A Passion For Poetry
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Author |
: June Jordan |
Publisher |
: Copper Canyon Press |
Total Pages |
: 116 |
Release |
: 2021-10-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781619322424 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1619322420 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Passion by : June Jordan
After decades out of print, Passion—one of June Jordan’s most important collections—has returned to readers. Originally entitled, passion: new poems, 1977-1980, this volume holds key works including “Poem About My Rights,” “Poem About Police Violence,” “Free Flight,” and an essay by the poet, “For the Sake of the People’s Poetry: Walt Whitman and the Rest of Us.” June Jordan was a fierce advocate for the safety and humanity of women and Black people, and for the freedom of all people—and Barack Obama made a line from this book famous: “We are the ones we have been waiting for.” With love and humor, via lyrics and rants, she calls for nothing less than radical compassion. This new edition includes a foreword by Nicole Sealey.
Author |
: Kahlil Gibran |
Publisher |
: Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd |
Total Pages |
: 128 |
Release |
: 2020-08-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789390287826 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9390287820 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Prophet by : Kahlil Gibran
A book of poetic essays written in English, Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet is full of religious inspirations. With the twelve illustrations drawn by the author himself, the book took more than eleven years to be formulated and perfected and is Gibran's best-known work. It represents the height of his literary career as he came to be noted as ‘the Bard of Washington Street.’ Captivating and vivified with feeling, The Prophet has been translated into forty languages throughout the world, and is considered the most widely read book of the twentieth century. Its first edition of 1300 copies sold out within a month.
Author |
: Edward Hirsch |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins |
Total Pages |
: 375 |
Release |
: 1999-03-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780547543727 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0547543727 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis How To Read A Poem by : Edward Hirsch
A masterful work by a master poet, this brilliant summation of poetry and human nature will speak to all readers who long to place poetry in their lives. How to Read a Poem is an unprecedented exploration of poetry and feeling. In language at once acute and emotional, National Book Critics Circle award-winning distinguished poet and critic 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. "The answer Hirsch gives to the question of how to read as poem is: Ecstatically."—Boston Book Review
Author |
: Melody Godfred |
Publisher |
: Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 213 |
Release |
: 2021-10-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781524874810 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1524874817 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Self Love Poetry by : Melody Godfred
Readers have called her work “life changing,” “pandemic medicine,” and “part of my daily ritual.” Oprah Magazine and the Today Show have featured her work for its timely, uplifting wisdom. Now, Self Love Philosopher Melody Godfred shares her first poetry book, Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers, a collection of 200 thought-provoking and heart-opening self love poems. In Self Love Poetry, Godfred explores concepts like authenticity, surrender, resilience, gratitude, believing in yourself, and of course, love, through 100 pairs of poems, each dedicated to a central theme. On the left side of the book are "thinker" poems that light up the analytical, more literal, left side of the brain, and on the right side are companion "feeler" poems that speak to the creative, more emotional right side of the brain. Combined, the poems electrify the mind, body and soul through a completely unique poetry experience that inspires each of us to embrace all parts of ourselves. This empowering poetry book will not only engage you to think and feel, but will make you feel seen, show you how to love yourself, and encourage you to seek out the hope and beauty in the world … and in yourself. It’s the perfect gift for yourself or someone you love, especially after a most difficult year.
Author |
: June Jordan |
Publisher |
: Serpent's Tail |
Total Pages |
: 165 |
Release |
: 2023-01-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781800814820 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1800814828 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Haruko/Love Poems by : June Jordan
In trailblazing poet, essayist, teacher and activist June Jordan's poems, love is a vision of revolutionary solidarity, crossing borders both emotional and literal with an outstretched hand. Haruko traces the faltering arc of a passionate love affair with another woman while Love Poems encompasses relationships with men and women, political resistance, the need for self-care in a demanding, uncaring world and apocalyptic visions of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum. A contemporary of Alice Walker, Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde, June Jordan's spectacular poetry remains profoundly politically potent, lyrically inventive and breathtakingly romantic. First published in 1994, Haruko/ Love poems is a vitally important modern classic.
