Author :
Publisher :
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,32 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Love poetry, American
ISBN : 9780760704356
The subject of love has occupied the thoughts and creative powers of the world's poets for centuries. Perhaps the most human and imposing of emotions, love in all its guises has inspired poems passionate and reflective, lustful and spiritual, joyous and angry. There are 365 love poems in this volume--one for every day of the year, and suited to every mood and taste. -- book jacket.
Author : Academy of American Poets, Inc.
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,60 MB
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781419717994
For 80 years, the Academy of American Poets has been one of the most influential and respected champions of contemporary American poetry. Through their successful Poem-a-Day online program, the Academy continues to celebrate verse by delivering poems to thousands of e-mail subscribers each morning. Now for the first time, the poems selected by the Academy for this program are available in book form so that they can be collected and savored. Loosely organized according to the flow and themes of the seasons (for example, the month of February includes poems on love, lust, and heartache), this substantial volume is designed to encourage the daily practice of reading poetry. A thematic index is included so that poems can be sought out for popular occasions such as marriage, graduation, and holidays, or enjoyed any day of the year.
Author : Ross Gay
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 14,85 MB
Release : 2023-09-19
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1643755471
From bestselling author of The Book of Delights and award-winning poet, a book of lyrical mini-essays celebrating the everyday that will inspire readers to rediscover the joys in the world around us. In Ross Gay’s new collection of small, daily wonders, again written over the course of a year, one of America’s most original voices continues his ongoing investigation of delight. For Gay, what delights us is what connects us, what gives us meaning, from the joy of hearing a nostalgic song blasting from a passing car to the pleasure of refusing the “nefarious” scannable QR code menus, from the tiny dog he fell hard for to his mother baking a dozen kinds of cookies for her grandchildren. As always, Gay revels in the natural world—sweet potatoes being harvested, a hummingbird carousing in the beebalm, a sunflower growing out of a wall around the cemetery, the shared bounty from a neighbor’s fig tree—and the trillion mysterious ways this glorious earth delights us. The Book of (More) Delights is a volume to savor and share.
Author :
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,31 MB
Release : 2020-11-24
Category : Drama
ISBN : 014313437X
"Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year is not just for Christmas, but for all time." —Helena Bonham Carter A magnificent collection of 365 passages from Shakespeare's works, for the Shakespeare scholar and neophyte alike. Make Shakespeare a part of your daily routine with Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year, a yearlong collection of passages from Shakespeare's greatest works. Drawing from the full spectrum of plays and sonnets to mark each day of the year, whether it's a scene from Hamlet to celebrate Christmas or a Sonnet in June to help you enjoy a summer's day. There are also passages to mark important days in the Shakespeare calendar, both from his own life and from his plays: You'll read a pivotal speech from Julius Caesar on the Ides of March and celebrate Valentine's day with a sonnet. Every passage is accompanied by an enlightening note to teach you its significance and help you better appreciate the timelessness and poetry of Shakespeare's words. Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year will give you a thoughtful way reflect on each day, all while giving you a deeper appreciation for the most famous writer in the English language.
Author : Eloise Greenfield
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,20 MB
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781484471340
New, charming full-color illustrations from a Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator complement an enchanting, heartwarming poem about love and the simple joys of life, in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition of an inspirational title.
Author : Maggie Oman
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 33,83 MB
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1642502898
A year of daily meditations and prayers, from many religions and cultures, that together form a beautiful tapestry of comfort and strength. Every man prays in his own language, and there is no language that God does not understand. —Duke Ellington This interfaith book provides insight from various religious and cultural texts and a wide range of writings, touching on our pain and inspiring the healer within each of us. These words remind us of hope and faith, so that we may live a deeper, more meaningful, and fully self-expressed life. During moments that are filled with despair, illness, depression, or spiritual longing, this treasury creates a healing space and draws on the power of wise devotionals for reflection and deep meditation. Embrace physical, emotional, and spiritual transformation through Prayers for Healing, drawing from a select collection of influential spiritual leaders, thinkers, and sacred books, including the Tao Te Ching, the Koran, the Torah, Native American texts, the Bible, Thich Nhat Hanh, Wendell Berry, Jack Kornfield, Rumi, Rainer Maria Rilke, Marian Wright Edelman, Martin Luther King, Jr., Marianne Williamson, and many more. “I hope that people of all faiths as well as those who do not believe in a religion will find inspiration and understanding here that in some way contributes to their own inner peace.” —The Dalai Lama
Author : Allie Esiri
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : pages
File Size : 43,75 MB
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1529061075
Within the pages of Allie Esiri's gorgeous collection, A Poem for Every Winter Day, you will find verse that will transport you to sparkling winter scenes, taking you from Christmas, to New Years Eve and the joys of Valentines Day. The poems are selected from Allie Esiri’s bestselling poetry anthologies A Poem for Every Day of the Year and A Poem for Every Night of the Year. Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with all the family, this book dazzles with an array of familiar favourites and remarkable new discoveries. These seasonal poems – together with introductory paragraphs – have a link to the date on which they appear. Includes poems by Mary Oliver, Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Hardy, E. E. Cummings and Robert Burns who sit alongside Benjamin Zephaniah, Wendy Cope, Roger McGough and Jackie Kay. This soul-enhancing book will keep you company for every day of winter.
Author : John Alexander
Publisher :
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,30 MB
Release : 2021-07-30
Category :
ISBN :
Daily reflections a compilation of poems from John Alexander's Peace in the Pandemic books as well as additional new poems he has added to provide the reader an opportunity to read a lyrical poem from his heart to yours each day of the year. His poems, written during his quiet time each morning, provide loving lyrics of light, morning meditations, daily devotionals, all shared from his heart providing insights and reflections of life.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,4 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Christian poetry, American
ISBN : 9780842337120
This daily devotional of Bible-inspired poetry contains some of the most eloquent, inspiring, and profound poetry ever written. Readers will glean understanding, wisdom, and inspiration for life's struggles and victories. But most of all, they will learn more about their Savior and be inspired to devote their lives to him wholeheartedly. Includes indexes.
Author : Amy Beth Katz
Publisher :
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 29,98 MB
Release : 2012-06-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780615639918
Like the subject of love itself, this astounding and clever new book of poems by Amy Beth Katz is both satirically funny and deadly serious, often at the same time. It take readers on a transformative journey into the all consuming power of love and desire, from the heartbreaking pleasure of the romantic crush, to Agape, love for the world, to the mad pursuit of Eros -- the insatiable longing to merge with the divine (who plays hide and seek in our lovers, and our own souls.) The profane images will swallow you whole, make you laugh and cut you until you feel that you too want to do something insane and heroic in the name of hungry love. This is ultimately a book about self-acceptance, and readers will find it as empowering as it is refreshing.
