Wild Gratitude

Author : Edward Hirsch
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780307761989

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Wild Gratitude by Edward Hirsch Pdf

An excerpt from the poem, Wild Gratitude: "Tonight when I knelt down next to our cat, Zooey, And put my fingers into her clean cat's mouth, And rubbed her swollen belly that will never know kittens, And watched her wriggle onto her side, pawing the air, And listened to her solemn little squeals of delight, I was thinking about the poet, Christopher Smart, Who wanted to kneel down and pray without ceasing In everyone of the splintered London streets, And was locked away in the madhouse at St. Luke's With his sad religious mania, and his wild gratitude, And his grave prayers for the other lunatics, And his great love for his speckled cat, Jeoffry. All day today—August 13, 1983—I remembered how Christopher Smart blessed this same day in August, 1759, For its calm bravery and ordinary good conscience."

Author : Emily Fragos
Publisher : Everyman's Library
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781101907900

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Poems of Gratitude by Emily Fragos Pdf

Poems of Gratitude is a unique anthology of poetry from around the world and through the ages celebrating thanksgiving in its many secular and spiritual forms. For centuries, poets in all cultures have offered eloquent thanks and praise for the people and things of this world. The voices collected here range from Sappho, Horace, and Rumi to Shakespeare and Milton, from Wordsworth, Rilke, Yeats, Rossetti, and Dickinson to Czesław Miłosz, Langston Hughes, Yehuda Amichai, Anne Sexton, W. S. Merwin, Maya Angelou, and many more. Such beloved favorites as Gerard Manley Hopkins’s “Pied Beauty,” Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” Constantine Cavafy’s “Ithaka,” and Adam Zagajewski’s “Try to Praise the Mutilated World,” mingle with classics from China and Japan, and with traditional Navajo, Aztec, Inuit, and Iroquois poems. Devotional lyrics drawn from the major religious traditions of the world find a place here alongside poetic tributes to autumn and the harvest season that draw attention to nature’s bounty and poignant beauty as winter approaches. The result is a splendidly varied literary feast that honors and affirms the joy in our lives while acknowledging the sorrows and losses that give that joy its keenness.

Author : Edward Hirsch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:80698992

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Wild Gratitude by Edward Hirsch Pdf

Author : Edward Hirsch
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0394548485

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Wild Gratitude by Edward Hirsch Pdf

Author : Louise L. Hay
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Gratitude
ISBN : 9781458715371

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Gratitude by Louise L. Hay Pdf

This inspirational book created by renowned authors, should help the reader to recognize the importance of gratitude which will, in turn, help those who are less fortunate. All proceeds from the book go to "The Hay Foundation", a charity which helps to improve the quality of life for many people.

Author : Louise L. Hay and Friends,Louise L. Hay
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-31
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781458715388

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Gratitude by Louise L. Hay and Friends,Louise L. Hay Pdf

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Joan Z. Borysenko, Lee Carroll, Sri Daya Mata, Doreen Virtue, Bernie Siegel, M.D., Dan Millman, John Randolph Price, and others share their understanding of the practice of gratitude.

Author : Stacey L.L. Couch
Publisher : Turning Stone Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781618520715

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Gracious Wild by Stacey L.L. Couch Pdf

Gracious Wild is the story of Stacey Couch’s incredible journey out of the mundane world of science and reason into the vast shamanic realms of creativity and inspiration. Readers will travel on this intimate exploration of what happens when one woman allows the messengers of nature to guide her. These winged guides wrap her mind up in the mysteries they present, leading her to a richer, more fulfilling life. Stacey’s tale begins on an isolated island where, as a scientist, her main responsibility is to care for a couple dozen foxes in captivity. As a result of a series of ecological tragedies, the fox population is on the verge of extinction and a novel hawk species begins nesting on the island for the first time in recorded history. It is during her time watching the nesting hawks alone in nature that her real quest begins–a series of hawks become her guides; rousing life’s biggest questions like “why am I here?” Gracious Wild weaves Stacey’s relationship with the hawks alongside her study of shamanism with a good deal of information included for those seeking more details about this spiritual path. Stacey’s belief is, “that wild animals are trying to speak and interact with us every day. To listen to them is to listen to that which is divine within each of us. Their calls mirror our own inner calling to a greater purpose.” Gracious Wild offers a vivid and candid tale of a woman who loses then rewrites the meaning of her life at the same time showing readers their own humanity; how being open to spirit messages from animals can provide important and beneficial (life-changing) guidance.

