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by Amanda McKittrick Ros (Author)Amanda McKittrick Ros was an Irish writer who is famous for creating "serious literature" so uncommonly and astonishingly bad that it is utterly hilarious to read. She is a cult figure in the world of words, inspiring many unsuccessful attempts at imitation and enjoying the admiration of many famous literary figures. Published in 1933, Fumes of Formation is Amanda McKittrick Ros' final completed book. It is a masterwork of wonderfully terrible poetry: "This ...

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by Amado Nervo (Author)Nervo fue un poeta rom ntico, al que se cataloga habitualmente como modernista por su estilo y su poca. En su escritura utiliz un gran n mero de recursos literarios como el misticismo y la tristeza del poeta y el cambio o renovaci n de la m trica y la elegancia en los ritmos. Los temas de los poemas de Nervo son muy variados, marcados por experiencias tristes en su vida. En su modo de escritura se refiere a p rdidas muy grandes en su familia, empezando por la muerte d...

Bukowski's Ghost: Poems for Old Souls in New Bodies - Paperback

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by Jackson Dean Chase (Author)"With Bukowski's Ghost, Jackson Dean Chase invokes the spirit of the greatest poet of our time with the respect and admiration he deserves. This is an honest, intense, and remarkable collection by a fresh and powerful new voice." -Terry Trueman, Printz Honor author of Stuck in NeutralPoems inspired by (and many about) the late, great Charles Bukowski (1920-1994). A touching tribute to Buk that captures the self-inflicted madness of the poet in all of us. The 120 ...

Godless Circumcisions: A Recollecting & Re-membering of Blackness, Queerness & Flows of Survivance - Paperback

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by Rashad Malik Davis (Illustrator), Sophia Wright (Illustrator), Hari Ziyad (Contribution by)Godless Circumcisions is a witty and forceful study of race, sex and politics in contemporary culture. Personal and poetic, these essays, poems and biographical trysts disrobe issues central to the black, queer and working class existences. Wilson speaks fluently-fluctuating between academic authority, queer griot and matter-of-fact honesty-to issues of racial-sexual terror; masculine anxiety; how Bl...

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by The Perfect Library (Editor), Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Author)"Poems of Optimism", by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet (1850-1919). Number of Pages: 140 Dimensions: 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 11, 2015

La bella dama sin piedad: Antología poética - Paperback

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by John Keats (Author)John Keats (1795-1821) fue uno de los principales poetas brit nicos del Romanticismo. Durante su corta vida su obra fue objeto de constantes ataques y no fue sino hasta mucho despu s que fue completamente reivindicada. La l rica de Keats se caracteriza por un lenguaje exuberante e imaginativo, atemperado por la melancol a. Keats ten a con frecuencia la sensaci n de trabajar a la sombra de los grandes poetas del pasado y s lo hacia el final de su ef mera vida, cuando sent...

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by George Gordon 1788- Byron (Author)The story, told in seventeen cantos, begins with the birth of Don Juan. As a young man he is precocious sexually, and has an affair with a friend of his mother. The husband finds out, and Don Juan is sent away to Cadiz. On the way, he is shipwrecked, survives, and meets the daughter of a pirate, whose men sell Don Juan as a slave. A young woman who is a member of a Sultan's harem, sees that this slave is purchased. She disguises him as a girl and sneaks hi...

Autumn (Petite Poems): A Picture Book - Hardcover

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by Alexander Posey (Author), Paige Pettibon (Illustrator)Discover the power of poetry in this simple, modern introduction to Indigenous poet Alexander Posey, featuring an ode to autumn and the changing seasons Autumn depicts a dreamy fall day full of jaybird songs and scarlet leaves dancing through the air. In this poem, Muscogee poet Alexander Posey celebrates the changing of the seasons as the golden sun sets on summer and the world prepares for a time of rest. With stunning illustrations f...

Baba Bulleh Shah: The Pearl of Punjab: Selective kafis of the sufi translated into English - Paperback

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by Parvez Iqbal Anjum (Author)Selective 50odd kafis of the greatest sufi poet of Punjab -Eastern and Western- have been translated with care and compassion into English for dissemination of his message of Sufism and spiritualism. Number of Pages: 172 Dimensions: 0.45 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 17, 2015

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by Cesar Vallejo (Author)"Trilce", de C sar Vallejo. C sar Vallejo fue un escritor y poeta peruano (1892-1936). Number of Pages: 56 Dimensions: 0.12 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 02, 2014

Llanto por la muerte de Art O Laoire: Caoineadh Airt Ui Laoire - Paperback

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by David Barnwell (Translator), Carmen Rodriguez Alonso (Translator), Eibhlin Dubh Ni Chonaill (Author)Esta es la primera traducci n al espa ol que se ha hecho del "Lamento por la muerte de Art Laoire" (Caoineadh Airt U Laoghaire), el poema escrito en ga lico irland s m s destacado del siglo XVIII. Concebido como un lamento para ser declamado en p blico, ofrece profundos sentimientos, una perfecta t cnica literaria y una m trica variada, que sustentan poderosas im genes presentadas en cinc...

