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Ian Wedde has been a major presence in New Zealand poetry since his work began appearing in journals in the late 1960s. His first book of poetry appeared in 1971; his sixth book won the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry in 1978; his sixteenth and most recent was a finalist in 2014. By the mid-1980s,...

The pure verbal energy characterizing Hungarian poetry may be regarded as one of the most striking components of Hungarian culture. More than 800 years ago, under the inspiration of classical and medieval Latin poetry, Hungarian poets began to craft a rich chain of poetic designs, much of it in response...

Most readers of contemporary poetry would agree with literary critic Helen Vendler that "there is no significant poet whose work does not mirror, both formally and in its preoccupations, the absence of the transcendent"--that no major modern poet writes religious poetry. Indeed, the very idea that...

Whispers Beneath the Vine Book Description Whispers Beneath the Vine, by George H. Malouf, is a collection of poetry that depicts the flowing beauty of lyrics that the author brings to life on a living canvas of love, nature, and humility before God. The poetry in these stanzas is full of sensitive...

Combining poetry with divination, this collection resurrects the ancient Greek art of Rhapsodomancy, or divining one's fortune or destiny through the use of poetry or verse. Harkening back to antiquity, when Polyhymnia-the muse of sacred poetry-and Calliope-the muse of epic poetry-were invoked for...

Prime Time Poetry By: Joan M. Green Joan M. Green was born and raised in the suburbs of New York City. She had an uneventful childhood; the fifth of seven children. She has always been a poetry buff and an avid reader. She enjoys, in her spare time, science fiction and history books, sporting...

A break from your daily struggles is only a verse away… Poet Orna Ross knows the power of words. As an award-winning author and one of the 100 most influential people in publishing (The Bookseller), Ross’s passion is the power of poetry and prose to change lives. Through the Irish-born...

i have been writing poetry since I was in high school. In college at Sacred Heart in Houston, Texas I majored in English Literature. Later I took writing courses through the mail. I have also studied many poets, my favorite being Emily Dickinson. I belonged to Back To Word a poetry group that met...

INTRODUCTION POETRY CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE!!!! As I flow with words passionately not asking for no ones opinion on how to speak releasing inner thoughts from my mind, body, and soul. Delivering untold stories from beyond As I mold these words into fantasies, hopes, and...

In this philosophical reflection on lifes ideologies in poetic form, author Walter Slack examines life and strips it bare of superficial elements. Poetrythe medium of the soulshould also appeal to the mind. Verse fails if it does not at times afford the intellect a certain enjoyment and stimulation...

Celebrate the beauty that surrounds you, when you open my book. My first book is called Poetry In Motion. My 2nd book is called The Color Of Love. Poetry In Motion is definitely The Color Of Love. The Color Of Love is evidently Poetry In Motion, transforming itself into the color of life. An everlasting...

Plum Blossom Love Poetry: Between Dragon Village and Gold Mountain is made up of romantic gems in eclectic poetry by Raymond Douglas Chong (aka Zhang Weiming). His lyrical verses sensitively bridge America and China, a fusion of two dynamic worlds. His moody poetry covers themes about China, ancestors,...

This volume is an essential supplement to Pastoral poetry of the English Renaissance: An anthology (2016). The full-length Introduction examines English Renaissance pastoral against the history of the mode from antiquity to the present, with its multifarious themes and social affinities. The study...

Eighteenth-Century Poetry and the Rise of the Novel Reconsidered beginswith the brute fact that poetry jostledup alongside novels in the bookstallsof eighteenth-century England. Indeed,by exploringunexpected collisions and collusionsbetween poetry and novels, this volumeof exciting, new essays offers...