Author: bell hooks
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416538232
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Feminist icon bell hooks reminds us of the full spectrum of feeling we spend in love through her inspiring collection of love poetry, with a new introduction by Cole Arthur Riley, author of Black Liturgies. Written from the heart, When Angels Speak of Love is a book of fifty love poems by bell hooks, one our most beloved public intellectuals, and author of over twenty books, including the bestselling All About Love. Poem after poem, hooks challenges our views and experiences with love—tracing the links between seduction and surrender, the intensity of desire, and the anguish of death. “Love must clean house, choose memories to keep, and memories to let go,” she writes. These verses are expansive yet accessible—encompassing romantic love, to love of family, friends, or oneself. In any iteration, these poems remind us of both the beauty and possibility of love.
When Angels Speak of Love
Author: bell hooks
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416538232
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Feminist icon bell hooks reminds us of the full spectrum of feeling we spend in love through her inspiring collection of love poetry, with a new introduction by Cole Arthur Riley, author of Black Liturgies. Written from the heart, When Angels Speak of Love is a book of fifty love poems by bell hooks, one our most beloved public intellectuals, and author of over twenty books, including the bestselling All About Love. Poem after poem, hooks challenges our views and experiences with love—tracing the links between seduction and surrender, the intensity of desire, and the anguish of death. “Love must clean house, choose memories to keep, and memories to let go,” she writes. These verses are expansive yet accessible—encompassing romantic love, to love of family, friends, or oneself. In any iteration, these poems remind us of both the beauty and possibility of love.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416538232
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Feminist icon bell hooks reminds us of the full spectrum of feeling we spend in love through her inspiring collection of love poetry, with a new introduction by Cole Arthur Riley, author of Black Liturgies. Written from the heart, When Angels Speak of Love is a book of fifty love poems by bell hooks, one our most beloved public intellectuals, and author of over twenty books, including the bestselling All About Love. Poem after poem, hooks challenges our views and experiences with love—tracing the links between seduction and surrender, the intensity of desire, and the anguish of death. “Love must clean house, choose memories to keep, and memories to let go,” she writes. These verses are expansive yet accessible—encompassing romantic love, to love of family, friends, or oneself. In any iteration, these poems remind us of both the beauty and possibility of love.
How To Read A Poem
Author: Edward Hirsch
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547543727
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
From the National Book Critics Circle Award–winning poet and critic: “A lovely book, full of joy and wisdom.” —The Baltimore Sun How to Read a Poem is an unprecedented exploration of poetry, feeling, and human nature. In language at once acute and emotional, Edward Hirsch describes why poetry matters and how we can open up our imaginations so that its message can make a difference. In a marvelous reading of verse from around the world, including work by Pablo Neruda, Elizabeth Bishop, Wallace Stevens, and Sylvia Plath, among many others, Hirsch discovers the true meaning of their words and ideas and brings their sublime message home into our hearts. “Hirsch has gathered an eclectic group of poems from many times and places, with selections as varied as postwar Polish poetry, works by Keats and Christopher Smart, and lyrics from African American work songs . . . Hirsch suggests helpful strategies for understanding and appreciating each poem. The book is scholarly but very readable and incorporates interesting anecdotes from the lives of the poets.” —Library Journal “The answer Hirsch gives to the question of how to read a poem is: Ecstatically.” —Boston Book Review “Hirsch’s magnificent text is supported by an extensive glossary and superb international reading list.” —Booklist “If you are pretty sure you don’t like poetry, this is the book that’s bound to change your mind.” —Charles Simic, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The World Doesn’t End
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547543727
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
From the National Book Critics Circle Award–winning poet and critic: “A lovely book, full of joy and wisdom.” —The Baltimore Sun How to Read a Poem is an unprecedented exploration of poetry, feeling, and human nature. In language at once acute and emotional, Edward Hirsch describes why poetry matters and how we can open up our imaginations so that its message can make a difference. In a marvelous reading of verse from around the world, including work by Pablo Neruda, Elizabeth Bishop, Wallace Stevens, and Sylvia Plath, among many others, Hirsch discovers the true meaning of their words and ideas and brings their sublime message home into our hearts. “Hirsch has gathered an eclectic group of poems from many times and places, with selections as varied as postwar Polish poetry, works by Keats and Christopher Smart, and lyrics from African American work songs . . . Hirsch suggests helpful strategies for understanding and appreciating each poem. The book is scholarly but very readable and incorporates interesting anecdotes from the lives of the poets.” —Library Journal “The answer Hirsch gives to the question of how to read a poem is: Ecstatically.” —Boston Book Review “Hirsch’s magnificent text is supported by an extensive glossary and superb international reading list.” —Booklist “If you are pretty sure you don’t like poetry, this is the book that’s bound to change your mind.” —Charles Simic, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The World Doesn’t End