Author |
: Jon Stallworthy |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 422 |
Release |
: 1986-12-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0195042328 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780195042320 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Book of Love Poetry by : Jon Stallworthy
Poets through the ages offer interpretations of love's changing moods and forms.
Author |
: Various |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 2002-09-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0142196126 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780142196120 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Love Poems from God by : Various
Sacred poetry from twelve mystics and saints, rendered brilliantly by Daniel Ladinsky, beloved interpreter of verses by the fourteenth-century Persian poet Hafiz One of 6 Books Oprah Loves to Give as Gifts During the Holidays “All kinds of beautiful poetry.” –Hoda Kotb In this luminous collection, Daniel Ladinsky—best known for his bestselling interpretations of the great Sufi poet Hafiz—brings together the timeless work of twelve of the world’s finest spiritual writers, six from the East and six from the West. Once again, Ladinsky reveals his talent for creating profound and playful renditions of classic poems for a modern audience. Rumi’s joyous, ecstatic love poems; St. Francis’s loving observations of nature through the eyes of Catholicism; Kabir’s wild, freeing humor that synthesizes Hindu, Muslim, and Christian beliefs; St. Teresa’s sensual verse; and the mystical, healing words of Sufi poet Hafiz—these along with inspiring works by Rabia, Meister Eckhart, St. Thomas Aquinas, Mira, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and Tukaram are all “love poems by God” from writers considered “conduits of the divine.” Together, they form a spiritual treasure to cherish always.
Author |
: Robert Alden Rubin |
Publisher |
: Algonquin Books |
Total Pages |
: 223 |
Release |
: 2007-02-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781616202309 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1616202300 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis Love Poetry Out Loud by : Robert Alden Rubin
Following the success of Poetry Out Loud (now in its eighth printing), an affectionate celebration of the declaimed poem, Love Poetry Out Loud now turns to the choppier waters of affection itself. From Hello, I Love You to Pleasures of the Flesh to Loves Me Not, this collection of one hundred poems shouts out life’s grand passion with the help of the voices of poets old and new. Rubin’s informed, irreverent style skillfully reveals the humor, beauty, variety, tradition, and passion of love poetry. Insightful commentary on the poems’ meanings and on ways to read them aloud, as well as notes on their history and background, are found on every page. Whether long lived like Shakespeare’s sonnets or newly-hewn like Carolyn Forché’s “Taking Off My Clothes,” Love Poetry Out Loud makes each poem as fresh and inspiring as the first time it was uttered.
Author |
: Jeff Parker |
Publisher |
: featherproof books |
Total Pages |
: 147 |
Release |
: 2015-09-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781943888030 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1943888035 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion by : Jeff Parker
Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion is a collection of found poems composed of the words of professional athletes. The content of post-game interviews and sports chatter is so often meaningless, if not insufferable, and yet there are athletes like Metta World Peace who transcend lame clichés and rote patter, who use language in surprising ways, who can be funny and shocking and insightful and alarmingly sincere — pure poetry. Muhammad Ali offered dazzling displays of lexical wizardry, and Allen Iverson’s infamous “practice” rant shifted the post-game press conference from the banal to the absurd. This book is a celebration of these rare and exceptional moments. Various poetic forms and line-breaks highlight — or, in the words of Deion Sanders, “deem to set a candor on” — the sophisticated, sublime, and surprising performances of language made by professional athletes.
Author |
: Robert Crawford |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages |
: 296 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0199269327 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780199269327 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Modern Poet by : Robert Crawford
Addressed to all readers of poetry, this is a wide-ranging book about the poet's role throughout the last three centuries. It argues that a conception of the poets as both primitive and sophisticated emerged in the 1750s. Ever since English literary works became the focus of university studies, classroom discussion has shaped attitudes towards verse. Whether considering Ossian and the Romantics, Victorian scholar-gipsies, Modernist poetries of knowledge, or contemporary poetry in Britain,Ireland, and America, The Modern Poet shows how many successive generations of poets have needed to collaborate and to battle with academia.