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From acclaimed poet Franny Choi comes a poetry collection for the ends of worlds—past, present, and future. Choi's third book features poems about historical and impending apocalypses, alongside musings on our responsibilities to each other and visions for our collective survival.
Many have called our time dystopian. But The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On reminds us that apocalypse has already come in myriad ways for marginalized peoples.
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Immerse yourself in the captivating world of "The Bindings: The Girl with Cerebral Palsy and the Experiences that Hold Me Together," an extraordinary book of poetry by April Williams. In this heartfelt collection, April, a self-taught poet with cerebral palsy and scoliosis, opens her soul and shares her remarkable journey through melodic, emotional, and profoundly touching verses.
Within the pages of this book, April's evocative words paint a vivid...
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Mi cabeza está en otra parte reúne una selección de todos los libros publicados por Damaris Calderón en Chile. El título de esta antología corresponde al título de uno de los poemas de Sílabas (2000).
El compromiso con la escritura por parte de Damaris Calderón no es otra cosa que la persistencia de sondear en el abismo; una especie de activismo del que no se hace alarde, pero del que se extrae toda la luz que puede caber en el poema...
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I have an unconditional love which I know was imparted to me from my mother and the demonstrated love she had for me and my siblings. My mother's journey caused her to observe many indifferences; she never changed, her love was unconditional. This book of poems is my way of sharing, through poetry, the love my mother gave to me. I may have been the different child out of the eleven children; not ever did she once make me feel I didn't matter. In this...
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Dee was born in 1930 to a family in the grips of the Great Depression. This endowed her with a thriftiness and economy of living that carried her to better times. A creative soul, Dee longed to go to art school and was offered a full scholarship at Duke, but it wasn't meant to be. Her father forbade her from attending Duke, and she soon found herself married with a young baby girl.
Her creative spirit somehow survived all the demands of being a...
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You in Me chronicles my journey of healing, learning, and growth from the small Caribbean Island of Dominica to Canada and recognizes the many misunderstandings encountered along the way. Such misunderstandings could keep us perpetually stuck in limiting beliefs and prohibit our progression to a more productive and enjoyable life.When a change of course in life is desired in order to accommodate a more successful integration in a fast-developing...
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Internationally acclaimed author Carolyn Gammon conjures a kind and unflinching portrait of her mother's dementia-ultimately revealing the love, joy and life which remain even as memory and past fade. Learning to speak in maybes-perhaps I told you? Were you there? and to let a mother direct memory as memory vanishes, Gammon threads a path through time, bringing us into the heart and heat of a mother-daughter relationship that is changing as each day...
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"you cannot know who you'll bewhen you will be so many differentversions of yourself in this lifetime.you cannot find the roadyou are craving, not yet.it's waiting for you to pave it."In her Letters to the Universe Series Goodreads Choice Nominated poet J.R. Rogue shares intimate poems written lovingly for her readers. Take a journey through the eyes of author and reader as Rogue shares a glimpse into the private task of writing poetry dedicated to...
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A JOURNEY OF HOPE is a selection of poems, written, and given to me, during the wee hours of the morning, as I am all alone and in the presence of the Lord. My alone time spent with him is inspirational as well as knowledgeable. I know that these poems are intended to bring comfort, peace, and deliverance to anyone bound by depression, obsession, confusion, and a need for true confession. My hope is that souls may be delivered from sin, and a true...
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A series of poems or Let Go's if you will storytelling AWKN Kamara's journey through letting go of hurt, shame, pain, and guilt. These are things that everyone can relate to. Stories of how to let go of family, romantic, and platonic pain. Stories of letting go of trauma and finding joy and happiness through love for self and God. AWKN Kamara's Let Go's take us on a journey from bitter to better!
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Poetry can be viewed as a reflection, a song, if you will, of society in the time it is written, but at the same time, it is timeless in the continuum of past, present, and future. In the dance of words, the reader will follow the Rorschach Ink Blots in the dance of words to find meaning in the visual imagery presented here.
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After many years of procrastination I, the author's son, has decided that it's about time that I share these works with all the people that love poetic reflections. This book of my mother's poems is truly a reflection of her life. Each of these poetic works is related to an event that she experienced during her lifetime.
Ann Kirsch, ne Donovan was a product of a devout Irish Catholic family that was framed in sadness and loss. However, as time went...
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From the author of I Find You In the Darkness, a brand-new poetry collection about love, longing, and one woman's everlasting connection to the sea
My soul reminds me that
I am a Mermaid.
A woman who longs to be held by the sea...
Beloved contemporary poet Alfa is back with a collection of all-new poems celebrating strength and female empowerment. With more than 180 poems focusing on resilience, inner strength, and self-love, The Salt in His Kiss...
17) The Pause
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This collection of poems takes us through life experiences to which we can all relate. The themes of unrequited love, heartache after heartbreak, experiencing loss, getting caught in the rat race, facing the struggle of keeping up with the pace of a heavy workload, dealing with issues of racism, addiction, and discrimination. It also explores feelings concerning the impact of the recent COVID-19 Pandemic which increased many of our feelings of isolation,...
18) Strange Nests
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the secret about dying arrived scrawny. it's growing stronger & fatter though & whispers, "go mad."
Beyond ancient gates, among thorny overgrowth and carnivorous blooms, a raven called Death waits tirelessly for its chance to roost within us. Using scraps of love, remorse, anger, and pain, it weaves. With erasure, memory, and discovery, it binds. And from the garden of wounds that grows within our broken hearts, it builds Strange Nests.
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POEMS FOR ALL SEASONS by MaryAnn Diorio is a compilation of poems the author has written over a period of several years. The book includes poems in various forms, including sonnets, tetractyses, tercets, haikus, limericks, and an intriguing poetic form called the "Minute". A special feature of the book is the introduction of a new poetic form that MaryAnn created called the "Diorion"--a form inspired by her husband's family name. This new form alone...
20) Edge Music
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Edge Music explores what it means to talk about, and to write on, the edges of Australian landscapes - be they geographical or historical.
Responding to a complex, globally engaged nation, this innovative book openly displays the author's eagerness to write in an extremely eclectic range of styles and forms.
It reveres the voices of the past, and grants them new life in the blinding sun of the present.