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American's Favorite Poems: The Favorite Poem Project Anthology
by Robert Pinsky Maggie DietzThis anthology of 200 poems embodies Robert Pinsky's commitment to discovering America's beloved poetry, his special undertaking as Poet Laureate of the United States.
Amid Thirsty Vines: Poems
by AlfaThemes of self-discovery, tending the garden of the soul, and nurturing yourself into blossom, Amid Thirsty Vines by Instagram poetry star Alfa is the collection you need to feel the power of the beautiful flowers within you, and to find the love you deserve. This volume belongs in the collection of every modern poetry fan.
Amiri and Odette
by Walter Dean MyersPresents a modern, urban retelling in verse of the ballet in which brave Amiri falls in love with beautiful Odette and fights evil Big Red for her on the streets of the Swan Lake Projects.
Among Angels
by Jane Yolen Nancy WillardA magical, whimsical, and heart-soaring collection of angelic poetry from two award-winning literary masters Acclaimed novelist Nancy Willard and World Fantasy Award and Nebula Award-winning author and editor Jane Yolen collaborate on this magnificent anthology of their original poetry. For years the 2 friends and literary colleagues have shared a mutual fascination with God's winged messengers and exchanged angel poems--some reverent, some witty, some sweet, some biting, and each one a miraculous invention. Now these wondrous flights of angelic fancy are gathered together in a singular collection of breathtaking verse. Rooted in the Christian and Hebrew traditions, these brief, lyrical masterworks celebrate the heavenly beings that have flown through our collective imagination for centuries: Gabriel and the archangel Michael, the fallen Lucifer and the Angel of Death. In rich and sumptuous poetry, the authors muse on angels' flight, feathers, faith, writing on pinheads, and the glory and inconvenience of having wings. To luxuriate in Yolen and Willard's poetic words, ideas, and unforgettable images is to truly fly among angels.
Among A Thousand Fireflies
by Helen Frost Rick Lieder<P>On a summer evening, just as the stars blink on, a firefly lands on a flower. Lights start to flash all around her -- first one, then three, seven. Hundreds. Thousands. How will she find just one flash among them? And will he see her flash in return? <P>In evocative photographs and lyrical language, Rick Lieder and Helen Frost, creators of the critically acclaimed Step Gently Out and Sweep Up the Sun, offer a true story of how two fireflies come together after finding each other's light among thousands of others.
Amor em 59 poemas
by Vários AutoresAMOR - Sentimento que induz a aproximar, a proteger ou a conservar a pessoa pela qual se sente afeição ou atracção; grande afeição ou afinidade forte por outra pessoa. Descubra o único sentimento que faz girar o mundo através das palavras de poetas de diferentes tempos e lugares. Meu coração tardou. Meu coração Talvez se houvesse amor nunca tardasse; Mas, visto que, se o houve, o houve em vão, Tanto faz que o amor houvesse ou não. Tardou. <P><P>Antes, de inútil, acabasse. Meu coração postiço e contrafeito Finge-se meu. Se o amor o houvesse tido, Talvez, num rasgo natural de eleito, Seu próprio ser do nada houvesse feito, E a sua própria essência conseguido. Mas não. Nunca nem eu nem coração Fomos mais que um vestígio de passagem Entre um anseio vão e um sonho vão. Parceiros em prestidigitação, Caímos ambos pelo alçapão. Foi esta a nossa vida e a nossa viagem. Fernando Pessoa
El amor es chulo
by Stephaniè AndugarLa poesía y la reflexión feminista se unen en estas páginas para gritar alto y claro «NO» al machismo disfrazado de amor: los mitos del amor romántico. Mitos que solo sirven para perpetuar la desigualdad y naturalizar la violencia: Amor-sufrimiento, Amor-dependencia, Amor-fusión, Amor-posesión... ¿¿Amor?? No es amor cuando te dice que te quiere solo para él. No es amor cuando hay celos. No es amor si te tiene que completar. No es amor si te aparta de las personas que quieres y de lo que te hace sentir bien. No es amor si es sacrificio o renuncia. No es amor si pierdes tu esencia. No es amor si duele. El amor, el de verdad, no entiende de sexos ni peldaños ni jaulas, no tiene que ser difícil ni tampoco lo único, no te hace sentir pequeña. Para conjugar el