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Singing School
Learning to Write (And Read) Poetry by Studying With the Masters
A former poet laureate provides informative introductions and sidebar notes for more than 80 poems by greats including William Butler Yeats, Emily Dickinson and George Herbert, in an effort to spark pleasure in reading and writing poems.
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Stag's Leap
Poems
A poignant sequence of poems traces the evolution of a divorce while exploring themes of love, sex, sorrow, memory and freedom as reflected by everyday familiarities and the poignancy of former lovers parting, in a collection by the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of The Dead and the Living.
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Our Andromeda
Collects the author's poems about a parallel existence in the Andromeda galaxy in which people can relive their lives, correcting mistakes and avoiding pain.
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W. S. Merwin Collected Poems 1996-2011
Collects poetry from the former U.S. Poet Laureate, including "The Vixen," "The Folding Cliffs," and "The Shadow of Sirius."
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Collected Poems
A tribute to the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's career features the writer's theme of classic American melancholy and includes such pieces as "Bus Stop," "Men at Forty," "Crossing Kansas by Train," and "The Small White Churches of the Small White Towns." Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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Dhaka Dust
Poems
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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
Poems
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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.
