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"The first full-length volume of poems in a decade by former poet laureate of the United States Donald Hall. In The Back Chamber, Donald Hall illuminates the evocative, iconic objects of deep memory--"a cowbell," "a white stone perfectly round," "a three-legged milking stool"--that serve to foreground the rich meditations on time and mortality that run through his remarkable new collection. While Hall's devoted readers will recognize many of his long-standing...
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Combining evocative haiku, informative text and luminous illustrations, Great Lakes and Rugged Ground is a celebration, for our youngest readers, of more than four hundred years of Ontario's history. Each detail-rich illustration depicts a particular moment in the province's dynamic saga from first European contact, the War of 1812, the building of the railroad and the Rideau Canal, the early development of the industries that have made the province...
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"In Hope is the Thing with Feathers, we follow the story of a little bird who brings joy to everyone through his song. When a storm hits, the little bird's song is diminished, but he never gives up, and when the storm passes he is there to give joy again as people rebuild. Emily Dickinson's beloved poem is beautifully brought to life by bestselling artist Tim Hopgood in this beautiful picturebook that champions poetry and shows that, even in the darkest...
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Considered one of Chaucer's finest poems, second only to The Canterbury Tales in richness and depth, Troilus and Cressida is a tragic love story set against the background of the siege of Troy by the Greeks.
Written in the 1380s, it presents Troilus, son of Priam and younger brother of Hector, as a Trojan warrior of renown who sees, and falls deeply in love with, the beautiful Cressida. Cressida is the daughter of Calchas, a Trojan priest and seer...
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Shaped around moments of puncture and release, The Rupture Tense registers what leaks across the breached borders between past and future, background and foreground, silence and utterance. In polyphonic and formally restless sequences, Jenny Xie cracks open reverberant, vexed experiences of diasporic homecoming, intergenerational memory, transfer, state-enforced amnesia, public secrecies, and the psychic fallout of the Chinese Cultural Revolution....
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John Ashbery's wild, deliriously inventive book-length poem, inspired by the adventures of Henry Darger's Vivian Girls Henry Darger, the prolific American outsider artist who died in 1973, leaving behind over twenty thousand pages of manuscripts and hundreds of artworks, is famous for the elaborate alternate universe he both constructed and inhabited, a "realm of the unreal" where a plucky band of young girls, the Vivians, helps lead an epic rebellion...
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Poems of the barrio and of the Americas beyond. Spanish for 'helter-skelter,' Trochemoche begins by conjuring life in the barrio, whether in a slum in a Texas border town or in L.A., the vast, hectic, desperate California metropolis where Luis J. Rodríguez grew up. For Rodríguez, only art offered deliverance from the despair of gang violence and poverty, and these poems stand as prayers for transcendence, recorded long after Rodríguez escaped...
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"Ralph Culver's is a poetry of great precision, almost delicacy, and of subtle power, deployed in poems that dwell in the ordinary and bring with them a sense of the extraordinary...Culver's lyrical narratives...unfold elegantly, brilliantly...[He] pierces his subjects-'the last catamount,' misunderstanding, bargainers, camping alone-with self-delighting insights..."
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"In this poetry collection, an award-winning author presents a portrait of nineteenth-century Black America. This masterful and haunting mosaic is a search for lost histories, both personal and inherited"--
"Over the course of two decades, award-winning poet Patricia Smith has amassed a collection of rare nineteenth-century photographs of Black men, women, and children who, in these pages, regard us from the staggering distance of time. Unshuttered...
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This book offers poignant observations on overlooked aspects of life, conveyed through accessible writing to widen perspectives. Spanning various themes, I delve beneath the surface details that often escape our awareness, elevating them into consciousness through reflections from an intuitive lens.
My aim is to open up unconventional avenues of exploration beyond the status quo. Rather than adhering to fixed structural formulas, I let the prose...
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In the Course of Dreams offers a profound odyssey into the heart of existence. Through poetic ruminations, it delves into timeless quandaries: life's purpose, the essence of justice, the bounds of freedom, and the eternal dance of good and evil. Despite the weight of these themes, a luminous thread of hope weaves throughout, crafting a tapestry that is both current and eternal.
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Cuando el alma me inspira es un conmovedor viaje a través de las emociones humanas, un libro de poesía que teje palabras con la delicadeza de un pincel sobre un lienzo en blanco. Las páginas de esta obra nos invitan a explorar los múltiples matices de la experiencia humana, ofreciendo un vistazo a la diversidad de sensibilidades y respuestas que surgen en el enfrentamiento de la vida.
La autora, con una sensibilidad palpable en cada verso, se...
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This is a compilation of years of writings that culminated into a second book of poetry that reflects many different emotions.
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I've been writing for over 50 years. Specific poems are designated for specific types of sentiments that encompass and reflect on a wide variety of passions and feelings.
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A minor celebrity clips his toenails in the Oval Office, a gnat ties the bulb of a Christmas light to his back, and plainclothes policemen search for God at a carnival. With his second collection of poetry, J. Andrew Schrecker returns with a unique blend of observation, surrealism, and confession.
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May Sarton at her evocative and contemplative best. The title poem of this entrancing collection compares love to salt for its ability both to dissolve and to crystallize "into a presence." At once philosophical and fiercely corporeal, this work presents emotion as a sensory experience. Written with Sarton's characteristic concision, these deeply felt poems will delight readers.
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The world can often feel like a roiling sea, whose waves, once brilliant blue, have descended into uproarious darkness. When it does, there may be nothing else to do but hold on tightly and hope that you're able to make it to the other side. This collection of poems explores the rolling waves, the blazing sunlight, the bitter chill, and coming home again.
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Dating from one of the most studied creative periods of John Ashbery's career, a groundbreaking collection showcasing his signature polyphonic poem "Litany" First published in 1979, four years after Ashbery's masterpiece Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, the poems in As We Know represent the great American poet writing at the peak of his experimental powers. The book's flagship poem, the seventy-page "Litany," remains one of the most exciting and...
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As an Irishman I have been inspired by the many talented poets from my country. The poems in this book are the result of my experiences in a rich and varied life and the fascination I have had with the history and life of my countrymen and countrywomen.
The poems reflect the fact that I have explored many aspects of religion and philosophy in my life and I have come to the conclusion that for me the most important consideration is living a life with...
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For over four years, Lyle has been writing poetry and stories for high school assignments and for himself. This book is a collection of the character's work with the backstory of the poems. The illustrations are line drawings by Clyde List and the photos are of Oregon by June Reynolds, who is the author of the series. This fourth book rounds out the trilogy of the Lyle Kent series.
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