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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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My Lover Is a Woman: My Lover Is a Woman: Contemporary Lesbian Love PoemsThis superb compendium features the work of more than 120 lesbian poets, including Adrienne Rich, Chrystos, Cheryl Clarke, Dorothy Allison, Olga Broumas, Judy Grahn, Muriel Rukeyser, Jewelle Gomez, and Paula Gunn Allen.Author: Leslea NewmanPublisher: Ballantine GroupPublished: 06/01/1999Pages: 336Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.70h x 5.62w...
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A Murmuration of WordsPhotography is drawing with light. Poetry is painting with words. Open the cover of A Murmuration of Words to reveal a gallery of poems illuminating the natural world. The elusive owl ushers you into an exhibition of the passage of seasons through the garden,...
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The Universe, All at Once: Selected PoemsA collection showcasing the latest poems of the Kurdish-Syrian maestro of Arabic style. Salim Barakat, the captivating Kurdish-Syrian poet and novelist known for his mastery of Arabic style, is hailed as an enigmatic and intricate figure in contemporary Arabic literature. In The Universe, All...
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Behind Glass ShadowsWill I feel like this forever? Why can't I just heal?If you have ever asked yourself these two questions, this book is for you. Behind Glass Shadows is a powerful poetry collection that uncovers how the pain experienced in childhood leaves a profound impact...
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The Spider's Thread: Metaphor in Mind, Brain, and PoetryAn examination of metaphor in poetry as a microcosm of the human imagination--a way to understand the mechanisms of creativity. In The Spider's Thread, Keith Holyoak looks at metaphor as a microcosm of the creative imagination. Holyoak, a psychologist and poet, draws on the...
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Ankle-Deep in Pacific Water: PoemsA debut collection of lyric poems interrogating the generational implications of the Great Migration to Northern California. Ankle-Deep in Pacific Water, a debut collection by E. Hughes, marries personal narrative with historical excavation to articulate the intricacies of Black familial love, life, and pain....
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Field Guide for Accidents: PoemsSELECTED BY MAHOGANY L. BROWNE FOR THE NATIONAL POETRY SERIES An irreverent poetry collection that wrestles with questions of family, mortality, cultural history, and identity from the Filipinx-American experience "you showed him your teeth, you dared him to look into your mouth to see...
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Along the WayThis collection of poems reflects Joe Spencer's impressions from various points in his life. Unlike photographs that capture a scene in two dimensions, these poems hope to stimulate a third dimension, emotion, and to remind readers of similar moments they have lived or imagined....
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Hustling Backwards: The Struggles of a UserAbout the BookHustling backwardsAre stories about meAnd the roller coaster rideTrying to get free Some days I was focusedAnd others were a wasteNot doing what I should have doneCuz I got caught up in the chase Some poems are inspirationalAnd some are off the...
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Modern Czech Poetry: Selected TextsThis anthology features some of the most celebrated Czech poets of the 20th century. With its captivating verse and insightful commentary, it is sure to appeal to lovers of poetry everywhere.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part...
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The sound of silenceThis poetry book is consisted of featured poems about mental illness, women's rights, love without borders & ... In 5 chapters.Author: Feryal AryahiPublisher: WritatPublished: 09/27/2023Pages: 62Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.13dISBN: 9789358815535This title is not returnable
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WetIn Wet, a transient Chinese American model working in Singapore thirsts for the unattainable: fair labour rights, the extinguishing of nearby forest fires, breathable air, healthy habitats for animals, human connection. She navigates place and placelessness while observing other migrant workers toiling outdoors despite...
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Divina ComediaDante Alighieri quiso decir lo que nunca ha sido dicho de mujer alguna: la expresión de un amor que transciende las dimensiones físicas de este mundo y se convierte en pura espiritualidadDante Alighieri (1265-1321), padre de la lengua italiana, invirtió doce años de su...
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Refugee Number 33,333: Selected PoemsA collection of poetry from acclaimed yet underrepresented Kurdish poet Farhad Pirbal.Like that of his contemporary Abdulla Pashew, Farhad Pirbal's poetry is a chronicle of exile and displacement, longing and not belonging. The poetry is in turns wistful and disoriented, reflecting his role as...
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The Body Has MemoriesIn her debut poetry chapbook, THE BODY HAS MEMORIES, Adrienne Danyelle Oliver gives voice to being and becoming the whole self. While memory may in its traditional sense be the discoveries of a single individual, Oliver is very aware that the act of remembering...
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Dreaming with Open Eyes: Poems for Vincent Van GoghThis poetry collection explores the life and art of Vincent Van Gogh -- Louis Martinelli's grand performance in language guides us through the psyche of Van Gogh, surrounds his sorrow, illuminates his achievement, exalts in the ecstasy of painting he gave the world. I...
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The Night Before Election Day"Yes! It's almost here. And the big question is: Who will be our next president? Will our leader be a he or a she? A young citizen gives her take on politics and Election Day in this charming story, told in the style of...
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Silent Screams: Poetic Journeys Through Addiction and RecoverySilent Screams: Poetic Journeys Through Addiction and Recovery is a powerful collection of poetry for anyone who has experienced addiction or had a loved one trapped in its throes. The contributors from this volume courageously share their journeys with addiction, including pain, suffering, and...
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Dreams of Fear: Poetry of Terror and the SupernaturalThe tradition of weird poetry is one that stretches back for millennia, to the earliest literary expression of the human race. In this new volume-the first comprehensive historical anthology of weird, horrific, and supernatural poetry in more than 50 years-the editors have rightly begun...
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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and MoralWE whose Names are under-written, do assure the World, that the POEMS specified in the following Page, were (as we verily believe) written by Phillis, a young Negro Girl, who was but a few Years since, brought an uncultivated Barbarian from Africa... -from the...
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