To the Love of My Life
Author: Donna Fargo
Publisher: Blue Mountain Arts
ISBN: 9780883966488
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
"Deep within my soul, where my secrets are kept from even me, sometimes I feel feelings that I cannot describe. They're sacred and they're private, and they're all about you and me. They tell our beautiful love story, for you are the love of my life." - Donna Fargo In this exquisitely tender collection of love poems, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Donna Fargo shares her most personal thoughts on love, relationships, and the special person in her life. Her words, written especially for the one true love of her life, speak of gratitude for the blessed gift of love she has been given and of the enduring happiness it brings to her life. They speak of devotion: of honoring each other's dreams and supporting each other in times of need. Recognizing that unhappy moments and difficult times occur in every relationship, her poetry speaks to the importance of trust, understanding, and forgiveness, and of learning to accept the ups, downs, and all the times in between. Donna's poems flow naturally and thoughtfully from one into another... each revealing another aspect of warmth and emotion. From missing each other when you're apart to being there for each other, no matter what, this book beautifully exemplifies the multitude of feelings that come when you know you've found that one special person who is... the love of your life."
Publisher: Blue Mountain Arts
ISBN: 9780883966488
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
"Deep within my soul, where my secrets are kept from even me, sometimes I feel feelings that I cannot describe. They're sacred and they're private, and they're all about you and me. They tell our beautiful love story, for you are the love of my life." - Donna Fargo In this exquisitely tender collection of love poems, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Donna Fargo shares her most personal thoughts on love, relationships, and the special person in her life. Her words, written especially for the one true love of her life, speak of gratitude for the blessed gift of love she has been given and of the enduring happiness it brings to her life. They speak of devotion: of honoring each other's dreams and supporting each other in times of need. Recognizing that unhappy moments and difficult times occur in every relationship, her poetry speaks to the importance of trust, understanding, and forgiveness, and of learning to accept the ups, downs, and all the times in between. Donna's poems flow naturally and thoughtfully from one into another... each revealing another aspect of warmth and emotion. From missing each other when you're apart to being there for each other, no matter what, this book beautifully exemplifies the multitude of feelings that come when you know you've found that one special person who is... the love of your life."
I Love a Broad Margin to My Life
Author: Maxine Hong Kingston
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307454592
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In her singular voice—both humble and brave, touching and humorous—Maxine Hong Kingston gives us a poignant and beautiful memoir-in-verse that captures the wisdom that comes with age. As she reflects on her sixty-five years, she circles from present to past and back, from lunch with a writer friend to the funeral of a Vietnam veteran, from her long marriage to her arrest at a peace march in Washington. On her journeys as writer, peace activist, teacher, and mother, she revisits her most beloved characters—Wittman Ah-Sing, the Tripmaster Monkey, and Fa Mook Lan, the Woman Warrior—and presents us with a beautiful meditation on China then and now. The result is a marvelous account of an American life of great purpose and joy, and the tonic wisdom of a writer we have come to cherish.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307454592
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In her singular voice—both humble and brave, touching and humorous—Maxine Hong Kingston gives us a poignant and beautiful memoir-in-verse that captures the wisdom that comes with age. As she reflects on her sixty-five years, she circles from present to past and back, from lunch with a writer friend to the funeral of a Vietnam veteran, from her long marriage to her arrest at a peace march in Washington. On her journeys as writer, peace activist, teacher, and mother, she revisits her most beloved characters—Wittman Ah-Sing, the Tripmaster Monkey, and Fa Mook Lan, the Woman Warrior—and presents us with a beautiful meditation on China then and now. The result is a marvelous account of an American life of great purpose and joy, and the tonic wisdom of a writer we have come to cherish.
