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The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath Cover Art

The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar A Novel by Sylvia Plath

One of  The Atlantic ’s Great American Novels “A coming–of–age masterpiece.” — Boston Globe "It is this perfectly wrought prose and the freshness of Plath's voice in The Bell Jar that make this book enduring in its appeal." —USA Today The Bell Jar is Sylvia Plath’s masterwork—an acclaimed and timeless work of psychological fiction about a young woman falling into the grip of mental illness and societal pressures. The story chronicles the breakdown of Esther Greenwood, a bright, beautiful, enormously talented college student facing a profound identity crisis while coming of age in 1950s America, as she navigates the pressures of society along with her own ambitions. While at a prestigious, competitively won position at a New York City magazine one summer, Esther finds herself struggling with the looming expectations of marriage, motherhood, and giving up on her dreams to achieve them. She becomes increasingly disillusioned and her mental health deteriorates, ultimately leading her to undergo harsh treatment and therapy. "Funny, intense, enormously human" ( Cosmopolitan ), The Bell Jar is a poignant exploration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of the human psyche and remains an extraordinary accomplishment from one of the country's most luminous talents.

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Homegirls & Handgrenades - Sonia Sanchez Cover Art

Homegirls & Handgrenades

Homegirls & Handgrenades by Sonia Sanchez

Winner of the American Book Award A classic of the Black Arts Movement brought back to life in a refreshed edition “A lion in literature’s forest. When she writes she roars, and when she sleeps other creatures walk gingerly.”—Maya Angelou Originally published in 1984, this collection of prose, prose poems, and lyric verses is as fresh and radical today as it was then. Sonia Sanchez, the premiere poet of the Black Arts Movement, shows the “razor blades” in clenched in her teeth in these powerful pieces.

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The Odyssey - Homer & Emily Wilson Cover Art

The Odyssey

The Odyssey by Homer & Emily Wilson

Homer’s great epic of a hero’s journey home—inspiration for the major motion picture by Christopher Nolan—in a bold, contemporary, and refreshingly readable translation. "Wilson’s language is fresh, unpretentious and lean. . . . It is rare to find a translation that is at once so effortlessly easy to read and so rigorously considered." —Madeline Miller, author of Circe Composed at the rosy-fingered dawn of world literature almost three millennia ago, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. This fresh, authoritative translation captures the beauty of this ancient poem as well as the drama of its narrative. Its characters are unforgettable, none more so than the “complicated” hero himself, a man of many disguises, many tricks, and many moods, who emerges in this version as a more fully rounded human being than ever before. Written in iambic pentameter verse and a vivid, contemporary idiom, Emily Wilson’s Odyssey sings with a voice that echoes the epic’s music, sailing along at Homer’s swift, smooth pace. A fascinating, informative introduction explores the Bronze Age milieu that produced the epic, the poem’s major themes, the controversies about its origins, and the unparalleled scope of its impact and influence. Maps drawn especially for this volume, a pronunciation glossary, and extensive notes and summaries of each book make this an Odyssey that will be treasured by a new generation of readers.

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Sonnets to Orpheus and Duino Elegies - Rainer Maria Rilke Cover Art

Sonnets to Orpheus and Duino Elegies

Sonnets to Orpheus and Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke

The cycle of 55 sonnets that comprise Rainer Maria Rilke's "Sonnets to Orpheus" were written in a period of three weeks during 1922, a time which the poet himself described as a "savage creative storm." Inspired by the death of his daughter's friend, Wera Knoop, Rilke commenced to the production of "Sonnets to Orpheus," a work filled with mythological and biblical allusions. During the same burst of creative energy he set to working on the completion of the "Duino Elegies," a work begun some ten years earlier but set aside due to Rilke's own emotional distress over the tragic events of World War I and his conscription into the Austro-Hungarian army. He wrote in a letter to the deceased girl's mother that Wera's ghost was "commanding and impelling" him to write. The results of this "savage creative storm" are generally considered as Rilke's masterpieces. "Duino Elegies" is an intensely spiritual group of verses that ponders the beauty and existential suffering of life. Together these works exhibit why Rilke is widely recognized as one of the most lyrically intense of all German-language poets.

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A Gentle Reminder - Bianca Sparacino Cover Art

A Gentle Reminder

A Gentle Reminder by Bianca Sparacino

A gentle reminder, for the days you feel light in this world, and for the days in which the sun rises a little slower. A gentle reminder for when your heart is full of hope, and for when you are learning how to heal it. A gentle reminder for when you finally begin to trust in the goodness, and for when you need the kind of words that hug your broken pieces back together. A gentle reminder for when growth hangs heavy in the air, for when you need to tuck your strength into your bones just to make it to tomorrow. A gentle reminder for when you are balancing the messiness, and the beauty, of what it means to be human, when you are teaching yourself that it is okay to be both happy and sad, that you are real, not perfect. A gentle reminder for when you seek the words you needed when you were younger. A gentle reminder for when you need to hear that you deserve to be loved the way you love others. A gentle reminder for when you need to recognize that you are not your past, that you are not your faults. A gentle reminder for when you need to believe in staying soft, in continuing to be the kind of person who cares. A gentle reminder for when you need to believe in loving deeply in a world that sometimes fails to do so. A gentle reminder to keep going. A gentle reminder to hope. A gentle reminder, for you. Take what you need.

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Pieces of Me

Pieces of Me by K.C. Conley

Pieces of Me by K.C. Conley is a bold and emotionally raw collection of poetry exploring love, heartbreak, desire, faith, and self-discovery. With unfiltered honesty and powerful imagery, Conley captures the beauty and devastation of giving your heart away—and the strength it takes to reclaim it. Passionate, vulnerable, and unapologetically real, Pieces of Me is for readers who have loved deeply, broken quietly, and are still learning how to heal.