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by Sir Walter Scott (Author)New Edition with Substantial Notes. The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott. Edited with Substantial Notes by William J. Rolfe. When I first saw Mr. Osgood's beautiful illustrated edition of The Lady of the Lake, I asked him to let me use some of the cuts in a cheaper annotated edition for school and household use; and the present volume is the result. Number of Pages: 278 Dimensions: 0.58 x 9.69 x 7.44 IN Publication Date: Septe...

Great Queens and Kings of Africa Vol 1: Never leave an enemy behind - Paperback

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by Pusch Commey (Author)A poetic journey through a massive legacy of African civilization. An adaptation from the historical narrative 100 Great African Kings and Queens.Author BiographyPusch Commey is an award winning poet and author of 9 books, Number of Pages: 44 Dimensions: 0.11 x 10 x 7 IN Publication Date: September 23, 2014

Filling the Pondering Pool: Haiku by Constance Patrick - Paperback

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by Constance Patrick (Author)Patrick's second poetry book is a collection of simple, evocative, and expertly-crafted Haiku, covering the themes of Rain, Trees, Earth, Nature, and Grace. Among the poems, Patrick intersperses details about the Haiku poetic form as well as some of the best teachers of Haiku. An introduction to Kanji Symbols is also included. Evocative and inspiring, Patrick's Haiku stimulate your heart, mind, and spirit, leaving you with lasting impressions and a desire for more...

Lifelines: Poems for Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper - Paperback

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by Joseph Stanton (Author)Joseph Stanton, author of this impressive collection of poems, is a masterful practitioner of art-inspired poetry. His commitment to the ekphrastic genre is evident in Lifelines: Poems for Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper, his eighth collection of poems. The chronological presentation of poems inspired by the works of Homer and Hopper serves to capture the trajectory of each artist's life and career and unlocks the secrets of many of their most intriguing images. Numb...

Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000 - Paperback

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by Lucille Clifton (Author)The long-awaited collection by one of the most distinguished poets working today.Author BiographyLucille Clifton won the 2007 Ruth Lilly Poetry Award. Her book, Blessing the Boats (BOA Editions), won the 2000 National Book Award for Poetry. Two of Clifton's BOA poetry collections were chosen as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Clifton's awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and an Emmy Award. Number of Pages: 144 Dimensions: 0....

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by Greta Bellamacina (Compiled by)A vivid, powerful anthology of poems by and for young women, giving voice to a new generation of international poets, with themes of feminism, empowerment, resilience, confidence, and integrity. SMEAR: Poems For Girls presents a curated, all-female lineup of poets from different countries and addresses issues of trauma, survivorship, independence, and body positivity. As described on Dazed.com: "The poetry collection celebrating the imperfect, frank woman, SM...

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by Oliver Baez Bendorf (Author)Consider the Rooster serves as an ode to a rooster's crow, a catalyst for awakening, both literally and figuratively.Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic, the aftermath of George Floyd's murder by police, and the resulting upsurge in reactionary right-wing militia violence, a neighbor in Kalamazoo, Michigan threatens to call the police after discovering the author's pet rooster. The rooster sounds the alarm and our author wakes to revolutionary transformation. An ecolog...

A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems 1979-1997 - Paperback

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by Wendell Berry (Author)Berry's Sabbath Poems embrace much that is elemental to human life--beauty, death, peace, and hope. In his preface, Berry writes about the growing audience for public poetry readings. While he sees poetry in the public eye as a good thing, Berry asks us to recognize the private life of the poem. These Sabbath Poems were written ""in silence, in solitude, and mainly out of doors,"" and tell us about ""moments when heart and mind are open and aware." Wendell Berry is be...

Only You: A Sapphic Poetry Book - Paperback

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by Mia Sanchez (Author)"But I want to write poetryDescribing her beautiful soulSo the world can fall for herAs easily I had done for years."Only You is a poetry collection about unrequited love, expressing my love for someone for whom no words will be enough to explain.It has poems about the magical moments of falling in love with her and the unavoidable suffering. Poems I wrote to make the world understand her beauty and everything that made her perfect in my eyes.I hope these poems show tha...

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by Andy Brown (Author), Marc Woodward (Author)The poetry in 'Grace Notes' echoes instruments and moves from the intimacy of a pub singalong or an epiphany in a guitar shop, to virtuosic frenzy or the majesty of a symphony. Grace Notes is endlessly inventive, clever and heartfelt and so friendly and inviting you hardly notice it playing your heartstrings or lighting up your brain like a mixing desk, and before you know it you're part of its score.Author BiographyAndy Brown, author of The Midni...

