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1) Tarot
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Here are the cards. Put your hand on them,Close your eyes. You don' t want to?But you are blind with them open.Jake Arthur' s beguiling second poetry collection opens with a tarot reader coaxing us into a reading over a cup of tea. And in a rush of vivid scenes and impressions, we begin to imagine episodes from different lives – a woman tries to train a robin; parents anxiously attend a teacher– ...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:1. Excommunicado2. Lunch Poem3. Tariff Happy4. Bone Density5. Nan Sequiter6. Not That Kind of Pain7. The Tomb of Baudelaire8. Chapel Access9. A Journey of Seven Thousand Miles10. The Lost Boys11. Prowl Car12. Self Alaska13. Sin Curve14. A River Runs Through Me15. Meet the Beatles16. Down Ballot17. Pain18. Son of Uncle Sam19. Cranshaw on a Boat20. It Can't Be, It Just Can't Be21. The Rest Nowhere22. Augustinian Prayer Sonnet23. Abra...
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The book is based on how we envision life or the world at large, the struggles of children growing up in separate homes and what they wish to say as children but are unable to voice out because of the fear of not knowing which parent will feel betrayed or left out. It's about the Fear-Based Living Embedded in our Society and the secret shadows people battle with in the comfort of their homes. And the struggles the world does not see people go through,...
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A 1995 collection of poems that finds John Ashbery at his most conversational, funny, and surprising In Can You Hear, Bird, John Ashbery's seventeenth collection, language is both a plaything and a sandbox. The poems are arranged not in the order of their composition but alphabetically, by the first letter in their titles, like the neatly arrayed keys of some fabulous Seussical instrument. In line after line, Ashbery demonstrates his alertness to...
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John Ashbery's restless, witty meditation on aging and the music of change: A must-read collection from America's greatest modern poet The child's game Chinese Whispers, known in America as Telephone, is an exercise in transforming the recognizable into something beautifully strange. John Ashbery's twenty-fourth collection of poems, Chinese Whispers, re-creates in every line the accidentally transformative logic of the language game for which the...
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The evolution of the poet who is one of feminism's greatest living voices Robin Morgan has always been one of the most original, technically skilled, and impassioned writers in American poetry, and Upstairs in the Garden shows the development of her distinctive voice. This book of selections from her previous volumes of poetry, plus new additions, summarizes the verse of two decades of iconoclastic work, and is an ideal starting place for a reader...
9) Reflexiones
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La mente humana vive atrapada en un mundo de preguntas milenarias. La vida y la muerte, el amor y el desamor. Las creencias, la familia y la esperanza, son temas que hacen de la obra un reflejo de nuestro andar cotidiano en busca de respuestas.
10) Hidden Hills
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I know there are others like me who also have some hidden hills in their life. Some uphill climbs, some downhill slides. Occasionally you may look back to see how far you have come. There are also some beautiful things in those hills, some weariness, some lost loves. Someone we loved always stays in those hills. People come and go in our hills. We seem to come upon patches of flowers we admire and some we choose. Then there are the birds. So many...
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About the Book Donald Hall remains one of the most published writers of his time. Named Poet Laureate by President George W. Bush, Hall continued to publish both poetry and prose up to the time of his death in 2018. While his last writing focused mainly on prose, Hall will likely be remembered for his undeniable contribution to many different styles and genres of writing. He was well known to many, if not most, of the published poets of his age. It...
12) Rien
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Rien is a collection of avant-garde and experimental poetry. Ranging from political, social and economical verse to bleak, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic musings, futuristic voyages into new realities, ritualistic murders, drowned dolls, nightmares and horrors beyond comprehension, Rien is an invitation to plunge headlong into the dark, murky recesses of the abyss and open your mind.
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Award-winning author Jessie Haas takes readers on a ride back in time to celebrate the special bond between horses and humans. "We have all been changed by the horse, for better and worse." - Jessie Haas. Jessie Haas travels back sixty-five million years - from 5000 BCE to the present day - in 104 poems about our equine friends. Horses have shared some of the most significant moments in human history. In these lyrical and poignant pieces - some written...
14) A Bardic Melange
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As a follow up to the debut collection entitled Assorted Musings, A Bardic Melange tackles various themes incorporating humour, limericks, solemnity and the author's unique take on observed situations and experiences, some of which may resonate with the reader. Indeed, some offerings are personal and meaningful to the author who has no qualms about sharing his feelings and thoughts.
It is hoped that you will enjoy the author's writings and take something...
16) Eternal Echoes
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Where Love Endures, Memory BlossomsIn the landscape of the heart, where love and loss intertwine, "Eternal Echoes" emerges as a beacon of hope and a testament to the timeless bond between a mother and her children. This profoundly touching book navigates the depths of grief with grace, offering readers a path to healing through the power of remembrance and the enduring strength of maternal love.With each page, the author weaves a tapestry of memories,...
17) Appreciate Life
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Amaryllis Holloway-Turman has compiled several of her favorite poems in this chapbook with three sections that delve into themes of love, lost, and hope with a bonus section of haikus. While reading these poems, it is the author's desire that you are able to ponder on the various aspects of life and will be inspired to do all that you can to appreciate your own life in a more profound way.
18) Mind Games
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About the Book Mind Games is a collection of poems inspired by the deep-rooted emotions people often are unable to control or are capable of feeling too strongly or sometimes not nearly enough. These words are a reminder that as we evolve throughout our lives, at times it will hurt worse than anything we thought possible, but that's okay because we still were present to experience those moments as well as the ones that warmed and opened our hearts...
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Poetry is far more than it seems. Writing verse can provide a creative shorthand for working through dark thoughts, making sense of your emotions and behaviours, as well as those of others. Poetry offers a way to navigate the tangled maze of challenges, strife, and joys that constitute our inner worlds. It can also magnify life's wonders, awe, and delight. These varied experiences – regret, mistakes, learning, stumbling, and persevering with bravery...
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Dating from one of the most studied creative periods of John Ashbery's career, a groundbreaking collection showcasing his signature polyphonic poem "Litany" First published in 1979, four years after Ashbery's masterpiece Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, the poems in As We Know represent the great American poet writing at the peak of his experimental powers. The book's flagship poem, the seventy-page "Litany," remains one of the most exciting and...
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