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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >>>     sort list by title | author Memory Wing Bill Lavender A memoir in verse that explores the outer reaches of truth: of memory, language and art. Loosely based on the tripartite structure of The Divine Comedy, this poem appears as a simple memoir in lyrical and immediately accessible language, yet it works... Robert Duncan The Ambassador from Venus Lisa Jarnot This definitive biography gives a brilliant account of the life and art of Robert Duncan (1919–1988), one of America's great postwar poets. Traveling Light Poems Linda Pastan "Surprising readers with subject and an occasional rhyme, Pastan proves once again that she is a poet who can ground us, who can astound us. Essential reading for poetry lovers."—Library Journal Thirty Poems Robert Walser In a small, exquisite clothbound format resembling the early Swiss and German editions of Walser's work, Thirty Poems collects famed translator Christopher Middleton's favorite poems from the more than five hundred Walser wrote. Upgraded to Serious Heather McHugh This fast-paced, verbally dexterous book—honored as a "Book of the Year" by Publishers Weekly—"boils up and boils over" as it utilizes medical terminology and iconography to work through loss and detachment. Psyche of Mirrors A Promenade of Portraits Carolyn Kleefeld Do not take Psyche of Mirrors lightly. All these creatures, the Schnoozlers, Lisa-Fleur, Sui-lan, Bernadine the Butterfly and the others, have lives of their own and will not leave you alone after you have met them. They will come up in your dreams or... Orphan Hours Poems Stanley Plumly Orphan Hours is a book of reconciliation, of coming to terms with time in its most personal and memorable manifestations, and of learning the wisdom of what cannot be changed. Ring of Bone Collected Poems (New & Expanded Edition) Lew Welch A new and expanded edition of the classic go-to collection of Lew Welch's poetry, a must for both fans and new readers. Antigonick Sophocles An illustrated new translation of Sophokles' Antigone Careless Rambles John Clare Born in 1793, John Clare lived and worked during the Golden Age of British poetry. In the grand tradition of English nature writing, he stands alongside Wordsworth as a poet of extraordinary humanity and great spirit. 50 American Plays Poems Michael Dickman, Matthew Dickman Pointed, comic, and surreal, these one-page vignettes feature unusual staging and an eclectic cast of characters—landforms, lobsters, and historical figures including Duke Ellington, Sacajawea, Judy Garland, and Kenneth Koch Inside/Out Selected Poems Marilyn Buck The first-ever collection of Marilyn Buck's poetry, searing, soaring, a living tribute to her indomitable spirit, revolutionary intelligence, and poet's vision. Engine Empire Poems Cathy Park Hong Through three distinct yet interconnected sequences, Cathy Park Hong explores the collective consciousness of fictionalized boomtowns in order to explore the myth of prosperity. Place New Poems Jorie Graham In an era where distrust of human experience and its attendant accountability are pervasive, Place calls us, in poems of unusual force and beauty, to re-inhabit and make full use of a more responsive and responsible place of the human in the world. <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >>>