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Explore the best poetry books, including popular collections, English poems about love, war, flowers, and twilight. Discover top-selling poetry titles and the best books to read
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Shrapnel MapsWriting into the wounds and reverberations of the Israel/Palestine conflict, Philip Metres' fourth book of poems, Shrapnel Maps, is at once elegiac and activist, an exploratory surgery to extract the slivers of cartography through palimpsest and erasure. A wedding in Toura, a suicide bombing...
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13th BalloonO, The Oprah Magazine, "42 Best LGBTQ Books of 2020" NPR's Favorite Books of 2020 In his fourth collection, 13th Balloon, Mark Bibbins turns his candid eye to the American AIDS crisis. With quiet consideration and dark wit, Bibbins addresses the majority of his...
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Here: Poems for the Planet"This book, HERE: Poems for the Planet, contains many beautiful, generous poems and ideas for action. It is my heartfelt hope that they will inspire readers who ask themselves, 'But what can I do?' to see that there is a way forward―learning to share...
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Lyrical Ballads: 1798 and 1800Twenty-three poems that transformed English poetry Wordsworth and Coleridge composed this powerful selection of poetry during their youthful and intimate friendship. Reproducing the first edition of 1798, this edition of "Lyrical Ballads" allows modern readers to recapture the bookas original impact. In these poemsaincluding...
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Paradise LostParadise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608-1674). The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books...
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Eternal Sunshine"I leave light in these pages, so that you may find happiness in your darkest times." Many poetic works can inspire, but very few, like this one, have the power to change your life. Eternal Sunshine is a collection of self-help and divinely inspired...
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Walking on a Moonbeam: And Other Views from the Creek BankWalking on a Moonbeam is Bill McDonald's first book. It is a collection of poems written during his career as an engineer/scientist working in the US space and national defense programs. The poems were written based on personal life experiences and are organized into...
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Bug Dipping, Bug Sipping: Ready-To-Read Pre-Level 1Award-winning author Marilyn Singer takes us on a journey into the fascinating and colorful world of bugs in this Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read Come see bugs of all different kinds dipping, sipping, crawling, calling, and so much more in this charming, rhyming book that includes...
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Resistance, Rebellion, Life: 50 Poems NowPoets on the march: 50 crucial poems written in response to the current political climate, selected and introduced by the Ohio Poet Laureate--and son of immigrants--Amit Majmudar. In a political atmosphere where language and even meaning itself are continually under threat, poetry has a...
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Poems on Various Subjects - Religious and Moral"Poems on Various Subjects - Religious and Moral" from Phillis Wheatley. African American poet whose writings helped create the genre of African American literature (1753-1784).Author: The Perfect Library, Phillis WheatleyPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 01/02/2016Pages: 102Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21dISBN:...
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Canterbury TalesThe Canterbury Tales was Chaucer's magnum opus. He uses the tales and the descriptions of the characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church. Structurally, the collection resembles The Decameron, which Chaucer may...
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Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience"Innocence" and "Experience" are definitions of consciousness that rethink Milton's existential-mythic states of "Paradise" and the "Fall." Blake's categories are modes of perception that tend to coordinate with a chronology that would become standard in Romanticism: childhood is a state of protected innocence rather...
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Who Named Their Pony Macaroni?: Poems about White House PetsA family of mice.A runaway goat.A mischievous snake.A shocking parrot.A pardoned turkey.A pampered raccoon.A ghostbusting dog.A celebrity cow.The White House housed more than presidents and First Families--who could forget the furry, scaly, feathered friends who impressed the press, guarded their charges, and kept them...
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angel fallsFrom Appalachian poet and memoirist Cheyanne Leonardo comes her second poetry collection, angel falls. This collection is both a love letter and a eulogy: it holds many moments of gratitude for our earthly life and endeavors to look beyond it through thoughtful exploration and...
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When Darkness Becomes LightWhen Darkness Becomes Light highlights the struggles surrounding mental health and the journey navigating through emotions. The entries found within this book are drawn from personal experience and range from love, loss, friendship, relationships, as well as anxiety and depression. The entries are divided...
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Tending My Piece of the World GardenPoet Daisy Fields has a new collection of poetry. There have been many changes in the world since her first collection titled Where am I going? Her poetry continues to be inspired by the truth and constance of nature and it's use to process...
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Dear Baby Preemie: A Miracle in the NicuDear Baby Preemie: A Miracle in the NICU has been a passion project for Jacque. The catalyst to write the book came from multiple people in Jacque's circle having premature children and simultaneously feeling alone in the process. As a preemie himself, Jacque felt...
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Open DoorsA delightful book that states everyone has a story with a need to be heard-expressions with visions of gratitude-beautifully crafted short stories, with excellent bold and comforting poems to your soul.Author: Beautiful WisdomPublisher: Litprime SolutionsPublished: 04/22/2022Pages: 108Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...
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Crazy Mayonnaisy MumCrazy Mayonnaisy Mum is packed with all sorts of poems and rhymes including a sequence of number rhymes, action rhymes, noisy rhymes, and more thoughtful pieces, too. A real joy. Noisy Garden If tigerlilies and dandelions growled, And cowslips mooed, and dogroses howled, And...
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Just Right Words: Slam PoetrySlam poetry is meant to be heard! Read about how the style started and how people are using it to say what they think and feel. Will you try to write a slam poem? This nonfiction book includes important text features such as a...
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