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Sixty-nine poems by six of the most admired women Romantic writers—English, Scottish, Irish, and American: Dorothy Wordsworth (William Wordsworth’s sister), Joanna Baillie, Eliza Townsend, Mary Tighe, Sara Coleridge (Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s daughter), and Caroline Bowles Southey. Each in her own way, they all broke with the poetic conventions of the past, writing in ordinary language about ordinary people, and approaching the traditional subjects of poetry with fresh eyes. Comedy and tragedy, love and hatred, life and death, oppression and freedom—they’re all here.

Com imagens poderosas e linguagem visceral, Elias Antunes mergulha nas profundezas da existência, tocando temas como solidão, resistência, espiritualidade, política e natureza com uma originalidade rara. Sua poesia se revela ora brutal, ora delicada, sempre carregada de sentido.

Read by Ellen Burstyn The legendary Academy Award–winning actress reflects on her love affair with poetry and makes us believers. In this beautiful book, Ellen Burstyn celebrates poetic magic and shares her favorite works. Now into her nineties, Ellen reveals she had an evangelical response to...

In diesem Hörbuch präsentiere ich eine Auswahl der bekanntesten und bewegendsten Gedichte von Heinrich Heine, einem der bedeutendsten Dichter der deutschen Romantik. Mit seiner Lesung möchte Boris Greff, selbst Poet und Sprecher, die emotionale Tiefe und die lyrische Schönheit dieser Werke für die Zuhörer erlebbar machen. Die Gedichte Heines behandeln Themen wie Liebe, Sehnsucht, Verlust und Gesellschaftskritik – zeitlose Fragestellungen, die auch heute noch von großer Relevanz sind.

Содержание: «До свиданья, друг мой, до свиданья…» «Там, где капустные грядки…» «За горами, за желтыми долами…» «Дымом половодье…» «Край любимый! Сердцу снятся…» «Я пастух, мои палаты…» «В том краю, где желтая крапива…» «О край дождей и непогоды…» «Не напрасно дули ветры…» Корова «Весна на радость не похожа…» «Гляну в поле, гляну в небо…» «Вот оно, глупое счастье…» «Я последний поэт деревни…» «Устал я жить в родном краю…» «Все живое особой метой…» Не ругайтесь! Такое дело! «Не жалею, не зову, не плачу…» «Я обманывать себя не стану…» «Да! Теперь – решено. Без возврата…» «Сыпь, гармоника.

Содержание: «В ночи, когда уснет тревога…» «Сумерки, сумерки вешние…» «Недосказанной речи тревогу…» «Ужасен холод вечеров…» «В туманах, над сверканьем рос…» «Девушка пела в церковном хоре…» Незнакомка Балаган Второе крещенье «Ушла. Но гиацинты ждали…» «О, весна без конца и без краю…» «И я любил. И я изведал…» Поэты «Она, как прежде, захотела…» Россия «Я пригвожден к трактирной стойке…» Осенний день Сиена «Кольцо существованья тесно…» На железной дороге Авиатор «Ночь, улица, фонарь, аптека…» К музе Художник «Как растет тревога к ночи!..» «О, нет!

This collection includes favorite English-language poems by 178 favorite authors, beginning with Sir Philip Sidney and the Countess of Pembroke in Elizabethan times, and ending with T. S. Eliot and Marianne Moore in the twentieth century. Cavaliers and Puritans, a famous king and a pilloried criminal, soulful lovers and sharp-witted satirists, Shakespeare and Jonson, Milton and Marvell, David Garrick and Rabindranath Tagore, Paul Laurence Dunbar and Christina Rossetti—all are here, in one constantly changing kaleidoscope of brilliant verse.

Discover the wisdom and wonder of poetry through candid conversations with some of the most powerful poets of the 21st century. In this remarkable collection, Ben Palpant, author of Letters from The Mountain, invites listeners into intimate, one-on-one interviews with seventeen acclaimed poets.

Of Poor Billionaires and Rich Paupers is a startlingly funny and fresh fusion of poetry, speeches, musings, warnings and pleadings couched in words that are memorable and well thought-out.

