Poetry category: 46548 books

When a Poet writes poetry he can scarcely fail to interest. And the author of this posthumous volume was not only a poet but no mean critic too. As a result, his approach to English Poetry is not a work of merely casual interest: it is illuminating. No one could fail to be enriched and delighted by...

Feminist issues in avant garde poetry.   In her now-classic The Pink Guitar, Rachel Blau DuPlessis examined a number of modern and contemporary poets and artists to explore the possibility of finding a language that would question deeply held assumptions about gender. In the 12 essays...

The Paz Prize for Poetry is presented by The National Poetry Series and The Center @ Miami Dade College. This annual award -- named in the spirit of the late Nobel Prize-winning poet Octavio Paz -- honors a previously unpublished book of poetry written originally in Spanish (and presented bilingually...

Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry encompasses the six lectures Jacques Maritain delivered as the inaugural lecturer in the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Maritain focuses his vision on aesthetics, beauty, and the acts of inspiration and creation as they pertain to music, painting, and...

MPT's summer Issue Between Clay and Star features a focus on new Romanian poetry: new translations of Liliana Ursu, Dan Sociu, Ana Blandiana and Gellu Naum, and a conversation between Dan Sociu and the younger poet Oana Sanziana Marian about contemporary Romanian poetry and Dan's own views about writing....

Be enthralled by emotive and thoughtful words intertwined into beautiful verses by a woman whose life is tainted with sundry colors that spring from various life experiences. Poet-author Heidy Ramos brings out her honest feelings and deep thoughts through Secret Whispers, a collection of significant...

The Speech Of Poetry, Book Of Poems, are my New Beginning in the Life of something essential for the continual existence of Poetry itself, for generations too come. As a Poet, (with an attitude), expressing my most deepest thoughts about living life-on-life terms!!! One Poem at-a-time!!! With Faith,...

The Cambridge History of American Poetry offers a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their beginnings until the end of the twentieth century. Bringing together the insights of fifty distinguished scholars, this literary history emphasizes the complex roles...

Poetry from the Heart with Spiritual Awareness By: Miss Darline Renee Patman   Miss Darline Renee Patman introduces us to her first work, Poetry from the Heart with Spiritual Awareness. This collection of inspiring poetry expresses many different emotions that we go through in our lives: from...

A unique voice in American poetry evocative of Han Shan’s Zen verses, Pablo Neruda’s Book of Questions, and the writings of Jack Kerouac. What a long conversation we never had! All those rivers? we never crossed together. You so busy with your own life, I so busy with mine. Dick...

This collection of 44 poems, by Jean Arthur Jones, is edited and published by Bruce Whealton. It reflects the editor's personal impression of what are the best poems of the many that have been written by Mr. Jean Arthur Jones. In writing this, it is implied that some of the poems chosen may reflect...

From the Objectivists to e-poetry, this thoughtful and innovative book explores the dynamic relationship between the ethical imperative and poetic practice, revitalizing the study of the most prominent post-war American poets in a fresh, provocative way. Contributing to the "turn to ethics"...

Spiritual Poetry is a reflection of a ten year spiritual and not-so-spiritual period in my life. It is not all my life. Just a period. It spans a Silent Retreat through the Sahara Desert with the Poem, ‘I Am’ which in many ways was the most natural and sane experience I have ever had. It...

How can a poem transform a life? Could poetry change the world? In this accessible volume, spoken-word stars Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley roll out the welcome mat and prove that poetry is for everyone. Whether lapsed poetry lovers, aspiring poets, or total novices, readers will learn to uncover...