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The Divine Comedy
Critic and poet Clive James' new translation of Dante's epic Divine Comedy leaves behind Dante's original terza rima rhyme scheme for quatrains, which James says avoids the strains of "rhyme-poor" English and creates a "nice, easily flowing rhythmic grid on which to mount the individual moments."
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Collected Poems
Edited by Frederick Glaysher, this volume collects the work of one of the most important African-American poets of the twentieth century. Robert Hayden's poems which contemplate the black experience and deal with such themes as dreams, mortality, nature, travel, and memory.
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The Cineaste
Poems
The author of Quantum Lyrics, M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A and Rise has now written a collection of poems inspired by the world of film.
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The Best of the Best American Poetry
An anthology of 100 top-selected poems culled from the prestigious poetry publication's first quarter century offers insight into the art form's flourishing status and is complicated by introductory essays and current poet biographies. Robert Pinsky, former poet laureate, serves as guest editor for this volume.
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The War Works Hard
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Diary of a Wave Outside the Sea
This bilingual, lyrical memoir, in the form of a long poem, weaves together the past and present of an Iraqi-American poet. Translated by Elizabeth Winslow.
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Looking for the Gulf Motel
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Taps on the Walls
Poems from the Hanoi Hilton
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The Colossus
& Other Poems
Works by the American poet reflect her thoughts on the ephemeral aspects of life
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The Love Poems Of Ahmad Shamlu
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Metaphysical Dog
Poems
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Senegal Taxi
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Incarnadine
Poems
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Lit from Inside
40 Years of Poetry from Alice James Books
"A compilation of archival materials accompanies this collection of 40 years of poetry from Alice James Books. Nearly 150 authors are represented in chronological order, including Beatrice Hawley, Fanny Howe, Jane Kenyon, Betsy Sholl, Celia Gilbert, JeanValentine, Donald Revell, B.H. Fairchild, Brian Turner, and many more. "--
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Duppy Conqueror
New and Selected Poems
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The Collected Poems of Ron Padgett
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Useless Landscape, or a Guide for Boys
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Mayakovsky's Revolver
The author uses his art to come to terms with his older brother's suicide in a collection of poems that explore how to find strength in the face of loss and grief.
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Our Lady of the Ruins
This award-winning collection of poems from the author of Rookery follows a group of women navigating their way through an apocalyptic world full of war, plague and the search for a new God. Original.
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Bender
New & Selected Poems
Weaves three decades of the poet's work with selections of his new material, in a collection arranged alphabetically by title.
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Antigonick
Disaster follows when Creon, King of Thebes, forbids Antigone to bury her brother whom he has declared a traitor.
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Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses
Writing in free verse honed to a wicked edge, the incomparable Ron Koertge brings dark and contemporary humor to twenty iconic fairy tales.
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Poems 1962-2012
The collected works of the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning writer explores her transfigured landscapes and offers insight into her unique form, created to reflect the human drive to release the past in order to realize the yet-unimagined.
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The Hungry Ear
Poems of Food & Drink
The National Book Award finalist author of Jelly Roll presents an evocative collection of food poetry that meditates on the role of food in everyday life, identity and culture and includes pieces by such writers as Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Frost and Allen Ginsberg.
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Memorial
A Version of Homer's Iliad
Stripping away its narrative and context, adapts Homer's epic poem into a meditation on the loss of human life in combat.
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A Coney Island of the Mind
Poems
Includes 29 poems revolving around the title, selections written for oral readings with jazz accompaniment, and 13 previously published poems
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A Thousand Mornings
Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her life's work, transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved home, Provincetown, Mass. In these pages, Oliver shares the wonder of dawn, the grace of animals and the transformative power of attention. Whether studying the leaves of a tree or mourning her adored dog, Percy, she is ever patient in her observations and open to the teachings contained in the smallest of moments.NPR Bestseller
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Poetry After 9/11
An Anthology of New York Poets
Presents a collection of poems, from such poets as Stephen Dunn, Hal Sirowitz, Miranda Beeson, and Colette Inez, about the events of September 11, 2001.