Poetical Musings on Pianos, Music & Life - Vol. I - Paperback

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by Ann Grogan (Author)ABOUT THE POETRY ANTHOLOGY: In great joy, excitement, and curiosity Ann describes a newly rediscovered world of sound and music after she retired from busy careers in trial law and a fashion corset business. Seeking solace during the pandemic lockdown and in her late 70s, one day she noticed her spinet piano sitting untouched since graduation from high school, and decided to take lessons again. She began lessons by reviewing elementary piano books and a year later the t...

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by Tak Erzinger (Author)TAK Erzinger leads us through the wonder and surprise of nature, explores the search for identity, and surrenders to what cannot be changed. All while confronting the mercurial temperament of relationships and how they are perceived, one poem at a time.Author BiographyTAK Erzinger is an award winning American/Swiss poet and artist with a Colombian background. She lives on a foothill of a Swiss alp with her husband and cats. Number of Pages: 94 Dim...

Patterns: Poems by Constance Patrick - Paperback

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by Constance Patrick (Author)Patterns is a collection of poems Constance Patrick wrote over the last ten plus years. She has been writing poetry since high school and more recently has written one or more poems a week for the last seven years. Her poetry now totals well over 450 poems. This book presents over 75 of her best ones. Patterns is about life experiences Constance now shares with family, friends, and readers. Every emotion will rise to the surface for readers, and many profound mess...

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by Paul Verlaine (Author), Martin Sorrell (Translator)Verlaine ranks alongside Baudelaire, Mallarmé, and Rimbaud as one of the most influential poets of late nineteenth-century France. Remarkable not only for his exquisitely crafted verse, Verlaine is also the poet of strong emotions and appetites, with an unrivalled gift for the sheer music of poetry, and an inventive approach to its technique. This bilingual edition provides the most comprehensive selection of his poetry yet, offering some ...

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by Gavin Van Horn (Editor), Bruce Jennings (Editor), Nickole Brown (Editor)"This collection feels medicinal and miraculous all at once. . . This is not just 'nature writing.' This is cosmic writing."--Robert Moor, bestselling author of On Trails: An Exploration For readers of Sand Talk, Braiding Sweetgrass, and Sounds Wild and Broken From the Center for Humans and Nature, publisher of the award-winning anthology series Kinship, comes a new anthology series on the Elementals, a five-volume col...

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by John Lee Clark (Author)Formally restless and relentlessly instructive, How to Communicate is a dynamic journey through language, community, and the unfolding of an identity. Poet John Lee Clark pivots from inventive forms inspired by the Braille slate to sensuous prose poems to incisive erasures that find new narratives in nineteenth-century poetry. Calling out the limitations of the literary canon, Clark includes pathbreaking translations from American Sign Language and Protactile, a lang...

¡Un Día Una Señora Se Tragó Una Caracola! (There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell!) - Paperback

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by Lucille Colandro (Author), Jared Lee (Illustrator)A wacky spin-off on the classic "There Was an Old Lady" song. No vas a creer por qué esta señora se tragó una concha, un cangrejo, un pez, una gaviota, un balde, un poco de arena y una ola! Pero ten cuidado cuando eructe con resultados divertidísimos!You won't believe why this old lady swallowed a shell, a crab, a fish, a gull, a pail, some sand, and a wave! But watch out when she burps with hilarious results!Author BiographyLucille Coland...

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by Abraham Smith (Author)A new poetry collection from one of America's most lyric and sonically interesting poets.Abraham Smith's Insomniac Sentinel is a concatenation of sandhill cranes and their haunting deep time dinosaur barking. It is the croon of safety from the heart of Wisconsin. It is an aegis from the violence perpetuated on the young; that the young perpetuate; lurching and launching from tercets, those familiar island letting go sideways, the poems themselves as steady and desulto...

Deer Trails: San Francisco Poet Laureate Series No. 7 - Paperback

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by Kim Shuck (Author)2019 NCIBA Golden Poppy Award Winner - Poetry***San Francisco's 7th poet laureate--a Native American and native San Franciscan--explores urban space and the natural world.Deer Trails is a strongly elegiac evocation of a San Francisco that lies buried under its contemporary urban landscape, but can still be found peeking through. Native American and native San Franciscan Kim Shuck is the city's seventh poet laureate, and in these poems she celebrates the enduring presence ...

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by Tawahum Bige (Author)A stunning debut poetry collection confronting colonialism, relationships, grief and intergenerational wounds. Cut to Fortress considers the possibility of decolonization through a personal lens, urging for a resistance that is tied using cord and old-growth tree roots; a resistance that tethers us all together in this contemporary existence. With an upbringing in Surrey, fraught familial conflicts, the passing of his older brother and its influence on his world view, ...

This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets - Hardcover

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by Kwame Alexander (Author)A breathtaking poetry collection on hope, heart, and heritage from the most prominent and promising Black poets and writers of our time, edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander. In this comprehensive and vibrant poetry anthology, bestselling author and poet Kwame Alexander curates a collection of contemporary anthems at turns tender and piercing and deeply inspiring throughout. Featuring work from well-loved poets such as Rita Dove, Jericho B...