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A young girl learns much about her mother as she reads a collection of poems written before she was born that capture her mother's memories of living around the world and growing up as a child of an Air Force serviceperson. Includes author's note, list of select U.S. Air Force bases, and explanation of the free verse and tanka poetry forms used.
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The collected works of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning writer explores her transfigured landscapes and offers insight into her unique form created to reflect the human drive to release the past in order to realize the yet-unimagined.
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Considered one of most significant literary figures of his era, Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke served as a bridge between the themes and styles of the Romantic period and the concerns and anxieties that would give rise to modernism in the twentieth century. This collection brings together dozens of Rilke's most popular and critically acclaimed works.
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"Curated by artist and writer Chris Riddell, Poems to Live Your Life By is a beautifully-illustrated collection of the best poems for readers young and old to carry with them as they grow. The book includes works from both famous and lesser-known poets-from selections of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets to original poems by Neil Gaiman to lyrics to an indie rock song by Phoebe Bridgers. It is also divided into different thematic sections, including...
13) Poems for kids
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This poems for kids audiobook contains original never heard before silly poems for kids. Each poem has a unique and engaging theme to keep the kids entertained.. Why not play these poems for young children before bedtime to help your child relax after the day and create special memories they will cherish forever.
14) Poems of Rumi
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Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273), a saint of the Islamic world, is now recognized in the West as one of the most popular poets. His words are charged with an unequalled blend of literary genius and spiritual wisdom. No matter how often we listen to Rumi, each time is always the first time.
15) Poems of Rumi
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Jalaluddin Rumi, known simply as Rumi, is unquestionably one of the greatest spiritual poets of the world. For more than eight centuries, Rumi has enchanted and enthralled listeners from every faith and background with his universal themes of love, friendship, and spirituality, which he seamlessly wove into resplendent poetry. This audio features Robert Bly and Coleman Barks delivering readings of Rumi, with brilliant musical accompaniment.
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This book is a compilation of poems that tell about the human race, the world we are living in, the laws and equality, the government, and freedom. This book also tells us about Yeshua's teachings and instructions that lead us to question ourselves: Have we followed his teachings? Have we?
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This study consists of two parts. The first part offers an overview of feminism´s theory of differences. The second part deals with the textual analysis of poems about "mothering" by women from India, the Caribbean and Africa. Literary criticism has dealt with the representation of "mothering" in prose texts. The exploration of lyrical texts has not yet come. Since the late 1970s, the acknowledgement of and the commitment to difference has been foundational...
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Wilderness inspired poems composed on the trail by an American doctor/poet, sharing his love of the backcountry, trail-walking, camping, and the "wilderness effect," a unique sensation of aliveness and deep connection. Mayer's poetry explores our human experience of the natural world, our intimate and mysterious connections to flora and fauna. It proclaims the opportunity that walking mindfully in the wilderness offers to experience the divine. The...
20) Poems of the Sea
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A treasure of compiled poems about the magic and mysteries of the sea, K. J. Neithercutt invites us into a deeply magical, fantastical, and mysterious aquatic world with her poetry.