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The Essential Ginsberg

The Essential Ginsberg by Allen Ginsberg

Featuring the legendary and groundbreaking poem “Howl,” this remarkable volume showcases a selection of Allen Ginsberg’s poems, songs, essays, letters, journals, and interviews and contains sixteen pages of his personal photographs. One of the Beat Generation’s most renowned poets and writers, Allen Ginsberg became internationally famous not only for his published works but for his actions as a human rights activist who championed the sexual revolution, human rights, gay liberation, Buddhism and eastern religion, and the confrontation of societal norms—all before it became fashionable to do so. He was also the dynamic leader of war protesters, artists, Flower Power hippies, musicians, punks, and political radicals. The Essential Ginsberg collects a mosaic of materials that displays the full range of Ginsberg’s mental landscape. His most important poems, “Howl” and “Kaddish,” are presented here along with lesser-known and difficult to find songs and prose. Personal correspondence with William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac is included as well as photographs—shot and captioned by Ginsberg himself—of his friends and fellow rogues William Burroughs, Neal Cassady, and more. Through his essays, journals, interviews, and letters, this definitive volume will inspire readers to delve deeper into a body of work that remains one of the most impressive literary canons in American history. This career-spanning collection reveals the raw honesty and prophetic vision of a 20th-century literary icon: Counterculture Writing: Experience the revolutionary verse that defined a generation, including the complete texts of the legendary poems “Howl” and “Kaddish.” The Beat Generation Circle: Explore personal correspondence that reveals the intimate friendships and creative collaborations between Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William S. Burroughs. Buddhism and Spirituality: Trace Ginsberg’s evolution from a fiery protestor to a student of Eastern religion through his deeply personal essays, interviews, and journals. From the Personal Archives: See the Beat Generation through Ginsberg’s own eyes with sixteen pages of rare photographs, shot and captioned by the poet himself.

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This Was Meant To Find You - Charlotte Freeman Cover Art

This Was Meant To Find You

This Was Meant To Find You When You Needed It Most by Charlotte Freeman

If you are hurting, healing, feeling, letting someone go, or starting a new chapter and learning to open your heart back up again, this book was meant to find you when you needed it most. This Was Meant To Find You  (When You Needed It Most)  is Charlotte Freeman’s second book and was written to resonate deeply with the ones who seek comfort in reading the right words at the right time. It’s for the ones who are learning what it means to choose yourself a little more each day and be gentle with yourself through all phases of your journey.

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The Poetic Edda

The Poetic Edda by Jackson Crawford

"The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological and literary importance, containing the lion's share of information that survives today about the gods and heroes of pre-Christian Scandinavians, their unique vision of the beginning and end of the world, etc. Jackson Crawford's modern versions of these poems are authoritative and fluent and often very gripping.  With their individual headnotes and complementary general introduction, they supply today's readers with most of what they need to know in order to understand and appreciate the beliefs, motivations, and values of the Vikings."

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The Iliad - Homer & Emily Wilson Cover Art

The Iliad

The Iliad by Homer & Emily Wilson

“Wilson’s Iliad is clear and brisk, its iambic pentameter a zone of enchantment.” —Ange Mlinko, London Review of Books The greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time. When Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017—revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was “fresh, unpretentious and lean” (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)—critics lauded it as “a revelation” (Susan Chira, New York Times) and “a cultural landmark” (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic—the most revered war poem of all time. The Iliad roars with the clamor of arms, the bellowing boasts of victors, the fury and grief of loss, and the anguished cries of dying men. It sings, too, of the sublime magnitude of the world—the fierce beauty of nature and the gods’ grand schemes beyond the ken of mortals. In Wilson’s hands, this thrilling, magical, and often horrifying tale now gallops at a pace befitting its legendary battle scenes, in crisp but resonant language that evokes the poem’s deep pathos and reveals palpably real, even “complicated,” characters—both human and divine. The culmination of a decade of intense engagement with antiquity’s most surpassingly beautiful and emotionally complex poetry, Wilson’s Iliad now gives us a complete Homer for our generation.

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Letters to a Young Poet - Rainer Maria Rilke Cover Art

Letters to a Young Poet

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers and artists of all kinds. This book also contains the 'Letter from a Young Worker', a striking polemic against Christianity written in letter-form, near the end of Rilke's life. In Lewis Hyde's introduction, he explores the context in which these letters were written and how the author embraced his isolation as a creative force. Charlie Louth's afterword discusses the similarities and contrasts of the two works, and Rilke's religious and sexual wordplay. This edition also contains a chronology, notes, and suggested further reading.

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The Odyssey

The Odyssey by Homer, Robert Fagles & Bernard Knox

The great epic of Western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Christopher Nolan A Penguin Classic Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, presents us with Homer's best-loved and most accessible poem in a stunning modern-verse translation. "Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy." So begins Robert Fagles' magnificent translation of the Odyssey , which Jasper Griffin in the New York Times Book Review hails as "a distinguished achievement." If the Iliad is the world's greatest war epic, the Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of an everyman's journey through life. Odysseus' reliance on his wit and wiliness for survival in his encounters with divine and natural forces during his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War is at once a timeless human story and an individual test of moral endurance. In the myths and legends retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox's superb introduction and textual commentary provide insightful background information for the general reader and scholar alike, intensifying the strength of Fagles's translation. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the general reader, to captivate a new generation of Homer's students. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition features French flaps and deckle-edged paper. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Essential Bukowski - Charles Bukowski Cover Art