In einem früheren Vorwort des "Hyperion" sagt Hölderlin: "Die exzentrische Bahn, die der Mensch, im Allgemeinen und Einzelnen, von einem Punkte (der mehr oder weniger reinen Einfalt) zum anderen (der mehr oder weniger reinen Bildung) durchläuft, scheint sich, nach ihren wesentlichen Richtungen, immer gleich zu sein.

Along this journey called life, we experience strength and weakness, ups and downs, gains and losses, friends and enemies; yet wisdom is to realize that it all has its purpose, place and time. So, you see it is after facing our deepest despair that we are able to realize our greatest joy. It is our challenges that award us with knowledge. And the muddled mixed moments of doubt and confusion gives truth and clarity its radiant glow. However, to finally find the truest image of ourselves we must take the time to look beyond the surface of our existence and Search the Soul.

The Don't Touch Garden explores what it is to be adopted, both for the child and the adoptive parents, through a wide range of poetic styles and complex emotions. An absorbing account of the legacy of being an adopted child. Forthright and tender, this moving sequence reflects Foley's unflinching gaze into the mirror in a sometimes excoriating attempt to discern traces of her belonging, and to make peace with the past. Joy Howard, Poet, publisher and former Fostering Services Manager.

Stories and poems from thirty-nine UK based writers of the Global Majority from African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Carribean, South American, Chinese and Malay communities write about maps and mapping. Stories and poems of finding oneself and getting lost, colonialism and diaspora, childhood exploration and adult homecoming.

The Shield of Heracles is an archaic Greek epic poem that was attributed to Hesiod during antiquity. The subject of the poem is the expedition of Heracles and Iolaus against Cycnus, the son of Ares, who challenged Heracles to combat as Heracles was passing through Thessaly. It has been suggested that this epic may reflect anti-Thessalian feeling after the First Sacred War (595–585 BCE): in the epic, a Thessalian hero interfering with the Phocian sanctuary is killed by a Boeotian hero (Heracles), whose mortal father Amphitryon had for allies Locrians and Phocians.

This collection of contemporary, free verse poetry was borne out of the 2020s. It was plucked from the dumpster fire and, like a lotus flower, blossomed out of the muck and mire. Rachel Rash is a contemporary American poet. Limbic Limbo is her first published anthology; consisting of ethereal, feminist, and abstract poems.

In a world where fitting in often seems more important than standing out, The Joy of Being Me celebrates what makes us wonderfully, beautifully unique. Perfect for listeners of all ages, this heartfelt audiobook brings 25 delightful poems to life, each offering a powerful reminder to embrace individuality, express creativity, and cherish self-love. With themes of positivity, resilience, and self-discovery woven into every verse, this audiobook creates a safe space to reflect on who you are and who you aspire to be.

In Young Words, I expose many of the tough issues young people are facing, drawing from my own experiences. I discuss everything from education, finances, and occupation choices, to family life, relationships, and accomplishing goals. Young Words is a book of poetry highlighting the reality of the critical concerns that frame every young person’s life.

Da infância à maturidade vivemos diversos tipos de amores em momentos diferentes e com intensidades também diferentes. Amores superficiais, momentâneos; amores de toda uma existência, encontros, despedidas; amores que sempre serão lembrados, outros que foram esquecidos; amores impossíveis, intensos, sofridos, idealizados, platônicos, inventados... São 17 poemas de felicidade, tristeza, convívio, desejo, incertezas…, mas sobretudo de amor.

ことばが輝き、躍り、翔ぶ！鋭敏な感覚と清新な詩風で築いた独自の抒情世界。最もポピュラーな現代詩人・谷川俊太郎の代表作を収録した傑作詩集。（解説・栗原　敦／鑑賞・さくらももこ）

Since the doldrums of the COVID pandemic, I have journaled to document my reflections. The collection of poems in Tears from the Abyss has been curated from my journal. Each poem is a rendering of an actual experience, which I invite the listener to interpret and uncover. The poems render a spectrum of dark emotions, from heartache to regret to longing, among others. The abstract language used is purposeful, with the aim of creating a puzzle for the listener to solve.