The Poet S Guide To Life

Author : Rainer Maria Rilke
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780307432490

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The Poet's Guide to Life by Rainer Maria Rilke Pdf

“You have to live life to the limit, not according to each day but by plumbing its depth.” –RAINER MARIA RILKE In this treasury of uncommon wisdom and spiritual insight, the best writings and personal philosophies of one of the twentieth century’s greatest poets, Rainer Maria Rilke, are gleaned by Ulrich Baer from thousands of pages of never-before translated correspondence. The result is a profound vision of how the human drive to create and understand can guide us in every facet of life. Arranged by theme–from everyday existence with others to the exhilarations of love and the experience of loss, from dealing with adversity to the nature of inspiration, here are Rilke’s thoughts on how to live life in a meaningful way: Life and Living: “How good life is. How fair, how incorruptible, how impossible to deceive: not even by strength, not even by willpower, and not even by courage. How everything remains what it is and has only this choice: to come true, or to exaggerate and push too far.” Art: “The work of art is adjustment, balance, reassurance. It can be neither gloomy nor full of rosy hopes, for its essence consists of justice.” Faith: “I personally feel a greater affinity to all those religions in which the middleman is less essential or almost entirely suppressed.” Love: “To be loved means to be ablaze. To love is: to shine with inexhaustible oil. To be loved is to pass away; to love is to last.” Intimate, stylistically masterful, brilliantly translated, and brimming with the wonder and passion of Rilke, The Poet’s Guide to Life is comparable to the best works of wisdom in all of literature and a perfect book for all occasions.

Author : Mary Oliver
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0156724006

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A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver Pdf

With passion, wit, and good common sense, the celebrated poet Mary Oliver tells of the basic ways a poem is built-meter and rhyme, form and diction, sound and sense. Drawing on poems from Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and others, Oliver imparts an extraordinary amount of information in a remarkably short space. "Stunning" (Los Angeles Times). Index.

Author : Maria M. Gillan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1550717480

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Writing Poetry to Save Your Life by Maria M. Gillan Pdf

Author : Owen Sheers
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-29
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780141957043

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A Poet's Guide to Britain by Owen Sheers Pdf

Introduced and selected by the poet-presenter Owen Sheers, A Poet's Guide to Britain is a major poetry anthology that ties in with the BBC series of the same name. Owen Sheers passionately believes that poems, and particularly poems of place, not only affect us as individuals, but can have the power to mark and define a collective experience - our identities, our country, our land. He has chosen six powerful poems, all personal favourites, and all poems that have become part of the way we see our landscape. The anthology follows a similar format to the BBC series itself, while also offering paper chains of poems about the landscape and nature of Britain, transcripts of contemporary poet interviews, and a short introduction to each lead poem.

Author : David Orr
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780062079411

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Beautiful & Pointless by David Orr Pdf

"David Orr is no starry-eyed cheerleader for contemporary poetry; Orr’s a critic, and a good one. . . . Beautiful & Pointless is a clear-eyed, opinionated, and idiosyncratic guide to a vibrant but endangered art form, essential reading for anyone who loves poetry, and also for those of us who mostly just admire it from afar." —Tom Perrotta Award-winning New York Times Book Review poetry columnist David Orr delivers an engaging, amusing, and stimulating tour through the world of poetry. With echoes of Francine Prose’s Reading Like a Writer, Orr’s Beautiful & Pointless offers a smart and funny approach to appreciating an art form that many find difficult to embrace.

Author : Allan Wolf
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1600595103

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Immersed in Verse by Allan Wolf Pdf

A guide for young poets offers advice on how to find topics, create a poem, revise a poem, start a writer's group, and get published.

Author : Cynthia Gallaher
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-14
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1483571424

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Frugal Poets' Guide to Life by Cynthia Gallaher Pdf

Frugal Poets' Guide to Life is part personal journey, part life-coaching for poets (or those who'd like to live like one), part creativity guide, and part reference, with a special section on the modern history of the Chicago poetry scene, including the birth of the poetry slam. In many ways, this book is an anti-MFA guide to being a poet - or any other type of creative person. As poet Robert Frost said, " To be a poet is a condition, not a profession." Some of Gallaher's more personal sections of the book trace dating a well-known underground comics artist - dinner at a Denny's restaurant with an Academy Award Best Actor -- seeing a UFO in central Wisconsin - a night when poet and men's movement icon Robert Bly was "tarred & feathered" at a poetry reading -- play rehearsals at David Mamet's Chicago theater featuring then-unknown actor William H. Macy - how she met her poet husband, Carlos -- reflections on Gallaher's family relative, artist and member of the Algonquin Round Table, Neysa McMein -- visits and stays at a variety of writers' colonies around the country -- and celebrating how friend Sandra Cisneros launched an international literary career starting with a little eight-poem chapbook at a humble bookstore in a Chicago Puerto Rican neighborhood.

Author : Humble the Poet
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780062905178

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Unlearn by Humble the Poet Pdf

The internationally bestselling self-empowerment book from influencer, rapper, and spoken word artist Humble the Poet, now available in a new edition with a new foreword by the author. Unlearn offers short, accessible, and counterintuitive lessons for reaching our full potential. Beloved for his sincerity, playfulness, and sage advice, globally famous rapper, spoken word artist, poet, blogger, and influencer Humble the Poet has traditionally shared his message of self-discovery, creativity, and empowerment with his fans through music and written word. That message has now been extended to this empowering book, offering insights and wisdom that challenge conventional thinking and help you tap into your best, most authentic self. Humble sees life with unique clarity. In Unlearn, he opens our eyes to our own lives, helping us to recognize the possibilities that await us and the challenges that prevent us from realizing our dreams. With his characteristic honesty and forthrightness, he helps us shed the problematic lessons we’ve learned throughout our lives that limit us, from sabotaging habits, to fixed mindsets, to past regrets, and relearn new, unconventional ways of moving through life. Among his 101 lessons are: Fitting In Is a Pointless Activity Don’t Trust Everything You Feel Killing Expectations Births Happiness Comparisons are Killer Baby Steps Add Up You Decide Your Worth Profound in its simplicity, Unlearn is the perfect invitation to a new beginning and to pursue a life of fulfillment.

