Poetry
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Autobiography of Death*Winner of The Griffin International Poetry Prize and the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Award* The title section of Kim Hyesoon's powerful new book, Autobiography of Death, consists of forty-nine poems, each poem representing a single day during which the spirit roams after death before...
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BeowulfComposed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf ?is the elegiac narrative of the Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. Drawn to what he has called the "four-squareness of the utterance" in...
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ParadisoMary Jo Bang's translation of Paradiso completes her groundbreaking new version of Dante's masterpiece, begun with Inferno and continued with Purgatorio. In Paradiso, Dante has been purified by his climb up the seven terraces of Mount Purgatory, and now, led by the luminous Beatrice,...
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The Iliad & the Odyssey (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)Embark on a literary odyssey through ancient Greece with Homer's timeless epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey. In The Iliad, witness the ravages of the Trojan War as gods and mortals clash in a tale of honor, heroism, and the consequences of unchecked pride....
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Winter: A Collection of Poems, Songs, and Stories for Young ChildrenSpring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter contain a wide variety of poems, songs, and stories of the seasons and many contributions for festivals. The volume titled Spindrift contains material for use throughout the year, including more than forty stories, many different cultures around the world....
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Where Do Ocean Creatures Sleep at Night?Ocean animals sleep, just like you! This informative, rhyming picture book dives deep to look at where and how ocean animals sleep in the sea. Many ocean animals are active during the day, but where and how do they sleep at night? From sharks...
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'Twas the Night Before ChristmasThe classic Christmas verse in an elegant new gift edition--breathtakingly illustrated by P.J. Lynch. 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house . . . P.J. Lynch brings his rich and atmospheric art to the well-loved holiday poem. Children will pore over...
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'Tis the Season: A Lift-The-Flap Advent Calendar Full of Christmas PoemsA spectacular Advent calendar book filled with festive poems, hidden surprises, and a magical fold-out display! Count down to Christmas with well-loved poets, including Ogden Nash, Nikki Giovanni, John Agard, and Christina Rossetti and joyful artwork from Richard Jones. Peek inside the windows of...
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Time Capsule: PoemsTime Capsule is a debut poetry chapbook about love lost and love kept, the challenges of aging, worries over climate change, escapades with dogs, broken friendships, and art and literature-in essence, poems as varied as life. Personal experiences are used for a range of...
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The World's Biggest BoogerThe World's Biggest Booger is on the loose, and no one is safe from its enormous appetite! Can Francis Flem stop it before it swallows everything in sight? Told in lively, read-along rhyme, this hilarious tale of mucus and mayhem will keep kids giggling,...
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The Sin of Being OkayFull DescriptionThe Sin of Being Okay is a contemplative exploration of the ever-changing landscapes of love, loss, and the search to answer the question, Who am I? The poems speak to the path forward being fraught not only with storms but also with pockets...
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The Rime of the Ancient MarinerA sailor dooms his ship's crew by murdering an albatross and is lost at sea, alone with the burden of his guilt, until a meeting with divine messengers brings him the opportunity to do penance. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's (1772-1834) haunting parable of sin and...
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The Rig VedaThe earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any Indo-European language, the Rig Veda (c. 1200-900 BC) is a collection of over 1,000 individual Sanskrit hymns. A work of intricate beauty, it...
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The Poems of Seamus HeaneyThis definitive collection of Seamus Heaney's poetry, published in a single volume for the first time, gives us the full arc of the Nobel laureate's long and varied career. Seamus Heaney's voice is like no other--"by turns mythological and journalistic, rural and sophisticated, reminiscent...
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The Other TreeThe Other Tree, winner of the 2024 Laureate Prize and Alison Lubar's second full-length poetry collection, is grounded in their family's story of imprisonment during the Japanese Internment. From the lemon tree in Auntie Masae's backyard and its perennial fruit, the California sunshine and...
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The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by WomenAn anthology of verse by women poets writing in Persian, most of whom have never been translated into English before, from acclaimed scholar and translator Dick Davis. A Penguin Classic The Mirror of My Heart is a unique and captivating collection of eighty-three Persian...
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The Major WorksWilliam Wordsworth (1770-1850) has long been one of the best-known and best-loved English poets. The Lyrical Ballads, written with Coleridge, is a landmark in the history of English romantic poetry. His celebration of nature and of the beauty and poetry in the commonplace embody...
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Soul Songs: An AnthologyPoetry for healing, awakening, and soulful transformation.Soul Songs is the debut poetry collection from R.A. Falconer (Rachel Alana), founder of the beloved online community Midwives of the Soul. These nourishing poems speak to the soul's journey through healing, awakening, grief, and self-discovery.In a world...
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Skin, Inc.: Identity Repair PoemsAuthor: Thomas Sayers EllisPublisher: Graywolf PressPublished: 08/06/2013Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 9.05h x 6.95w x 0.53dISBN: 9781555976507About the AuthorThomas Sayers Ellis is the author of The Maverick Room. A photographer and poet, Ellis teaches in the MFA creative writing program at Lesley University and...
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Silver People: Voices from the Panama CanalIn 1914, the world celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, which connected the world's two largest oceans and signaled America's emergence as a global superpower. It was a miracle, this path of water where a mountain had stood--and creating a miracle is no...
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