Meditación Fronteriza
Author: Norma Elia Cantú
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816539359
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
This collection is a beautifully crafted exploration of life in the Texas-Mexico borderlands. Written by Norma Elia Cantú, the award-winning author of Canícula, this collection carries the perspective of a powerful force in Chicana literature—and literature worldwide. The poems are a celebration of culture, tradition, and creativity that navigates themes of love, solidarity, and political transformation. Deeply personal yet warmly relatable, these poems flow from Spanish to English gracefully. With Gloria Anzaldúa’s foundational work as an inspiration, Meditación Fronteriza unveils unique images that provide nuance and depth to the narrative of the borderlands. Poems addressed to talented and influential women such as Gwendolyn Brooks and Adrienne Rich, among others, pour gratitude and recognition into the collection. While many of the poems in Meditación Fronteriza are gentle and inviting, there are also moments that grieve for the state of the borderlands, calling for political resistance.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816539359
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
This collection is a beautifully crafted exploration of life in the Texas-Mexico borderlands. Written by Norma Elia Cantú, the award-winning author of Canícula, this collection carries the perspective of a powerful force in Chicana literature—and literature worldwide. The poems are a celebration of culture, tradition, and creativity that navigates themes of love, solidarity, and political transformation. Deeply personal yet warmly relatable, these poems flow from Spanish to English gracefully. With Gloria Anzaldúa’s foundational work as an inspiration, Meditación Fronteriza unveils unique images that provide nuance and depth to the narrative of the borderlands. Poems addressed to talented and influential women such as Gwendolyn Brooks and Adrienne Rich, among others, pour gratitude and recognition into the collection. While many of the poems in Meditación Fronteriza are gentle and inviting, there are also moments that grieve for the state of the borderlands, calling for political resistance.
Poems on Love and Life
Author: Frederick Douglas Harper
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781414039954
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Climbing the Ladder to Love is a story about Ruby and her experience with what love is. She torments herself thinking that her life is not complete without a man and it is at the moment that she finds the man of her dream-so she thinks. Ruby is educated, intelligent and fun loving. On top of that, she is successful and a great parent. Through all of her happiness, her struggle is basically Why can't I find the perfect man? So she climbs the ladder of love looking for the answers to this question.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781414039954
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Climbing the Ladder to Love is a story about Ruby and her experience with what love is. She torments herself thinking that her life is not complete without a man and it is at the moment that she finds the man of her dream-so she thinks. Ruby is educated, intelligent and fun loving. On top of that, she is successful and a great parent. Through all of her happiness, her struggle is basically Why can't I find the perfect man? So she climbs the ladder of love looking for the answers to this question.
Love Poems
Author: Roland Peaslee
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 198222682X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Inspired by the love and marriage to his beloved wife of 59 years, Bonnie, Roland Peaslee, has recorded a lifetime of memories in this wonderful book of poetry. Written over the course of their life together, Roland shares his love and admiration for his wife, and children Alan, Brian, Jay and Dian. His poems capture the moments and joys they experienced together as husband and wife and as a family. So journey with Roland as he shares nearly six decades of poetry written from a heart of love.
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 198222682X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Inspired by the love and marriage to his beloved wife of 59 years, Bonnie, Roland Peaslee, has recorded a lifetime of memories in this wonderful book of poetry. Written over the course of their life together, Roland shares his love and admiration for his wife, and children Alan, Brian, Jay and Dian. His poems capture the moments and joys they experienced together as husband and wife and as a family. So journey with Roland as he shares nearly six decades of poetry written from a heart of love.
