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My most impossible ambition has always been to understand human nature. So when I discovered poetry at 17, it naturally evolved into a way to express my puzzling findings. Granted that it is often myself I end up studying (the easiest and nearest subject), the focus has always been to observe and report the quaint, illogical, stubborn and silly things we continually do. The journey has included explorations into odd corners: child abuse, addiction,...
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Liu's poetry collection offers a poignant exploration of childhood experiences, intricately woven with nostalgic, introspective verses. From the streets of New York to the corridors of the mind, Liu's keen eye illuminates the ordinary moments of life with extraordinary depth and insight. Through her lyrical compositions, readers are invited to embark on a journey of remembrance and reflection, where each poem becomes a mirror reflecting the myriad...
5) True Stories
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Inspired by various disasters, from climate change to the pandemic, the poems of True Stories whirl together extreme weather, isolation, and interpersonal dysfunction into a gathering storm of a book. The first poem, "100-Year Storm" foregrounds cyclical themes, asking readers to consider-again and again, over and over-the effects of interconnected catastrophes. When one storm ends, the next one begins. When waters recede in one place, they flood...
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A landmark definitive edition of one of our most innovative and beloved poets
The landmark oeuvre of Marianne Moore, one of the major inventors of poetic modernism, has had no straight path from beginning to end; until now, there has been no good vantage point from which to see the body of her remarkable work as a whole. Throughout her life Moore arranged and rearranged, visited and revisited, a large majority of her existing poetry, always adding...
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The female body, with its history as an object of social control, expectation, and manipulation, is central to understanding the gendered construction of shame. Through the study of 20th-century literary texts, The Female Face of Shame explores the nexus of femininity, female sexuality, the female body, and shame. It demonstrates how shame structures relationships and shapes women's identities. Examining works by women authors from around the world,...
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Hello there! It seems that you have come across my book of poems. These poems are inspired by every day life challenges. I became very sick with long covid, and the only thing that got me through was prayer, my family, and writing. I stopped talking to someone very close to me, and became very close to me, and it was very hard. I learned from a therapist that there are seasons in your life where you meet people, and they stay in your life...
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All The Poems I Wrote For You is a poetry book compilation that mirrors the tendencies of being in love when you're young and when that love leaves you heady. Anjali Sinha is a young female confessing her problems with love and relationships in this self-love poetry compilation. The poetry has been written over the years as a love song for the people, places and circumstances she has fallen in and out of love with. Her poetry brings out the echoes...
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Growing up in Ohio, Mildred Thayer Carneal enjoyed all the pleasures and pains life had to offer. But it was when she entered third grade that she realized how she could express herself through the magic of poetry. Written over fifty-eight years, from 1954 to 2012, Poetry and Thoughts reveals Carneal's life from childhood through adulthood by using anecdotes, thoughts, and poetry. Her words reveal a diverse perception and a keen attention to detail,...
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Are you looking for a creative, entertaining way to challenge the "pandemic" narratives that took over the last four years of our lives? Maybe searching for a fresh perspective in these post-pandemic times?
Read dystopia unplugged: please talk back and let this delving book of poetry empower your voice and activate your personal freedom.
• Find the courage to question the medical, political, financial, and cultural narratives that have shaped...
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In this captivating collection, Ximena takes us on a journey filled with vivid imagery and powerful prose that captivates the senses. Her words breathe life into emotions as vast as the ocean, weaving a tapestry of passion, love, discovery, and grief. All delicately entwined within her heartfelt verses, mirroring the tide's eternal ebb and flow. Every turn of the page reminds us that, while time flows ever forward, our heart is never so constrained....
13) Omnia Pereunt
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Consider the implications of potential futrures that have not yet come to pass. Explore dystopian worlds and cities ruled by tyrants and dictators. Witness the rise of unknowable abominations, delve into worlds where aliens and monsters are real, cybernetic beings are not simply imaginary and plunge into unfathomable nightmares and horrors. Watch a modern-day knight rally her people, AI become sentient and think about the catastrophes that are simply...
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T.K. Galarneau turns her attention to humans and nature living in harmony and the ongoing plight of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in her latest collection of poems and a short story. Invoking the beliefs of the Indigenous people of North America, her poems are reminders that humans have to take care of our world and each other. The short story, "Why Can't You Hear Us?" is about a young woman from the Blackfoot Nation who does everything she...
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This collection of poetry charts the arc of a marriage, from the formation of the relationship and building a dreamed-of life together, through cycles and years of emotional abuse, and then into and through divorce and its healing aftermath. It grapples unflinchingly with deception, loss, love, heartbreak, and ultimately finding a path to wholeness and healing.
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Saltwater. is the story of an ascending Divine Feminine told through 30 original pieces of poetry & prose. The author expresses her authentic experience as a starseed who is experiencing a very multidimensional life at the beginning of the Golden Age as she assists with restoring original Divine Feminine paradigms. The topics covered within the pieces range from self-realization to motherhood to twin flame romance to lightwarriorship, and more. But...
17) Blue Hour: Poems
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"Blue Hour is an elusive book, because it is ever in pursuit of what the German poet Novalis called 'the [lost] presence beyond appearance.' The longest poem, 'On Earth,' is a transcription of mind passing from life into death, in the form of an abecedary, modeled on ancient gnostic hymns. Other poems in the book, especially 'Nocturne' and 'Blue Hour,' are lyric recoveries of the act of remembering, though the objects of memory seem to us vivid and...
18) Outpourings
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I reach for the new,knowing there is brokenness,I stretch my spirit.I peek through veils,revealing my shifting soul,always coming home. From the author of Musings, Woolgathering, & Ghosts comes a second volume of poetic prose and her own blend of Haiku and imagery, that will bring extraordinary insight into everyday life for everyone. CK Sobey's "surges" -- a mixture of musings, fleeting thoughts allowed to grow -- invite you into her inner chapel,...
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Out of grief, upheaval, derision, disappointment, and change of all kinds-from the intimate to the mythic-Incantations both admonishes and rails. Darnell Arnoult's evocative collection unleashes frustration and longing in tongues of fire. And while her poems walk heaven's blues home in a rush of images, real and imagined, they point to an undergirding optimism and path toward healing and hope where joy lies "dazed and waiting." The spells cast here...
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Her Canvas of Words: Celebrating Womanhood Are you struggling to find the right words to express your thoughts and emotions? Do you often wish you could communicate with more depth and clarity? Are you looking for a creative outlet that can serve as a sanctuary for your innermost feelings? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, "Her Canvas of Words" is the book you've been searching for. Discover the profound impact words can have on your...