2577 results for "Poetry"

Richard Howard loves Henry James and other American writers

Howard, Richard
"Richard Howard is widely recognized as one of America's finest poets, and he has been especially celebrated for his sparkling and trenchant dramatic monologues based on the lives of historical figures. Howard's monologues have brought to life the voices of all sorts of different people, but two of his favorite subjects are two of his favorite writers--Walt Whitman and Henry James--and at the heart of this book are the numerous poems he has devoted to these great forebears, which are gathered here in a single volume for the first time. Howard's angles of approach are always unexpected: he shows us Whitman reckoning with Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde; Henry James trying to make sense of Los Angeles, where he is being set up for lunch with L. Frank Baum; and much more. Howard's monologues are above all inspired and revelatory dialogues, as expansive and celebratory as Walt Whitman and as subtly inquiring as Henry James"--
NYRB/New York Review Books 2020-10-27 133 pages

Haiku Sky by Paul Marion Super Large Print Edition Specially Designed for Low Vision Readers with a Giant Easy to Read Font

Paul Marion
Special Edition for Low Vision Readers Lose yourself in this mediative collection of 70 haiku by one of the great contemporary poets of New England. These haiku were written over 40 years and are collected here for the first time. Paul Marion is the author of Union River: Poems and Sketches and editor of Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings by Jack Kerouac. About Super Large Print All our books are published with a font designed for maximum readability at twice the size of traditional Large Print books. You can see a sample of Super Large Print at superlargeprint.com KEEP ON READING!
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp 2019-04-09 158 pages

Poems & Poèmes Autres Alliances

Natalie Clifford Barney
Excerpt from Poems and Poèmes: Autres Alliances To chase them from republics were as vain As to disturb the hurdy gurdy man. Let him go grinding music as he likes You see him turn his wheel, but need not hear The tune he's playing in the noisy street?. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Fb&c Limited 2017-11-26 74 pages

Poems of Heinrich Heine

Louis Untermeyer,Heinrich Heine
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Creative Media Partners, LLC 2022-10-27 346 pages

Easy Enchantments

Lexa Rosean,Lexa Roséan
All the spells you'll ever need for any occasion. There is always an occasion, a reason, or an event that calls for magic. Easy Enchantments will give you the tools and the power to make things go your way. Whether you're looking for a spell to guarantee your lover's fidelity, banish negativity, make a job interview go well, find an apartment, or pick lucky lotto numbers, Lexa Roséan tells you what you need to do. Each spell calls for common items easily found in a supermarket, and has simple instructions as well as intriguing lore about the spell's origin. Simple, easy, and effective, Easy Enchantments can help you get what you want, meet who you want, and make any occasion magical.
Macmillan 1999-10 208 pages