Essential Bukowski

Essential Bukowski Poetry by Charles Bukowski

Edited by Abel Debritto, the definitive collection of American poetry from an influential writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, and acutely observant writing has left an enduring mark on modern culture. Few writers have so brilliantly and poignantly conjured the desperation and absurdity of ordinary life as Charles Bukowski. Resonant with his powerful, perceptive voice, his visceral, hilarious, and transcendent poetry speaks to us as forcefully today as when it was written. Encompassing a wide range of subjects—from love to death and sex to writing—Bukowski’s unvarnished and self-deprecating verse in this landmark poetry collection illuminates the deepest and most enduring concerns of the human condition while remaining sharply aware of the day to day. With his acute eye for the ridiculous and the troubled, Bukowski speaks to the deepest longings and strangest predilections of the human experience. Gloomy yet hopeful, this is tough, unrelenting modern poetry touched by grace. This is Essential Bukowski . This career-spanning collection captures the voice of a literary outlaw: Transgressive Literature: Witness the raw, funny, and acutely observant voice that left an enduring mark on modern culture, speaking to the deepest longings and strangest predilections of the human experience. Raw and Honest Writing: Experience Bukowski’s unvarnished, self-deprecating, and powerful verse, which illuminates the most enduring concerns of the human condition with visceral and hilarious clarity. Poems About Life: Journey through a wide range of subjects—from love and sex to death and the desperate absurdity of writing and ordinary life—all captured with a tough, unrelenting style touched by grace. Literary Poetry: Curated by leading scholar Abel Debritto, this essential volume presents the most powerful and poignant work from a master of the form, tracking his evolution from early lyricism to his final, philosophical stance.

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The Inferno - Dante, Robert Hollander & Jean Hollander Cover Art

The Inferno

The Inferno by Dante, Robert Hollander & Jean Hollander

The epic grandeur of Dante’s masterpiece has inspired readers for 700 years, and has entered the human imagination. But the further we move from the late medieval world of Dante, the more a rich understanding and enjoyment of the poem depends on knowledgeable guidance. Robert Hollander, a renowned scholar and master teacher of Dante, and Jean Hollander, an accomplished poet, have written a beautifully accurate and clear verse translation of the first volume of Dante’s epic poem, the Divine Comedy. Featuring the original Italian text opposite the translation, this edition also offers an extensive and accessible introduction and generous commentaries that draw on centuries of scholarship as well as Robert Hollander’s own decades of teaching and research. The Hollander translation is the new standard in English of this essential work of world literature.

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Poems & Prayers

Poems & Prayers by Matthew McConaughey

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Academy Award–winning actor and author of Greenlights comes an inspiring, faith-filled, and often hilarious collection of personal poetry and prayers about navigating the rodeo of life and chasing down the original dream, belief. My prayers are my poems are my prayers. I’ve always relied on logic to make sense of myself and the world. A prescriptionist at heart, I’ve always looked to reason to find the rhyme, the practical to get to the mystical, the choreography to find the dance, the proof to get to the truth, and reality to get to the dream. I’ve been finding that tougher to do lately. It’s more than hard to know what to believe in; it’s hard to believe. But I don’t want to quit believing, and I don’t want to stop believing in . . . humanity, you, myself, our potential. I think it’s time for us to flip the script on what’s historically been our means of making sense, and instead open our aperture to enchantment and look to faith, belief, and dreams for our reality. Let’s sing more than we might make sense, believe in more than the world can conclude, get more impressed with the wow instead of the how, let inspiration interrupt our appointments, dream our way to reality, serve some soul food to our hungry heads, put proof on the shelf for a season, and rhyme our way to reason. Forget logic, certainty, owning, or making a start-up company of it; let’s go beyond what we can merely imagine, and believe, in the poetry of life.

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The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer & Nevill Coghill Cover Art

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales A Retelling by Peter Ackroyd (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Geoffrey Chaucer & Nevill Coghill

Nevill Coghill’s masterly and vivid modern English verse translation with all the vigor and poetry of Chaucer’s fourteenth-century Middle English A Penguin Classic In  The Canterbury Tales  Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition between a group of pilgrims from all walks of life is the occasion for a series of tales that range from the Knight’s account of courtly love and the ebullient Wife of Bath’s Arthurian legend, to the ribald anecdotes of the Miller and the Cook. Rich and diverse,  The Canterbury Tales  offer us an unrivalled glimpse into the life and mind of medieval England. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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‘Ōlelo No‘eau - Mary Kawena Pukui & Dietrich Varez Cover Art

‘Ōlelo No‘eau

‘Ōlelo No‘eau Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings by Mary Kawena Pukui & Dietrich Varez

This extraordinary collection of Hawaiian sayings--collected, translated and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui--offers a unique opportunity to savor the wisdom, poetic beauty, and earthy humor of these finely crafted expressions. The sayings may be appreciated individually and collectively for their aesthetic, historic, and educational values. They reveal ever deeper layers of meaning, giving understanding not only of Hawai‘i and its people but of all humanity. Since the sayings carry the immediacy of the spoken word, considered to be the highest form of cultural expression in old Hawai‘i, they bring us closer to the everyday thoughts and lives of the Hawaiians who created them. Taken together, the sayings offer a basis for an understanding of the essence and origins of traditional Hawaiian values. This book is the product of a collecting effort that was begun by Mrs. Pukui at about the age of fifteen, around 1910, and continued throughout her long and honored career as a translator and collector of historic Hawaiian materials and as a teacher and lecturer on the language, music, and dance of traditional Hawai‘i.

