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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >>>     sort list by title | author 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 Just released! 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 Just published! 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. Imagining Paradise New and Selected Poems Barry Gifford These poems describe a universe that is as populous and diverse as it is ephemeral and evanescent. They are born of the world and of books and art in equal measure, and tell of the unyielding granite truths of people's roller-coaster lives... Advice for Lovers Julian Talamantez Brolaski Inspired by Ovid and renaissance sonnet cycles, Advice for Lovers is a queer re-imaginging of the art of courtly love. Notes on the Mosquito Selected Poems Xi Chuan Notes on the Mosquito offers the greatest hits of a deeply engaging poet whos poems intertwine the mountains and roads of Xinjiang with insects and mythical beasts, ghosts, sacred spirits, and a Sanskrit brick. The Poems of Jesus Christ In The Poems of Jesus Christ Willis Barnstone unveils the essential poetry of the Gospels by taking the direct speech of Jesus from Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John, and lineating and titling Jesus's words as individual poems. Jesus’s poems are wisdom... Snowflake / different streets New Poems Eileen Myles In her first book of poetry since 2007, legendary poet, critic, and novelist Eileen Myles creates poet and poem anew as she pushes the boundaries of her craft ever closer to the enigmatic core. <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >>>