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In her book, Escarpment: Fibonacci poetry, Virginia Gow has applied the Fibonacci sequence of numbers to her poetry by counting the syllables in the words to determine the length of the lines.The subsequent patterns make for a visually appealing book, quite aside from the pleasures of Virginia's...

Allison McVety’s first collection, The Night Trotsky Came to Stay (Smith/Doorstop, 2007), was the overall winner of the 2006 Book & Pamphlet Competition, and was shortlisted for the Forward Best First Collection Prize 2008. Her poems have appeared in The Times, The Guardian, Poetry Review and...

The Diva Chronicles , Poetry for your soul is a compelling collection of poetry that is meant to penetrate your heart , mind and soul with compassion love and motivation for humankind. These poems are filled with realism and relatable topics of today that everyone can identify with. The Diva chronicles...

A leading poet, literary critic and philosopher who helped found the Romantic Movement in England, Samuel Taylor Coleridge has had an immense impact on world literature. This volume of the bestselling Delphi Poets Series presents the complete works of Coleridge, with beautiful illustrations, informative...

Andrew Chavez provides a large representative sampling of the poetry that is part of his exploratory journey leading to the final development of his perspective called a new romanticism. Chavez turned to poetry because of intense revelatory experiences; those same revelations guide and direct his...

Emily Dickinson was a prolific private poet, who had only a very small number of her poems published during her lifetime. Nevertheless, she is now widely regarded as one of the most important American poets of her generation. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest...

Enter into the Goddyssey Museum of Poetry, the poetic realm and sanctuary of the immortal Poetic Goddess Tara Shena. In this artistic collection of poetry the reader will journey through the corridors of creativity and become supernaturally exposed to feelings of inspiration, love, laughter, power,...

This new age book of poetry reflects the diverse views and philosophies of its author Ra Krishna EL. Its an intimate, humorous and thought provoking group of poems intended to evoke strong emotion. To quote the German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, this style of poetry can be called Zukunfts poesie...

“Funny and smart” (The New Yorker) criticism of why we turn to art—specifically to poetry and popular music—and how it serves as an essential tool to understanding life. How can art help us make sense—or nonsense—of the world? If wrong life cannot be lived rightly, as Theodor Adorno...

Poems in the Manner Of is an illuminating journey through centuries of writers who continue to influence new work today, including that of respected poet and series editor of The Best American Poetry David Lehman. “Very few writers can actually shape how you see the world. David Lehman is...

The most notorious poet-critic of his generation, William Logan has defined our view of poets good and bad, interesting and banal, for more than three decades. Featured in the New York Times Book Review, the Times Literary Supplement, and the New Criterion, among other journals, Logan's eloquent,...

A collection of reviews and essays by David Orr, the New York Times poetry columnist and one of the most respected critics in America today, his best work of the past fifteen years in one place   Poetry is never more vital, meaningful, or accessible than in the hands of David Orr. In the pieces collected...

This carefully crafted ebook: “Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Man Behind The Lyrics (Complete Illustrated Edition)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who,...

Life is a journey and not always an easy one. Poet Mamie Harvin Black found triumph over difficulty through the written word, not only via its ability to heal but also by its ability to describe the world and, in so doing, understand the world better. Her poetry collection is one of empowerment, strength,...