Conversation Pieces

Conversation Pieces PDF Author: Kurt Brown
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN: 0307265455
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 255

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An utterly delightful collection of responses to poems written across the centuries, these modern poems are not only engaging themselves but also capable of casting surprising new light on the poems that inspired them.

Conversation Pieces

Conversation Pieces PDF Author: Kurt Brown
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN: 0307265455
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 255

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Book Description
An utterly delightful collection of responses to poems written across the centuries, these modern poems are not only engaging themselves but also capable of casting surprising new light on the poems that inspired them.

Havelock's March and Other Poems

Havelock's March and Other Poems PDF Author: Gerald MASSEY (Poet.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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March Book

March Book PDF Author: Jesse Ball
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802199763
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 129

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This debut book of poetry from the Plimpton Award–winning author of Census “displays an otherworldly virtuosity . . . coolly seductive and skillfully wrought” (DeSales Harrison, Boston Review). Called “A young genius” by the Chicago Tribune, Jesse Ball has won acclaim for his novels and poetry combining skillful attention to form with a deeply resonant humanity. That same mastery of craft and vision are on display in his first published volume of poetry, March Book. With perfect line breaks, tenderly selected words, and inventive pairings, Ball leads us through his fantastic world. In five separate sections we meet beekeepers and parsons, a young woman named Anna in a thin linen dress, and an old scribe transferring the eponymous March Book. We witness a Willy Loman-esque worker who “ran out in the noon street / shirt sleeves rolled, and hurried after / that which might have passed” only to be told that there’s nothing between him and “the suddenness of age.” While these images achingly inform us of our delicate place in the physical world, others remind us why we still yearn to awake in it every day and “make pillows with the down / of stolen geese,” “build / rooms in terms of the hours of the day.”

Parnell's Funeral and Other Poems from A Full Moon in March

Parnell's Funeral and Other Poems from A Full Moon in March PDF Author: William Butler Yeats
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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The manuscripts transcribed and reproduced in this volume of the Cornell Yeats were written from spring 1933 through December 1934. "Parnell's Funeral and Other Poems" is the third section of W. B. Yeats's book A Full Moon in March (1935), following the two plays A Full Moon in March and The King of the Great Clock Tower. David R. Clark's introduction relates biographical events to what the manuscripts show about the chronological order in which the poems were written. The poems, which illuminate such facets of Yeats's life as the poet's flirtations with fascism and Hinduism and his concern, at age sixty-eight, that his poetic powers were waning, are presented in the order in which they appeared in A Full Moon in March. Of the twenty-one poems here, eighteen are called songs. Only "Parnell's Funeral" itself is un-songlike, a somber and powerful declaration made by a Parnellite. Each poem is accompanied by comments on its content and its manuscripts. Ninety-nine illustrations show Yeats's handwritten drafts, typescripts, and revisions. Because of the poems' exotic references, a long section of the introduction provides relevant material from Yeats's letters and commentary and an independent analysis of each poem. Early in his career Yeats, with his fellow poets in the Rymers' Club, had "taken delight in poetry that was, before all else, speech or song, and could hold the attention of a fitting audience like a good play or a good conversation." Throughout "Parnell's Funeral and Other Poems," Yeats's desire for a direct lyrical urge is evident.

Science and Other Poems

Science and Other Poems PDF Author: Alison Hawthorne Deming
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807166235
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 93

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These poems imbue everything, from the microscopic to the stellar, with wonder. Each instant of illumination, like poetry itself, brings the world alive with "a faithfulness deeper than seeing."

Peacock and Other Poems

Peacock and Other Poems PDF Author: Valerie Worth
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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A collection of twenty-six poems includes works about pandas, steam engines, and icicles.

Love and Other Poems

Love and Other Poems PDF Author: Alex Dimitrov
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN: 161932234X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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Alex Dimitrov’s third book, Love and Other Poems, is full of praise for the world we live in. Taking time as an overarching structure—specifically, the twelve months of the year—Dimitrov elevates the everyday, and speaks directly to the reader as if the poem were a phone call or a text message. From the personal to the cosmos, the moon to New York City, the speaker is convinced that love is “our best invention.” Dimitrov doesn’t resist joy, even in despair. These poems are curious about who we are as people and shamelessly interested in hope.

I Could Pee on This

I Could Pee on This PDF Author: Francesco Marciuliano
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452121869
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 111

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Animal lovers will laugh out loud at the quirkiness of their feline friends with these insightful and curious poems from the singular minds of funny cats. In this hilarious, bestselling book of tongue-in-cheek poetry. The author of the internationally syndicated comic strip Sally Forth helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans. With titles like "Who Is That on Your Lap?," "This Is My Chair," "Kneel Before Me," "Nudge," and "Some of My Best Friends Are Dogs," the poems collected in I Could Pee on This perfectly capture the inner workings of the cat psyche. With photos of the cat "authors" throughout, this whimsical animal book reveals kitties at their wackiest, and most exasperating (but always lovable). Ideal for that "crazy cat lady" or "cat mom/dad" in your life this collection of poems makes for the perfect cat-themed gift for anyone who's obsessed with our feline friends.

Havelock's March and Other Poems

Havelock's March and Other Poems PDF Author: Gerald Massey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Tamerlane and Other Poems

Tamerlane and Other Poems PDF Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557239257
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58

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Tamerlane and Other Poems is the first published work by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The short collection of poems was first published in 1827. Today, it is believed only 12 of approximately 50 copies of the collection still exist. The poems were largely inspired by Lord Byron, including the long title poem "Tamerlane", which depicts a historical conqueror who laments the loss of his first romance. Like much of Poe's future work, the poems in Tamerlane and Other Poems include themes of love, death, and pride.