verbo amar en plural, primero hay que saber hacerlo en singular y desprenderse de todo aquello que nos encadena. Que el amor valga toda tu alegría y no tu pena,porque el amor es chulo. El amor es chulo, el proyecto que une la nueva poesía y el feminismo y que pretende derribar los falsos mitos del amor romántico. Han cedido sus textos e ilustraciones para este libro:Ane Santiago, Marga Cordero, Irene G Punto, Davile Matellán, Mina Ilustraciones, Miguel Gane, Grace Klimt, Antonio Carreño, Silenzio, Carlos Salem, Teresa Mateo, Victoria Ash, Diego Ojeda, Sourires, Nekane González, Pablo Arribas, Ana Pérez Cañamares, Patricia Benito, Selam Wearing, Nerea Delgado, Acto Paulson, Luiso García, Pedro Andreu, Ulises Kaufman, María Vera, Señorita Bebi, Tres Voltes Rebel, Martaeme, Ana Elena Pena, Titxu Vélez, Lae Sánchez, Juana La Coja y Versales.
El Amor, las Mujeres y la Vida
by Mario BenedettiEl amor, las mujeres y la vida reúne los mejores poemas de tema amoroso escritos por Mario Benedetti: tanto como decir uno de los poetas latinoamericanos más innovadores, frescos, divertidos, ambiciosos y modernos de la literatura en lengua española. De hecho, Mario Benedetti es uno de los escasos poetas actuales que han establecido contacto con el público lector. Sus libros se venden por miles de ejemplares y sus poemas se convierten en canciones o se quedan prendidos en la memoria de todos. La popularidad de Benedetti está en un nivel altísimo, sólo comparable a la de otros grandes poetas amados de todo el mundo: Alberti, Lorca, Machado, Neruda. Los jóvenes hacen cola para comprar sus libros, los mayores lo tienen por modelo admirable. Estos poemas demuestran, sobre todas las cosas, la fuerza de las mujeres y de ese antídoto de la muerte que ellas solas poseen: el amor. El CD que acompaña la publicación en papel de este ejemplar de El amor, las mujeres y la vida contiene una selección de los poemas efectuada por el propio autor. Es también Mario Benedetti quien los lee, dándoles el tono y la significación que nadie más podría darles.
El amor, las mujeres y la vida (Colección Visor De Poesía Ser. #Vol. 341)
by Mario BenedettiEste libro reúne los mejores poemas de amor escritos por Mario Benedetti, uno de los poetas más innovadores, divertidos, ambiciosos y modernos de la literatura en español. El amor, las mujeres y la vida recoge una selección de poemas aclamados por varias generaciones, aquellos en los que Benedetti vuelca su concepción de la vida: el amor como compensación de la muerte se levanta en sus versos lleno de fe, como fuerza principal que mueve al ser humano, como una proclama de la existencia, que va de la erótica del amante hasta la esperanza del revolucionario o la gratitud del amigo. «El amor es uno de los elementos emblemáticos de la vida. Breve o extendido, espontáneo o minuciosamente construido, es de cualquier manera un apogeo en las relaciones humanas.»Mario Benedetti
El amor no lo es todo
by Edna St. Vincent MillayLa poeta Luna Miguel selecciona en este Poesía Portátil los mejores versos de Edna St. Vincent Millay, considerada la mejor poeta mujer desde Safo según la revista Poetry. Piénsalo, mi antiguo amado, mi ya no adorado, ¿hay que negar que fue amor solo porque se ha agotado?Edna St. Vincent Millay es una de las poetas norteamericanas más fascinantes y menos conocidas del siglo XX. Perteneciente a la generación de T.S. Eliot y Wallace Stevens, su militancia feminista y su radical independencia provocaron que su obra tardara en difundirse, a pesar de haber ganado el Premio Pulitzer (1923). Su personalidad arrolladora congregó a multitudes en sus lecturas y polémicas apariciones públicas, que hicieron de ella una precursora de una nueva forma de ser mujer, liberada y bohemia, sin miedo a proclamar sus ideas políticas y proponer innovadoras vías de expresión de la experiencia femenina. La crítica ha dicho:«Consiguió que la poesía pareciera algo sencillo que cualquiera podía hacer, pero naturalmente no era así».Dorothy Parker
Amores e desamores: Poemas de amor y desamor, Emociones Sentimientos Amor Desamor
by Fernando Pérez Rodríguez"Amores e desamores" é um livro de poesia que, como seu nome indica são poesias de amor e desamor, poesias en rima livre, escritas com o coração e que pretendem que ol leitor se sinta identificado com elas y sinta os mesmos sentimentos y emoções que ol autor ao escrevê-las.
