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We Will Be Shelter: Poems for SurvivalWe Will be Shelter, edited by poet and activist Andrea Gibson, is an anthology of contemporary poems that addresses issues of social justice. Unique to this anthology is its focus on creating positive social change through gorgeous, gusty poetry. Alongside and embedded in featured...
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The Chorus of Life & The Story Book Of PoemsAfter serving during the Vietnam War era, Mr. Woodward became a Paramedic in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of this profession, he was able to support himself and travel extensively, visiting or living in forty-six countries, all the while keeping a journal of the whole fifteen-year...
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Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 EditionIn 1855, Walt Whitman published -- at his own expense -- the first edition of Leaves of Grass, a visionary volume of twelve poems. Showing the influence of a uniquely American form of mysticism known as Transcendentalism, which eschewed the general society and culture...
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The ProphetOne of the most beloved classics of our time--a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Published in 1923, Gibran's masterpiece has been translated into more than twenty languages.Gibran's musings are divided into twenty-eight chapters covering such sprawling topics...
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The Beautiful Poetry of Donald TrumpWhat if there's a hidden dimension to Donald Trump; a sensitive, poetic side? Driven by this question, Rob Sears began combing Trump's words for signs of poetry. What he found was a revelation. By simply taking the 45th President of the United States' tweets...
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The Night Before ChristmasThis bestselling beautifully illustrated edition of the classic Christmas poem about Santa Claus, sugarplums, and reindeer makes the perfect holiday gift for families. Clement C. Moore's timeless Christmas Eve poem comes to life in this New York Times bestselling illustrated edition of The Night...
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Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost: Volume 1Use all your senses--not just your eyes--when you read Robert Frost's remarkable poems. Your own world will quickly melt away as Frost draws you into winter wonderlands, forests, and fields. More than twenty-five of the Pulitzer-Prize winner's best-loved poems are included, along with stunning...
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Your Relationship to Motion Has ChangedYour Relationship to Motion Has Changed is an exploration through a wandering mind in the middle of external chaos. The poems trace private and public histories, from Lincoln mythos to serial killers, tied together through contorted bodies, whipped lungs, one eye firmly on the...
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Woe & Awe"Throughout Woe & Awe, her debut poetry collection, Lisa M. Miller invokes the voices of female ancestors, physical and spiritual, who dare to suggest, "What if adversity has always been/essential?" Sustained by their spirit, Miller wrestles intergenerational and personal trauma in poems of vision,...
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Within Flesh: Poems; In Conversation with Our Selves & Emily DickinsonBLACK LIVES MATTER! Released during Black History Month, this collection, featuring three distinct voices in conversation, offers readers an experience of protest, engagement, and sympathy evoked by the Civil War yet set against the contemporary Black Lives Matter movement of 2020. Al Salehi is...
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Wisdom of the Punk Buddha"I am a punk and a Buddhist, And I'm not conflicted at all." Wisdom of the Punk Buddha is the perfect amalgamation of thoughtful poetry and the accumulated wisdom of a lifetime of Buddhist philosophy and knowledge and devotion to the punk scene. Built...
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Wild Women: Seekers, Protagonists and Goddesses in Sacred Indian PoetryThe names of Mirabai, Akka Mahadevi and Andal, are known to many, but innumerable women poets remain relatively unknown. When we hear of them, it is invariably as plaster saints or meek followers. It is time to smell the danger in their words again,...
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Wideawake FieldThe chairs have come in and the crisp yellow thwock of the ball being hit says somehow, now that it's fall, I'm a memory of myself. My whole old life--I mourn you sometimes in places you would have been. --October The poems in this...
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When Thy King Is a BoyC.D. Wright has described Roberson's work as "lyric poetry of meticulous design and lasting emotional significance," comparing its musical qualities to the work of saxophonist Steve Lacy, jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, and composer Johann Sebastian Bach.Author: Ed RobersonPublisher: University of Pittsburgh PressPublished: 05/15/1970Pages: 88Binding...
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What Had Happened WasIn her debut poetry collection, What Had Happened Was, Ther? Alyce Pickens investigates the complex structures of Black storytelling. Addressing topics ranging from Black life, popular culture, and history to individual encounters with emotion, love, and chronic disability, Pickens crafts and questions the stories...
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We: PoemsWe takes an unapologetically spiritual stance in bridging politicized divides, exploring conscious and unconscious prejudices with lyricism, warmth, and self-implicating humor, how we are shaped by and create our nation by how we see ourselves and others. The poems investigate what unites us; how...
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Updated PanicHealing isn't linear, it's an ongoing process. Updated Panic is a collection of poetry that delves into the modern-day experience of anxiety, uncertainty, and loneliness. Themes that explore mental health, personal struggle, and societal expectations. This collection offers both vulnerability and resilience. Navigating the...
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Unlocked DiariesThis book contains poetry that has been written over the years of my life following a shooting incident that caused me to be confined to a wheelchair. I thought my life was, at that point, meaningless. I did not want to do anything in...
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Under His WingsA collection of poems written in prayers and praise for our Heavenly Father and the one and only King above all kings, Christ Jesus. He in the way, the truth and the life; there is none that compares to Him. These poetry prayers and...
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Thomas Hood: The Uncrowned LaureateA critical study of the life and work of one of the most popular poets of the Victorian era.Thomas Hood was skilled in almost every form of poetic writing-romantic verse, poems of social conscience, and witty parodies, as well as being an accomplished painter,...
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