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The T.S. Eliot Collection - T.S. Eliot Cover Art

The T.S. Eliot Collection

The T.S. Eliot Collection Collected Poems and Essays by T.S. Eliot

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF T.S. ELIOT - Prufrock, The Waste Land, Gerontion, Preludes, Plus Many, Many More Poems and Essays. A Superb Collection of Eliot's Major works - In One Beautifully Formatted Volume! T.S Eliot burst onto the literary scene in 1915 with his poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock', which is widely celebrated today as a masterpiece of the modernist movement. Eliot has written some of the best know poems in the English Language - such as 'Prufrock', 'The Portrait of a Lady' and 'The Waste Land'. He was also a prolific writer of essays and criticism - many of which are included in this considerable collection of works. The texts contained within this volume are as follows: PRUFROCK AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - Portrait of a Lady - Preludes - Rhapsody on a Windy Night - Morning at the Window - The Boston Evening Transcript - Aunt Helen - Cousin Nancy - Mr. Apollinax - Hysteria - Conversation Galante - La Figlia Che Piange POEMS - Gerontion - Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar - Sweeney Erect - A Cooking Egg - Le Directeur - Mélange Adultère de Tout - Lune de Miel - The Hippopotamus - Dans le Restaurant - Whispers of Immortality - Mr Eliot's Sunday Morning Service - Sweeney Among the Nightingales THE WASTE LAND THE SACRED WOOD (essays) - Introduction - The Perfect Critic - Imperfect Critics - Tradition and the Individual Talent - The Possibility of a Poetic Drama - Euripides and Professor Murray - "Rhetoric" and Poetic Drama - Notes on the Blank Verse of Christopher Marlowe - Hamlet and His Problems - Ben Jonson - Philip Massinger - Swinburne as Poet - Blake - Dante EZRA POUND: HIS METRIC AND POETRY EELDROP AND APPLEPLEX THE SECOND ORDER MIND

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The Epic of Gilgamesh - N. K. Sandars Cover Art

The Epic of Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh by N. K. Sandars

Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu are the only heroes to have survived from the ancient literature of Babylon, immortalized in this epic poem that dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. Together they journey to the Spring of Youth, defeat the Bull of Heaven and slay the monster Humbaba. When Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh's grief and fear of death are such that they lead him to undertake a quest for eternal life. A timeless tale of morality, tragedy and pure adventure, The Epic of Gilgamesh is a landmark literary exploration of man's search for immortality.

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The Odyssey

The Odyssey by Homer, E. V. Rieu & D. C. H. Rieu

' The Odyssey is a poem of extraordinary pleasures: it is a salt-caked, storm-tossed, wine-dark treasury of tales, of many twists and turns, like life itself' Guardian The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - ship-wrecks, battles, monsters and the implacable enmity of the sea-god Poseidon - Odysseus must use his bravery and cunning to reach his homeland and overcome the obstacles that, even there, await him. E. V. Rieu's translation of The Odyssey was the very first Penguin Classic to be published, and has itself achieved classic status. Translated by E. V. RIEU Revised translation by D. C. H. RIEU With an Introduction by PETER JONES

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Love Poems - Rupi Kaur Cover Art

Love Poems

Love Poems by Rupi Kaur

For the first time, Rupi Kaur’s heartfelt love poems are together in one intimate and timeless collection! love will come and when love comes love will hold you love will call your name Since her groundbreaking debut with the bestselling milk and honey , Rupi Kaur’s poetry has become a source of comfort, empowerment, and emotional truth for millions around the world. Now, for the first time ever, her most cherished reflections on love are together in one place! Love Poems by Rupi Kaur is a curated collection of love poems from Kaur’s acclaimed body of work, including poems from milk and honey , the sun and her flowers , and home body , along with an all-new introduction and shareable Valentine's--and Galentine's!-- Day post cards. These timeless pieces capture the sensuality, romance, passion, and all-consuming nature of modern love, making it the perfect gift for anyone who has loved deeply or is learning to love themselves.

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All The Love You Carry - Charis Ed Cover Art

All The Love You Carry

All The Love You Carry by Charis Ed

Through the power of words composed in three parts, this collection of poetry and prose encourages us to honor love when it’s found, grow from the pain when it’s lost, and solidify self-love and resilience with the love already contained within our souls.  All The Love You Carry  is a reminder of the interconnectedness of everything in our Universe through the wonder that is  love . This book recognizes that love may just be the most powerful force our existence can ever experience and the most profound work of art we can ever create for others and ourselves. This book is for the souls yearning to assign love its truest definition. This book is for the hearts willing to journey within themselves to find healing.

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The Poetic Underground

The Poetic Underground Ebook by Erin Hanson

After the success of the physical edition of this book, I am now happy to make it available as an e-book in order for it to be more readily enjoyed. This book contains poems from the past 2+ years of poetry writing, all from my blog, The Poetic Underground.

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Historias y poemas de una lucha de clases / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle - Roque Dalton, Jack Hirschman & Barbara Paschke Cover Art

Historias y poemas de una lucha de clases / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle

Historias y poemas de una lucha de clases / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle by Roque Dalton, Jack Hirschman & Barbara Paschke

“The revolutionary the dictatorship couldn’t kill, the trickster poet favored by the gods.” —Ben Ehrenreich, author of The Way to Spring: Life and Death in Palestine Poems of revolution by one of Latin America’s most beloved poets   One of Latin America’s greatest poets, Roque Dalton was a revolutionary whose politics were inseparable from his art. Born in El Salvador in 1935, Dalton dedicated his life to fighting for social justice, while writing fierce, tender poems about his country and its people. In Poemas clandestinos / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle , he explores oppression and resistance through the lens of five poetic personas, each with their own distinct voice. These poems show a country caught in the crosshairs of American imperialism, where the few rule the many and the many struggle to survive—and yet there is joy and even humor to be found here, as well as an abiding faith in humanity. In striking, immediate, exuberantly inventive language, Dalton captures the ethos of a people, as stirring now as when the book was first published nearly forty years ago. “I believe the world is beautiful,” he writes, “and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone.”

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Voyage - The Poetic Underground #2 Ebook - Erin Hanson Cover Art

Voyage - The Poetic Underground #2 Ebook

Voyage - The Poetic Underground #2 Ebook The Poetic Underground #2 Ebook by Erin Hanson

The Ebook version of Book 2 of poems by Erin Hanson including poems written from January 2014 - November 2014

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Love Poems for Married People

Love Poems for Married People by John Kenney

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Based on his wildly popular New Yorker piece, Thurber Prize-winner John Kenney presents a hilarious collection of love poems for, well, married people . Full of brilliant wit, dynamic energy, and a heavy dose of reality, Love Poems for Married People takes the poetic form, turns it upside down and leaves it in the dishwasher to dry. Inspired by one of the most shared New Yorker pieces of all time, this collection captures the reality of life once the spark of a relationship has settled--and hilariously so. With brand new pieces that cover all areas of married life, from parental gripes to dwindling sex lives, Kenney's wry observations and sharp humor remind us exactly what it's like to spend the rest of your life with the person you love. I was almost feeling fondness for you As you gave me a shoulder massage at the sink-- What a small, lovely surprise. And then you grabbed my boobs and made a "wha-wha" noise. In an instant, I felt disgust and sadness and regret.

