Justice A Poem

Author : George Ella Lyon
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781250809735

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Voices of Justice by George Ella Lyon Pdf

A bold, lyrical collection of poems that highlight some of the most celebrated activists from around the world and throughout history. In the face of injustice, the world has always looked to brave individuals to speak up and spark change. Nelson Mandela used his voice to bring down Apartheid. Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birutè Galdikas gave a voice to the primates who couldn’t speak for themselves. The Women of Greenham Common used their collective voice to fight against preparations for nuclear war. And today’s youth—like Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, the students of Stoneman Douglas High School, and Greta Thunberg—unite their voices to stop gun violence, save the planet, and so much more. Through enlightening poems by award-winning poet and author George Ella Lyon and stunning portraits by artist Jennifer M. Potter, Voices of Justice introduces young readers to the groundbreaking work of people who fought—and continue to fight—to make the world a better place. Featuring those mentioned above along with Virginia Woolf, Dolores Huerta, Shirley Chisholm, Jasilyn Charger, Jeannette Rankin, and more, each portrait offers a vision of action and love that gets up and does something, no matter the forces ranged against it, no matter the odds.

Author : Nigel Tranter
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781444757613

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Poetic Justice by Nigel Tranter Pdf

Laird of a small estate, Will Alexander of Menstrie, poet and tutor, was a man of modest ambitions. But when James VI learned of his poetic genius, the king had other plans for him. In 1603, when James VI of Scotland became James I of England, he summoned Will to London and commanded him to translate the Psalms for the new royal version of the Bible in English - which remains the definitive edition to this day. At the English court, Will Alexander consorted with the most famous poets of the age including Shakespeare and Jonson. By the time he died, the humble Scottish laird had become Earl of Stirling, Viscount of Canada, Governor of Nova Scotia and Secretary of State for Scotland. Laced with intrigue and absorbing historical detail, Nigel Tranter charts the extraordinary rise of William Alexander of Menstrie.

Author : Maya Angelou
Publisher : Random House
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780307833273

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Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie by Maya Angelou Pdf

Another remarkable collection of poetry from one of America's masters of the medium. The first part gathers together poems of love and nostalgic memory, while Part II portrays confrontations inherent in a racist society.

Author : Kimberly M. Blaeser
Publisher : Salt Pub
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1844712818

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Apprenticed to Justice by Kimberly M. Blaeser Pdf

Apprenticed to Justice is a collection of vividly rendered lyrical and narrative poems that trace the complex inheritances of Indigenous America, this âeoestrange map drawn of blood and history.âe It opens with intriguing glimpses of individualsâe"a mother âeoeborn of dawn / in a reckless moon of miscegenation,âe cousins âeoewho rotated authority / on marbles sex and skunk etiquette,âe women âeoeplanting dreams with dank names like rutabaga and kohlrabiâe âe"and it turns on the notion of legacy. From what dark turmoil of earth do we emerge? How and what do we inherit? To what mesh of tangled origins do we live apprenticed? These are the literal and the metaphorical questions Anishinaabe author Kimberly Blaeser asks in this, her third collection of poetry.Grounded in rich details of places from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to the arctic region of Kirkenes, Norway, the poems link the people and the landscapes through storytelling. Narratives range from the comedy of a missing outhouse floor to the longing for the return of an MIA. The storied landscapes of the poems, the âeoeRocky bottom allotted land(s) / twenty-eight slow horse miles / from the village store,âe also become intertwined with tribal history. And the remembered tribal accounts of scorched earth campaigns or the Trail of Tears in their turn become enmeshed with contemporary justice issues including Potlatchâe(tm)s relentless clear cutting of forest lands and the strange cannibalism inherent in Sr. Inez Hilgerâe(tm)s study of âeoeotherâe cultures like that at Blaeserâe(tm)s home, White Earth Reservation. Ultimately, attention to these justice issues invoke the lives of tribal elders whose figurative âeoefragile houses / pegged at the corners with only hopeâe somehow represent and teach survival. Finally, each movement in the book connects back to the act of writing, to the poems themselves as both remembrance and a kind of revolutionâe"âeoethese fingers / drumming on keys.âe

Author : Francisco X. Alarcón,Odilia Galván Rodríguez
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-10
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780816502790

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Poetry of Resistance by Francisco X. Alarcón,Odilia Galván Rodríguez Pdf

My Sweet Dream / My Living Nightmare: Adobe Walls

Author : Robert Johnson
Publisher : Conservatory of American Letters
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0890023670

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Poetic Justice by Robert Johnson Pdf

A book of poetry by an American University professor, serving classrooms as an auxiliary text. Poetry of/for/and about inmates and the criminal justice system. A useful text that presents ideas, facts and feelings in a memorable manner.

