Poetry Of Life Learning To Grow

Author : Jade Davis
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781105621604

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Poetry of Life: Learning to Grow by Jade Davis Pdf

Poems are an expression of who we are and what we feel. As we get older our understanding of the world changes. We go from innocent children, to confused adolescents, and then to young adults where we end up with more questions and not enough answers. Through everything: the tears, heart breaks, and let downs; we learn to adapt and to adjust. This book was inspired by my own personal endeavors and what I've seen around me. For every occasion, there are words to describe what is felt and what is believed. Then we take that moment and we can learn from it and better ourselves. Or we pretend that the event never happened and continue with our lives as before. I hope this book inspires every reader to take a look at their own lives. Only by critiquing ourselves will be able to find the strength to learn to grow. -The Author, Jade Davis

Author : KATE. CLANCHY
Publisher : Picador
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1529024692

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How to Grow Your Own Poem by KATE. CLANCHY Pdf

Kate Clanchy has been teaching people to write poetry for more than twenty years. Some were old, some were young; some were fluent English speakers, some were not. None of them were confident to start with, but a surprising number went to win prizes and every one finished up with a poem they were proud of, a poem that only they could have written - their own poem. Kate's big secret is a simple one: is to share other poems. She believes poetry is like singing or dancing and the best way to learn is to follow someone else. In this book, Kate shares the poems she has found provoke the richest responses, the exercises that help to shape those responses into new poems, and the advice that most often helps new writers build their own writing practice. If you have never written a poem before, this book will get you started. If you have written poems before, this book will help you to write more fluently and confidently, more as yourself. This book not like other creative writing books. It doesn't ask you to set out on your own, but to join in. Your invitation is inside.

Author : Linda (Mimi') Wise
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781438927541

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Come Grow With Me by Linda (Mimi') Wise Pdf

COME GROW WITH ME is an inspirational book of children's poetry written from a child's point of view. These poems emphasize the many conflicting feelings of happiness, disappointment and fear during formative years. The importance of family ties and faith are exemplified as pointers in making decisions affecting interpersonal relationships. "Ordinary Girl" is about a wheelchair bound girl whose young neighbor will have nothing to do with her. "Broccoli" tells about a small boy who does not like vegetables but who eventually understands that by eating them he will become strong and healthy. "My Little Brother" tells of a young lad whose little brother tags along everywhere he goes but the boy soon realizes that he is setting an important example for his sibling. "Our House" explains how a girl from a very large family has to share even a bed with her sisters, and how she is waiting for their ship to come in. The book also includes poetry regarding the important role grandparents play in a child's life. It is the desire of the author that your child will find comfort and understanding in the growing and learning process of his or her life in these short poems. Two of the author's grandchildren have brittle bone disease therefore some of the proceeds of this book will benefit the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation.

Author : AiR
Publisher : AiR Institute of Realization
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-19
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Poems for Life Peace, Love, Bliss, Enlightenment and Happiness by AiR Pdf

Do you want to read poems that can transform your Life? Poems that can lead you to everlasting peace and bliss? Poems that can light up your life and eradicate the darkness of ignorance that most of us live in? These beautiful poems can help you Realize the Truth about life, about God, about your true self. They can motivate you to remain positive and strong, eliminate all negativity in life. You can read a poem every day and be inspired to move closer to the ultimate goal of life. A true treasure, these poems will see you through the hardest of times as they will help you Realize what life is all about.

Author : Maggie Smith
Publisher : Tupelo Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781946482426

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Good Bones by Maggie Smith Pdf

Featuring “Good Bones”—called “Official Poem of 2016” by the BBC/Public Radio International. Maggie Smith writes out of the experience of motherhood, inspired by watching her own children read the world like a book they've just opened, knowing nothing of the characters or plot. These are poems that stare down darkness while cultivating and sustaining possibility, poems that have a sense of moral gravitas, personal urgency, and the ability to address a larger world. Maggie Smith's previous books are The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison (Tupelo, 2015), Lamp of the Body (Red Hen, 2005), and three prize-winning chapbooks: Disasterology (Dream Horse, 2016), The List of Dangers (Kent State, 2010), and Nesting Dolls (Pudding House, 2005). Her poem “Good Bones” has gone viral—tweeted and translated across the world, featured on the TV drama Madam Secretary, and called the “Official Poem of 2016” by the BBC/Public Radio International, earning news coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post, Slate, the Guardian, and beyond. Maggie Smith was named the 2016 Ohio Poet of the Year. “Smith's voice is clear and unmistakable as she unravels the universe, pulls at a loose thread and lets the whole thing tumble around us, sometimes beautiful, sometimes achingly hard. Truthful, tender, and unafraid of the dark....”—Ada Limón “As if lost in the soft, bewitching world of fairy tale, Maggie Smith conceives and brings forth this metaphysical Baedeker, a guidebook for mother and child to lead each other into a hopeful present. Smith's poems affirm the virtues of humanity: compassion, empathy, and the ability to comfort one another when darkness falls. 'There is a light,' she tells us, 'and the light is good.'”—D. A. Powell “Good Bones is an extraordinary book. Maggie Smith demonstrates what happens when an abundance of heart and intelligence meets the hands of a master craftsperson, reminding us again that the world, for a true poet, is blessedly inexhaustible.”—Erin Belieu

