Showing results for "the place" in Poetry

Much-Afraid begins her journey, crippled and disfigured, with the cry, "Oh, if only I could escape from this Valley of Humiliation altogether and go to the High Places." She leaves her Fearing relatives behind, and presses on to the Realm of Love. As the Chief Shepard explains, no Fears can live in this realm, because "perfect love casts out fears and everything that torments".

¿Crees en los ángeles?–Me preguntaron un día.–¡Claro que sí!–respondí de inmediato. Lo que jamás imaginé es que ellos, los ángeles, fueran a intervenir en mi vida de la forma en que lo hicieron. Esta podría ser la reflexión de Julio, el protagonista de Diamantes en la noche.

William Graham's poems celebrate the invigorating pastoral beauty of Vermont in his characteristic lyrical style. His work is for everyone who loves to drink nature's elixir. This volume contains a wide variety of poems about the people and places of Vermont.

Em Flores de alvenaria o autor nos lança nas calçadas do subúrbio e descortina um universo muitas vezes invisível por meio de textos, ora em verso, ora em prosa, sobre os mais variados temas: educação, negritude, liberdade, sexo, empatia. Com apresentação do cantor e compositor Chico César, a obra traz diálogos, relembra a situação da periferia em outras épocas e conta com poemas que costumam ser declamados na Cooperifa, evento criado pelo poeta que transformou um bar de Taboão da Serra em um evento cultural.

Maya Bernstein's debut volume presents poems rigorously composed and delicately honed. It reveals the sensitive spirit and sharp mind of a mature speaker exploring the gaping space between the infinitude of the divine and the finite nature of human existence.

Rick Savage (Richard) was born in Manhattan, New York, in a year well before now. He was supposed to be a Jewish doctor, but life took him in other directions. He has been a cinematographer, director of special effects, engineer, and poet. He pleads the Fifth on anything else you may have heard.

there was presence in the stillness/and stillness in a constant state of transience/where inner and outer worlds were shaped and traced/by the fading echoes of a single breath left behind/a memoir of moments lingering far and wide

Here is a bit of poetry that comes from the best of Paul Ieson's song lyrics that still can be found on the web. All these are from different times in my life and some times the come from a dark place in my life. Enjoy.

These verses twist trauma and grief into self-loving peace, a therapy cushion of words and doodle artwork. Come feel the dark so we can see the light again.

From National Poetry Series winner MaKshya Tolbert, a "startlingly original debut" (Maggie Millner) that meanders toward possibilities of arboreal relief among entanglements of place, property, and urban planning in Charlottesville, Virginia Shade is a place meanders east–west along...

In Mi'kmaw, three similarly shaped words have drastically different meanings: kesalul means "I love you"; kesa'lul means "I hurt you"; and ke'sa'lul means "I put you into the fire." In spoken-word artist and critically acclaimed author (I'm Finding My Talk) Rebecca Thomas's first poetry collection, listeners will feel Thomas's deep love, pain, and frustration as she holds us all to task, along the way mourning the loss of her childhood magic, exploring the realities of growing up off reserve, and offering up a new Creation Story for Canada.

Written with pen and paper while camping in a remote location, This Place is a long poem with dynamic phrases, meant to inspire, as well as challenge the hearts of listeners to take on a new perspective.

Scottish-born author and wordsmith Alice Scott-Ferguson has composed penetrating poems that offer transparent reflections on life, loss, longing, and love. She writes of the sacred and the mundane with the same unique look "under the covers." Her Celtic blood runs strong and she is unafraid to voice a fresh and different take on a diversity of topics. These 69 refreshing, vibrant, and thought-provoking poems make for inspiring listening.

The female body is so uniquely designed that each part mentally, physically, and spiritually intertwines. There is a connection between your womb, which houses life, and your creativity. As you venture into this book, expect to be enlightened, healed, refreshed, and set free. A free woman is therefore able to help set others free, so they can walk in their purpose and regain their passion for living.

If you enjoyed my book Let's Use Free Speech to Unionize Accenture and Other Companies, you will probably enjoy this one as well. Since writing the first book, lots of things have happened and I have developed new insights, so listen to this book to learn more.

A book about contemporary American experience reflects on people and their experience of the natural and built environment. Scenes in the forest to library restrooms, migrant workers picking strawberries and reflections on the search for God, Sunday school teachers and children, dealing with obesity and strokes all find a place in this diverse collection about American society at the beginning of the 21st century.

Abbey Rd - Parkoured - A poem about the Abbey Road Album with all its intricacies.

Bridges are all about us now in the modern world. I have have written this Poem BRIDGES—Rivers of Traffic. Bridges are all about us now in the modern world, but have been around for a long time. They've been getting built since ancient times, to ford rivers and cross continents by making roads AND rivers navigable. There are so many different types of bridges that span the waterways of our worldwide Cities.

The poems in this book are designed to inspire the listener to see Christ and let them know that with Christ, all things are possible. Finding that inner peace while fighting loneliness when it appears peace is nowhere to be found. Making God the focus in your loneliness will give you that peace. Finding the spiritual courage to lead your team when it appears the world is falling apart around you. We should all be Aiming to Reach The Inner Self (A-R-T-I-S). Let the battle begin!

If Pierra Calasanz-Labrador’s debut poetry collection The Heartbreak Diaries was equivalent to an “ugly cry”, this second volume is an introspective journey, a quiet voice longing to be heard. Like stumbling upon an introvert’s secret diary, these 50 poems chronicle fervent wishes, hidden fears, and everyday acts of bravery that may sound uncannily familiar.