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The Anger of Achilles: Homer's IliadRobert Graves's dynamic retelling of Homer's powerful epic poem This edition of Homer 's Iliad, retold with authority and grace by the incomparable Robert Graves, takes a revered classic back to its roots as popular entertainment. War is raging between the Greeks and the...
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Complete PoemsThis collection includes all the poems from the incomplete Collected Poems of 1929 and from the separate smaller volumes issued during Lawrence's lifetime; uncollected poems; an appendix of juvenilia and another containing variants and early drafts; and all Lawrence's critical introductions to his poems....
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Selected PoemsAn acclaimed translation of the best work of the passionate Russian poet An admired contemporary of Rilke, Akhmatova, and Mandelstam, Marina Tsvetaeva was a witness to the political turmoil and the social devastation wrought by the Russian Revolution and a powerfully inspired chronicler of...
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XX: Poems for the Twentieth CenturyPulitzer Prize finalist A poetic history of the twentieth century from one of our most beloved, popular, and highly lauded poets--a stirring, strikingly original, intensely imagined recreation of the most potent voices and searing moments that have shaped our collective experience.XX is award-winning poet...
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Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My PrettyEvery little girl goes through her princess phase, whether she wants to be Snow White or Cinderella, Belle or Ariel. But then we grow up. And life is not a fairy tale.Christine Heppermann's collection of fifty poems puts the ideals of fairy tales right...
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Memoir of the Hawk: PoemsMemoir of the Hawk creates a world populated by hundreds of characters, believable and strange, tugged at the edges by the unexpected. In the privacy of their homes, who can save them from themselves? In the forests and hills and on the beautiful lakes,...
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Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems"One of her best collections to date." --EssenceQuilting the Black-Eyed Pea is a tour de force from Nikki Giovanni, one of the most powerful voices in American poetry and African American literature today. From Black Feeling, Black Talk and Black Judgment in the 1960s...
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Laughing Out Loud, I Fly: Poems in English and SpanishFrom U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, one of the most prominent Chicano poets writing today, here are poems like sweet musicAwarded the Pura Belpré Honor for this book, Herrera writes in both Spanish and English about the joy and laughter and sometimes the...
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Letters to the Woman I LoveFrom an early age men have been taught not to cry and to suppress their emotions. And as a result, men have struggled to express their feelings in an effective and open way that truly says what's inside their hearts. We have feared the...
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Ordinary Splendor"Judith Waller Carroll's Ordinary Splendor evokes the magic of everyday living with direct language as well as incisive metaphors and similes: 'theheron's long neck pointed like a compass needle.' 'Such a fuss about the stars, ' writes Carroll, a poet who sees clearly the...
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Waking Up to BeautyPoems are small individual vignettes. Each one telling a story and painting a picture. Poetry is a special art form. People from all walks of life can express themselves and their thoughts through poetry. Sometimes a memory triggers an emotion: if you like to...
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Oltre La Mer Salee: Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of the Societe Rencesvals Pour l'Etude Des Epopees Romanes, Toronto, 13Oltre la mer salee collects revised versions of twenty-eight papers in English, French, Italian, and Spanish originally presented at the 21st International Congress of the Societe Rencesvals pour l'etude des epopees romanes, held in August 2018 in Toronto. Specialists in the field of medieval...
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Poems on Scripture: Saint Gregory of NazianzusPopular Patristics Series Volume 46In recent years the poetry of St Gregory has gained admirers for its verbal artistry, rich theology, and psychological insight. Moreover, the Theologian uses verse to engage in extensive biblical exegesis, a project that can seem absent from his more...
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The Prayers Of A Black Sheep: A Poetry Collection50 unique poems tell the traumatic life of a boy who never fit in with societies expectations. From relentless bullying, to harrowing addiction, to crippling depression and anxiety, read his story through deep metaphors, thought provoking messages, and distinctive word play that tells tragedy...
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Dekha Hele Kahibiମନଗହନର କେଉଁ ଏକ ଅଜଣା ବିନ୍ଦୁରେ ଘୁମେଇଥିବା ଦୂର ଆକାଶର ନିଃସଙ୍ଗ ତରାଟିଏ ହେଇ ଦିକ୍]ଦିକ୍ କରୁଥାଏ କିଛି କଥା, ବେଦନା ଓ ବ୍ୟଥା । କେତେବେଳେ ସେ ବେଦନା ବର୍ଷା ହେଇ ଝରିଝରି ଯାଏ ରାଣୀର ଓଢ଼ଣୀରେ (ରାଣୀର ଓଢ଼ଣୀରେ ବର୍ଷା) ତ ଆଉ କେବେ ରୁନ୍ଧି ହୋଇଯାଏ ପରୀର ଅଧାଲେଖା ଭାଗ୍ୟରେ (ମଧୁବାବୁ ସଙ୍ଗେ ଲଢ଼ିବି) । ପୁଣି...
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Cages or Wings, Poems from Life's JourneyAuthor: Rachel CrawfordPublisher: Page Publishing, Inc.Published: 04/04/2022Pages: 110Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26dISBN: 9798886541458
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Looking Back: Poems 1962-2021Some seventy poems that look back with insight and passion at the author's long life. The careful reader will experience the frisson of recognition.Author: Harvey PoolPublisher: Outskirts PressPublished: 04/12/2022Pages: 98Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20dISBN: 9781977250568This title is not returnable
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Love, RegardlessLove, regardless - the second collection from Melbourne-based Barbara Kamler - is an enthralling gallery of poetic portraits celebrating love that endures. It features a unique, dialogic mode of storytelling, whereby interviews with fourteen couples are poetically crafted into rhythmic, syllabic verse. Each poem...
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Circling Beacons: Volume 54Circling Beacons is recognized as Blanco's masterpiece, thanks to the fact that it introduced a new tone in Mexican poetry. The carefully structured architecture of the book does not oppose, but rather plays with the spontaneity of its masterful images. Poems inspired by surrealism,...
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The Confederation Poets: The Founding of a Canadian Poetry, 1880 to the First World WarThe Confederation Poets: The Founding of a Canadian Poetry, 1880 to the First World War is a study of poets born between 1850 and 1866, focusing on the work they produced up until the end of World War I. Through this investigation, the climate...
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