Ten Poems to Change Your Life Again and Again
Author: Roger Housden
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 0307874656
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Every great poem invites us to step beyond what we know, what we think we can dream or dare. Great poetry is a catalyst for change: a change of mind, a change of heart, a change of life- and yes, over and over, again and again, with each new reading, and each new phase of our journey. That’s why poetry is dangerous. It gives voice to our unspoken dreams; it is a mirror to our own deepest joys, desires, and sorrows. It can tip us over into a new life, into a new way of seeing and being, that a moment ago we might even have had no words for. In this new volume of his Ten Poems series, Roger Housden takes ten great poems and in personal, intimate essays shows how they led him, and can also lead us, into a more deeply lived and examined life. Housden says, “Every one of the poems in this book has struck me a blow, a direct hit, each of them, into the heart of hearts. Every one of them, in its own way, has opened a door for me to go deeper into my own experience, my own longings, my own sorrows and joys, and into the silence that surrounds all of this, all of us, always.”
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 0307874656
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Every great poem invites us to step beyond what we know, what we think we can dream or dare. Great poetry is a catalyst for change: a change of mind, a change of heart, a change of life- and yes, over and over, again and again, with each new reading, and each new phase of our journey. That’s why poetry is dangerous. It gives voice to our unspoken dreams; it is a mirror to our own deepest joys, desires, and sorrows. It can tip us over into a new life, into a new way of seeing and being, that a moment ago we might even have had no words for. In this new volume of his Ten Poems series, Roger Housden takes ten great poems and in personal, intimate essays shows how they led him, and can also lead us, into a more deeply lived and examined life. Housden says, “Every one of the poems in this book has struck me a blow, a direct hit, each of them, into the heart of hearts. Every one of them, in its own way, has opened a door for me to go deeper into my own experience, my own longings, my own sorrows and joys, and into the silence that surrounds all of this, all of us, always.”
Love Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry
Author: Nikky Finney
Publisher: TriQuarterly Books
ISBN: 9780810142015
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
National Book Award winner Nikky Finney's fifth collection of poems articulates the Black American history into a new language of "docu-poetry."
Publisher: TriQuarterly Books
ISBN: 9780810142015
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
National Book Award winner Nikky Finney's fifth collection of poems articulates the Black American history into a new language of "docu-poetry."
Poems of Love and Letting Go
Author: Jocelyn Soriano
Publisher: Jocelyn Soriano
ISBN: 1386937657
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
“I see now that no person who has ever loved has ever been spared from tears. Tears of joy and tears of sorrow. Of the most intimate union and of letting go.” Poignant, timeless and true. This book is a personal collection of poems about love and letting go. Whether it be a newfound love, a love that endures a lifetime, or a love that will soon be saying goodbye, one can find in these pages something like a mirror that tells the story of one’s own heart. Are you in sorrow because of a broken heart? Are you in grief because your are mourning the death of a loved one? Dying is painful, but so is the loss of a love that broke your heart. Yet in all these, if one has loved true, one has found meaning in life. Healing is never far away for as long as hope is kept alive in one’s heart. Let these poems of love comfort you, inspire you and remind you of the beauty of love. To love is to be rapt in bliss, to be torn asunder and to be healed and made whole again.
Publisher: Jocelyn Soriano
ISBN: 1386937657
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
“I see now that no person who has ever loved has ever been spared from tears. Tears of joy and tears of sorrow. Of the most intimate union and of letting go.” Poignant, timeless and true. This book is a personal collection of poems about love and letting go. Whether it be a newfound love, a love that endures a lifetime, or a love that will soon be saying goodbye, one can find in these pages something like a mirror that tells the story of one’s own heart. Are you in sorrow because of a broken heart? Are you in grief because your are mourning the death of a loved one? Dying is painful, but so is the loss of a love that broke your heart. Yet in all these, if one has loved true, one has found meaning in life. Healing is never far away for as long as hope is kept alive in one’s heart. Let these poems of love comfort you, inspire you and remind you of the beauty of love. To love is to be rapt in bliss, to be torn asunder and to be healed and made whole again.