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Waking from Myself: Preverbs"Words say too much to let you know the truth.'' George Quasha's torqued, enigmatic proverbs create unlikely balances among discrepant engagements. Waking from Myself is the sixth volume published of George Quasha's "preverbs," an invented poetic genre that's the flipside of "proverbs"--instead of giving...
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The Life AssignmentThe speaker of the poems in The Life Assignment is reviewing his history. As if sorting through a box of photographs, the speaker sorts through relationships, trying to discern what was healthy from what was exploitative. Concepts of love are turned over and over...
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Yeats Now: Echoing Into LifeSeeking to enrich your life with great poetry, looking for the perfect line to enhance an important speech or personal note, or simply to express your thoughts? It might come as a surprise that the poetry of famed Irish poet W.B.Yeats is as relevant...
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Princess in the NightThis book is an extremely emotional series of poems. When read in sequence, they tell you the true story in real-time of a love that was intense and so tragic. These poems were never intended to be a book. They were written as kind...
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Footprints: An Interactive Journey Through One of the Most Beloved Poems of All TimeFootprints: An Interactive Journey Through One of the Most Beloved Poems of All Time explores each line of Margaret Fishback Powers' timeless poem that highlights the ways God cares for people who are hurting or lonely. Now with a repackaged four-color design and new...
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The Songs of Bilitis: Erotic Poetry in the Ancient Greek Form, Depicting Lesbianism and Illustrated in Neoclassical Art Deco StyleFirst presented as miraculously rediscovered Greek erotic poetry, the Songs of Bilitis were infact the work of French author Pierre Louÿs - nevertheless, they were acclaimed for their sensual style and beauty.The frank depictions of lesbianism in the context of classical Greece were a...
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Through My EyesA collection of poems through the eyes of one who was cultivated in the slums. Expression vividly placed on paper. Depicting the trials and tribulations of souls struggling to make ends meet. Where one misplaced step could extinguish the flame that flickers within the...
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Beyond: Discoveries from the Outer Reaches of SpaceJourney far beyond our solar system and explore the marvels of interstellar space. A wonder-filled poem and spectacular illustrations bring readers across the observable universe to encounter dwarf planets, black holes, brand-new stars, and other incredible phenomena. Award-winning author Miranda Paul and illustrator Sija...
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Second Wind"A collection of poems by Patricia Frolander. She writes of loss, aging, and life on a ranch in the Black Hills of northeast Wyoming." --Author: Patricia FrolanderPublisher: High Plains PressPublished: 07/02/2020Pages: 77Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.30dISBN: 9781937147051
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An austrian avant-gardeAn Austrian Avant-Garde offers a critical survey of experimental writing from Austria that captures the tensions inherent in the history of the avant-garde. Starting with texts from the 1950s by the Vienna Group, the anthology offers a survey of the complex, contested landscape of...
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In the Footsteps of a Thousand GriefsThe fifth collection in the Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Series, In the Footsteps of a Thousand Griefs is a thrilling exploration of culture, personhood, empowerment, and grief for the things we must leave behind. Lee's poems are intimately shaped both by her childhood in...
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Same Blue, Different YouAuthor: Jack ParlettPublisher: Broken Sleep BooksPublished: 08/17/2020Pages: 36Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.25dISBN: 9781913642174This title is not returnable
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Fragments: The long coming home from VietnamArial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bruce Berger, the author, finally came home 50 years after the Vietnam war when his memories crystallized into the 34 poems in this chapbook. He shipped to Vietnam as an Infantryman in 1970 but was assigned most of the year to the...
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Learning to Breathe UnderwaterLearning to Breathe Underwater is a collection of poetry that tackles anxiety, depression, heartbreak, loss and growth. In this book, you will find deep and personal thoughts and fears that is intended to resonate with you if you feel alone while experiencing different things...
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The Best 100 Poems of Les MurrayFrom his life's work so far, spanning more than four decades, Les Murray has selected these 100 poems, his personal best. Including classics such as 'The Broad Bean Sermon', 'An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow' and 'The Dream of Wearing Shorts Forever', this collection is guaranteed...
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After DenverAfter Denver is a new collection of prose and poetry by Big Bruiser Dope Boy. Author: Big Bruiser Dope BoyPublisher: 11:11 Press LLCPublished: 10/06/2020Pages: 100Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.24dISBN: 9781948687225About the AuthorBig Bruiser Dope Boy: - Big Bruiser Dope Boy...
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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Illustrated by Gustave DoréA mysterious talking raven pays a visit to a man who is distraught from the loss of his lover. The man, aching over the death of his dear Lenore, is upset and distressed by the bird who repeats one word;Nevermore.Steeped in stylized, but dark...
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NoctogramsLuciano Iacobelli's latest offering is a highly personal, somnambulistic meditation on night, as well as on the land- and dreamscapes of the city.Author: Luciano IacobelliPublisher: Quattro BooksPublished: 05/15/2022Pages: 306Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.90dISBN: 9781988254814About the AuthorIacobelli, Luciano: - A member...
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Personal Pleasures: Essays on Enjoying LifePersonal Pleasures is an anthology of 80 short essays (some of them very short) about the things the feminist critic and nivelist Rose Macaulay enjoyed most in life. The complete list consists of: Abroad Album Arm-Chair Astronomy Bakery in the Night Bathing 1 Off...
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In Real Life: An English-Spanish Novel in PoemsIn Real Life: An Online Love Story is the first of its kind--a bilingual novel-in-poetry written by popular Spanish-language poet Leticia Sala. In Real Life is not only about a young Barcelona woman who finds romance online thousands of miles away in New York...
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