Los amores sucios
by Juan José TéllezEl poeta y periodista Juan José Téllez nos cuenta en su nuevo poemario el tiempo muerto del amor, lo emocionante y también lo difícil de la tan difamada rutina de la pasión. Los amores sucios es una colección de fotogramas desordenados que, superpuestos, dan lugar a una imagen de imágenes que cuenta la historia de cómo nos enteramos, poco a poco y a golpe de experiencia, de que el amor es menos noches de boda y besos desarmados y más labios urgentes y días después. Y de cómo pasa el tiempo y uno concluye que, aunque de segunda mano, ese amor sigue valiendo la pena. «A menudo, nosotros hablamos por los ojos. Tú me dices: 'Pupila'. Yo respondo: 'Pestaña'. Veo lo que viste cuando no te conocía y tú miras mis recuerdos como un paisaje futuro».
Amours De Voyage
by Arthur Hugh CloughOver the great windy waters, and over the clear-crested summits, Unto the sun and the sky, and unto the perfecter earth, Come, let us go,--to a land wherein gods of the old time wandered, Where every breath even now changes to ether divine. <P> <P> Come, let us go; though withal a voice whisper, 'The world that we live in, Whithersoever we turn, still is the same narrow crib; 'Tis but to prove limitation, and measure a cord, that we travel; Let who would 'scape and be free go to his chamber and think; 'Tis but to change idle fancies for memories wilfully falser; 'Tis but to go and have been.'--Come, little bark! let us go.
Amphibian Acrobats
by Leslie BulionLeslie Bulion and Robert Meganck are back with another cross-curricular celebration of science and poetry—this time starring frogs, toads, salamanders, and more. Step right up and learn all about the remarkable stars of Leslie Bulion's Amphibian Acrobats show! Marvel at the jaw-dropping dexterity of "Daredevil Free-Climbers," the astounding agility of "The Olympic Jumpers," the awe-inspiring stamina of the intrepid "Marathoners," and more! Leslie Bulion's lively poems pair with Robert Meganck's colorful, zany art in this cross-curricular celebration of science and language. Thorough back matter includes a science glossary, notes on poetry forms, and resources for additional information about these extraordinary animals.
Amphion: Lyre, Poetry, and Politics in Modernity (Thinking Literature)
by Leah MiddlebrookA reintroduction to the myth of Amphion, recovering an overlooked sphere of lyric tradition. Amphion is the figure in Greek mythology who played so skillfully on a lyre that stones moved of their own accord to build walls for Thebes. While Amphion still presides over music and architecture, he was once fundamental to the concept of lyric poetry. Amphion figured the human power to inspire action, creating and undoing polities by means of language. In contrast to the individual inspiration we associate with the better-known Orpheus, Amphion represents the relentless, often violent, play of harmony and disorder in human social life. In this wide-ranging study, Leah Middlebrook introduces readers to Amphion-inspired poetics and lyrics and traces the tradition of the Amphionic from the Renaissance through modernist and postmodern poetry and translation from the Hispanic, Anglophone, French, Italian, and ancient Roman worlds. Amphion makes a significant contribution to scholarship on the connection between poetry and politics and the history of the lyric, offering an account well-suited to our times.
