Last Days of the Eagle and Other Poems

Last Days of the Eagle and Other Poems PDF Author: David Herbert Watkins Grubb
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Last Days of the Eagle and Other Poems

Last Days of the Eagle and Other Poems PDF Author: David Herbert Watkins Grubb
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Contemporary Poetry

Contemporary Poetry PDF Author: Marguerite Wilkinson
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 438

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Songs of America

Songs of America PDF Author: Jon Meacham
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593132963
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A celebration of American history through the music that helped to shape a nation, by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham and music superstar Tim McGraw “Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw form an irresistible duo—connecting us to music as an unsung force in our nation's history.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin Through all the years of strife and triumph, America has been shaped not just by our elected leaders and our formal politics but also by our music—by the lyrics, performers, and instrumentals that have helped to carry us through the dark days and to celebrate the bright ones. From “The Star-Spangled Banner” to “Born in the U.S.A.,” Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw take readers on a moving and insightful journey through eras in American history and the songs and performers that inspired us. Meacham chronicles our history, exploring the stories behind the songs, and Tim McGraw reflects on them as an artist and performer. Their perspectives combine to create a unique view of the role music has played in uniting and shaping a nation. Beginning with the battle hymns of the revolution, and taking us through songs from the defining events of the Civil War, the fight for women’s suffrage, the two world wars, the Great Depression, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and into the twenty-first century, Meacham and McGraw explore the songs that defined generations, and the cultural and political climates that produced them. Readers will discover the power of music in the lives of figures such as Harriet Tubman, Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and will learn more about some of our most beloved musicians and performers, including Marian Anderson, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, and more. Songs of America explores both famous songs and lesser-known ones, expanding our understanding of the scope of American music and lending deeper meaning to the historical context of such songs as “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” “God Bless America,” “Over There,” “We Shall Overcome,” and “Blowin’ in the Wind.” As Quincy Jones says, Meacham and McGraw have “convened a concert in Songs of America,” one that reminds us of who we are, where we’ve been, and what we, at our best, can be.

The Eagle

The Eagle PDF Author: E. Ellen Anttila
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ISBN: 9780934616461
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Languages : en
Pages : 58

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Aguila O Sol?

Aguila O Sol? PDF Author: Octavio Paz
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811206235
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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A bilingual edition of the short prose poetry written by Mexico's most distinguished living poet in 1949-50.

The Eagle, Arlington, and Other Poems

The Eagle, Arlington, and Other Poems PDF Author: Robert Boodey Caverly
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Category : Arlington National Cemetery (Va.).
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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The Caged Eagle, and Other Poems

The Caged Eagle, and Other Poems PDF Author: George Sterling
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Languages : en
Pages : 188

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The Best Poems of Jane Kenyon

The Best Poems of Jane Kenyon PDF Author: Jane Kenyon
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1644451182
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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“Jane Kenyon had a virtually faultless ear. She was an exquisite master of the art of poetry.” —Wendell Berry Published twenty-five years after her untimely death, The Best Poems of Jane Kenyon presents the essential work of one of America’s most cherished poets—celebrated for her tenacity, spirit, and grace. In their inquisitive explorations and direct language, Jane Kenyon’s poems disclose a quiet certainty in the natural world and a lifelong dialogue with her faith and her questioning of it. As a crucial aspect of these beloved poems of companionship, she confronts her struggle with severe depression on its own stark terms. Selected by Kenyon’s husband, Donald Hall, just before his death in 2018, The Best Poems of Jane Kenyon collects work from across a life and career that will be, as she writes in one poem, “simply lasting.”

Here at Eagle Pond

Here at Eagle Pond PDF Author: Donald Hall
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618084739
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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In these tender essays, Hall shares his memories and thoughts on growing up in New Hampshire on his grandparent's dairy farm, of the seasons, and of his connection to the land, his family, and his coming home.

Bright Wings

Bright Wings PDF Author: Billy Collins
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231150873
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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In this beautiful collection of poems and paintings, Billy Collins, former U.S. poet laureate, joins with David Allen Sibley, America's foremost bird illustrator, to celebrate the winged creatures that have inspired so many poets to sing for centuries. From Catullus and Chaucer to Robert Browning and James Wright, poets have long treated birds as powerful metaphors for beauty, escape, transcendence, and divine expression. Here, in this substantial anthology, more than one hundred contemporary and classic poems are paired with close to sixty original, ornithologically precise illustrations. Part poetry collection, part field guide, part art book, Bright Wings presents verbal and visual interpretations of the natural world and reminds us of our intimate connection to the "bright wings" around us. Each in their own way, these poems and pictures honor the enchanting creatures that have been, and continue to be, longtime collaborators with the poet's and painter's art. Poet and bird pairings include: Wallace Stevens and the Blackbird; Emily Dickinson and the Robin; Marianne Moore and the Frigate Pelican; Thomas Hardy and the Goldfinch; Sylvia Plath and the Pheasant; John Updike and the Seagull; Walt Whitman and the Eagle; Billy Collins and the Sparrow.