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Two Novembers: A Memoir of Love 'n' Sex in Sonnets - Paperback

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by Liza Achilles (Author)Upon suffering a computer overuse injury and seeking treatment, Liza Achilles fell in love with her physical therapist. As her arms healed, she began writing Shakespearean sonnets addressed to him. Between November 2016 and November 2017, she continued writing poems to chronicle the true story of her ever-changing love life, often putting a humorous spin on her daily struggles of the heart. Two Novembers is a sonnet sequence that carries the beauty and drama of an anc...

Memory Field: A Travelogue of Forgetting - Paperback

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by Eric Tyler Benick (Author)In Memory Field, Benick recalls objects of consciousness as altered by the materials of space and time and examines the social and ontological imperatives of what it means to be a body at any given moment. A "travelogue of forgetting" in the Proustian sense, Benick's text embraces the impossibility of accurate remembering and concedes to the liminal overlap of fact and fiction. In distilled fractions of experience, Memory Field holds the place where life once was ...

Sun at Midnight: Poems and Letters - Paperback

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by Muso Soseki (Author), W. S. Merwin (Translator), Soiku Shigematsu (Translator)"An undisputed master."--The New York TimesLong out of print, this reissue is the first translation into English of the work of Muso Soseki, the thirteenth-century Zen roshi and founder of the rock garden. A gorgeous introduction by co-translator W.S. Merwin sets the stage for 130 poems and six letters to the Emperor that combine delicacy and lightness with penetrating plainness. Essential for poets, gardeners, a...

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by Juan Felipe Herrera (Author), Lauren Castillo (Illustrator)A buoyant, breathtaking poem from Juan Felipe Herrera -- brilliantly illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Lauren Castillo -- speaks to every dreaming heart. Now in a Spanish-language edition ALGUNA VEZ has imaginado qui n ser s cuando crezcas? Cuando Juan Felipe Herrera era ni o, recogi flores, ayud a su mam a alimentar a los pollitos, durmi bajo el cielo centelleante y aprendi a decirles adi s a sus amiguitos cada vez que su fa...

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by Mat de Melo (Author)"Un poema de montaje cinematogr?fico que difumina las l?neas entre la poes?a y el teatro." Ficci?n Inc. (Ficci?n S.A.) es una narrativa colorida y on?rica que mezcla teatro, mitolog?a y poes?a cinematogr?fica. En el coraz?n de la historia se encuentra Milo, un dramaturgo bajo un hechizo de los dioses, que se ve atrapado entre los reinos de la ficci?n y la realidad. Junto a un elenco de personajes exc?ntricos, Milo y su s?quito sienten el peso del mundo para cumplir con ...

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by Jennifer Chang (Author)An Authentic Life is an exacting and fearless interrogation of the education one receives from the institutions of academia and family. Sprawling yet urgent, meditative yet lucid, the poems in Jennifer Chang's anticipated third collection, An Authentic Life, offer a bold examination of a world deeply influenced by war and patriarchy. In dialogues against literature, against philosophy, and against God, Chang interrogates the "fathers" who stand at the center of histo...

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by Reetika Vazirani (Author)Born in India and raised in the U.S., Reetika Vazirani is at the forefront of a group of young immigrant writers who are questioning citizenship and the effects of migration and immigration on the discovery of one's self. The topics she writes about--eastern culture meeting west--are both timely and timeless, as she demonstrates a love for storytelling, delights in the music and flavors of the world, and displays a subtle understanding of cross-cultural conflicts f...

Of This World: New and Selected Poems 1966-2006 - Paperback

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by Joseph Stroud (Author)"A book by Joseph Stroud is a rare and exciting event."--The Bloomsbury ReviewIn just four books since the 1960s, the calm, California-based writer--whose works also describe his travels in Vietnam, Laos, India and even the Solomon Islands--has gathered devotees to his pellucid free verse with its unpretentious, unbuttoned feel and its Buddhist overtones. --Publishers Weekly(Stroud's) poems speak from around the globe: Venice, London, Santo Domingo, Guatemala, Vietnam...

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by Ed Skoog (Author)Skoog's poetry is simultaneously minimal and monumental, and his conversational tone invites readers in with open armsAuthor BiographyEd Skoog: Ed Skoog was born in Topeka, Kansas, and earned his MFA at the University of Montana. His first three books, Mister Skylight (2009), Rough Day (2013), and Run the Red Lights (2016) are all published by Copper Canyon Press. His poetry has appeared in Poetry, American Poetry Review, The Paris Review and Ploughshares, among other pu...

Steal Away: Selected and New Poems - Paperback

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by C. D. Wright (Author)Now in paperback, Steal Away presents C.D. Wright's best lyrics, narratives, prose poems, and odes with new retablos and a bracing vigil on incarceration. Long admired as a fearless poet writing authentically erotic verse, Wright--with her Southern accent and cinematic eye--couples strangeness with uncanny accuracy to create poems that offer a once-and-for-all thing, opaque and revelatory, ceaselessly burning.from Our DustYou didn't know my weariness, error, incapacity...

