Author: Mary Oliver
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 9780807068922
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Red bird came all winter / firing up the landscape / as nothing else could. So begins Mary Oliver's twelfth book of poetry, and the image of that fiery bird stays with the reader, appearing in unexpected forms and guises until, in a postscript, he explains himself: "For truly the body needs / a song, a spirit, a soul. And no less, to make this work, / the soul has need of a body, / and I am both of the earth and I am of the inexplicable / beauty of heaven / where I fly so easily, so welcome, yes, / and this is why I have been sent, to teach this to your heart." This collection of sixty-one new poems, the most ever in a single volume of Oliver's work, includes an entirely new direction in the poet's work: a cycle of eleven linked love poems-a dazzling achievement. As in all of Mary Oliver's work, the pages overflow with her keen observation of the natural world and her gratitude for its gifts, for the many people she has loved in her seventy years, as well as for her disobedient dog, Percy. But here, too, the poet's attention turns with ferocity to the degradation of the Earth and the denigration of the peoples of the world by those who love power. Red Bird is unquestionably Mary Oliver's most wide-ranging volume to date.
Red Bird
Author: Mary Oliver
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 9780807068922
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Red bird came all winter / firing up the landscape / as nothing else could. So begins Mary Oliver's twelfth book of poetry, and the image of that fiery bird stays with the reader, appearing in unexpected forms and guises until, in a postscript, he explains himself: "For truly the body needs / a song, a spirit, a soul. And no less, to make this work, / the soul has need of a body, / and I am both of the earth and I am of the inexplicable / beauty of heaven / where I fly so easily, so welcome, yes, / and this is why I have been sent, to teach this to your heart." This collection of sixty-one new poems, the most ever in a single volume of Oliver's work, includes an entirely new direction in the poet's work: a cycle of eleven linked love poems-a dazzling achievement. As in all of Mary Oliver's work, the pages overflow with her keen observation of the natural world and her gratitude for its gifts, for the many people she has loved in her seventy years, as well as for her disobedient dog, Percy. But here, too, the poet's attention turns with ferocity to the degradation of the Earth and the denigration of the peoples of the world by those who love power. Red Bird is unquestionably Mary Oliver's most wide-ranging volume to date.
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 9780807068922
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Red bird came all winter / firing up the landscape / as nothing else could. So begins Mary Oliver's twelfth book of poetry, and the image of that fiery bird stays with the reader, appearing in unexpected forms and guises until, in a postscript, he explains himself: "For truly the body needs / a song, a spirit, a soul. And no less, to make this work, / the soul has need of a body, / and I am both of the earth and I am of the inexplicable / beauty of heaven / where I fly so easily, so welcome, yes, / and this is why I have been sent, to teach this to your heart." This collection of sixty-one new poems, the most ever in a single volume of Oliver's work, includes an entirely new direction in the poet's work: a cycle of eleven linked love poems-a dazzling achievement. As in all of Mary Oliver's work, the pages overflow with her keen observation of the natural world and her gratitude for its gifts, for the many people she has loved in her seventy years, as well as for her disobedient dog, Percy. But here, too, the poet's attention turns with ferocity to the degradation of the Earth and the denigration of the peoples of the world by those who love power. Red Bird is unquestionably Mary Oliver's most wide-ranging volume to date.
Chasing Redbird
Author: Sharon Creech
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061961310
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
“Intriguing, delightful, and touching.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “Creech’s best yet.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) It started out as an ordinary summer. But the minute thirteen-year-old Zinny discovered the old, overgrown trail that ran through the woods behind her family’s house, she realized that things were about to change. It was her chance to finally make people notice her, and to have a place she could call her very own. But more than that, Zinny knew that the trail somehow held the key to all kinds of questions. And that the only way to understand her family, her Aunt Jessie’s death, and herself, was to find out where it went. From Newbery Medal-winning author Sharon Creech comes a story of love, loss, and understanding, an intricately woven tale of a young girl who sets out in search of her place in the world—and discovers it in her own backyard. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061961310
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
“Intriguing, delightful, and touching.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “Creech’s best yet.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) It started out as an ordinary summer. But the minute thirteen-year-old Zinny discovered the old, overgrown trail that ran through the woods behind her family’s house, she realized that things were about to change. It was her chance to finally make people notice her, and to have a place she could call her very own. But more than that, Zinny knew that the trail somehow held the key to all kinds of questions. And that the only way to understand her family, her Aunt Jessie’s death, and herself, was to find out where it went. From Newbery Medal-winning author Sharon Creech comes a story of love, loss, and understanding, an intricately woven tale of a young girl who sets out in search of her place in the world—and discovers it in her own backyard. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
Red Bird
Author: Barbara Mitchell
Publisher: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Katie, also known as Red Bird, joins her family and other Indians at the annual powwow in southern Delaware, where they celebrate their Nanticoke heritage with music, dancing, and special foods.
Publisher: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Katie, also known as Red Bird, joins her family and other Indians at the annual powwow in southern Delaware, where they celebrate their Nanticoke heritage with music, dancing, and special foods.
Red Bird Who Never Flies
Author: Doris E. Gill
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1463456972
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Beginning in the year 1859, this novel is intriguing and provocative. The characters come to life for the readers; they will be able to visualize them as they turn the pages. The beautiful auburn haired girl, Belinda, the urbane sea captain, and the handsome Cherokee Indian Brave, who form a triangle of passion, desire and adventure.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1463456972
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Beginning in the year 1859, this novel is intriguing and provocative. The characters come to life for the readers; they will be able to visualize them as they turn the pages. The beautiful auburn haired girl, Belinda, the urbane sea captain, and the handsome Cherokee Indian Brave, who form a triangle of passion, desire and adventure.
Holden's Dollar Magazine
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 780
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The Outlook
Author: Lyman Abbott
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 998
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Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
Holden's Dollar Magazine of Criticisms, Biographies, Sketches, Essays, Tales, Reviews, Poetry, Etc., Etc
Author: Charles Frederick Briggs
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
Titan
Author: James Hogg
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
A Girl Called Red Bird
Author: Doris E. Gill
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491843411
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This saga of intrigue, passion and adventure begin in 1859, just before the Civil War. Belinda Palmer, who is called Red Bird by the Cherokee Indians due to her constant wearing of read clothing, lives in a small harbor village in North Carolina. Burdened with being a beautiful girl, constantly an irresistible lure to the opposite sex, with great effort she maintains her virginity and dignity. The murder of her younger sister, the death of her mother, life is a challenge for Red Bird. The reader will be transported back to a life much the way the twenty first century has begun, albeit without today’s so-called conveniences. Belinda Palmer’s red clothing seems to be a symbol of her courage. No white flags of surrender for the Red Bird.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491843411
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This saga of intrigue, passion and adventure begin in 1859, just before the Civil War. Belinda Palmer, who is called Red Bird by the Cherokee Indians due to her constant wearing of read clothing, lives in a small harbor village in North Carolina. Burdened with being a beautiful girl, constantly an irresistible lure to the opposite sex, with great effort she maintains her virginity and dignity. The murder of her younger sister, the death of her mother, life is a challenge for Red Bird. The reader will be transported back to a life much the way the twenty first century has begun, albeit without today’s so-called conveniences. Belinda Palmer’s red clothing seems to be a symbol of her courage. No white flags of surrender for the Red Bird.
Hogg's Weekly Instructor
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description