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Dreamscape - The Poetic Underground #3 Ebook - Erin Hanson Cover Art

Dreamscape - The Poetic Underground #3 Ebook

Dreamscape - The Poetic Underground #3 Ebook The Poetic Underground #3 Ebook by Erin Hanson

The Ebook version of Book 3: Dreamscape. A collection of poems by Erin Hanson including poems written from November 2014 - March 2016

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The Complete John Donne

The Complete John Donne The Complete Poems, Prose and Letters by John Donne

The Complete Works of John Donne! The Complete Poems, Prose and Letters. The Ultimate Collection of John Donne! - In One Beautifully Formatted Volume! John Donne was one of England's greatest writers of Poetry and Prose, and the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works have grown in prominence throughout the 20th Century and are now held in very high esteem. His poetry is noted for it's vibrant language and imaginative metaphors, with an ironic and abrupt style that was at odds with the contemporary Elizabethan style. This huge volume has been carefully researched, edited, compiled and formatted, for excellent navigation and reading pleasure. The works contained in this volume are: POETRY COLLECTIONS: - Songs and Sonnets - Elegies - Divine Poems - Holy Sonnets - Other Divine Poems - Satires - Marriage Songs - Verse Letters - Epicedes and Obsequies - Epigrams - Infinitati Sacrum - The Anniversaries - Latin Poems PROSE: - Biathanos - Ignatius in His Conclave - Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions - Paradoxes - Problems LETTERS: - Correspondence

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The Poems of Emily Dickinson

The Poems of Emily Dickinson Reading Edition by Emily Dickinson & R. W. Franklin

Emily Dickinson, poet of the interior life, imagined words/swords, hurling barbed syllables/piercing. Nothing about her adult appearance or habitation revealed such a militant soul. Only poems, written quietly in a room of her own, often hand-stitched in small volumes, then hidden in a drawer, revealed her true self. She did not live in time but in universals—an acute, sensitive nature reaching out boldly from self-referral to a wider, imagined world. Dickinson died without fame; only a few poems were published in her lifetime. Her legacy was later rescued from her desk—an astonishing body of work, much of which has since appeared in piecemeal editions, sometimes with words altered by editors or publishers according to the fashion of the day. Now Ralph Franklin, the foremost scholar of Dickinson’s manuscripts, has prepared an authoritative one-volume edition of all extant poems by Emily Dickinson—1,789 poems in all, the largest number ever assembled. This reading edition derives from his three-volume work, The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Variorum Edition (1998), which contains approximately 2,500 sources for the poems. In this one-volume edition, Franklin offers a single reading of each poem—usually the latest version of the entire poem—rendered with Dickinson’s spelling, punctuation, and capitalization intact. The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Reading Edition is a milestone in American literary scholarship and an indispensable addition to the personal library of poetry lovers everywhere.

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Lord of the Butterflies - Andrea Gibson Cover Art

Lord of the Butterflies

Lord of the Butterflies by Andrea Gibson

Andrea Gibson’s latest collection is a masterful showcase from the poet whose writing and performances have captured the hearts of millions. With artful and nuanced looks at gender, romance, loss, and family, Lord of the Butterflies is a new peak in Gibson’s career. Each emotion here is deft and delicate, resting inside of imagery heavy enough to sink the heart, while giving the body wings to soar.

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Forever Words

Forever Words The Unknown Poems by Johnny Cash

These never-before-published poems by Johnny Cash make the perfect gifts for music lovers and fans alike. Edited and introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon with a foreword by John Carter Cash, this poetry collection is illustrated with facsimile reproductions of Cash’s own handwritten pages. Now an album with music by Rosanne Cash, Brad Paisley, Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Elvis Costello, and more.  Since his first recordings in 1955, Johnny Cash has been an icon in the music world. In this collection of poems and song lyrics that have never been published before, we see the world through his eyes and view his reflection on his own interior reality, his frailties and his strengths alike. In his hallmark voice, he pens verses about love, pain, freedom, and mortality, and expresses insights on culture, his family, his fame, even Christmas. Forever Words confirms Johnny Cash as a brilliant and singular American literary figure. His music is a part of our collective history, and here the depth of his artistry and talent become even more evident.

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Emily Dickinson: Complete Poems

Emily Dickinson: Complete Poems by Emily Dickinson

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence. In 2016, Terence Davies released A Quiet Passion, a biographical film about the life of Emily Dickinson. The film stars Cynthia Nixon as the reclusive poet. It co-stars Emma Bell as young Dickinson, Jennifer Ehle, Duncan Duff and Keith Carradine.

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The Best Poems of Jane Kenyon

The Best Poems of Jane Kenyon Poems by Jane Kenyon

“Jane Kenyon had a virtually faultless ear. She was an exquisite master of the art of poetry.” —Wendell Berry Published twenty-five years after her untimely death, The Best Poems of Jane Kenyon presents the essential work of one of America’s most cherished poets—celebrated for her tenacity, spirit, and grace. In their inquisitive explorations and direct language, Jane Kenyon’s poems disclose a quiet certainty in the natural world and a lifelong dialogue with her faith and her questioning of it. As a crucial aspect of these beloved poems of companionship, she confronts her struggle with severe depression on its own stark terms. Selected by Kenyon’s husband, Donald Hall, just before his death in 2018, The Best Poems of Jane Kenyon collects work from across a life and career that will be, as she writes in one poem, “simply lasting.”