Forget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart - Hardcover

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by Mary Ann Hoberman (Author), Michael Emberley (Illustrator)When you learn a poem by heart, it becomes a part of you. You know it in your mind, in your mouth, in your ears, in your whole body. And best of all, you know it forever. From the creators of the bestselling You Read to Me, I'll Read to You series comes this new collection of poems especially suitable for learning by heart and saying aloud. With personal introductions by former Children's Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman -- as well ...

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by David L. Harrison (Author), Kate Cosgrove (Illustrator)One tree supports an ecosystem of life-insects, mammals, and even humans. Discover the surprising biodiversity of trees in this science picture book from award-winning creators of And the Bullfrogs Sing and The Dirt Book. A tree is more than just a plant, but a whole ecosystem hiding in plain sight, on street corners and in backyards everywhere. Discover how one tree provides shelter, food, and clean air to a host of animals and insect...

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by Evie Shockley (Author)Evie Shockley's new poems invite us to dream--and work--toward a more capacious "we"In her new poetry collection, Evie Shockley mobilizes visual art, sound, and multilayered language to chart routes towards openings for the collective dreaming of a more capacious "we." How do we navigate between the urgency of our own becoming and the imperative insight that whoever we are, we are in relation to each other? Beginning with the visionary art of Black women like Alison S...

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by Tureeda Mikell (Author)You must be connected to earth to read this book, because its effect is that of a live wire. Reader, get yourself grounded and then open these pages! You will be changed by reading, by being within the world of these words of manifestation and realization. It is the new foundation. -Dr. Raina J. LeónThese verses by Tureeda Mikell sing the centuries of abuse and exploitation of Black bodies with utmost storytelling prowess, lustrous clarity, and galactic tone. -Yousse...

Love Poems for Married People - Hardcover

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by John Kenney (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Based on his wildly popular New Yorker piece, Thurber Prize-winner John Kenney presents a hilarious collection of love poems for, well, married people. Full of brilliant wit, dynamic energy, and a heavy dose of reality, Love Poems for Married People takes the poetic form, turns it upside down and leaves it in the dishwasher to dry. Inspired by one of the most shared New Yorker pieces of all time, this collection captures the reality of life onc...

A Light in the Attic Special Edition with 12 Extra Poems - Hardcover

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by Shel Silverstein (Author), Shel Silverstein (Illustrator)From New York Times bestselling author Shel Silverstein, the creator of the beloved poetry collections Where the Sidewalk Ends, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, comes an imaginative book of poems and drawings--a favorite of Shel Silverstein fans young and old. This special edition contains 12 never-before-published poems.A Light in the Attic delights with remarkable characters and hilariously profound poems in a collection readers...

The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain: New Poems - Paperback

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by Charles Bukowski (Author)The second of five new books of unpublished poems from the late, great, Charles Bukowski, America's most imitated and influential poet -- 143 never-before-seen works of gritty, amusing, and inspiring verse. Number of Pages: 320 Dimensions: 0.84 x 8.98 x 6.4 IN Publication Date: January 04, 2005

Gratitude Haiku: Surviving COVID in Photographs & Poems - Paperback

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by Rae Berg (Author)This book is both gift and invitation, written in the midst of our generation's biblical-like plague, where haiku has become, for many including myself, an angel of mercy.Gift to you. From me, a happily-retired pastor, who, in 35 years of ministry preached from various pulpits in excess of two million words, and now am drawn to the "less is more" life. In all sorts of ways, this philosophy permeates my being, my decisions, and my weeks. Specifically, during the pandemic, I...

Black Rootedness: 54 Poets from Africa to America - Paperback

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by Karla Brundage (Compiled by), Stephanie Aoun Bou Karam (Designed by), Iman Gibson (Photographer)West Oakland to West Africa (WO2WA) provides a sustained exchange to connect members of the African Diaspora and Africa through creative writing. Our core values are to create a safe place for the transparent healing and growth of Black people; to deliver innovative and authentic forms of writing and to engage the medium of spoken word to shape and define the narratives of the Diaspora; to allow...

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by Ivonne Gordon (Author), Diego E. Fernandez (Translator), Gayle Baird (Artist)Salt Oracle is a collection of poems about the earth, the home, and the ancestral memory of the human body. It celebrates the connection of that body with the contents of its environment-with the body's movement and grace; with food that unfolds into generational tales; and with the dreams that, like memory, bridge the divide of human existence.Estrellas de marLa espuma salada del marcrece en las manoshumedeciendo...

