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<<< 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >>>     sort list by title | author The Complete Poems Walt Whitman In 1855 Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass, the work that defined him as one of America's most influential voices and that he added to throughout his life. A collection of astonishing originality and intensity, it spoke of politics, sexual... Selected Poems and Letters Arthur Rimbaud Arthur Rimbaud was one of the wildest, most uncompromising poets of his age, although his brief literary career was over by the time he was twenty-one when he embarked on a new life as a trader in Africa. This edition brings together his extraordinary... Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties Translations and Considerations John J. L. Mood, Rainer Maria Rilke An anthology of Rilke's strongest poetry and prose for both aficionados and new readers. Here is a mini-anthology of poetry and prose for both aficionados and those readers discovering Rainer Maria Rilke for the first time. John J. L. Mood has... Written In Water The Collected Prose Poems Luis Cernuda While Cernuda's verse is vivid testimony to various aspects of his biographical itinerary, it is in his prose poems that he traces more explicitly an outline of his life's journey. Reviewing this work, Octavio Paz wrote: "In these memories and... New and Selected Poems Volume One Mary Oliver Strikingly redesigned to accompany the publication of New and Selected Poems, Volume Two When New and Selected Poems, Volume One was originally published in 1992, Mary Oliver was awarded the National Book Award. In the fourteen years since its initial... The Essential Neruda Selected Poems Pablo Neruda This collection of Neruda's most essential poems will prove indispensable. Selected by a team of poets and prominent Neruda scholars in both Chile and the U.S., this is a definitive selection that draws from the entire breadth and width of Neruda's... Americus, Book I Lawrence Ferlinghetti In less than a year, Lawrence Ferlinghetti won a lifetime achievement award from the Author's Guild, received the Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and celebrated the 50th... Cocktails Poems D. A. Powell kids everywhere are called to supper: it's late it's dark and you're all played out. you want to go homeno rule is left to this game. playmates scatter like breaking glassthey return to smear the ______. and you're it--from "[you'd want to go to... Said the Shotgun to the Head Saul Williams The greatest Americans Have not been born yet They are waiting quietly For their past to die please give blood Here is the account of a man so ravished by a kiss that it distorts his highest and lowest frequencies of understanding into an... Where River Meets Ocean San Francisco Poet Laureate Series devorah major This collection of poetry begins with the poet's inaugural address as Laureate of San Francisco, a sparkling essay that shows how poetry can please and empower. Strong, introspective and caring, major's poems capture the challenge and joy of being an... Selected Poems Denise Levertov Denise Levertov's Selected Poems delivers in a single accessible volume "one of the essential poets of our time" (Poetry Flash). Culled from two dozen poetry books, and drawing from six decades of her writing life, The Selected Poems of Denise... Nine Alexandrias Pocket Poets Number 56 Semezdin Mehmedinovic Following his depiction of Bosnia under siege in the much celebrated Sarajevo Blues, Semezdin Mehmedinovic´ now explores the vast space of his new continent. Mostly written in response... The World's Embrace Abdellatif Laâbi Selected Poems Compelling poems from one of the most prolific and critically acclaimed of contemporary North African writers. Imprisoned for many years by the Moroccan authorities, Laabi's poetry is haunted by memories of torture and prisons and bears witness to... The Wild God of the World An Anthology of Robinson Jeffers Robinson Jeffers Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) is not only the greatest poet that the American West has produced but also a major poet of the twentieth century in the tradition of American prophetic poetry. This anthology serves as an introduction to Jeffers’s... <<< 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >>>