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William Carlos Williams - American Writers 24: University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers

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Report copyright infringementby John Malcolm Brinnin (Author)William Carlos Williams - American Writers 24 was first published in 1963. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.Back JacketMinnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible to scholars, students, researchers, and general readers....

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Report copyright infringementby Eileen P. Kennedy (Author), Irene Christensen (Artist)Dread and Splendor: Paintings and Poems for a New Earth brings together the poetry of American writer Eileen P. Kennedy with the paintings of Norwegian artist Irene Christensen. These artists met in the botanically spectacular country of Costa Rica where they devised the present book out of their common interest in natural beauty and opposition to the exploitation of the planet. The paintings depict the defi...

Pulling Stone: Poems, Pots, Paintings: Poems. Pots, Paintings

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Report copyright infringementby James Conaway (Author)This is a collection of author James Conaway's mixed media art and poetry. Known for his many titles from The Big Easy to The Far Side of Eden and Vanishing America, this book is his first collection of poetry and art. Number of Pages: 56 Dimensions: 0.15 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 12, 2026

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Report copyright infringementby G. H. Anonymous (Author) "g h anonymous" is anoctogenarian. This is her secondbook. "iPhone as iBook"."g h" invites you along on a strollthrough a garden on a pleasant day.You see what she sees . . . what doyou see? What are you thinkingabout what you see? As the stroll dissolves, new imagesunfold to elicit thoughts and reprisefamiliar themes. Finally, free play begins . . . theiPhone as an instrument of visualmusic. You are invited to participate. ...

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Report copyright infringementby Leah Ellis (Author)Peace in Hope and Heartache is a deeply personal collection exploring the complexities of motherhood, love, loss, and personal growth. Through raw reflections, the author navigates the bittersweet journey of raising children, the aching beauty of grief, and the quiet strength found in resilience. With tenderness and vulnerability, these pieces invite readers to reflect on their own experiences of transformation, celebrating the fleeting momen...

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Report copyright infringementby Tupac Shakur (Author)Tupac Shakur's most intimate and honest thoughts were uncovered only after his death with the instant classic The Rose That Grew from Concrete. His talent was unbounded a raw force that commanded attention and respect. His death was tragic--a violent homage to the power of his voice. His legacy is indomitable--as vibrant and alive today as it has ever been. This collection of deeply personal poetry is a mirror into the legendary artist's ...

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Report copyright infringementby Gillian Allnutt (Author)Denise Levertov described Gillian Allnutt's poems as 'at once hard and delicate, like wrought iron'. They are both serious and light in touch, deeply humane and spiritually profound, showing the spirit surviving amongst the tatters of Christianity in a modern wilderness.The lode in Gillian Allnutt's title picks up on two of the many meanings of the word. A lode can be a course, a way, a journey; also a road, a lane. Her collection traces...

A Boxful of Poetry: Three Contemporary Anthologies with Four Illustrated Poem Cards; How to Love the World, the Path to Kindness, and the Wonder of Sm

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Report copyright infringementby James Crews (Author), Nikita Gill (Foreword by), Dinara Mirtalipova (Illustrator)James Crews's three anthologies of contemporary poems celebrating hope, wonder, kindness, and connection packaged in a beautiful gift box set with the addition of four illustrated poem cards suitable for framing. These are the poems our world needs now. Together, the three books include over 300 poems by a diverse selection of leading and emerging contemporary poets, including Am...

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Report copyright infringementby Jamie Maxwell (Author), Ai Mi Tran (Illustrator)Jamie Maxwell is a Los Angeles-based writer and spoken word poet whose work gives voice to resilience, transformation, and the hidden strength found in survival. Her debut collection, Kintsugi, is a manifestation of recovery, weaving poetry that speaks to the broader human struggles of foster care, addiction, and domestic violence. These experiences, often marked by silence and stigma, become in her work a place o...

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Report copyright infringementby Li-Young Lee (Author)"The poet of rapture and tenderness" (Major Jackson, American Poets), Li-Young Lee speaks these poems with the intimacy and primacy of a whisper, as if from a lover to a beloved, or a believer to God. Each poem in The Invention of the Darling is a mysterious conjunction of spirit and matter, movement and stillness, the divine and the mundane, the sacred and the forbidden. They yearn for holistic union with The Beloved, every sentence anothe...

Going Out with Knots: My Two Kaddish Years with Hebrew Poetry

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Report copyright infringementby Wendy I. Zierler (Author)Finalist for the 2025 National Jewish Book Award Featured on Zibby Owens' My Most Anticipated Books 2025 list Interweaving memoir with Hebrew poetry, Going Out with Knots illuminates author Wendy I. Zierler's literary and personal Jewish mourning journey in the aftermath of unremitting personal loss. She begins with her story: the death of both her parents in one year; the challenges she faced as a woman saying Kaddish in an Orthodox sy...