Author : Langston Hughes
Publisher : Everyman's Library
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999-03-23
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : UOM:39015046481225

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Hughes: Poems by Langston Hughes Pdf

A collection of poems by the African-American poet Langston Hughes.

Author : David Kader,Michael Stanford,Michael Kent Stanford
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781587298660

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Poetry of the Law by David Kader,Michael Stanford,Michael Kent Stanford Pdf

Contributors Include: W.H. Auden, Robert Burns, Lewis Carroll, John Ciardi, Daniel Defoe, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Rita Dove, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Martín Espada, Thomas Hardy, Seamus Heaney, A.E. Housman, Langston Hughes, Ben Jonson, X.J. Kennedy, Yusef Komunyakaa, Ted Kooser, D.H. Lawrence, Edgar Lee Masters, W.S. Merwin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Sir Walter Raleigh, Muriel Rukeyser, Carl Sandburg, William Shakespeare, Jonathan Swift, Mona Van Duyn, Oscar Wilde, William Carlos Williams.

Author : John Allemang
Publisher : Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1554072298

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Poetic Justice by John Allemang Pdf

75 of the best of John Allemang's poems, originally published in Canada's Globe and Mail, that satirize people and events from the news. All published since 2002 and featuring illustrations by Brian Gable.

Author : Donald Justice
Publisher : University Press of New England
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : UOM:39015025009088

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A Donald Justice Reader by Donald Justice Pdf

Author : George Bally
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1756
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024581281

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The Justice of the Supreme Being. A Poem. By George Bally .. by George Bally Pdf

Author : Jenny Justice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1673264115

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Love in the Time of Climate Change by Jenny Justice Pdf

Drawing upon themes of love, relationships, family and themes of anxiety, fear, and worry regarding the consequences of climate change, this book of poetry shines light on the ways we are all connected and the work we all must do, both for love, and for planet. Love in the Time of Climate Change is a book of poetry that is spiritual, personal, universal, and moving. It is a book that will touch hearts, inspire minds, and fuel inspiration for hope, activism, justice, and compassion. The poems in this book flow from poems of love, from poems of family, to poems of environmental issues, species extinction, air pollution, and the reality that we are living and loving in a world on fire. Love in the Time of Climate Change, A Book of Poems is a cozy, enjoyable, sweet, and serious analysis that celebrates the power of love while also situating it within the context of the anxiety, worry, upset, and grief caused by a changing planet.

Author : Joan R. Sherman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780486111452

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African-American Poetry by Joan R. Sherman Pdf

Rich selection of 74 poems ranging from religious and moral verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters (ca. 1753–1784) to 20th-century work of Countee Cullen, James Weldon Johnson, and Langston Hughes. Introduction.

Author : Melissa Tuckey
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780820353159

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Ghost Fishing by Melissa Tuckey Pdf

Ghost Fishing is the first anthology to focus solely on poetry with an eco-justice bent. A culturally diverse collection entering a field where nature poetry anthologies have historically lacked diversity, this book presents a rich terrain of contemporary environmental poetry with roots in many cultural traditions. Eco-justice poetry is poetry born of deep cultural attachment to the land and poetry born of crisis. Aligned with environmental justice activism and thought, eco-justice poetry defines environment as “the place we work, live, play, and worship.” This is a shift from romantic notions of nature as a pristine wilderness outside ourselves toward recognition of the environment as home: a source of life, health, and livelihood. Ghost Fishing is arranged by topic at key intersections between social justice and the environment such as exile, migration, and dispossession; war; food production; human relations to the animal world; natural resources and extraction; environmental disaster; and cultural resilience and resistance. This anthology seeks to expand our consciousness about the interrelated nature of our experiences and act as a starting point for conversation about the current state of our environment. Contributors include Homero Aridjis, Brenda Cárdenas, Natalie Diaz, Camille T. Dungy, Martín Espada, Ross Gay, Joy Harjo, Brenda Hillman, Linda Hogan, Philip Metres, Naomi Shihab Nye, Tolu Ogunlesi, Wang Ping, Patrick Rosal, Tim Seibles, Danez Smith, Arthur Sze, Eleanor Wilner, and Javier Zamora.

Author : Kahlil Gibran
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789390287826

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The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Pdf

A book of poetic essays written in English, Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet is full of religious inspirations. With the twelve illustrations drawn by the author himself, the book took more than eleven years to be formulated and perfected and is Gibran's best-known work. It represents the height of his literary career as he came to be noted as ‘the Bard of Washington Street.’ Captivating and vivified with feeling, The Prophet has been translated into forty languages throughout the world, and is considered the most widely read book of the twentieth century. Its first edition of 1300 copies sold out within a month.