Author: Jane Hirshfield Publisher: Knopf ISBN: 1524711713 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
A pivotal book of personal, ecological, and political reckoning tuned toward issues of consequence to all who share this world's current and future fate—"Some of the most important poetry in the world today" (Naomi Shihab Nye, The New York Times Magazine). Ledger's pages hold the most important work yet by Jane Hirshfield, one of our most celebrated contemporary poets. From the already much-quoted opening lines of despair and defiance ("Let them not say: we did not see it. / We saw"), Hirshfield's poems inscribe a registry, both personal and communal, of our present-day predicaments. They call us to deepened dimensions of thought, feeling, and action. They summon our responsibility to sustain one another and the earth while pondering, acutely and tenderly, the crises of refugees, justice, and climate. They consider "the minimum mass for a whale, for a language, an ice cap," recognize the intimacies of connection, and meditate upon doubt and contentment, a library book with previously dog-eared corners, the hunger for surprise, and the debt we owe this world's continuing beauty. Hirshfield's signature alloy of fact and imagination, clarity and mystery, inquiry, observation, and embodied emotion has created a book of indispensable poems by a "modern master" (The Washington Post).
Author: Michael Harrison Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780192760722 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 126
Book Description
A collection of short poems about love, animals, the seasons, nature, and other subjects, by poets ranging from Ezra Pound and Walt Whitman to Lewis Carroll and Ogden Nash.
Author: Edgar Fawcett Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780484508629 Category : Languages : en Pages : 98
Book Description
Excerpt from Short Poems for Short People Many of the poems in this volume have appeared in various magazines and journals throughout the country, previous to their present collection in book form. Permission to re-print a number of them has been obtained from Mr. Wm. Hays Ward, of The Independent; Messrs. James R. Osgood & Co., of Boston; Messrs. Hurd & Houghton, of New York; Messrs. Davis & Elverson, of Philadelphia; Messrs. Lee & Shepard, of Boston; Mr. Frank Leslie, of New York; Mr. George S. Merriam, of New York; Mr. F. S. Street, of New York; Mr. Alfred Martien, of Philadelphia; Mr. W. H. Holbrooke, of New York; Mr. J. B. T. Marsh, of Cincinnati; Mrs. E. H. Miller, of Chicago; Mr. H. B. Fuller, of Boston; Mr. J. R. Elliot, of Boston, and Messrs. J. H. Carmany & Co., of San Francisco. The poems "Autumn" and "Santa Claus," were originally published in Harper's Weekly; "Under the Bedclothes," "An Awakening," "A School-Boy of the Period," first appeared in Harper's Bazar; "A School Girl of the Period," in Harper's Magazine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Paul Negri Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486110281 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 64
Book Description
Outstanding anthology features more than 150 English and American masterpieces spanning over 400 years. "Death Be Not Proud," "The Tyger," "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," plus works by Tennyson, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats, Frost, others.
Author: CAConrad Publisher: Wave Books ISBN: 1933517492 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 178
Book Description
A portrait equal parts hope and cruelty, this searing, compelling book is an enduring fan favorite by Philadelphia-based poet CAConrad.
Author: Jeff Burton Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781794132900 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 64
Book Description
This a book of easy poetry for children, in bite-sized pieces. All selections are no longer than four lines and all are quite silly. Poems are placed, one to a page, so pieces of the book may be consumed and enjoyed ... rather like a chocolate ... or a frog, if one is so inclined. Children may wish to enter into the creative process by adding their own drawings or extra verses. This is a book meant to a starting point for exploration rather than a finished work of art. The surreal imagination is a wonderful playground for children and those who remain child-like. It is the author's fervent wish to be paid in the currency of shy smiles and even the occasional guffaw. An amused snort will do in a pinch.This book may be read to younger children who have their wits about them, or, more properly, read by children themselves between the ages of 7 and 12. Of course, if you haven't lost your taste for surreal humour, the poems may equally be enjoyed by adults.Similar in style to Spike Milligan's poetry for children, a debt of gratitude must be paid to him for the hours of enjoyment he provided in the author's youth.
Author: Adam Sol Publisher: Misfit Book ISBN: 9781770414563 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
How a Poem Moves is a collection of 35 short essays that walk readers through an array of contemporary poems. Sol is a dynamic teacher, and delivers essays that demonstrate poetry's range and pleasures through encounters with individual poems that span traditions, techniques, and ambitions.
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