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The Complete Poems of Emily DickinsonThis complete compendium of Emily Dickenson's poetry offers the reader a vivid portrait of one of Massachusetts' most famous and enigmatic poets. Although a greatly talented writer, Emily Dickenson lived most of her life in private seclusion, in contrast to the culture of the...
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Bringing the LightPoems in Bringing the Light are full of thoughts and ideas about the world workings as applied to a human soul. This is about how we handle our memories and our past and where is our place in the universe. The author has a...
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CavityCavity explores the spatial relations between the self and the home, exploring notions of motherhood and domesticity. With a focus on gender and sexuality, Zuzevich navigates the identities we create in response to our surroundings, providing a cultural critique on the role of women...
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Into the Winds of HeavenAll of us have experienced winds that blow in many directions and of various intensities in our life here on earth. Quiet, still winds, gentle breezes, and even violent thunderstorms have crossed the paths that we journey through. We face these unknown winds every...
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milk & other poems'Through the noise of a world inundated by too much overwrought overwriting, too many clichés, too many lies, too many adjectives, Rory Harris's deceptively simple, short, imagistic poems ring like clear bells. They always have, but never so tellingly perhaps. Harris has always been...
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You! Jonah!This unusual collection of poems, illustrated with monochrome watercolor paintings, takes its inspiration from the Old Testament book of Jonah, the familiar story of the stubborn prophet who did not want to preach to Nineveh. The poems make their incisive observations of contemporary Christianity...
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On the Wings of a DoveThis is a book about love. A love that encompasses every facet of life. The kind of love that reminds us that loss is part of our existence. A love that sends us daily reminders in the beauty of the day and night and...
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Grief is a CircleThis poetry collection is an exploration of grief, life, love and fear. Sometimes, the fear of violence goes hand in hand with what weI know about moving through life and informs the way we know to grieve. What it teaches most is that grief...
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Undressing the WorldEven though the penultimate poem swears that it's not about Newark, Parents, Religion, or Longing, each poem in this collection gets to the heart of one child's experience of the profound and lasting impact of Vatican II and Vietnam, of the Civil Rights Movement...
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The Eyes That Swallowed the Midday SunFrom C.L. Brown, the author of Loud Whispers of Silent Souls, comes his long-awaited fourth collection of poetry.An intimate and transcendent journey of loving and being loved. Self-realization and acceptance. Growth and its inseparable consort, healing.Divided into three chapters: Rhapsodies of the Dawn, Songbirds...
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The Sacred Gift Of FireIt was once said that Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to mankind. And in his fourth collection of poetry and prose, The Sacred Gift Of Fire, writer Clyde Hurlston seeks to put his gift to good use. By compiling a...
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My Soul SpeaksThe soul is trapped in our mortal bodies waiting to break free like a caterpillar struggling against the cocoon. Yet the soul will not be silenced. It whispers sweet messages of comfort and shouts loudly to get our attention. It is the best friend...
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HeartfeltHeartfelt is a collection of well written, thought-provoking works of art. It was not written in the mold, or under the guise of a traditional poetry book. Heartfelt is much more than that, destined to stimulate the readers' critical thinking, enhanced by words of...
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Places in the MistThe epigraph to Laurel Chambers' debut poetry collection, Places in the Mist states., "...we never entirely depart the homes we make for ourselves in the world. They follow us, like shadows." Her memories of different homes often trigger our own recollections in the shared...
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Three Raven Gate: Haiku & Other PoemsBrian R. Martens is a master of the traditional Japaneseart form known as the haiku, which is short andcompact. He also writes longer poems, which give himthe opportunity to explore big topics like time and space, mystery and what he calls "Vision Wind." Both...
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Corbin's CatacombsTake a tour with Iphigenia Corbin through her ancestral catacombs. She is elegant. She is French. She is...a Baku, a creature that eats the nightmares of mortals. Discover the dark and haunting things inside her private collection that only a Baku could assemble. Will...
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EmbarkEmbark is a monumental piece of work: this is O'Brien in his late, Audenesque, hyper-authoritative mode, and the collection has a number of straight-to-the-anthology pieces about mortality, history and culture - steeped, as usual, with great and grim humor, wonderful music and the kind...
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A Sunset Without DawnAuthor: Jeral WilliamsPublisher: Negative Capability PressPublished: 05/01/2022Pages: 80Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17dISBN: 9798218001315
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Rise Eyes WiseRise Eyes Wise is a series of reflections on the infinite. It explores what it means to be in that infinite, and the ecstatic feeling of oneness of discovering our place in the whole of all that IS. The words allow us to ruminate...
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Black Rootedness: 54 Poets from Africa to AmericaWest 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...
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