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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When My Brother Was an AztecI write hungry sentences, Natalie Diaz once explained in an interview, because they want more and more lyricism and imagery to satisfy them. This debut collection is a fast-paced tour of Mojave life and family narrative: A sister fights for or against a brother...
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The Daughter of ManThe Daughter of Man follows its unorthodox heroine as she transforms from maiden to warrior--then to queen, maven, and crone--against the backdrop of suburban America from the 1980s to today. In this bold reframing of the hero's journey, L. J. Sysko serves up biting...
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Something Close to Music: Late Art Writings, Poems, and PlaylistsAn intimate and unique collection of the work of John Ashbery--a prolific poet and art critic--pairing poetry and art writings with playlists of music from his personal library. This book places poetry by Ashbery (1927-2017), gathered from his later collections, in conversation with a...
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Wasted LoveA story of love addiction written through poetry. An alternate perspective on love. Touching on the connections and gateways love brings. Jordan Lueder pours her soul into a enthralling collection of poetry.Author: Jordan LuederPublisher: Jordan LuederPublished: 02/14/2020Pages: 164Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w...
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The Popol VuhA NEW YORK TIMES BEST POETRY BOOK OF 2018A WORLD LITERATURE TODAY NOTABLE TRANSLATIONIn the beginning, the world is spoken into existence with one word: "Earth." There are no inhabitants, and no sun--only the broad sky, silent sea, and sovereign Framer and Shaper. Then...
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The Forbidden Door: The Selected Poetry of Lasse SöderbergIn The Forbidden Door, poets Carolyn Forche and Lars Gustaf Andersson masterfully translate the selected poems of Swedish poet Lasse Söderberg in one of his first substantial volumes in the English language. Söderberg has embraced and celebrated the phantasmagoria of life itself over a...
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Fancy Nancy: The Wonderful World of Fancy Nancy: 4 Books in 1 Box Set!Four books in one irresistible box Fancy Nancy loves learning new things, and this collection of four separate story books with fun sprinklings of information will serve as fun inspiration for young readers to learn and explore along with her.Whether it's writing her own...
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Nothing But Light: Poems"I admire this collaborative collection for its intensity, its formal rigor, and for the many worlds it reveals as it negotiates the space between language, the body, and the divine. Here is a poetry that does not stand still as it powers its way...
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Enough Rope: A Book of Light VerseNow available as a stand-alone edition, the famous humorist's debut collection--a runaway bestseller in 1926--ranges from lighthearted self-deprecation to acid-tongued satire, all the while gleefully puncturing sentimental clichés about relations between men and women. Known as the wittiest woman in America and a founder...
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Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia PlathPULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - The highly anticipated biography of Sylvia Plath that focuses on her remarkable literary and intellectual achievements, while restoring the woman behind the long-held myths about her life and art. "One of the most beautiful biographies I've ever read." --Glennon Doyle,...
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The Canterbury TalesEnriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work....
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InfernoPart of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Describing Dante's descent into Hell midway through his life with Virgil as...
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Girls From the CountyThis book is merely a record of dark events, the kind that you can sometimes move on from, yet can't help but see in every old house, high school, or crumbling bridge.In the county, eerie stillness can be mistaken for stagnation. In the county,...
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The Sea Glass SisterhoodThe perfect gift for everyone who loves sea glass and combing beaches for treasures.The Sea Glass Sisterhood features the playful, whimsical collages of sea-debris assemblage artist Christina Gray and the charming lines of poet Silke Stein.There is a secret sisterhoodof those who love the...
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The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke: Bilingual Edition" This miracle of a book, perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has ever produced, " (Chicago Tribune) should stand as the definitive English language version.Author: Rainer Maria RilkePublisher: VintagePublished: 03/13/1989Pages: 400Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 8.02h x 5.32w x 0.82dISBN:...
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Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected LecturesThis is one of the wisest books I've read in years... --New York Times Book Review No writer I know of comes close to even trying to articulate the weird magic of poetry as Ruefle does. She acknowledges and celebrates in the odd mystery...
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The Lays of BeleriandTales told through the ages of quests and curses, enduring love and immeasurable tragedy "The power of Tolkien's central characters--tragic, cursed T rin; the lovers Beren and L thien--shines through."--Library Journal Gathering together two of the most crucial stories in Tolkien's world--those of Túrin,...
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Sweet People Are Everywhere"Deepened and expanded by its illustrations, this is a stunning introduction to the true meaning of a global community."--School Library Journal They are all over the globe. Sweet people can be found from Canada to Congo to Cuba, from Afghanistan to Australia, from Ireland...
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The OculusPoems of muscular power that reveal the rich vistas that surround us all, in which the humble objects of everyday life become divine, while the divine is humbled and humanized.Sun-dappled yet clear-eyed, foliate yet spare, pensive yet erotic, Stelios Mormoris's THE OCULUS binds together...
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Medicine in Brief: Name the Disease in Haiku, Tanka and ArtMedicine in Brief is a collection of poems in traditional Japanese haiku and tanka form. Each poem strives to capture the uniqueness of a particular disease, serving both as puzzle and springboard for education about the illness.Author: MD Cynthia CooperPublisher: XlibrisPublished: 07/05/2022Pages: 414Binding Type:...
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