Poetry
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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Purgatorio: A New Verse Translation"Were Merwin not one of America's most admired poets, he would still be as famous as translators get." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)"In the foreword to his new translation of Purgatorio], Merwin . . . writes feelingly of his 30-year obsession with the poem. And...
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Horses Where the Answers Should Have Been: New and Selected Poems" Twichell's] poems generate the requisite heat with the poet's precise, original and frequently brilliant use of language. . . . A major voice in contemporary poetry." --Publishers Weekly" Twichell's poems] track the inner movements of one life with an unexpected freshness." --The Washington...
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Lima: LimónBuzzFeed's Books Coming in 2019 That You'll Want To Keep On Your Radar NPR's 2019 Poetry Preview NBC's 8 Excellent Latino Poetry Books for National Poetry Month The Rumpus's Books To Read in 2019 Remezcla's 8 Books to Read this Year Bustle's Most Anticipated...
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Spring Essence: The Poetry of Ho Xuan HuongFeatured on NPR's Fresh AirSometimes books really do change the world... This one will set in motion a project that may transform Vietnamese culture.--Utne ReaderHo Xuan Huong--whose name translates as Spring Essence--is one of the most important and popular poets in Vietnam. A concubine,...
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The Selected Poems of t'Ao Ch'ienT'ao Ch'ien, (365 - 427, C.E.), one of the most revered poets in classical Chinese literature, is presented in a lucid translation with an introduction. "David Hinton is one of the most impressive of the younger translators of classical Chinese poetry.... His renderings are...
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Sit How You WantPower and sex take centre stage in Robin Richardson's formidable third collection, Sit How You Want. Plane crashes and automobile mishaps are the backdrop for female narrators who grapple with terror, anxiety, and powerlessness: "When I say I'm fine I mean the sky has...
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Coming Home: 3 Principles Based Poetry BookComing Home is a collection of 26 poems covering 65 pages that were written in December 1984 in 48 hour period gratitude driven inspiration, one week after the arrival of a two week old adopted daughter. They were written in rhyme and iambic pentameter...
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The Parliament of Fowls: by Geoffrey Chaucer, in a Modern English Verse TranslationChaucer's 'Parliament of Fowls' is a story about love, lust, honour, nature . . . and ducks. Simon Webb's highly accessible modern English verse translation conveys the humour and colour of Chaucer's original, and Simon's introduction explains why the poem is now considered to...
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The Complete Poems of Ralph Waldo EmersonThis volume brings together the complete original poems of the great American writer, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson went into the woods for inspiration, spending hours walking and contemplating amidst this most beloved of places. All of nature - the rhythms, the beauty, the mystery,...
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Eighteen YearsIllustrated by Laura Supnik.Eighteen Years is a collection of 220+ poems. Madisen Kuhn, popularly known as m.k., writes honestly and personally about the thoughts and feelings that come with finding your way. Eighteen Years is here to tell you that you are not alone....
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Poetry 101: From Shakespeare and Rupi Kaur to Iambic Pentameter and Blank Verse, Everything You Need to Know about PoetryBecome a poet and write poetry with ease with help from this clear and simple guide in the popular 101 series. Poetry never goes out of style. An ancient writing form found in civilizations across the world, poetry continues to inform the way we...
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Dear Wandering Wildebeest: And Other Poems from the Water HoleWelcome wildebeest / and beetle, / Oxpecker and lion. / This water hole is yours. / It offers you oasis / beside its shrinking shores. Spend a day at a water hole on the African grasslands. From dawn to nightfall, animals come and go....
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The Now of YesterdayAuthor: Angelo ArnoldPublisher: AuthorhousePublished: 07/18/2011Pages: 180Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41dISBN: 9781456717247This title is not returnable
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Right Now Is HereAre you tired of existing in non-stop go mode, chasing the ever-moving carrot of happiness or enoughness? Are you exhausted from jumping from one distraction to another as a way to manage anxiety or overwhelm? Do you find yourself stuck in black and white...
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The Best of the Best American PoetryRobert Pinsky, distinguished poet and man of letters, selects the top 100 poems from twenty-five years of The Best American PoetryThis special edition celebrates twenty-five years of the Best American Poetry series, which has become an institution. From its inception in 1988, it has...
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf: A ChoreopoemThis revolutionary, award-winning play by a lauded playwright and poet is a fearless portrayal of the experiences of women of color--"extraordinary and wonderful...that anyone can relate to" (The New York Times) and continues to move and resonate with readers today more than ever. From...
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The Waste Land and Other PoemsLoosely based on the Arthurian legend of the Holy Grail and the Fisher King, "The Waste Land", which first appeared in 1922, is a landmark work of Modernist poetry. Containing hundreds of allusions and quotations from other works, "The Waste Land" is marked by...
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The Collected Poems of Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson (1830-1886), the reclusive and intensely private poet saw only a few of her poems (she wrote well over a thousand) published during her life. After discovering a trove of manuscripts left in a wooden box, Dickinson's sister Lavinia, fortunately, chose to disobey...
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Fascinating Stories of Forgotten Lives: 9Join pastor and bestselling author Charles Swindoll as he explores the stories of 13 biblical hidden figures whose lives have remained in the shadows of history for long enough.Somehow life has taught us poorly. We're trained to think that the most significant people are...
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Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings (Hardcover)Shahnameh is a lengthy epic poem which vividly intertwines the mythical and historical history of Persia, thereby enchanting and impressing readers for many centuries. Originally composed by Abolqasem Ferdowsi in the 10th century, the Shahnameh enjoys the distinction of being the longest epic poem...
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