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How do you stitch yourself back together after trauma, loss, grief, heartbreak? By inviting what is broken to become what is breathtaking. THE BODY is a collection of poems and short stories written in lyrical prose during the hardest moments of the author's life. This collection explores themes of love, loss, grief, seduction, creativity, consciousness, female empowerment, post-traumatic expansion, and the collective human experience. Because when...
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Immerse yourself in the captivating world of "The Bindings: The Girl with Cerebral Palsy and the Experiences that Hold Me Together," an extraordinary book of poetry by April Williams. In this heartfelt collection, April, a self-taught poet with cerebral palsy and scoliosis, opens her soul and shares her remarkable journey through melodic, emotional, and profoundly touching verses.
Within the pages of this book, April's evocative words paint a vivid...
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This compilation of writings has been the result of lessons learned and some disappointments. The one thing that has been consistent thru it all, is the love of Jesus, and knowing that I can do all things thru Christ. Some experiences, even if they are painful, give you a growth that you wouldn't receive if you didn't have the lesson. Marcia Riggs Hawkins takes you on a poetic journey of a woman who has been thirsty and searching for water to quench...
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LIFE IS LIKE A ROLLER COASTER.
One minute you're up, adrenaline pumping, and the next you're down wondering how you got here. In your time on this ride, you will be, faced with different adversities and encounter many twist and turns throughout. Roots of Life consists of a collection of poems that will guide you through such ventures along with inspirational quotes that embody the experience. Gather yourself for this overwhelming ride where you may...
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This early work by William Ernest Henley was originally published in 1908 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Echoes of Life and Death' is a collection of 47 poems by this highly under-read and under-rated English poet. William Ernest Henley was born on 23rd August 1849, in Gloucester, England. In 1867, Henley passed the Oxford Local Schools Examination and set off to London to establish himself as a journalist....
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SOLO EL AMOR PUEDE REDIMIR EL DOLOR
Tres generaciones de mujeres valientes y hermosas habitan el retorcido mundo de Isla de Llamas. Las mujeres comparten sus genes, su dolor y su predilección por seleccionar a los hombres equivocados. Los secretos más profundos de sus corazones se revelan a medida que un viaje emocional y de búsqueda sigue a Caitlin, Kathleen y Serena desde una casa de piedra rojiza de Brooklyn a las tumultuosas calles de Hell's...
87) Song of Shadow
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A Reflection of the year, this is a volume of shadowy poems by the half mad poet, Patricia Harris.
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Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen-hundred poems were, published, during her lifetime. The work that was, published during her lifetime was usually, altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Although most of her acquaintances were probably aware of Dickinson's writing, it was not until after her death in 1886, when Lavinia, Emily's younger sister,...
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Whispers of Love with No Regrets is a group of poems that will give a relaxing read and will touch your hearts, whether it is read out loud to others or for your personal pleasure. I write what I see, hear, and feel, but most of all, I write about love. Love for all of God's creation, men, women, children, trees, animals, even heavenly bodies. My poems are reflections of my thoughts on these things. Giving love and being loved make me happy; I trust...
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A poem can glisten like a fresh wound. Usha Akella pays tribute to her own life and to that of other women. Writing from her Niyogi Brahmin sensibility with which she grew up, her poems are the medium for the unsilenced voice both of her own story and those of women across various cultures. She calls for a united womanhood in her poems dedicated to women violated through rape, caste, FGM, foot binding, mysticism, politics, terrorism and other patriarchal...
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Tea with the Buddha, A bouquet of soulful poetry, is a collection of illustrated poems that each of us has, at some point in our lives pondered upon in search of a deeper meaning to life. It may well be a poetic path to inner transformation through encounters with the great avatars who walked this earth, the enlightened and most revered souls who spread the eternal wisdom to a higher self. So this book might find you in a deep conversation while sipping...
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I have a filthy heart. It's been bruised,and broken,and houses secrets best left in the dark.These are its collections.
Courtney Jones lives in downtown Toronto, working in content creation and digital strategy. An avid lover of the written word, she prefers to pass her free time reading a good book while enjoying a glass of even better red wine.
94) El séptimo gesto
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El título alude al séptimo sello del mensaje del Apocalipsis en la Biblia, que significa el silencio, y sirve de pretexto a la autora para sumergirnos en su estimulante universo poético, donde se abordan los límites entre real e irreal, sagrado y profano, banal y absolutamente necesario, plasmado aquí con gran talento.
Los poemas en prosa de Elénkova nos acercan al mundo de todos los días: una tubería de agua, un viaje en coche, un túnel,...
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Olena Kalytiak Davis's Shattered Sonnets has earned "cult classic" status and is an unremittingly electrifying collection brimming with intelligence, humor, and ardor. Drawing on an impressive array of forebears including Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, and Sylvia Plath, Davis overhauls the sonnet and revitalizes the confessional style in poems that leave no convention unquestioned, no expectation unthwarted, no letter, spelling, or line break unconsidered....
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Carmen M. Chavez, a lo largo de su vida siempre ha recordado la simplicidad y naturaleza de sus raíces. Mi madre desde que me recuerdo siempre ha tenido el pulgar verde, cuida y cultiva los jardines mas bellos. Su bello jardín lleno de flores, plantas y arboles florecidos que te cautivan con sus fragancias y colores, lo cual es parte de su inspiración para Mi Jardín De Poemas.
Krystle Chavez, Hija de la autora
Carmen M. Chavez, throughout her...
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Ever want to get a second opinion on life? Well, Cindy has had voices giving her theirs all her life. With straight talk and sarcasm, they rhyme their views to her. In this first book of the "Jasmine's Wish" series, Cindy offers you a glimpse of the path she has been traveling while seeking her way in this world.
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What is it that you want?
I want all this world can give me.
"Then you're going to have to give it to yourself."
I gave myself the world showcases the beauty of introspection and exploring personal conflict. Through a conversation with an inner voice, Catarine Hancock portrays and symbolizes the peaks, valleys, and plateaus of the journey toward recognizing self-worth. This collection of uplifting verse is a balm for the soul in need of peace and...
99) Wave Archive
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Is it possible to archive the invisible symptoms of an illness? Is the archive emotional?
Emmalea Russo's Wave Archive moves between essay and poetry while also pondering the mind-body connection and the unreliability of thought patterns and histories. Here, Russo invokes her own experiences with seizures, photographs and art-making, archival and indexical processes, brain waves, and the very personal need to document and store while simultaneously...
100) Ecos románticos
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Sus poemas Nirvana del romance, la divina expresión del idealismo que da augue a la vida surcando los designios del destino. Heraldo de la elucidación del pensamiento, sublime noria de la inspiración. Enfoca el amor en la égira de las emociones como epopeya cronológica, recuento de la historia en la odisea de las civilizaciones.
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