You Were Never Broken: Poems to Save Your Life - Paperback

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by Jeff Foster (Author)Poems for accepting all that you are--including those parts of yourself that you wish you could disown "Give yourself permissionto rest, and be silent, and do nothing. Love this aloneness, friend.Fall into it.(Don't worry. You won't disappear. I am here to catch you.) Invite warm, curious attentiondeep inside your weary bones. Until there is no loneliness, only radical self-love." --Jeff Foster "There was never anything wrong with me, and there is never anything wrong ...

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Report copyright infringementby Kenslie Villoni (Author)Echoes of Meaningful Mourning is a heartfelt collection of eleven unique funeral poems, each offering a distinct voice and emotional resonance. With themes ranging from quiet reflection to gentle strength, this book serves as both a tribute and a companion for those navigating the journey of grief. Each poem speaks to the unspoken, honoring the lives of those who have passed while providing solace and validation to those left behind. Whe...

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Report copyright infringementby Kevin Bates (Author)The words in this book are written from the heart and experiences of KevinBates, "Still Beautiful" fuses fun, family, love, spiritual, emotional& thought-provoking poetry to guile to readers through life's triumphs and defeats. Built intofour compelling sections, every reader will find verses that resonate with their past, present and future place in God's world & promise kingdom. "Still Beautiful" takesreaders on a path of nostalgia...

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Report copyright infringementby Dianne C. Braley (Author)The Heroin Addict's Wife is a collection of twenty-four poems that lays bare the quiet devastation and unspoken truths of loving someone lost to addiction. With unflinching honesty, Dianne C. Braley captures the ache of waiting, the fury of betrayal, and the fragile hope that refuses to die. These poems move through darkness and resilience, giving voice to the silences so many carry alone.At once intimate and universal, this collection ...

What The Heart Carries: How We Break, How We Mend-Grief Poetry to Carry You Home

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Report copyright infringementby Luna Undra (Illustrator), Rebecca May Smith (Author)What the Heart CarriesHow We Break, How We Mend - Grief Poetry to Carry You HomeThere is no one way to grieve.There is no right way to heal.But some poems know how to sit beside you in the dark.In this intimate and soul-stirring collection, poet Rebecca May Smith traces the quiet, aching path through loss-and the slow return to light. What the Heart Carries moves with gentle power from the sharp edges of sorro...

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Report copyright infringementby Victor Ansor (Author)Papa is a boy so deeply in love with his mother that words are not enough to describe. In this explosive poetic discourse, he writes to his late mother lamenting his undying love, and the agony of losing a mother. He bares it all holding nothing back as he narrates his childhood memories, struggles in life, issues in the family, and earthly events in a very emotional poetic fashion. Number of Pages: 174 Dimensions:...

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Report copyright infringementby Gerrish Gray (Compiled by)Contents: There is a Lady Sweet and Kind - Anonymous; From a Lady to a Gentleman, in Answer to a Complimentary Copy of Verses - Anonymous; A Cheerful Tempered Lover's Farewell to His Mistress Joanna - Baillie; A Sonnet - Francis Beaumont; Song - Aphra Behn; The One Before the Last - Rupert Brooke; Memory - William Browne of Tavistock; Song - William Browne of Tavistock; How Do I Love Thee? - Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Love in life - R...

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Report copyright infringementby C. W. Emerson (Author), Lana Hechtman Ayers (Editor in Chief)"I was falling in love with the world, and everything in the world was dying," writes C.W. Emerson in Luminous Body, Glittering Ash. A reader will be drawn in by the narrator's compelling voice in this lyric narrative that captures a moment in history when a man caretakes the lives of those dearest to him, even in the midst of a pandemic, and though he might hope to save them all, it is not within his...

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Report copyright infringementby Crystal Wright (Author)Every poem in this book represents a part of me. Where I've come and gone within my mind. This book contains the most vulnerable parts of myself that I do not speak about often. I speak on my experiences and my own truths, mixed with a little imagination. It talks about my ups and downs through my years on this earth, the good and the bad, the love, the loss and a little more. I question my reality and what could be, alongside with giving...

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Report copyright infringementby Marc Tretin (Author)In this debut collection, Marc Tretin explores how family is the loneliest place of all. Because of his gut-deep feelings of impotence and his permanent sense of dislocation, his lyrical poems delve into those moments we would prefer not to think about. Uncomfortable with his wife and children, and believing in a punitive God, his feelings well from broken hearted to an incipient violence, that fortunately never breaks the surface. Deftly, t...

