English Poetry

EZ to Learn Pocket Tarot Poems - Cover Art by Micheline Birger Now, learning the Tarot can be simple and fun. In this simple guide, Micheline has captured the essence of each card in a short poetic form. Each verse will give you a "hit" on every card. She makes it light and easy. The best deck to use with this guide is the Rider-Waite Deck. Have fun kids! Micheline has been reading for over 25 years nationally. She has done special events for the New York School of Tarot. She has read for major universities; businesses; parties; benefits; and other special events. She has been a guest on ...

In wooded crest, on dappled breast, The name is borne, upon the chest; Our hearts made bare, with no contrition, Seams rent, intent is the greatest volition! The young have not, what it is they seek, That they seek against their youth; And the bud which has expired, spent, Has now the proof all youth has lent. Beneath the deeds, the deeds of men, Good heart! it does procure and propound And issues all, with pulse and sound. Make strong the heart, with vital love, For within the mask, afore the arrow, The heart leads all, be it man or sparrow! -THE ELDER BROTHERS PUBLISHING GROUP welcomes ...

Since his youth, living in poverty in a cave in Italy, Roland's mother has taught him that someday he will be a brave hero like his father, Milon, and serve with the great army of Charlemagne. He learns from her that he is descended from great heroes of old and that his mother is Charlemagne's sister, the Princess Bertha.

What matters most in life? For Alexander McCall Smith, it is friendship, love, and travel—the themes found throughout his work that have made him a cherished writer the world over. This first collection of McCall Smith’s poems reflects on these topics with all his characteristic wit and charm.

Musings and more written over the course of a year, month by month. What is it like to go through life as a poet, or to view every day things in a poetical way? Excerpts from the book: "There’s more than one kind of ukulele. Tuning one of them is just like tuning some of the strings on a guitar. All of them: soprano, baritone, pineapple sound different. " "Ice doesn’t melt in the shade even when it gets warmer. " "Everyone is a winner! I got a winning flyer for a new car or $25K and another one in a different box where I get mail! Yay! I’m a winner! My Mom went to the dealership and ...

This book was originally a novella entitled Poet of Pemberley and the main characters were Darcy and Elizabeth of Pride and Prejudice fame—but the author, tired of hanging onto Jane Austen's bonnet strings, decided to rewrite it to stand on its own merits (or lack thereof!). The new title is still somewhat Jane Austen-ish, but she has no doubt that Darcy wasn't the only proud young man in the Regency period. Her proud young man is called Lacy, and Lilian Helliwell replaces Elizabeth Bennet. Lacy and Lilian's relationship is nothing like the perfect relationship portrayed in Pride and ...

In 70 poems bearing the same title, Terrance Hayes explores the meanings of American, of assassin, and of love in the sonnet form. Written during the first two hundred days of the Trump presidency, these poems are haunted by the country's past and future eras and errors, its dreams and nightmares. Inventive, compassionate, hilarious, melancholy, and bewildered - the wonders of this new collection are irreducible and stunning.

Inspiring, enigmatic and provocative, Emily Dickinson represents one of the most important American poets of the nineteenth century. 35 of the nearly 1,800 poems she wrote have been collected and each is presented through an essential, straightforward and riveting guided analysis that focuses on form, content and meaning. An exhaustive introduction takes a close look at several critical responses to Dickinson’s poetry and life, thus providing students with a tool for further analysis. A chronology and a detailed bibliography are also included. This book is specifically aimed at students ...

Nature Poem follows Teebs - a young, queer, American Indian (or NDN) poet - who can't bring himself to write a nature poem. For the reservation-born, urban-dwelling hipster, the exercise feels stereotypical, reductive, and boring. He hates nature. He prefers city lights to the night sky. He'd slap a tree across the face. He'd rather write a mountain of hashtag punchlines about death and give head in a pizza-parlor bathroom; he'd rather write odes to Aretha Franklin and Hole.

