abusive relationship and its aftermath capturing the darkness that shatters, the clarity that follows, and the long journey toward healing.These poems confront the realities of emotional and narcissistic abuse: g...

The Odyssey: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation)

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen Mitchell (Translator), Homer (Author)From Stephen Mitchell, the renowned translator whose Iliad was named one of The New Yorker's Favorite Books of 2011, comes a vivid new translation of the Odyssey, complete with textual notes and an illuminating introductory essay.The hardcover publication of the Odyssey received glowing reviews: The New York Times praised "Mitchell's fresh, elegant diction and the care he lavishes on meter, [which] brought me closer ...

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Loyd (Author) Number of Pages: 82 Dimensions: 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 08, 2021

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Report copyright infringementby Henry Al-Muthanna (Author), Amrita Chopde (Editor), H. Todd Thomas (Editor)Mystery of Misery is a long form confessional written by a fragmented boy with the mind of a middle aged man. Consummated in abandonment, addiction, faith, and masculine fracture. Misery is treated as discipline, survival as testimony, and belief as something argued with rather than inherited. Number of Pages: 120 Dimensions: 0.3 x 8 x 5 IN Publicat...

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Report copyright infringementby Kyla P. Heyming (Author)For Those I Have Loved is a collection of poems by Ontario-based bilingual poet Kyla Heyming (KPH). She dedicates this volume to her recently deceased "Opa", saying of him that he was "a great man who made me fall in love with stories."The collection is also for all those who have lost someone they were close to. Kyla knows that to have the chance to love at all is a profound blessing, even when it means we must ultimately be faced with ...

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Report copyright infringementby Ruth Rosenthal (Author)A blending of memoir and poetry that covers much of a women's life - this is a story well told. Written with a sure hand, Ruth Rosenthal shows us a life lived with grace and with attention to details. She shows again and again that her life matters, that each life matters, and when we take the time to read through an account like this one we gain much for our life, and that matters a great deal. Number of Pages: 158 ...

Sounds from the Beach Vendor's Coins Mixed with the Seagulls' Huah Huah Huah: Growing Up Brooklyn

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Report copyright infringementby Dian Cunningham Parrotta (Author)Growing up as a child in a working-class family, Dian Cunningham always liked magic, flying on the Brooklyn's sea breezes and the seagulls' huah-ings to meet the adventures that each day living in Flatbush had to offer. Dian lived in Brooklyn from her birth in 1955 to 1982, the height of the baby boomers. She grew up in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, within walking distance of Midwood High--which boasts alums such as Woody Al...

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Report copyright infringementby John Colacarro (Author)In a poetry collection written at 16 years old, John Colacarro shares his journey through 6 chapters. Dealing with different parts of growing up, mountains discusses themes such as heartbreak, loss, nostalgia, and self-hate. It takes the reader through a journey, hoping that they find themselves somewhere in it. Number of Pages: 226 Dimensions: 0.48 x 7 x 5 IN Publication Date: April 16, 2025 ...

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Report copyright infringementby Hope The Lionheart (Author)A lyrical journey through pain, silence, and the mysterious grace of becoming whole. From a childhood marked by silence to a convent that broke more than it healed, from abuse and clinical death to years on foreign mission fields, Broken Things Sing Too traces the raw, sacred journey of Hope--a woman who lost everything but never stopped listening for God's voice. Told in a collage of story and poem, these pages echo with spiritual tr...

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Report copyright infringementby Philip Hefner (Author)These poems look back over the poet's eighty years of life, including arguments with God about living with a serious birth defect. They also reflect on the possibilities presented by our own time, "the post-poetry age," in which events around us defy artistic interpretation. The theme of invincible hope runs throughout.Author BiographyPhilip Hefner is a retired theologian, who began writing poetry when he turned eighty years of age. His mo...

An Angel of the First Degree: Fifty Years of Love Poems 1970-2020

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Report copyright infringementby James A. Zoller (Author)What constitutes a love poem? What makes a good marriage? How can one explain fifty years of amiable, loving, committed companionship that carries no caveats and no regrets? How can one enumerate, let alone explain, the legion shapes and shades and manifestations by which love reveals itself? These poems in An Angel of the First Degree are all, significantly, love poems. Many of the poems are incidental in that they were written in the b...

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Report copyright infringementby Rachel Thompson (Author)5/5 Stars Readers' Favorite Review Winner 2013 eFestival of Words Best Non-Fiction (General) Winner 2014 Kindle Book Award Non-Fiction Finalist 2013 eBook Cover Design Award Gold Star Winner 2013 San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention 2013 Global eBook Award Women Studies Non-Fiction Gold Medal Winner Not easy subjects -- childhood sexual abuse, love, loss, date rape, grief -- but real ones, told in pieces (thus the title). Broken...