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Old and New Poems - Donald Hall Cover Art

Old and New Poems

Old and New Poems by Donald Hall

This collection drawn from more than forty years of the poet's work is "a superb introduction to newcomers and a sumptuous offering to familiars" ( Publishers Weekly ). Former US Poet Laureate Donald Hall has been celebrated with numerous awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Medal of the Arts. This volume collects some of Hall's finest short poetry written between 1947 and 1990. Here are poems of landscape and love, of dedication and prophecy. "Our delight is in following an exceptional poet's growth and depth as he emerges with a richly playful but consummately serious voice." — Publishers Weekly

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Saved by a Poem

Saved by a Poem The Transformative Power of Words by Kim Rosen

Can someone really be saved by a poem? In Kim Rosen’s book, the answer is a re­sounding "Yes!" Poetry, the most ancient form of prayer, is a necessary medicine for our times: a companion through difficulty; a guide when we are lost; a salve when we are wounded; and a conduit to an inner source of joy, freedom, and insight. Whether you are a lover of poetry or have yet to discover its power, Rosen offers a new way to experience a poem. She encourages you to feel the poem as you might an affirmation or sacred text, which can align every level of your being. In an uncertain world, Saved by a Poem is an emphatic call to cultivate the ever-renewable resources of the heart. Through poetry, the unspeakable can be spoken, the unendurable endured, and the miraculous shared. Weaving teaching, story, verse, and memoir, Rosen guides you to find a poem that speaks to you so you can take it into your life and become a voice for its wisdom in the world. Inspirational audio download included! Featuring the voices of well-known authors reading a favorite poem and discussing its personal significance: Joan Borysenko, Andrew Harvey, Jane Hirshfield, Marie Howe, Grace Yi-Nan Howe, Robert Holden, Stanley Kunitz, Elizabeth Lesser, Thomas Moore, Christiane Northrup, Cheryl Richardson, Kim Rosen, and Geneen Roth.

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Collected Later Poems 1988-2000

Collected Later Poems 1988-2000 by R.S. Thomas

R.S. Thomas (1913-2000) is one of the major poets of our time, as well as one of the finest religious poets in the English language and Wales's greatest poet. This substantial gathering of his late poems shows us the final flowering of a truly great poet still writing at the height of his powers right through his 70s and 80s. It begins with his autobiographical sequence "The Echoes Return Slow", which has been unavailable for many years, and goes up to "Residues", written immediately before his death at the age of 87. These powerful poems -- about time and history, the self, love, the machine, the Cross and prayer -- cover all of his major areas of questioning. This is R.S. Thomas in a winter light, his fury concentrated on the inhumanity of man and modern technology, his gaze absorbed by the God he felt in Nature, but finding nourishment in 'waste places'. At the same time he writes with resigned feeling and immense insight, as well as grim humour and playful irony, of isolation, ageing, marriage and 'love's shining greenhouses'. For Thomas, 'Poetry is that / which arrives at the intellect / by way of the heart.'

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The Broken Wings - Kahlil Gibran Cover Art

The Broken Wings

The Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran

Through exquisite poetry and bittersweet memories, Kahlil Gibran transports us back to turn-of-the-twentieth-century Beirut. Aged eighteen, he falls deeply in love with Selma, the only daughter of family friend and hugely respected local businessman, Farris Karamy. However, Selma soon becomes betrothed to Mansour Bey Galib, the nephew of the powerful Bishop Bulos Galib, who has one eye on the Karamy family fortune. Gibran and Selma must fight to reconcile their love for one another, whilst navigating the rules, traditions and expectations that their society lays before them. The events of 'The Broken Wings' highlight key issues of the time, yet the themes and debates raised remain increasingly relevant today, over a century later; the fight for gender equality, the freedom to love who we love, tradition versus modernity, wealth versus happiness, immigration and the significance of 'home'. This moving autobiographical account of Kahlil Gibran's first love is now presented in a new adaptation by Nadim Naaman; co-composer and book-writer of 'Broken Wings', the critically acclaimed stage version of this timeless and poetic novel, which premiered in London's West End in 2018 and has since toured The Middle East.

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The Poetry of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

The Poetry of St. Thérèse of Lisieux by Thérèse of Lisieux (Little Flower) Martin

Here for the first time in English is the complete collection of Thérèse’s poetry, faithfully translated from the French critical edition. Both French and English texts are provided, with 6 photos. Ebook contains a fully linked Index. Despite their importance, the poems of St. Thérèse of Lisieux are among the least known of her writings, previously available only in highly edited selections. Here for the first time in English is the complete collection of Thérèse's poetry, faithfully translated from the French critical edition by Donald Kinney, OCD. Also included are a preface by Jean Guitton, a general introduction to Thérèse's spiritual and poetic development, 6 photos, and individual introductions to each of the poems, indicating its background and significance. The volume closes with the French text of the poems and an index to their major themes and images. Together with the ICS Publications editions of Thérèse of Lisieux's Story of a Soul, Last Conversations, Letters, Plays , and Prayers , this is an indispensible work for all those who love the life and spiritual message of "the greatest saint of modern times." 