Homie is Danez Smith's magnificent anthem about the saving grace of friendship. Rooted in the loss of one of Smith's close friends, this book comes out of the search for joy and intimacy within a nation where both can seem scarce and getting scarcer. In poems of rare power and generosity, Smith acknowledges that in a country overrun by violence, xenophobia, and disparity, and in a body defined by race, queerness, and diagnosis, it can be hard to survive, even harder to remember reasons for living.

Cutlass held high above his head, tangled beard shining black as the deepest night, the Pirate King struck fear into the heart of any sailor fool enough to venture out onto the high seas. This daring buccaneer may have been born with the name Edward Teach, but the swashbuckling terror would forever be known as Blackbeard. “Tall as a waterfall” and “strong as a rum-soaked cask”, Blackbeard lives on in countless tales of seafaring exploits.

Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father, Nikki Grimes found herself terrorized by babysitters, shunted from foster family to foster family, and preyed upon by those she trusted. At the age of six, she poured her pain onto a piece of paper late one night - and discovered the magic and impact of writing. For many years, Nikki's notebooks were her most enduing companions. In this accessible and inspiring memoir, Nikki shows how the power of those words helped her conquer the hazards - ordinary and extraordinary - of her life.

What better way for Bear to say thanks, than to have a big dinner with all his friends! Bear has come up with the perfect way to say thanks - a nice big dinner! When Bear decides to throw a feast, his friends show up one by one with different platters of delicious food to share. There's just one problem: Bear's cupboards are bare! What is he to do?

For all the softness verse instills, there’s an uncontained fire beneath, which burns until the skin wears thin and the flames burst forth. There’s a time for nuance and a time for hammering, not to put a too-fine ecclesiastical point on it — and this is the time to assure the word becomes the sword — the word provokes reaction. A mighty battle is being fought by the cultural warriors in the land — a war to be recognized as equal and unique. Normal is an ubiquitous label not fit for the American collective conscious. It runs counter to the soul of the nation. So, sometimes soft ...

What feminine part of yourself did you have to destroy in order to survive in this world? At what point does femininity become synonymous with apology? Who hurt the people who hurt you? Let's figure it out. Femme in Public (2017) is the debut poetry collection by transfeminine writer Alok Vaid-Menon including work from 2014-2017. It is a meditation on anti-trans harassment, a ceremony for loss and grief, and an imagining of what could be if we weren’t taught to fear the very things that have the potential to set us free.

A RAINY DAY READER contains 100 poems by Stan Paregien. The poems range from the serious to the hillariously funny, from those with an academic bent to those with little redeeming social value (except for a smile or two). Great for that rainy day read. Poems include "N. Scott Momaday: A Literary Legend," "Had Any Lately?," "My Banker Ain't No Friend of Mine," "Cat Heaven," & "Smart Pills."

In the crucible of war, where death and survival walk hand in hand, one man grapples with faith, duty, and the meaning of sacrifice. John Peck, a young Navy corpsman deployed to Vietnam in 1967, found himself on the front lines—not just of combat, but of an inner war between doubt and belief. Charged with the immense responsibility of saving lives amidst the relentless violence of war, Peck bore witness to the rawest forms of courage, loyalty, and loss. His days were filled with the agony of the wounded, the chaos of battle, and the unspoken fear that each mission might be his last. Yet, ...

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“If my love for you was any greater, the trees would line up in poetic forms – awe you in sonnets written part to allow winds to cool your face, to trace it with nature’s hand.” – Passage from the poem “Forevermore” Fifty Three is a breathtaking exploration of the soul… of one man’s singular love for our world. The international poet and author Armand Hamouth started writing at age 11, writing poetry and prose for personal release, until at age 67, he finally relented to a growing pressure to release his work to share with both poetry and prose readers. This deeply ...

TEA TIME POETRY is a wide assortment of poems compiled by Author Brenda Mohammed. She has expressed her thoughts on almost every subject in her poems, such as doubts, money, friends, truth, rumours, passion, celebrations, literary celebrities, and much more. A top reviewer in India had this to say about the book: "Reviewed in India on 19 February 2023. It was a pleasure reading the book Tea Time Poetry written by popular Trinidadian author Brenda Mohammed. What I got to know from her author bio is that Brenda Mohammed is an ex-banker and a prolific author who is at the same time an expert ...