Amphitryon
by Richard Wilbur Molière"Richard Wilbur's translations of classic French drama are among the undiscovered treasure of our recent literature."-The Hudson ReviewMolière's late, elegant comedy, based on Plautus' Roman version, alludes to the love affairs of the French king. This is the fourth and final volume of Theatre Communication Group's series (with cover designs by Chip Kidd), completing trade publication of these vital theatrical works. ncludes Richard Wilbur's translation notes.Richard Wilbur is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and a former poet laureate of the United States. His verse translations of Molière's plays have been performed for audiences throughout the world.
The Amusing Adventures of Louisa the Frog
by Wanda DaszynskaThe Amusing Adventures of Louisa the Frog is made up of four stories about an enterprising little frog called Louisa, who will delight young readers. Louisa is full of ideas and her adventures are sure to be an inspiration to a great number of children.These stories have an educational aspect which is skilfully interwoven with humour. The little frog finds out that not everything can go according to plan, but there is always her dear friend Kaya the owl, who helps her to put things right.Louisa and Kaya are just two of the fascinating creatures in these stories, which are also illustrated with lovely and colourful images.
Amy Lowell, Diva Poet: Diva Poet
by Melissa BradshawIn her reassessment of Amy Lowell as a major figure in the modern American poetry movement, Melissa Bradshaw uses theories of the diva and female celebrity to account for Lowell's extraordinary literary influence in the early twentieth century and her equally extraordinary disappearance from American letters after her death. Recognizing Amy Lowell as a literary diva, Bradshaw shows, accounts for her commitment to her art, her extravagant self-promotion and self-presentation, and her fame, which was of a kind no longer associated with poets. It also explains the devaluation of Lowell's poetry and criticism, since a woman's diva status is always short-lived and the accomplishments of celebrity women are typically dismissed and trivialized. In restoring Lowell to her place within the American poetic renaissance of the nineteen-teens and twenties, Bradshaw also recovers a vibrant moment in popular culture when poetry enjoyed mainstream popularity, audiences packed poetry readings, and readers avidly followed the honors, exploits, and feuds of their favorite poets in the literary columns of daily newspapers. Drawing on a rich array of letters, memoirs, newspapers, and periodicals, but eschewing the biographical interpretations of her poetry that have often characterized criticism on Lowell, Bradshaw gives us an Amy Lowell who could not be further removed from the lonely victim of ill-health and obesity who appears in earlier book-length studies. Amy Lowell as diva poet takes her rightful place as a powerful writer of modernist verse who achieved her personal and professional goals without capitulating to heteronormative ideals of how a woman should act, think, or appear.
The Analyst
by Molly PeacockWhen a psychoanalyst became a painter after surviving a stroke, her longtime patient, distinguished and beloved poet Molly Peacock, took up a unique task. The Analyst is a new, visceral, twenty-first century "in memoriam" of ambiguous loss in which Peacock brilliantly tells the story of a decades-long patient-therapist relationship that now reverses and continues to evolve. Peacock invigorates the notion of poetry as word-painting: A tapestry of images, from a red enameled steamer on a black stove to Tibetan monks funneling glowing sand into a painting, create the backdrop for her quest to define identity. From "In Our Unexpected Future":. . . for frocks outlast pillars. But feelingsoutlive frocks. The immaterial storms through,a force beyond years (a mere four since youwere nearly felled). It isn't what happened that lasts. Not art, either, but the savory core. What's felt.
