Author: Tom Sleigh
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1644451670
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
A profound encounter with the hyperreality of our time of global upheaval, violence, and pandemic. Tom Sleigh’s poems are skeptical of the inevitability of our fate, but in this brilliant new collection, they are charged with a powerful sense of premonition, as if the future is unfolding before us, demanding something greater than the self. Justice is a prevailing force, even while the poems are fully cognizant of the refugee crisis, war, famine, and the brutal reality of a crowded hospital morgue. The King’s Touch collides the world of fact and the world of mystery with a resolutely secular register. The title poem refers to the once-held belief that the king, as a divine representative, is imbued with the power of healing touch. Sleigh turns this encounter between illness and human contact toward his own chronic blood disease and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its mounting death tolls. One poem asks, “isn’t it true that no matter how long you / wear them, masks don’t grieve, only faces do?” In this essential new work, Sleigh shows how the language of poetry itself can revive and recuperate a sense of a future under the conditions of violence, social unrest, and global anxiety about the fate of the planet.
The King's Touch
Author: Tom Sleigh
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1644451670
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
A profound encounter with the hyperreality of our time of global upheaval, violence, and pandemic. Tom Sleigh’s poems are skeptical of the inevitability of our fate, but in this brilliant new collection, they are charged with a powerful sense of premonition, as if the future is unfolding before us, demanding something greater than the self. Justice is a prevailing force, even while the poems are fully cognizant of the refugee crisis, war, famine, and the brutal reality of a crowded hospital morgue. The King’s Touch collides the world of fact and the world of mystery with a resolutely secular register. The title poem refers to the once-held belief that the king, as a divine representative, is imbued with the power of healing touch. Sleigh turns this encounter between illness and human contact toward his own chronic blood disease and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its mounting death tolls. One poem asks, “isn’t it true that no matter how long you / wear them, masks don’t grieve, only faces do?” In this essential new work, Sleigh shows how the language of poetry itself can revive and recuperate a sense of a future under the conditions of violence, social unrest, and global anxiety about the fate of the planet.
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1644451670
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
A profound encounter with the hyperreality of our time of global upheaval, violence, and pandemic. Tom Sleigh’s poems are skeptical of the inevitability of our fate, but in this brilliant new collection, they are charged with a powerful sense of premonition, as if the future is unfolding before us, demanding something greater than the self. Justice is a prevailing force, even while the poems are fully cognizant of the refugee crisis, war, famine, and the brutal reality of a crowded hospital morgue. The King’s Touch collides the world of fact and the world of mystery with a resolutely secular register. The title poem refers to the once-held belief that the king, as a divine representative, is imbued with the power of healing touch. Sleigh turns this encounter between illness and human contact toward his own chronic blood disease and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its mounting death tolls. One poem asks, “isn’t it true that no matter how long you / wear them, masks don’t grieve, only faces do?” In this essential new work, Sleigh shows how the language of poetry itself can revive and recuperate a sense of a future under the conditions of violence, social unrest, and global anxiety about the fate of the planet.
24 Pages and Other Poems
Author: Lisa Fishman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940696102
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Elegiac, brimming with beauty, and grounded in daily life on a farm. An accessible and sweet document of human experience.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940696102
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Elegiac, brimming with beauty, and grounded in daily life on a farm. An accessible and sweet document of human experience.
World Poetry
Author: Katharine Washburn
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393041309
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 1338
Book Description
An anthology of the best poetry ever written contains more than sixteen hundred poems, spanning more than four millennia, from ancient Sumer and Egypt to the late twentieth century
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393041309
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 1338
Book Description
An anthology of the best poetry ever written contains more than sixteen hundred poems, spanning more than four millennia, from ancient Sumer and Egypt to the late twentieth century
World Between Poems Short Stories and Essays By Iranian Americans
Author: Persis M Karim
Publisher: George Braziller Publishers
ISBN: 9780807614457
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This collection is the first published anthology of writings by Iranian immigrants and first generation Iranian Americans. This collection is the first published anthology of writings by Iranian immigrants and first generation Iranian Americans. Wide ranging and deeply personal, these pieces explore the Iranian community's continuing struggle to understand what it means to be Iranian in America. The selections come together to present a rich, humanizing portrait of a growing community Americans tend to view negatively. Many are intimate reflections on the pain of being alienated from the language, history, and geography of one's childhood. Others grapple with the complexities of cultural and personal identity. Iranian Americans, like any other immigrant community, must face the ongoing negotiation between past and present, their native home and their adopted home. A World Between gives voice to their unique and moving stories.
Publisher: George Braziller Publishers
ISBN: 9780807614457
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This collection is the first published anthology of writings by Iranian immigrants and first generation Iranian Americans. This collection is the first published anthology of writings by Iranian immigrants and first generation Iranian Americans. Wide ranging and deeply personal, these pieces explore the Iranian community's continuing struggle to understand what it means to be Iranian in America. The selections come together to present a rich, humanizing portrait of a growing community Americans tend to view negatively. Many are intimate reflections on the pain of being alienated from the language, history, and geography of one's childhood. Others grapple with the complexities of cultural and personal identity. Iranian Americans, like any other immigrant community, must face the ongoing negotiation between past and present, their native home and their adopted home. A World Between gives voice to their unique and moving stories.
I Am the World
Author: Charles R. Smith Jr.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442423021
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Photographs and rhyming text celebrate the diversity of cultures, languages, countries, and people of the world.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442423021
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Photographs and rhyming text celebrate the diversity of cultures, languages, countries, and people of the world.
Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Of Kings and Things
Author: Eric Stanislaus Stenbock
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 1913689077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
An introduction to the Decadent writer Stanislaus Eric Stenbock for the general reader, offering morbid stories, suicidal poems, and an autobiographical essay. Described by W. B. Yeats as a “scholar, connoisseur, drunkard, poet, pervert, most charming of men,” Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock (1860–1895) is surely the greatest exemplar of the Decadent movement of the late nineteenth century. A friend of Aubrey Beardsley, patron of the extraordinary pre-Raphaelite artist Simeon Solomon, and contemporary of Oscar Wilde, Stenbock died at the age of thirty-six as a result of his addiction to opium and his alcoholism, having published just three slim volumes of suicidal poetry and one collection of morbid short stories. Stenbock was a homosexual convert to Roman Catholicism and owner of a serpent, a toad, and a dachshund called Trixie. It was said that toward the end of his life he was accompanied everywhere by a life-size wooden doll that he believed to be his son. His poems and stories are replete with queer, supernatural, mystical, and Satanic themes; original editions of his books are highly sought by collectors of recherché literature. Of Kings and Things is the first introduction to Stenbock's writing for the general reader, offering fifteen stories, eight poems and one autobiographical essay by this complex figure.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 1913689077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
An introduction to the Decadent writer Stanislaus Eric Stenbock for the general reader, offering morbid stories, suicidal poems, and an autobiographical essay. Described by W. B. Yeats as a “scholar, connoisseur, drunkard, poet, pervert, most charming of men,” Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock (1860–1895) is surely the greatest exemplar of the Decadent movement of the late nineteenth century. A friend of Aubrey Beardsley, patron of the extraordinary pre-Raphaelite artist Simeon Solomon, and contemporary of Oscar Wilde, Stenbock died at the age of thirty-six as a result of his addiction to opium and his alcoholism, having published just three slim volumes of suicidal poetry and one collection of morbid short stories. Stenbock was a homosexual convert to Roman Catholicism and owner of a serpent, a toad, and a dachshund called Trixie. It was said that toward the end of his life he was accompanied everywhere by a life-size wooden doll that he believed to be his son. His poems and stories are replete with queer, supernatural, mystical, and Satanic themes; original editions of his books are highly sought by collectors of recherché literature. Of Kings and Things is the first introduction to Stenbock's writing for the general reader, offering fifteen stories, eight poems and one autobiographical essay by this complex figure.
Love Poems from Around the World
Author: Hippocrene Books (Firm)
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
ISBN: 9780781807524
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
From one corner of the globe to the other-and among the diverse countries, cultures and peoples in between-one thing will always remain universal: the powerful grasp of love. This charming, extensive collection of over 350 poems from around the world celebrates love in all of its unique facets. From the countryside of Ireland tot he city streets of China, the reader is swept away on an amazing cross-cultural journey through lost love, love's follies, love's strength, unrequited love, and love attained.
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
ISBN: 9780781807524
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
From one corner of the globe to the other-and among the diverse countries, cultures and peoples in between-one thing will always remain universal: the powerful grasp of love. This charming, extensive collection of over 350 poems from around the world celebrates love in all of its unique facets. From the countryside of Ireland tot he city streets of China, the reader is swept away on an amazing cross-cultural journey through lost love, love's follies, love's strength, unrequited love, and love attained.
Nala And Damayanti And Other Poems
Author: Henry Hart Milman
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9359392707
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
"Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems" is a collection of poems written by Henry Hart Milman. Milman was an English clergyman, historian, and poet. He served as the Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in London and had a deep interest in literature and religious history. Milman's poetry often drew inspiration from mythology, history, and biblical narratives. The collection "Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems" features the titular poem "Nala and Damayanti," which is a retelling of an episode from the Indian epic, the Mahabharata. The poem explores themes of love, loyalty, and the consequences of human actions. Milman's skillful use of language and his ability to capture the essence of the original story make this collection a notable contribution to English poetry. Aside from "Nala and Damayanti," the collection includes other poems that demonstrate Milman's versatility as a poet and his interest in various historical and mythological subjects. Overall, "Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems" showcases Milman's talent for storytelling and his ability to bring ancient tales to life through poetry.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9359392707
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
"Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems" is a collection of poems written by Henry Hart Milman. Milman was an English clergyman, historian, and poet. He served as the Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in London and had a deep interest in literature and religious history. Milman's poetry often drew inspiration from mythology, history, and biblical narratives. The collection "Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems" features the titular poem "Nala and Damayanti," which is a retelling of an episode from the Indian epic, the Mahabharata. The poem explores themes of love, loyalty, and the consequences of human actions. Milman's skillful use of language and his ability to capture the essence of the original story make this collection a notable contribution to English poetry. Aside from "Nala and Damayanti," the collection includes other poems that demonstrate Milman's versatility as a poet and his interest in various historical and mythological subjects. Overall, "Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems" showcases Milman's talent for storytelling and his ability to bring ancient tales to life through poetry.
The King's Question
Author: Brian Culhane
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
"In The King's Question, poet Brian Culhane gathers the sometimes broken monuments of the long dead to describe how the ancient world impinges on the modern. So the Elgin Marbles prefigure the trench warfare of World War I; the lost Library of Alexandria mirrors the loss of the poet's father's library; and the Delphic oracle summons the murmur of a psychotherapist. With skilled formal craft and a daring intelligence, Culhane's poems show the mind profoundly grappling to articulate the right questions, while the gods, as always, deny any certitude."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
"In The King's Question, poet Brian Culhane gathers the sometimes broken monuments of the long dead to describe how the ancient world impinges on the modern. So the Elgin Marbles prefigure the trench warfare of World War I; the lost Library of Alexandria mirrors the loss of the poet's father's library; and the Delphic oracle summons the murmur of a psychotherapist. With skilled formal craft and a daring intelligence, Culhane's poems show the mind profoundly grappling to articulate the right questions, while the gods, as always, deny any certitude."--BOOK JACKET.