Presents illustrated versions of well-known poems written by one of America's most renowned poets.

H.D’s writing continues to inspire generations of readers. Bringing together a number of never-before-published essays, this new collection of H.D.’s writings introduces her compelling perspectives on art, myth, and the creative process. While H.D. is best known for her elemental poetry, which draws heavily on the imagery of natural and ancient worlds, her critical writings remain a largely underexplored and unpublished part of her oeuvre. Crucial to understanding both the formative contexts surrounding her departure from Imagism following the First World War and her own remarkable creative vision, Notes on Thought and Vision, written in 1918, is one of the central works in this collection. H.D. guides her reader to the untamed shores of the Scilly Isles, where we hear of powerful, transformative experiences and of her intense relationship with the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci. The accompanying essays, many published here for the first time, help color H.D.’s astute critical engagement with the past, from the city of Athens and the poetry of ancient Greece. Like Letters to a Young Painter (2017), also published in the ekphrasis series, this collection is essential reading for anyone interested in the creative process.

Jackie's journey into the unravelling mysteries of the spiritual realm started as a casual glance into her clairvoyant skills, a cute hobby, to pass the evenings away. The Angels had other plans. This story is the unravelling of the information, about the spiritual world through her eyes, as she discovers more about herself, her gifts, and her visions that turned into poetry. Written as a firsthand, introductory account of her awakening spiritual awareness, this book is set in a semi biography format, interlaced with spiritually inspired poetry. The reader is ushered through a variety of personal life lessons that eventually lead into discovering Love, Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Truth. Jackie shares with us experiences, which lead her to feel directed to share the messages, the questions, and inspirational thoughts that came through. The reader is encouraged to ask questions, and form their own opinions as Jackie's quest for knowledge opens the doors for people to explore their own views and experiences about the spiritual realm, and to learn more about the Truth of who they are.

Caldecott Honor Book : 2001.

Beth was very sure of her plans for her future then she met John. They had such common interests and common goals; they seemed like a perfect match. But there was a part of John that Beth had never been exposed to he liked to drink, a lot. Coming from a family that didn't drink much, Beth had no idea what was in store for her - until after she had been married to John. The pattern of struggles became apparent to those who loved Beth the most. But Beth was too deep in the cycle of John's alcoholism and abuse to realize she was drowning in his alcohol.

For thousands of years, philosophers, theologians, and poets have tried to pierce through the veil of death to gaze with wonder, fear, and awe on the final and eternal state of the soul. Indeed, the four great epic poets of the Western tradition (Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Milton) structured their epics in part around a descent into the underworld that is both spiritual and physical, both allegorical and geographical. This book not only considers closely these epic journeys to the "other side," but explores the chain of influences that connects the poets to such writers as Plato, Cicero, St. John, St. Paul, Bunyan, Blake, and C. S. Lewis. Written in a narrative, "man of letters" style and complete with an annotated bibliography, a timeline, a who's who, and an extensive glossary of Jewish, Christian, and mythological terms, this user-friendly book will help readers understand how heaven and hell have been depicted for the last 3,000 years.

These compelling poems take the reader on a wild ride through the life of a man child in the rural South. The poems present a cast of allegorical and symbolic, yet very real characters.

Spanning Chaucer's working life, these four poems build on the medieval convention of 'love visions' - poems inspired by dreams, woven into rich allegories about the rituals and emotions of courtly love. In The Book of the Duchess, the most traditional of the four, the dreamer meets a widower who has loved and lost the perfect lady, and The House of Fame describes a dream journey in which the poet meets with classical divinities. Witty, lively and playful, The Parliament of Birds details an encounter with the birds of the world in the Garden of Nature as they seek to meet their mates, while The Legend of Good Women sees Chaucer being censured by the God of Love, and seeking to make amends, for writing poems that depict unfaithful women. Together, the four create a marvellously witty, lively and humane self-portrait of the poet.