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Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating WomenA collection of beloved poems about women from the iconic Maya Angelou These four poems, "Phenomenal Woman," "Still I Rise," "Weekend Glory," and "Our Grandmothers," are among the most remembered and acclaimed of Maya Angelou's poems. They celebrate women with a majesty that has...
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Leaves of Grass"I am large, I contain multitudes" A Penguin Classic When Walt Whitman self-published his Leaves of Grass in July 1855, he altered the course of literary history. One of the greatest masterpieces of American literature, it redefined the rules of poetry while describing the...
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A Stranger's Heart: Poems by a Critical Care PhysicianWith his debut poetry collection, A Stranger's Heart, Philip J. Cozzi joins the ranks of physician poets, enhancing this tradition and offering fresh perspectives of the patient and the curer. These poems shimmer, displaying imaginative range and verbal dexterity. Cozzi's acute sense of empathyinforms...
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Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and LongingRumi: The Book of Love is a collection of astonishing poems for lovers from the mystic Rumi, by the translator who made him sing anew, Coleman Barks.Poetry and Rumi fans will want to own this gorgeously packaged compilation of love poems by the thirteenth-century...
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The Book of Cat PoemsSee the kitten, how she starts, Crouches, stretches, paws and darts;With a tiger-leap half wayNow she meets her coming prey.Lets it go as fast and thenHas it in her power again.From 'The Kitten at Play' by William Wordsworth Curious, enigmatic and playful, cats have...
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Zap! Clap! Boom!: The Story of a ThunderstormExplore the life cycle of a thunderstorm in this informative and engaging picture book. Morning's calm. Outside is still. A blue-forever day until . . . The real beginning of a thunderstorm happens long before the first raindrop falls. No rain yet. It's just...
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Reversible WorldReversible World addresses threats to our planet and its ecosystem. It is a courageous, Whitmanesque, passionate book that urgently concerns itself with time, hope, climate change, science, mythology, and history. Its dazzling use of metaphor surpasses that of other contemporary poets. It has an...
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Knees in the GardenAuthor: Christina D. RodriguezPublisher: Querencia Press, LLCPublished: 02/10/2023Pages: 106Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22dISBN: 9781959118107
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The Canterbury TalesLively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. The Tales gathers twenty-nine of literature's most enduring (and endearing) characters in a vivid group portrait...
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Rumi: PoemsThe poetry of the medieval Persian sage Rumi combines lyrical beauty with spiritual profundity, a sense of rapture, and acute awareness of human suffering in ways that speak directly to contemporary audiences. Trained in Sufism--a mystic tradition within Islam--Rumi founded the Sufi order known...
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How to Communicate: PoemsFormally restless and relentlessly instructive, How to Communicate is a dynamic journey through language, community, and the unfolding of an identity. Poet John Lee Clark pivots from inventive forms inspired by the Braille slate to sensuous prose poems to incisive erasures that find new...
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Ordinary Blessings for Parents: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Family LifeThose of us who care for children--biological moms and dads, adoptive parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, godparents, foster parents, big siblings, chosen family, and all the rest of us--know how hard and heroic caring for young people can be. But when we're caught up...
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Lace & Pyrite: Letters from Two GardensLace & Pyrite: Letters from Two GardensOriginally published by Organic Weapon Arts in 2014, Lace & Pyrite: Letters from Two Gardens captures seasonal changes and life unfolding from the perspective of two gardens: Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil. What began as an unprompted poem...
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The Language of the Birds: PoemsAccording to legend, the language of the birds was a mystical language God used to talk with Adam and Eve when he walked with them in the garden of Eden. Amy Nemecek listens for this divine dialect as she communes with God on her...
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Finding Rest in The Garden of The LordDo you want to find Peace and Rest in your seasons of uncertainty and stress? Finding Rest in The Garden of The Lord demonstrates how our Creator wants to use your fruit and compost for His Glory, and helps you find rest in the...
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InfernoAn extraordinary new verse translation of Dante's masterpiece, by poet, scholar, and lauded translator Anthony Esolen Of the great poets, Dante is one of the most elusive and therefore one of the most difficult to adequately render into English verse. In the Inferno, Dante...
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Chlorine Sky"An absolute masterpiece." -Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X From the first ever poet-in-residence at Lincoln Center comes a bold coming-of-age story told in verse about a young woman who loses a best friend, but finds herself in the...
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Robert Frost's PoemsA proven bestseller time and time again, Robert Frost's Poems contains all of Robert Frost's best-known poems-and dozens more-in a portable anthology. Here are Birches, Mending Wall, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Two Tramps at Mudtime, Choose Something Like a Star, and...
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Dream Drawings: Configurations of a Timeless Kind"[Momaday] must be ranked among the greatest of our contemporary writers."--American Scholar"Momaday's poems are rich with description, lush with dreaming, and filled with magic." -- Library Journal (starred review)From Pulitzer Prize winner and revered literary master N. Scott Momaday, a beautiful and enchanting new...
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Rules for the Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical VersePulitzer-prize winning poet and National Book Award winner, Mary Oliver, provides a graceful manual on the mechanics of poetical composition.?Poets and those who simply want to understand poetry will enjoy this study of poetry as a conscious craft.?Breaking down the basics with examples from...
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