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The Collected Poems of G. K. Chesterton - G. K. Chesterton Cover Art

The Collected Poems of G. K. Chesterton

The Collected Poems of G. K. Chesterton by G. K. Chesterton

This book takes you on a journey to solve mysteries, fight dragons, debate religion, and quarrel among politicians in the parliament. It will have you smiling at its witty sarcasm, tearing up over its nostalgic rhythm, and frowning in perplexion at its mind-twisting ideas! "Chesterton was the best writer of the 20th century. He said something about everything and he said it better than anybody else." Writes Dale Ahlquist, an American author. This collection is timelessly invaluable. Here's what Ahlquist has to say about people first being introduced to Chesterton's works. "They are amazed by what they have discovered. They are thankful to have discovered it. And they are almost angry it has taken so long for them to make the discovery." It has a ballad to hum your children to sleep, a poem to dissect in your literary thesis, a sonnet to enjoy on Christmas Eve by the fire, and everything else to dream of about poetry and literature. "The gods lie dead where the leaves lie red,  For the flame of the sun is flown, The gods lie cold where the leaves lie gold, And a child comes forth alone." ~Chesterton, A Child of the Snows

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Heart Experience - Rebecca Brown Cover Art

Heart Experience

Heart Experience For out of the Abundance of the Heart, the Mouth Speaks by Rebecca Brown

As this part of Heart Experiences comes to an end I hope and pray that something was said to encouraged your hearts and minds. As I put my heart and the heart of others in this book of experiences I desire that when heart experiences come into your life good or bad, that you choose a positive outlet to help you deal with it, grow from it, and then finally overcome whatever it might be. "God is our refuge and strength, and a very present help in trouble" Psalm 46v1 "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord, Praise ye the Lord!" Psalm 150v6

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Энеида

  • Genre: Poetry
  • Publish Date: September 1, 2015
  • Publisher: Мультимедийное издательство Стрельбицкого
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Энеида by ВЕРГИЛИЙ

«Энеида (Отрывки)» - произведение знаменитого древнеримского поэта Вергилия (70 – 19 год до н.э.). *** Это незаконченный патриотический эпос, состоящий из 12 книг, написанных между 29-19 гг. Вергилий занялся этим сюжетом по просьбе императора Августа, чтобы возбудить в римлянах национальную гордость сказаниями о великих судьбах их прародителей.

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Pillow Thoughts IV

Pillow Thoughts IV Stitching the Soul by Courtney Peppernell

The fourth and final book in the Pillow Thoughts series, Stitching the Soul explores how we piece ourselves back together after difficult experiences. With raw honesty and quiet hope, Peppernell writes about the courage to embrace change and the tenderness of moving forward whole again. With themes of personal growth, change, self-forgiveness, and transformation, this is a thoughtful present for someone beginning a new chapter in life – moving to a new city, starting a new job, or redefining themselves after loss.

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War Songs

War Songs by Antarah ibn Shaddad, James E. Montgomery, Richard Sieburth & Peter Cole

Poems of love and battle by Arabia's legendary warrior From the sixth-century highlands of Najd in the Arabian peninsula, on the eve of the advent of Islam, come the strident cries of a legendary warrior and poet. The black outcast son of an Arab father and an Ethiopian slave mother, 'Antarah ibn Shaddad struggled to win the recognition of his father and tribe. He defied social norms and, despite his outcast status, loyally defended his people. 'Antarah captured his tumultuous life in uncompromising poetry that combines flashes of tenderness with blood-curdling violence. His war songs are testaments to his life-long battle to win the recognition of his people and the hand of 'Ablah, the free-born woman he loved but who was denied him by her family. War Songs presents the poetry attributed to 'Antarah and includes a selection of poems taken from the later Epic of 'Antar, a popular story-cycle that continues to captivate and charm Arab audiences to this day with tales of its hero's titanic feats of strength and endurance. 'Antarah's voice resonates here, for the first time in vibrant, contemporary English, intoning its eternal truths: commitment to one's beliefs, loyalty to kith and kin, and fidelity in love. An English-only edition.

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金瓶梅

金瓶梅 by 笑笑生、劉本棟、繆天華

四大奇書之首《金瓶梅》 描寫人物的細膩,敘事抒情的曲折周到,遣辭造句的流利通暢前所未見 堪稱集淫靡豔情和寫實諷諭於一身的經典之作 《金瓶梅》是明代四大奇書(《三國演義》、《水滸傳》、《西遊記》、《金瓶梅》)中唯一的社會寫實小說,它藉由描寫一個土豪惡棍的一生,暴露了明代官場的黑暗及社會病態,赤裸裸地呈現富家生活的墮落荒唐。書中於人物描寫之精妙、語言運用之靈活,皆有不容忽視的成就。本書依據明神宗萬曆丁巳刊本校訂而成,是最完善、最近實的一個本子,同時為其中某些小說習用語及土白加上注釋,相信必能使讀者對《金瓶梅》有更深入之了解。 本書特色 1.明代四大奇書之首,以社會寫實的創作手法,赤裸揭露官場黑暗與社會病態。 2.依據明神宗萬曆丁巳刊本校訂而成,堪為最完善、最近實的版本。 3.內容經專家校閱,完整解析小說慣用詞語及方言。

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The Space Between Us

The Space Between Us Poetry and Prose by Courtney Peppernell

From Courtney Peppernell, author of the best-selling Pillow Thoughts  series, The Space Between Us  explores the trials of love and what it's like to live a life separated by distance from someone you care about. Its content is thoughtfully divided into five phases of the long-distance experience: At First Glance Living for Tomorrow Lonely Nights Grow Together/Grow Apart When I See You. A combination of poems and prose are connected with small graphics and maps to visualize the journey of physical distance – the longing, the anticipation, and the eventual relief. Though both authors bring with them a unique perspective, the lens is singular; each is attuned to navigating this complex terrain.