Author : Laverne Byrd Smith
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781410731166

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Poetry for Growing by Laverne Byrd Smith Pdf

Rachael Goodman thought she had life pretty well figured out after she finished law school, took a job as a Navy lawyer and became a JAG lieutenant, junior grade. Now she's not so sure as she goes to her first duty station in the Philippines and learns the truth behind the recruiting pitch "It's not just a job, it's an adventure." While keeping the world safe for democracy, Rachel is finding out first hand that sailors and Marines have a well-deserved reputation. But while she's keeping the world safe, who's going to keep her safe? As one of the few single American women on a base with lots of sailors and Marines a very long way from home, she's getting lots of attention. And the new love of her life, a Navy SEAL named BB, is giving her a quick education in romance and military life. There's lots of adventure as Rachael navigates here way through courtrooms, barrooms and the world, finds out about the Navy, Navy SEALS, San Miguel beer, and gains perspective into affairs of the heart. Rachael has lots of growing up to do and lots of new experiences are in store. If only she can survive without becoming just another lawyer joke!

Author : Steven Turley
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-18
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781469122878

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Poems in The KEY of LIFE by Steven Turley Pdf

Poems have always been playing an important role in the poet-author’s life—it is a form of release and a way to capture events that were part of his life. In Poems in The KEY of LIFE, he unleashes his poetic prowess and shares it to the world. Each poem in this collection has a story to tell or a message to convey. The poems are based on real-life situations that the poet has encountered in his life. This anthology covers a variety of topics and events, spanning from love to being incarcerated. But most of the pieces in this compilation encompass a spiritual overtone, which is the basis of Turley’s life—spirituality.

Author : Frances Wright
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1477107932

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Aspects of Life by Frances Wright Pdf

Daily we face circumstances of things we know as life. As we go from day to day some new things comes our way like the parts of a puzzle . We struggle sometimes to make sense of it or Just to endure it, or cope. We analyze it and sometime we even complain or sometimes we feel like our problems should be blamed on others. Taking responsibility for own lives give us a upward look for we know that God has a purpose and plan for each of our lives and our destiny is not left up to chance but is a matter of choice. Our attitudes determines our altitudes. We learn as we go through the pages of life. We grow if we would put in practice the good things we know. So let us together with these ideals in mind, LIVE AND LEARN.

Author : Ailish O'Connor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798538719822

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I'm Still Growing by Ailish O'Connor Pdf

I'm still growing is a poetry book written by a Canadian author, Ailish O'Connor. The poetry included encompass the journey from pain, trauma, and suffering and then learning to find self-worth and grow stronger with time. Life is not always easy... but with resilience and appreciation for the little things, it is possible to find the ability to dance in the biggest of storms.

Author : Sam M. Intrator,Megan Scribner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780787969707

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Teaching with Fire by Sam M. Intrator,Megan Scribner Pdf

Reclaim Your Fire "Teaching with Fire is a glorious collection of the poetry that has restored the faith of teachers in the highest, most transcendent values of their work with children....Those who want us to believe that teaching is a technocratic and robotic skill devoid of art or joy or beauty need to read this powerful collection. So, for that matter, do we all." ?Jonathan Kozol, author of Amazing Grace and Savage Inequalities "When reasoned argument fails, poetry helps us make sense of life. A few well-chosen images, the spinning together of words creates a way of seeing where we came from and lights up possibilities for where we might be going....Dip in, read, and ponder; share with others. It's inspiration in the very best sense." ?Deborah Meier, co-principal of The Mission Hill School, Boston and founder of a network of schools in East Harlem, New York "In the Confucian tradition it is said that the mark of a golden era is that children are the most important members of the society and teaching is the most revered profession. Our jour ney to that ideal may be a long one, but it is books like this that will sustain us - for who are we all at our best save teachers, and who matters more to us than the children?" ?Peter M. Senge, founding chair, SoL (Society for Organizational Learning) and author of The Fifth Discipline Those of us who care about the young and their education must find ways to remember what teaching and learning are really about. We must find ways to keep our hearts alive as we serve our students. Poetry has the power to keep us vital and focused on what really matters in life and in schooling. Teaching with Fire is a wonderful collection of eighty-eight poems from such well-loved poets as Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Billy Collins, Emily Dickinson, and Pablo Neruda. Each of these evocative poems is accompanied by a brief story from a teacher explaining the significance of the poem in his or her life's work. This beautiful book also includes an essay that describes how poetry can be used to grow both personally and professionally. Teaching With Fire was written in partnership with the Center for Teacher Formation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Royalties from this book will be used to fund scholarship opportunities for teachers to grow and learn.