Author : William Martin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Children's literature
ISBN : OXFORD:555044021

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Peter Parley's Annual by William Martin Pdf

Author : Christopher Smart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:54003125

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Jubilate Agno by Christopher Smart Pdf

Author : Mark T. Mitchell
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781597976633

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The Politics of Gratitude by Mark T. Mitchell Pdf

Many Americans are longing for alternative politics rooted in strong communities, recognition of limits, and respect for the natural world. These issues are not the possession of one political party. Rather, they refer to ideas rooted deeply in the best aspects of our common tradition, and they represent yearnings that many, regardless of political affiliation, share. This book articulates a cultural and political vision that leads one off the couch and into the garden, out of the shopping mall and into the farmersÆ market, and away from Washington in the direction of home. In this postpartisan call to action, political theorist Mark T. Mitchell develops the concept of the ôpolitics of gratitude,ö which revolves around four ideas: creatureliness, gratitude, human scale, and place, culminating in a distinctive, fruitful view of human nature and community at odds with the prevailing norms of individualism (and, not so paradoxically, statism), giantism, and hypermobility. Going beyond the liberal-conservative factionalism that has reduced our political and cultural discourse to clichTs and vitriol, he urges us to become responsible stewards of the earth who are committed to family and community and who abide in gratitude, taking nothing for granted. The result is a political and cultural vision that is at once local, limited, modest, republican, greenùand grateful.

Author : Charles Joseph Barnes,J. Marshall Hawkes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Readers
ISBN : UOM:39015019944431

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New National First [-fifth] Reader by Charles Joseph Barnes,J. Marshall Hawkes Pdf

Author : Don Ball
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781437907322

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NEA Literature Fellowships by Don Ball Pdf

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Literature Fellowship Program has helped new writers find their voices and established authors continue their work. Some of the early grants went to writers whose work is now a permanent part of America¿s literary legacy, such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Isaac Bashevis Singer, John Berryman, Denise Levertov, Robert Penn Warren, and Eudora Welty. The NEA Fellowships have also recognized many writers before their talents were acknowledged by a wider audience, such as Alice Walker, Tobias Wolff, and Maxine Hong Kingston. This publication, issued in the 40th year of NEA¿s existence, celebrates the history of the NEA Literature Fellowship Program. Photos.

Author : Joan Silber
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001-10-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781565127692

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Lucky Us by Joan Silber Pdf

"A love story of our time." —Ha Jin, author of The Boat Rocker Once upon a very recent time in New York City, there was a couple, two ordinary single people who met the way city people meet. Even though mismatched, they fell in love. And after some hesitations they decided, finally, to marry-only to look up and find their world caving in around them. Sexy, vivacious Elisa, of the miniskirts and tiny T-shirts, still in art school and just coming off an affair with a temper-driven fellow artist, initiated things. She came on to cool, quiet Gabe who wore his hair in a graying ponytail and kept a low profile. A good bit older than Elisa-more than twenty years older, in fact-he found himself buoyed by her youth and her brashness. To her great surprise, Elisa craved Gabe's watchfulness and solicitude. That Gabe's past included a successful drug dealing business bothered her not at all. And certainly he was unconcerned that Elisa's more current past included a lot of casual sex. Neither of them ever expected to have to answer for what had been so easy for Gabe and so enjoyable for Elisa. But truth be known, the one obvious thing they had in common was the burden their pasts suddenly put onto their future. Joan Silber has written a love story for the turn of the twenty-first century, one that takes into rich account the styles and pressures of contemporary urban life. But more than that, she has created two characters who throb with real-life personality, passion, and courage.

Author : Various
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-14
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781101476192

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Good Poems, American Places by Various Pdf

Another wonderful poetry anthology from Garrison Keillor-rooted in the American landscape. Greatness comes in many forms, and as Garrison Keillor demonstrates daily on The Writer's Almanac, the most affecting poems in the canon are in plain English. Third in Keillor's series of anthologies, Good Poems, American Places brings together poems that celebrate the geography and culture that bind us together as a nation. Think of these poems as postcards from the road, by poets who've gotten carried away by a particular place-a town in Kansas, a kitchen window in Nantucket, a Manhattan street, a farm in western Minnesota. Featuring famous poets and brash unknowns alike, the verses in this exhilarating collection prove that the heart can be exalted anywhere in America.

Author : Deborah Ager,M. E. Silverman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441136022

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The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry by Deborah Ager,M. E. Silverman Pdf

With works by over 100 poets, The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry celebrates contemporary writers, born after World War II , who write about Jewish themes. This anthology brings together poets whose writings offer fascinating insight into Jewish cultural and religious topics and Jewish identity. Featuring established poets as well as representatives of the next generation of Jewish voices, it includes poems by Ellen Bass, Charles Bernstein, Carol V. Davis, Edward Hirsch, Jane Hirshfield, David Lehman, Jacqueline Osherow, Ira Sadoff, Philip Schultz, Alan Shapiro, Jane Shore, Judith Skillman, Melissa Stein, Matthew Zapruder, and many others.