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War Music

War Music An Account of Homer's Iliad by Christopher Logue

"Logue has worked from what is still the greatest story of war ever told and created a vivid and fresh poem in a language he knew very well, indeed." —Jeffrey Brown, The New York Times Book Review Picture the east Aegean sea by night, And on a beach aslant its shimmering Upwards of 50,000 men Asleep like spoons beside their lethal Fleet. "Your life at every instant up for— / Gone. / And, candidly, who gives a toss? / Your heart beats strong. Your spirit grips," writes Christopher Logue in his original version of Homer's  Iliad , the uncanny "translation of translations" that won ecstatic and unparalleled acclaim as "the best translation of Homer since Pope's" ( The New York Review of Books ). Logue's account of Homer's  Iliad  is a radical reimagining and reconfiguration of Homer's tale of warfare, human folly, and the power of the gods in language and verse that is emphatically modern and "possessed of a very terrible beauty" ( Slate ). Illness prevented him from bringing his version of the Iliad to completion, but enough survives in notebooks and letters to assemble a compilation that includes the previously published volumes  War Music ,  Kings ,  The Husbands ,  All Day Permanent Red , and  Cold Calls , along with previously unpublished material, in one final illuminating volume arranged by his friend and fellow poet Christopher Reid. The result,  War Music , comes as near as possible to representing the poet's complete vision and confirms what his admirers have long known: that "Logue's Homer is likely to endure as one of the great long poems of the twentieth century" ( The Times Literary Supplement ). "At its finest, the result verges on genius." —George Steiner, The Times Saturday Literary Review (London)

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The Book of Nature

The Book of Nature Wordsworth's Poetry on Nature by William Wordsworth

The Book of Nature - Wordsworth's Poetry on Nature is a sublime collection of the best nature poetry by poet-laureate William Wordsworth, housed in a convenient pocket-sized edition. Along with many other Romantic poets of the time, the theme of nature features heavily in the work of Wordsworth - to him, it represented a living thing, a sublime teacher-god that contained all beauty and divine truth. Wordsworth expresses his view on the natural world through the poetry in this charming collection while articulating his relationship with nature and its essential connection with human beings. Poems featured in this collection include: - Influence of Natural Objects - Lines Written in Early Spring - My Heart Leaps Up - Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey - To the Clouds Carefully curated by Read & Co. Books, this collection of twenty-one poems also features an introductory excerpt on William Wordsworth by Thomas Carlyle from his 1881 work Reminiscences . The perfect gift for poetry readers and nature lovers alike, this beautiful pocket edition is a wonderful book of posey for those who love reading on the go.

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When You're Ready to Bloom by Sara Sheehan Re-imagined - Vicki Brooks Cover Art

When You're Ready to Bloom by Sara Sheehan Re-imagined

When You're Ready to Bloom by Sara Sheehan Re-imagined by Vicki Brooks

Some women are handed gardens. Vicki Brooks was handed a house with noise, a love that shrank her, and a body she spent thirty years apologizing for — and from that dirt, she grew. When You're Ready To Bloom Re-imagined is an original poetry collection born from the soil of Sara Sheehan's bestselling When You're Ready To Bloom. Across sixteen poems and four raw, unflinching sections — Soil, Roots, Rain, and Bloom — Brooks traces the full, unglamorous arc of becoming: from the woman who stayed too long and said yes when she meant please see me, through the quiet earthquake that cracked her open, the heartbreak that taught her to leave, and the unnamed season between selves where nothing looked like growth but everything was. This is a book about the version of yourself that stayed too long — and the one that's just now arriving. About the bathroom floor that became a beginning. About the Tuesday morning egg that became a revolution. About the friend who sat down without asking and the pasta chosen without apology and the light through a kitchen window that comes every morning whether or not you believe you deserve it. It is about the terrifying, ordinary, Tuesday-level work of choosing yourself — not once, not in a grand gesture, but daily, over eggs and tea and wildflowers and the slow discovery of your own preferences buried under thirty years of someone else's blueprint. Sharp and soft. Messy and whole. When You're Ready To Bloom Re-imagined is for anyone standing in a season they can't name, wondering if the bloom is coming — and for the woman underground right now, pushing toward a surface she can't see, trusting the dirt to hold her until she breaks through. There's no deadline for becoming. Only seasons. And yours is already underway.

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Save Me an Orange by Hayley Grace Re-imagined - Vicki Brooks Cover Art

Save Me an Orange by Hayley Grace Re-imagined

Save Me an Orange by Hayley Grace Re-imagined by Vicki Brooks

Some girls grow up in houses with bedtime stories. Vicki Brooks grew up in a house with noise — the kind that lived in the walls, hid under dinner plates, and taught her that silence was the safest language she'd ever learn. Save Me an Orange Re-imagined is an original poetry collection born from the seed planted by Hayley Grace's bestselling debut, Save Me an Orange. Across sixteen poems and four unflinching sections — Roots, Peeling, Halves, and Juice — Brooks traces the full arc of a life almost lost and slowly, imperfectly reclaimed: from a childhood shaped by what was never said, through the raw and ugly middle of healing, into the quiet miracle of a Sunday morning kitchen where the light comes through the window and, for the first time, she doesn't want to be anywhere else. This is a book about the girl who swallowed her voice at seven and buried a list at fifteen. About the therapist who put down her pen and said, "You don't have to perform here." About the friend who sat down at an empty lunch table, split an orange in half, and changed everything without saying a word. It is about the terrifying, beautiful work of choosing to stay — not because the world handed you a grand reason, but because someone handed you a piece of fruit and the ordinary sweetness of it reminded you that your mouth was made for more than swallowing silence. Sharp, then warm. Bruised, but still sweet. Save Me an Orange Re-imagined is for anyone who thought the world would end when they were sixteen — and for the person sitting next to them who didn't know they were holding a life in their hand. ________________________________________ "even when you think there's nothing left / life gives us oranges / so go share one with your best friend / maybe they thought the world would end / when they were 16 too." — Hayley Grace, save me an orange

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52 Sundays: Weekly Sonnets from 2025 - Patrick Summers Cover Art

52 Sundays: Weekly Sonnets from 2025

52 Sundays: Weekly Sonnets from 2025 by Patrick Summers

A collection of sonnets by the Artistic and Music Director of the Houston Grand opera, who set himself the discipline of composing one sonnet every Sunday for one year. Each sonnet—a fourteen-line verse form in specific meter and rhyming schemes—captures the uniqueness of that week, at the same time expressing broader and more universal thoughts about our shared experience in the first quarter of the twenty-first century.

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