Bewitched Playground

Author : David Rivard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015050105041

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Bewitched Playground by David Rivard Pdf

A kind of "public dreaming" takes place via the music of these poems--a music as likely to visit the long-dead ghosts of the Kwakiutl tribe as Gianni Versace, and as interested in the baby seat of a car as it is in a boxing ring. Building on the critical success of David Rivard's two earlier, award-winning books, Bewitched Playground widens both his emotional aperture and formal range. Rivard calls it "my book of domestic voodoo"--not a book about having a child, but written out of a life touched by a new intimacy, and tuned-in to an unwilled strangeness, a fluctuating gravity. Here, the unconscious forces of the imagination intersect with the everyday, in a crossroads at the bewitched playground. These stylistically innovative poems are full of the rediscovery that the world teems with "otherness," with freshness and surprise.

Author : Roger Weingarten,Richard Higgerson
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1567921787

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Poets of the New Century by Roger Weingarten,Richard Higgerson Pdf

Innovative, unified by the vision of the editors, and unabashedly provocative, Poets of the New Century presents a comprehensive selection of the best and most exciting poetry being written today; it is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the current and future trends of American verse. Book jacket.

Author : Heather McHugh,David Lehman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780743299732

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The Best American Poetry 2007 by Heather McHugh,David Lehman Pdf

The twentieth edition of theBest American Poetryseries celebrates the rich and fertile landscape of American poetry. Renowned poet Heather McHugh loves words and the unexpected places they take you; her own poetry elevates wordplay to a species of metaphysical wit. For this year's anthology McHugh has culled a spectacular group of poems reflecting her passion for language, her acumen, and her vivacious humor.Graced with McHugh's fascinating introduction, the book includes the poets' valuable comments on their work, as well as series editor David Lehman's engaging foreword that limns the necessity of poetry.The Best American Poetry 2007is an exciting addition to a series committed to covering the American poetry scene and delivering great poems to a broad audience.

Author : Kevin Young
Publisher : Everyman's Library
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780375414589

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Blues Poems by Kevin Young Pdf

Born in African American work songs, field hollers, and the powerful legacy of the spirituals, the blues traveled the country from the Mississippi delta to “Sweet Home Chicago,” forming the backbone of American music. In this anthology–the first devoted exclusively to blues poems–a wide array of poets pay tribute to the form and offer testimony to its lasting power. The blues have left an indelible mark on the work of a diverse range of poets: from “The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes and “Funeral Blues” by W. H. Auden, to “Blues on Yellow” by Marilyn Chin and “Reservation Blues” by Sherman Alexie. Here are blues-influenced and blues-inflected poems from, among others, Gwendolyn Brooks, Allen Ginsberg, June Jordan, Richard Wright, Nikki Giovanni, Charles Wright, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Cornelius Eady. And here, too, are classic song lyrics–poems in their own right–from Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Ma Rainey, and Muddy Waters. The rich emotional palette of the blues is fully represented here in verse that pays tribute to the heart and humor of the music, and in poems that swing with its history and hard-bitten hope.

Author : David Rivard
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781555979416

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Standoff by David Rivard Pdf

I often feel as though I've entered a standoff between what happens around me & what's going on inside--& this life that goes on & on inside my head goes on & on & on it seems almost without me, as it has since childhood . . . --from "Standoff" For three decades, David Rivard has written from deep within the skin of our times. With Standoff, he asks an essential question: In a world of noise, of global anxiety and media distraction, how can we speak to each other with honesty? These poems scan the shifting horizons of our world, all the while swerving elastically through the multitude of selves that live inside our memories and longings--"all those me's that wish to be set free at dawn." The work of these poems is a counterweight to the work of the world. It wants to deepen the mystery we are to ourselves, stretching toward acceptance and tenderness in ways that are hard-won and true, even if fleeting.

Author : Robert Pinsky,David Lehman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781451658873

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Best of the Best American Poetry by Robert Pinsky,David Lehman Pdf

100 poems selected by Robert Pinsky that represent each volume in The best American poetry series.

Author : Europa Publications
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1787 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135355197

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International Who's Who in Poetry 2005 by Europa Publications Pdf

The 13th edition of the International Who's Who in Poetry is a unique and comprehensive guide to the leading lights and freshest talent in poetry today. Containing biographies of more than 4,000 contemporary poets world-wide, this essential reference work provides truly international coverage. In addition to the well known poets, talented up-and-coming writers are also profiled. Contents: * Each entry provides full career history and publication details * An international appendices section lists prizes and past prize-winners, organizations, magazines and publishers * A summary of poetic forms and rhyme schemes * The career profile section is supplemented by lists of Poets Laureate, Oxford University professors of poetry, poet winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature, winners of the Pulitzer Prize for American Poetry and of the King's/Queen's Gold medal and other poetry prizes.

Author : Nikki Moustaki
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781440695636

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Poetry by Nikki Moustaki Pdf

Discover the poet within! You’ve read poetry that has touched your heart, and you’d like to improve your own writing technique. But even though you have loads of inspiration, you’re discovering that good instruction can be as elusive as a good metaphor. The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Writing Poetry will help you compose powerful, emotion-packed poems that you can be proud of. You’ll learn: • Simple explanations of poetry building blocks, such as metaphor, imagery, symbolism, and stanzas. • Steps to the poetic process. • Easy-to-follow guidelines for writing sonnets, sestinas, narrative poems, and more. • Fun exercises to help you master the basics of poetry writing. • How to avoid clichés and other poetry pitfalls. • Advice on writers’ conferences and workshops. • Tips on getting your poetry published. • Good poems that will inspire your own work. • Strategies to beat writer’s block.

Author : Europa Publications
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1857431782

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International Who's Who in Poetry 2004 by Europa Publications Pdf

Provides up-to-date profiles on the careers of leading and emerging poets.

Author : Olena Kalytiak Davis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-10
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781582343525

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Shattered Sonnets Love Cards and Other Off and Back Handed Importunities by Olena Kalytiak Davis Pdf

A collection of poems draws on everything from nursery rhymes to the classics to reveal the poetry hidden within ordinary speech.

Author : Harriet Monroe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : American poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015068971277

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Poetry by Harriet Monroe Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : American literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112740522

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Harvard Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Jews
ISBN : UVA:X006167274

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Tikkun by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Rivard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UCSC:32106018731593

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Sugartown by David Rivard Pdf

The unillusioned, effervescent new collection by David Rivard, whose poetry "leaves me with a desire to be permanently friends with this mysterious kind of grace" (Tomaz Salamun) That the sun stands apart from all that it abuts, unwilling to judge it, may be our only real hope. —from "We Either Do or Don't, But the Problem Evolves Anyway" In Sugartown, David Rivard's fourth collection, the poems unwind with the speed of urgent talk, detailing with mischievous humor and fierce candor the catch-as-catch-can experience of American existence. Language and merchandise pass over us in continual feed, and Rivard adeptly, subtly renders this predicament and its costs, while offering in these poems the alternative of paying attention—to one's self, to others, to the seemingly misbegotten world. The shards of experiences in Sugartown are glimpsed out of the corner of one's eye, in a blur of speed. The shapes are often familiar: the happy candy of cell-phone chatter, menus built to comfort the wealthy, emotions turned into intellectual property rights. Underneath this stream of experience, and traveling at exactly the same speed, is the clarity and surprise that our lives—our small triumphs and failures—seem to matter so much more than anyone would have expected.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123809639

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Mantis by Anonim Pdf