The Analyst: Poems
by Molly Peacock“Whatever the subject, rich music follows the tap of Molly Peacock’s baton.”—Washington Post When a psychoanalyst became a painter after surviving a stroke, her longtime patient, distinguished and beloved poet Molly Peacock, took up a unique task. The Analyst is a new, visceral, twenty-first century “in memoriam” of ambiguous loss in which Peacock brilliantly tells the story of a decades-long patient-therapist relationship that now reverses and continues to evolve. Peacock invigorates the notion of poetry as word-painting: A tapestry of images, from a red enameled steamer on a black stove to Tibetan monks funneling glowing sand into a painting, create the backdrop for her quest to define identity. From “In Our Unexpected Future”: …for frocks outlast pillars. But feelings outlive frocks. The immaterial storms through, a force beyond years (a mere four since you were nearly felled). It isn’t what happened that lasts. Not art, either, but the savory core. What’s felt.
Anamnesis
by Iona LeeIona Lee’s debut collection charts the journey of the writer, artist and performer into adulthood. Written in a unique voice, Iona playfully toys with thematic devices in this entertaining exploration of art and artifice, absence and impermanence, truth and tale telling. Characterised by a deep love of language, its music and its magic, these poems reflect on memory, the future and other hauntings. Wittily observed, this collection is an attempt to connect the stars into tidy constellations, and to join the tiny, inchoate dots of self into something traceable and translatable. Humorous and self-aware, gentle and philosophical, Anamnesis is written in the knowledge that in telling one’s life-story, one creates it.
Anarcha Speaks: A History in Poems
by Dominique Christina Tyehimba JessThe reimagined story of Anarcha, an enslaved Black woman, subjected to medical experiments by Dr. Marion Sims. Selected by Tyehimba Jess as a National Poetry Series winner.In this provocative collection by award-winning poet and artist Dominique Christina, the historical life of Anarcha is personally reenvisioned. Anarcha was an enslaved Black woman who endured experimentation and torture at the hands of Dr. Marion Sims, more commonly known as the father of modern gynecology. Christina enables Anarcha to tell her story without being relegated to the margins of history, as a footnote to Dr. Sims's life. These poems are a reckoning, a resurrection, and a proper way to remember Anarcha ... and grieve her.
Anathema
by J. T. MarieChapbook of dark poems about vampires, aliens, angels, demons, monsters, diseases, villains, rogues, and the sea. The bulk of these were written during my years as an undergraduate student at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia, and represent some of my favorite themes: death, lost love, the ocean, alienation, and (odd as it may seem) disease.
Anatomic
by Adam Dickinson<P>The poems of Anatomic have emerged from biomonitoring and microbiome testing on the author's body to examine the way the outside writes the inside, whether we like it or not. Adam Dickinson drew blood, collected urine, swabbed bacteria, and tested his feces to measure the precise chemical and microbial diversity of his body. To his horror, he discovered that our "petroculture" has infiltrated our very bodies with pesticides, flame retardants, and other substances. He discovered shifting communities of microbes that reflect his dependence on the sugar, salt, and fat of the Western diet, and he discovered how we rely on nonhuman organisms to make us human, to regulate our moods and personalities. <P>Structured like the hormones some of these synthetic chemicals mimic in our bodies, this sequence of poems links the author’s biographical details (diet, lifestyle, geography) with historical details (spills, poisonings, military applications) to show how permeable our bodies are to the environment. As Dickinson becomes obsessed with limiting the rampant contamination of his own biochemistry, he turns this chemical-microbial autobiography into an anxious plea for us to consider what we’re doing to our world -- and to our own bodies.
The Anatomy of Melancholy
by Robert BurtonCelebrating the 400th anniversary of Burton's masterpiece, this fully edited, modern edition is published as a landmark hardback volume in Penguin Classics. Robert Burton's labyrinthine, beguiling, playful masterpiece is his attempt to 'anatomize and cut up' every aspect of the condition of melancholy, from which he had suffered throughout his life. Ranging over beauty, digestion, the planets, alcohol, demons, kissing, poetry and the restorative power of books, among many other things, The Anatomy of Melancholy has fascinated figures from Samuel Johnson to Jorge Luis Borges since the seventeenth century, and remains an incomparable examination of the human condition in all its flawed, endless variety.