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Author : Jill Bialosky
Release Date : 15 August 2017
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Pages : 240
ISBN 13 : 9781451693201

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Book Description: "An unconventional and inventive coming-of-age memoir organized around forty-three remarkable poems by poets such as Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Wallace Stevens and Sylvia Plath ... For Jill Bialosky, certain poems stand out like signposts at pivotal moments in a life: the death of a father, adolescence, first love, leaving home, the suicide of a sister, marriage, the birth of a child, the day in New York City the Twin Towers fell ... she illuminates the ways in which particular poems offered insight, compassion, and connection, and shows how poetry can be a blueprint for living"--

Poetry Will Save Your Life

Author : Jill Bialosky
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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"An unconventional and inventive coming-of-age memoir organized around forty-three remarkable poems by poets such as Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Wallace Stevens and Sylvia Plath ... For Jill Bialosky, certain poems stand out like signposts at pivotal moments in a life: the death of a father, adolescence, first love, leaving home, the ...

Writing Poetry to Save Your Life

Author : Maria M. Gillan
Publisher : Guernica Editions
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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What I hope to accomplish in this book is to give writing prompts that will help you to get past all the outside influences that keep you from believing in yourself and in your ability to write. In order to write, you need to get rid of notions about language, ...

The Poetry of Everyday Life

Author : Steve Zeitlin
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Genre : Literary Collections
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This is a book of encounters. Part memoir, part essay, and partly a guide to maximizing your capacity for fulfillment and expression, The Poetry of Everyday Life taps into the artistic side of what we often take for granted: the stories we tell, the people we love, the metaphors used ...

Exquisite

Author : Suzanne Slade
Publisher : Abrams
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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A picture-book biography of celebrated poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize A 2021 Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor Book A 2021 Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book A 2021 Association of Library Service to Children Notable Children's Book Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) is known for her poems ...

The Strength of Poetry

Author : James Fenton
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Genre : American poetry
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A major account of modern poetry, from one of its leading figures. James Fenton examines issues of creativity and the 'earning' of success, of judgement, tutorage, rivalry, and ambition. He considers the juvenilia of Wilfred Owen, the 'scarred' lines of Philip Larkin, the inheritance of imperialism, and issues of 'constituency' ...

Life on Mars

Author : Tracy K. Smith
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Genre : Poetry
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Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize * Poet Laureate of the United States * * A New York Times Notable Book of 2011 and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * * A New Yorker, Library Journal and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * New poetry by the award-winning poet Tracy K. Smith, whose "lyric ...

The Small Claim of Bones

Author : Cindy Williams Gutierrez
Publisher : Bilingual Press
Genre : Poetry
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Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. Women's Studies. Latina poet Cindy Williams Gutierrez describes a mosaic of worlds--Tenochtitlan, New Spain, and the Mexican diaspora--and takes us on a journey that explores her complex multicultural identity. A literary bridge that spans 600 years of history, these poems reflect two pivotal eras in Mexico's past ...

A Psalm of Life

Author : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Publisher : Unknown
Genre : Uncategorized
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The Essence of Life

Author : M. Azizur Rahman
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Genre : Uncategorized
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The poems in The Essence of Life are didactic. Most are written about proverbs and aphorisms, and provide a realistic view of life. They take a look at the world with keen observations based on the author’s experience and understanding of various issues. Proverbs and aphorisms are compact descriptions ...

The Secret Life of Poems

Author : Tom Paulin
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Genre : Literary Collections
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The Secret Life of Poems is a primer which offers a poem - or on occasion an excerpt - succeeding with commentary in which rhythm, form, metre and sources are the order of the day, not ethical commentary or descriptive paraphrase. This brief engagement with forty-seven poems is intended for ...

Years Spent

Author : Lalit Kumar
Publisher : Notion Press
Genre : Poetry
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A journey of 10,000 miles Across India and USA, A few milestones of Success, failure and hope. Countless moments of Adventure, passion and desires. Encapsulated in this book – ‘Years Spent: Exploring Poetry in Adventure, Life and Love’...

Bringing Poems to Life

Author : Armand Brint
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Genre : Poetry
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Bringing Poems to Life: 16 Keys to Make Your Poems Sing is a systematic approach to writing and appreciating poetry. Author Armand Brint has organized his formal training and his fifty years of writing poems into a concise handbook intended to enhance craft, increase a poem's impact and encourage poets at ...

The Poetry of My Life

Author : Marie Romano
Publisher : Unknown
Genre : Uncategorized
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My relationship with my children, nieces and nephews are the longest relationships in my life, and it is ongoing. From a young uneducated parent, I have grown into a maturing educated parent. Whether it be parent, godparent, step-parent or grandparent I have learned as much from my children, nieces and ...

Essence of Life Poetry

Author : Shaun T. Mitchem
Publisher : Unknown
Genre : Poetry
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Essence of Life Poetry is a book of poetry aimed at bringing the emotions of joy, hope, and happiness back into the hearts of its readers. In reading these poems, the readers can see the brightness in the future before them and be willing to take the chances on decisions ...

When the Tiers of Life Play

Author : Yehloe the Poet
Publisher : America Star Books
Genre : Poetry
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When the Tiers of Life Play is inspired by the many vices in life. Reminiscing on good and bad time, having faith, and expressing love are events in life that happen every day. My experiences allocate me to relate to some of the challenges life offers. I want people to ...