Poetic Dwellings: A Soul's Journey - Paperback

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by Helga Vroom (Author), Harry Menne (Artist)The beginning is the thought process. Thoughts need to be organized. By doing that, feelings and the unconscious mind kick in. Those avenues travel and need to be crafted into a precise short form. Only a few words should express a lot of meaning. Each line stirs more ideas and thoughts. English is and always will be my second language. In the end effect the meaning of the poem is what counts. Number of Pages: 120 Dimensions: 0.33 x 9 x 6 IN Public...

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by Alden Sproull (Author), Allie Rigby (Editor), Stephanie Bou Karam (Designed by)Through his work with people who were struggling with serious illness, Alden Sproull discovered a journey of reflection, insight, and trust. Walking the edge between life and death with those who battled for their lives was exciting, challenging, disturbing, troubling and, ultimately, life-changing. Join him and discover for yourself what it means to walk the edge of life. Number of Pages: 106 Dimensions: 0.29 x...

The Infinite Words of My Heart: Poetry - Paperback

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by Khalipha Dlangamandla (Author)This is a poetry book, written in a unique form. it consists of 5 chapters that have topics such as romance, heartbreak, faith, motivational and quotes. If you are looking for romance, I have you covered but not just that also poetry that encourages and motivates you. This poetry book is more connected to my life as every poem written is a certain event of my life. From bad times to good times in romance and life in general. from faith filled godly poetry to e...

Really Woolly My First Easter - Board Book

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by Dayspring (Author), Bonnie Rickner Jensen (Author), Julie Sawyer Phillips (Illustrator)Celebrate the hope of Jesus and the true meaning of Easter with this basket-shaped board book of poems and prayers from DaySpring's Really Woolly series. Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers will giggle along with this lovable sheep as they discover that the Easter story is full of joy, from baby ducklings and blooming flowers to knowing that Jesus is alive forever and ever! Curl up with your own little la...

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by Steven Sieting (Author) Number of Pages: 164 Dimensions: 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 17, 2024

The Hormone of Darkness: A Playlist - Paperback

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by Tilsa Otta (Author)A bilingual selection of tender, transgressive poems by a Peruvian poet and multimedia artist In Tilsa Otta's The Hormone of Darkness, we find a queer, Latinx person who has lived through iterations of authoritarian rule, and who answers these conditions by creating poetry that doubles down on a life force that precedes and exceeds received notions of the poetic. Here poetry is bawdy, fabulist, and spiritual--in short, it is alive. Otta has created a heaven where readers...

The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde - Paperback

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by Audre Lorde (Author)These are poems which blaze and pulse on the page.--Adrienne Rich The first declaration of a black, lesbian feminist identity took place in these poems, and set the terms--beautifully, forcefully--for contemporary multicultural and pluralist debate.--Publishers Weekly This is an amazing collection of poetry by . . . one of our best contemporary poets. . . . Her poems are powerful, often political, always lyrical and profoundly moving.--Chuckanut Reader Magazine What a d...

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by Douglas Florian (Author), Douglas Florian (Illustrator)Douglas Florian explores the arboreal world with his signature wit and whimsy in this tree-mendous picture book poetry collection featuring a dynamic vertical format that illustrates the incredible heights and shapes of the trees. Seeds are sprouting, roots are spreading, and branches are swaying. From coconut palms and bristlecone pines to baobabs and banyans, discover the scientific nature of these majestic plants as well as their un...

Deep Travel: At Home in the [Burning] World - Paperback

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by Dane Cervine (Author)Deep Travel - At Home In The [Burning] World is a book of contemporary haibun by the poet Dane Cervine. Underlying this series of journeys-through the great Midwest of America, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, a bit of French countryside, Italy, then later through New England-is an experience of pilgrimage. The Japanese poet Basho's famous book Narrow Road to the Interior explored both "interiors" of countryside and heart-mind. Ancient Zen poets grounded their work in Nature ...

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by Alana Sejdic (Author), Blanca Flor (Illustrator) Number of Pages: 28 Dimensions: 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 16, 2024 Large Print: Yes

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by Langston Hughes (Author)The perfect introduction to one of the most important writers to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and '30s, featuring a career-spanning collection of poems and three of his most powerful stories. "Langston Hughes is a titanic figure in 20th-century American literature ... a powerful interpreter of the American experience." The Philadelphia Inquirer Hughes's work blends elements of blues and jazz, speech and song, into a triumphant and wholly original ...

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by Dee Evans (Author)Sapience of thoughts and emotions felt by a Black woman in these prevalent times. In a Powerful mix of poetry, ingrain with the grace of memory, prophesy, and truth. Not theory nor fiction but the commonality of sentiment felt from within. Black women are not looked at as weak or incapable. The weight of the world is on their backs and shoulders. They are the backbones of their Black Men, Children, Community, and Family. Ignored and overlooked. These thoughts and emotions...