Author : Horace,Stephen Harrison
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691208497

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How to Be Content by Horace,Stephen Harrison Pdf

What the Roman poet Horace can teach us about how to live a life of contentment What are the secrets to a contented life? One of Rome’s greatest and most influential poets, Horace (65–8 BCE) has been cherished by readers for more than two thousand years not only for his wit, style, and reflections on Roman society, but also for his wisdom about how to live a good life—above all else, a life of contentment in a world of materialistic excess and personal pressures. In How to Be Content, Stephen Harrison, a leading authority on the poet, provides fresh, contemporary translations of poems from across Horace’s works that continue to offer important lessons about the good life, friendship, love, and death. Living during the reign of Rome’s first emperor, Horace drew on Greek and Roman philosophy, especially Stoicism and Epicureanism, to write poems that reflect on how to live a thoughtful and moderate life amid mindless overconsumption, how to achieve and maintain true love and friendship, and how to face disaster and death with patience and courage. From memorable counsel on the pointlessness of worrying about the future to valuable advice about living in the moment, these poems, by the man who famously advised us to carpe diem, or “harvest the day,” continue to provide brilliant meditations on perennial human problems. Featuring translations of, and commentary on, complete poems from Horace’s Odes, Satires, Epistles, and Epodes, accompanied by the original Latin, How to Be Content is both an ideal introduction to Horace and a compelling book of timeless wisdom.

Author : Maxine Hong Kingston
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780307454591

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I Love a Broad Margin to My Life by Maxine Hong Kingston Pdf

In her singular voice—both humble and brave, touching and humorous—Maxine Hong Kingston gives us a poignant and beautiful memoir-in-verse that captures the wisdom that comes with age. As she reflects on her sixty-five years, she circles from present to past and back, from lunch with a writer friend to the funeral of a Vietnam veteran, from her long marriage to her arrest at a peace march in Washington. On her journeys as writer, peace activist, teacher, and mother, she revisits her most beloved characters—Wittman Ah-Sing, the Tripmaster Monkey, and Fa Mook Lan, the Woman Warrior—and presents us with a beautiful meditation on China then and now. The result is a marvelous account of an American life of great purpose and joy, and the tonic wisdom of a writer we have come to cherish.

Author : Liz Tweedy
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1469142112

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Life Poems by Liz Tweedy Pdf

This book is about an . inspirational story about living your life. It is about life being hard, but you have to focus on what you want and live it to the fullest. Life poems is one of the first books in the Life poem series. Life is something to be proud of. This book is telling the story of life by using the Author Elisabeth Tweedy's perspective on her life story. In order to succeed in this life, a person must keep writing in their life chapter. A person must focus on being strong and never giving up on life, even when it becomes hard. Each poem in this book, reflects how life is special in every way. This book should be a wakeup call for people to live their life and to never think that it is a waste of time.

Author : Kim Addonizio,Dorianne Laux
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780393340884

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The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry by Kim Addonizio,Dorianne Laux Pdf

From the nuts and bolts of craft to the sources of inspiration, this book is for anyone who wants to write poetry-and do it well. The Poet's Companion presents brief essays on the elements of poetry, technique, and suggested subjects for writing, each followed by distinctive writing exercises. The ups and downs of writing life—including self-doubt and writer's block—are here, along with tips about getting published and writing in the electronic age. On your own, this book can be your "teacher," while groups, in or out of the classroom, can profit from sharing weekly assignments.

Author : Meredith Heller
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781608687497

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Write a Poem, Save Your Life by Meredith Heller Pdf

“Join Heller on her quest to help save the world, one poet at a time.” — from the foreword by Susan G. Wooldridge Write a Poem, Save Your Life helps writers of all ages and experience levels navigate their way through all aspects of life. With writing prompts, tools, encouragement, and moving student examples, Meredith Heller gently guides us in the art of using poetry to figure out who we are and what matters to us and to heal the deeper issues many of us face, such as depression, addiction, health and body image issues, low self-esteem, trauma, gender and sexual identity issues, and home and family problems. Along the way, we learn that writing poems helps us believe in ourselves, make positive life choices, and find direction, purpose, and meaning.

Author : Michael Rosen
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781536201598

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What Is Poetry?: The Essential Guide to Reading and Writing Poems by Michael Rosen Pdf

Celebrated poet and critic Michael Rosen takes readers on a whirlwind tour exploring what poems are, what they can do, and the joys of reading and writing them. For thousands of years, people have been writing poetry. But what is poetry? Award-winning wordsmith Michael Rosen has spent decades thinking about that question, and in this helpful guide he shares his insights with humor, knowledge, and appreciation — appreciation for poetry and appreciation for twenty-first-century children embarking on their own poetic journeys. Young readers are invited to join him on a welcoming exploration of the British poetic canon, replete with personal insights into what the renowned poet thinks about as he writes and advice on writing their own poetry. When he’s finished, readers will be able to say with confidence: this is poetry. Included in this accessible handbook are writing tips, analyses of classic poems, and an appendix of poets and useful websites.

Author : Andrew Hodgson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781108843249

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The Cambridge Guide to Reading Poetry by Andrew Hodgson Pdf

The only book that shows readers how to ask the questions which will make poems to speak to them.