Life Poetry

What if you could go on a morning stroll in your backyard garden, only to discover your purpose for being alive? In Pursuit of Fruit places you, the listener, in the lead role. As the main character, you will build your garden, discover the goal of Christian life, and find out how to achieve what you are still here for. Not only will you be entertained by the witty, humorous, and charming characters, but you'll learn invaluable concepts as you dig deep into God's word and have a crystal-clear understanding of your purpose and how to achieve it.

FROM earliest childhood I have been endowed with the keenest love for life. Looking back on my boyhood days, I can remember nothing but one long delight in the healthy body which my parents transmitted to me, in the simple and free open-air life I was encouraged to live, and in the responsibility for looking after myself without apron-string rule. I am not responsible for this love for life. I love it just because it is natural to do so. Higher powers, whether mortal or immortal, are accountable, in my case, for a deep in-rooted joy in being alive — a joy which has grown with the passing ...

One by one, the other birds fly into her tree, wanting to talk or to play, but the Go-Away bird just shakes her head and sends them all away. But then the dangerous Get-You bird comes along, and she soon realises that she might need some friends after all. The Go-Away Bird is a brilliant rhyming story from Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, and the award-winning Catherine Rayner.

Many times, we are bombarded by situations that make it difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel…we become impeded by our struggles and confined to futile reactions. And so…these poems come from an authentic place…a space where one is able to make sense of those things that make no sense. These poems are moments of contemplation in a world of troubles and trauma…These poems are a process of embracing a change to avoid remaining the same.

Poor jackdaw is about to fly into trouble - will he learn to read the animals' signs in time? The jackdaw wants all his friends to come to his party, but when he calls out his invitation, the animals just touch their heads. Why won't they answer? And what do their actions mean? Luckily a brown owl can help him with the puzzle!

An achingly beautiful collection of poems about one week in a secondary school where everything happens all at once. Zooming in across our cast of characters, we share moments that span everything from hoping to make it to the end of the week, facing it, fitting in, finding friends and falling out to loving lessons, losing it, and worrying, wearing it well and worshipping from afar. In Everything All At Once, Steven Camden's poems speak to the kaleidoscope of teen experience and life at 'big school'.

The Lightness of Being is a compilation of 32 uplifting “conversations with Oneness,” poems from Paul Gorman’s two most recent poetry collections: Poet Gone Wild and Sojourn. Are the conversations real? What in life is real? What would you say to Oneness?

Having a good bedtime story before sleep is always a comforting feeling. From the Living Through Your Imagination series comes the audiobook series! Recommended to listen before you sleep, these stories open up the realm of imagination and possibilities for all of us. These stories, along with the narrator, creates a cozy sense and feeling of having a story read to you right before you go to bed. So, what're you waiting for?? Snuggle up cozy in your bed, and let's begin the journey of a lifetime full of imagination!

This book is filled with poems about the exploration and lessons learned in a young girl's life. Topics on nature, relationships, philosophy, God, emotions, and many more are examined in this short work. Life is poetry. Live it. Write it. Enjoy it.

Meditate and Muse The author James Joyce wrote a passage, then wrote it again, more obscurely, then wrote it a third time to obscure the meaning even more. How much of poetry reading can feel like that. This is not that. Enjoy these single meditations of specific moments and thoughts. Concise, clear, clever, kind. Come, friend, and welcome.

In a Season of Waiting for the Arrival The original Poetry Journal Advent Celebration. In this collection of 25 Advent poems, come think new thoughts about gold, frankincense, and myrrh … as well as mourning, beauty, waiting, silence, and almost a score more.

Reflect and Ruminate In the midst of a swirl of trifling, superficial thoughts, do you appreciate the occasional idea that warrants a second thought? Something to think about, to hold as a jewel in the mind, something to laugh about, or think about, something to ponder and celebrate. This book has those kinds of ideas. Witty, wonderful, warmhearted, wise. Come, friend, and welcome.

Beautiful Meditations on the King and His Kingdom Fifty-two short poems, easy to understand. Think and consider. Celebrate beauty. Enter more fully into grace. In a holy pause, stand amazed at the God we serve. How good is our God.

Rumi was an ancient teacher, poet, and mystic who had his fair share of tough times. Through the ups and downs, he wrote poetry that, to this day, moves the soul. We all know it's easy to get stuck in places we don't want to be: a dead end job, an unhappy marriage, a toxic family or friendship. Your goal is not to transform all of those areas at once. Your mission is to focus on transforming yourself and, as a result, your relationship to everything else in your life will change.

And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again takes its title from the last line of Dante's Inferno, when the poet and his guide emerge from hell to once again behold the beauty of the heavens. In that spirit, the stories, essays, and poems in this collection - from beloved authors including Jhumpa Lahiri, Mario Vargas Llosa, Eavan Boland, Daniel Alarcón, Jon Lee Anderson, Claire Messud, Ariel Dorfman, and many more - detail the harrowing experiences of life in the pandemic, while pointing toward a less isolated future.

In an ugly world full of noise... Escape to a place of quiet words and beauty.

Love, Life, & Situations is a collection of poems and thoughts that was written in the course of the life of a young lady finding her way through young adult adolescence. Only a few selections were chosen to share on this journey, but out of the selections, each one has a special meaning or reflection of an obstacle, lesson, or betrayal that she encountered.

Jesus had to learn about the kingdom of man. Man knew nothing of the kingdom of God. Is this what Jesus tried to share with mankind? Joseph was in the middle of morals and customs of the human world. Then he found himself in the world of God and his Angels.

Everyone’s life is a story. A story of a journey through joy and sadness, winning and losing, good health and illness, love and hate. The challenge is to navigate through life and to remain the person you were meant to be. To embrace life with all its joys and problems and to make it a source for goodness, love, beauty, and happiness for yourself and for others.

Through the expressive language of poetry, the author paints a vivid picture of anger's chaos and the healing power of love. They delve into the numbing weight of depression and the insidious nature of bullying, highlighting the importance of unity and compassion in a world that sometimes feels cold and harsh.