Author : Caroline Kennedy
Publisher : Hyperion
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1423108051

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Poems to Learn by Heart by Caroline Kennedy Pdf

For this companion to her New York Times best-selling collection A Family of Poems, Caroline Kennedy has hand-selected more than a hundred of her favorite poems that lend themselves to memorization. Some are joyful. Some are sad. Some are funny and lighthearted. Many offer layers of meaning that reveal themselves only after the poem has been studied so closely as to be learned by heart. In issuing the challenge to memorize great poetry, Caroline Kennedy invites us to a deeply enriching experience. For as she reminds us, “If we learn poems by heart, not only do we have their wisdom to draw on, we also gain confidence, knowledge and understanding that no one can take away.” Illustrated with gorgeous, original watercolor paintings by award-winning artist Jon J Muth , this is truly a book for all ages, and one that families will share again and again. Caroline’s thoughtful introductions shed light on the many ways we can appreciate poetry, and the special tradition of memorizing and reciting poetry that she celebrates within her own family.

Author : Maggie Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781982132088

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Keep Moving by Maggie Smith Pdf

The NATIONAL BESTSELLER from the author of YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL “A meditation on kindness and hope, and how to move forward through grief.” —NPR “A shining reminder to learn all we can from this moment, rebuilding ourselves in the darkness so that we may come out wiser, kinder, and stronger on the other side.” —The Boston Globe “Powerful essays on loss, endurance, and renewal.” —People For fans of Glennon Doyle, Cheryl Strayed, and Anne Lamott, a collection of quotes and essays on facing life’s challenges with creativity, courage, and resilience. When Maggie Smith, the award-winning author of the viral poem “Good Bones,” started writing inspirational daily Twitter posts in the wake of her divorce, they unexpectedly caught fire. In this deeply moving book of quotes and essays, Maggie writes about new beginnings as opportunities for transformation. Like kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken ceramics with gold, Keep Moving celebrates the beauty and strength on the other side of loss. This is a book for anyone who has gone through a difficult time and is wondering: What comes next?

Author : Florence Parry Heide,Roxanne Heide Pierce
Publisher : Orchard
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : American poetry
ISBN : 0531094715

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Oh, Grow Up! by Florence Parry Heide,Roxanne Heide Pierce Pdf

Author : Gerald Anthony PichA(c)
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781645692515

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Perceptions of the Imagine Nation: Pages of Poems, Puzzles, Riddles and Rhymes, & Even a Joke at Times by Gerald Anthony PichA(c) Pdf

After the accident, I became a strict believer in the Almighty, believing the accident happened for a reason to change the sights I had for a useful life instead of being an architect that I went to school for and now forgotten. I would now have to look into some new direction. I had some writing experience to look at. I was going to Bible study groups once or twice a week, reading and working on what we read about, with some writing to sum up what was taught. In this writing, I started recreational work as to poetry. Some of this work was of thought "given," religious poems that had good themes. The time and place, I don't know what it means. There, a thought given is usually written, Reasoning for life is usually explained; thought for actions is then remained. As one to another time is a fence, actions portrayed some of defense, The mind was one that was given, the thought within is retained from living. A purpose has reason for a maker to see, sometimes your action is reason to be. Other times a purpose is that not in sight, making the choice not being right. Then again, age is a factor for how you choose, more in sight to win or to lose. Reasoning is many times unexplained, but a good thought was unrefrained. A thought in practice becomes a choice made; a mistake made is one to invade. Life is like a gamble then you die. Don't rock any cradle; don't make 'em cry. Live trying to give back to life; don't let it show. Love the beast; don't let it know. Have peace "for life" killing is banned. See the other side; I hear it's grand! Death is the last step we take; I hope you make it for both of our sakes. All of his instructions were given; your part is in the living. Amen. Earth is our onetime school; to learn God's love, obey his rule. All for our gain to love and learn, graduate in death prepared for our turn! Exclaimed with the happiness to see and rejoice, spirit lives have a voice. Heard for eternity, his promise fulfilled, that with action thought prewilled. You lived for a reason instead of gain in pleasing "yourself." The End of Book 1 Seeing The Real Nation Book 2 is further in-depth, More of a mind being prepped, For the soul to be swept Up, for God knows you cared.

Author : Margo Fuchs Knill,Sally Atkins
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781785926549

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Poetry in Expressive Arts by Margo Fuchs Knill,Sally Atkins Pdf

Poetry is increasingly used in therapy, and it already occupies a central place in expressive arts therapies. This book is the first to explicitly combine theory and practice from the field of expressive arts with poetry and poetics. The book offers both a guide and poetic encouragement for using poetry in expressive arts work. Within this arts context, poetry is offered as a way to create hope and confidence, providing clients with a platform for healing, reconciliation, problem solving, and personal and professional development. Each chapter uses examples of poetry to illustrate the ideas of the chapter. With an outstanding contribution to the field of expressive arts theory and practice, this book is essential for people wanting to use an integrative arts-based approach to help their clients build resilience and foster sustainable, positive change in their lives.