Senior Citizens Writing II: With an Introduction and Notes by W. Ross Winterowd

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Report copyright infringementby Bill Reid (Editor), W. Ross Winterwowd (Introduction by)SENIOR CITIZENS WRITING II continues the tradition of the first volume with new examples of seniors citizens writing from the unique and succesful workshops facilitated by W.. Ross Winterowd. In this new collection, readers will find memoirs, short stories and poems from eleven authors, ranging in age from 63 to 87, U.S. born as well as immigrant. This collection preserves a rich tapestry of American collo...

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Report copyright infringementby Norma K. Salway (Author)Touched by a Hummingbird is a reminder to experience life as it appears-especially when we are lonely, grieving, or sad. Norma K. Salway has experienced many losses. She hopes that others will be comforted by her story. Number of Pages: 28 Dimensions: 0.08 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: August 01, 2023

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Report copyright infringementby Catherine Esposito Prescott (Author)"I admire these poems for their willingness to encounter; to give us the saw-toothed shark, the microbe, the manatee, and, of course, the moon. Here is a poet who holds, so dearly, all that slips away. 'O heart, ' begins one address, 'crumb-lover, taker of any bid. For as long / as there's land to walk along, isthmus, / channel, bridge to nothing, I'll move, I'll play, / I'll scrape flint into fire.'"-Danusha Laméris, final j...

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Report copyright infringementby Kerry Hardie (Author)This is a book about the irreducible core of what it is to be human in a world that changes constantly yet repeats and repeats. Kerry Hardie's poetry - as the poet Claire Askew has noted - is 'a dark and gorgeous hymn to mortality', using images that speak to a place in us that does not depend on fashion or technology but braves that over-used word 'archetypal'. It is mostly specific to a particular Irish landscape the author knows very wel...

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Report copyright infringementby Haynes Hill (Author)At his death in 2016, Geoffrey Hill left behind The Book of Baruch by the Gnostic Justin, his last work, a sequence of more than 270 poems, to be published posthumously as his final statement. Written in long lines of variable length, with much off-rhyme and internal rhyme, the verse-form of the book stands at the opposite end from the ones developed in the late Daybooks of Broken Hierarchies (2013), where he explored highly taut constructi...

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Report copyright infringementby Shira Wolosky (Author)In The Art of Poetry, Shira Wolosky provides a dazzling introduction to an art whose emphasis on verbal music, wordplay, and dodging the merely literal makes it at once the most beguiling and most challenging of literary forms. A uniquely comprehensive, step-by-step introduction to poetic form, The Art of Poetry moves progressively from smaller units such as the word, line, and image, to larger features such as verse forms and voice. In fo...

Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World

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Report copyright infringementby Pádraig Ó. Tuama (Author)In the tumult of our contemporary moment, poetry has emerged as an inviting, consoling outlet with a unique power to move and connect us, to inspire fury, tears, joy, laughter, and surprise. This generous anthology pairs fifty illuminating poems with poet and podcast host Pádraig Ó Tuama's appealing, unhurried reflections. With keen insight and warm personal anecdotes, Ó Tuama considers each poem's artistry and explores how its meaning ...

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Oliver (Author)"Dream Work is made up of poems that fulfill the demand of lyric poetry by being short, passionate, charged with emotion and its necessary companion, thought. . . . The music in Oliver's writing is unmistakable. . . . Dream Work is an outstanding book." --Los Angeles Times In this collection of forty-five poems, originally published in 1986, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver turns her attention to the solitary and difficult labors ...

Read to Me My Love: A Ballad about Being Together

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Report copyright infringementby Rhea Wessel (Author), Pascal Thomas (Illustrator)In Read to Me My Love, a mother looks back on her life with gratefulness to her own mom who taught her a critical life lesson: We can all face triumph and disaster by standing on our own two feet and taking cues from the literary figures that went before us. Read to Me My Love is a tribute to the healing power of story. It is a perfect gift for parents, partners, and adult kids, as well as anyone who has faced th...

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Report copyright infringementby Katrin Ettenhuber (Author)The Logical Renaissance: Literature, Cognition, and Argument, 1479-1630 is the first substantial account of early modern English literature's deep but uncharted relationship with logic. The nature and functions of logic have been largely misunderstood in literary criticism of the period, where it is often seen as sterile and formalistic: either an overcomplex remnant of Medieval philosophy superseded by rhetoric, or part of a Ramist pe...

Music, Mind, and Language in Chinese Poetry and Performance: The Voice Extended

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Report copyright infringementby Casey Schoenberger (Author)"Poetry puts intent into words; singing lengthens words"--this is one of the earliest Chinese comments on artistic expression. Poetic language extends the reach of a sentiment beyond the individual, and musicality extends the reach of poetic language, not only across a room, but across geography and generations. The "extended mind thesis" (EMT) views minds as extending beyond individual nervous systems to include material and social e...