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21) Uncanny Valley
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Free verse volume from the half mad poet trying to figure out how the brain works.
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Celebrated for her exquisitely crafted poems revealing an alternate female reality, award-winning poet and bestselling author Robin Morgan gives us, in this fifth collection, her most intimate work yet The poems gathered here trace a stunning spectrum of love, betrayal, loss, pain, rage, and survival. Skirting madness in the wake of a tempestuous relationship's end, these poems slice language with knife-edge bitterness, but within the deliberate constraints...
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This collection of poetry captures the essence of what it means to be human, and invites readers to connect with their own experiences. The works within delve into themes of love, loss, joy, pain, and everything in between. No matter what you are feeling, you will find a poem that resonates. It's a kaleidoscope of human emotion, captured and immortalized in the vivid brushstrokes of poetic language-each poem a shard reflecting a different facet of...
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My canvas is empty
until it is streaked with lines
of the world
of my heart.
In Finding Poetry, Finding Me, author Rebecca P. Bruckenstein explores the world around her and the relationships we have with ourselves and each other. She allows the musicality of poetry to infuse the way she walks in the world, stepping in and out of the past, present, and future. Through her work, she hopes readers will turn inward to discover a roadmap to finding...
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Words and Other Weapons is an abstract literary art piece that refuses to categorise itself in any singular literary genre. Instead, it offers a scenic, panoramic window into the relationships women have with self and society, diligently exploring questions of identity and adulthood, motherhood and marriage, relationships and careers, among others, and how these are reconciled with the maddening complexities and uncertainties of the external world....
27) Queer Verbage
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A volume of Queer poetry. Written by a half mad poet with identity issues...This volume explores the idea of being queer and what that means to the world today.
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Harpreet Kaur, writing under her pen name 'Rizak Kaur,' offers a soul-stirring collection of poetry that seeks to awaken the inherent power of love and authenticity within each reader. This book is not just a collection of poems; it's an invitation to embark on a transformative journey towards living a heart-centered life, radiating compassion, and embracing your unique essence.
At the core of this book lies the philosophy that each individual...
29) Xactly Poetic
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A book of forms. Where a free verse poet challenges herself to write only to write in specific forms.
30) Larga herida
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"Larga Herida" de Artemisa Téllez, es un contratiempo. El no sistema de un tiempo que hubo sido. Un lapso. Entre el dolor y la espera, la arenilla de la reconciliación con una misma, doliente, caminando hacia la reconciliación. La eterna pregunta sobre el tiempo detenido que no es sino el "Mito del eterno retorno ". ¿Cómo se vuelve al amor primigenio si éste se ha evaporado? La pulsión poética de Artemisa echa raíces en una tierra aparentemente...
31) Bracing
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Bracing' is a full collection of poems, mostly about contemporary life, experienced richly, intensely, unsentimentally and with humour. The writing is humane and accessible, wearing its intelligence lightly. There is something for everyone in 'Bracing', even for those who were put off poetry at school. This is a mature, well-rounded piece of work. The subject matter ranges across modern life and beyond - childhood, parenthood, love, lust, loss, shopping,...
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A literary exploration that seeks to answer the question: Have I lived the life I intended?
Based on an essay he wrote for Poets & Writers magazine, Jesse Browner, a novelist who finds himself torn between his creative calling and a full-time job in the civil service, asks hard questions about the choices life imposes on us, and our tendency to believe in a parallel, alternative existence where we might have felt more fulfilled, more free, more true...
33) I Am Woman
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Immerse yourself in a collection of poetry that explores being a woman, from the triumphant victories to the quiet moments of self-discovery. Through the art of words, I Am Woman paints images of emotions, dreams, and untold stories that resonate with every reader. Whether you are a poetry enthusiast or someone seeking inspiration and encouragement, this book by poet and author Ember Gray provides a sanctuary where words become a source of strength....
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A diverse range of emotions shared in poetic form. They are the ever-shifting lens through which we experience life. The poems range from haikus to Poe-esque style, and from cheer to gloom. So, as the back cover states "delve inside and read my lines, allow yourself to not confine the feelings carried deep inside, which sometimes hurt, but sometimes guide".
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Apples on the Windowsill is a series of meditations on still life, photography, beauty, and marriage. Full of personal reflections, charming anecdotes, and the history behind the art of still lifes, this lyrical memoir takes us from Edmonton to Rome to museums all over North America as Lemay discusses the craft of writing, the ups and downs of being married to a painter, and her focus on living a life in art and in beauty. A must read for fans of...
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This story is the narrative, albeit poetic in form, of the breaking and the mending, of the healing that comes when home becomes a place you choose to create, a melody singing home into being. Here in these pages, there is space for healing. In your reading, may you find that openness to create home for (within) yourself as well.
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"Can we, for tonight, just be the moon?Curve into me like that cheshire grin in the sky.Press your heart into my back.Let me forget my own." In her Letters to the Universe Series Goodreads Choice Nominated poet J.R. Rogue shares intimate poems written lovingly for her readers. Take a journey through the eyes of author and reader as Rogue shares a glimpse into the private task of writing poetry dedicated to readers worldwide. Poems for the Moon: Vol...
38) Coming Out Party
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A memoir of poems and art, Coming Out Party chronicles poet and author Rebecca Bendheim's queer coming of age journey-from first crushes and toxic homo-erotic friendships, to coming out and secret flings, to finding queer community and falling in love for the first time.
Coming Out Party is a fierce, funny, and deeply personal celebration of the strength it takes to break down the protective walls we've built-and embrace our truest selves.
39) Bursts
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Bursts is the translation of O. T. Socas' first poetry book titled Ráfagas, written between 1977 and 1979, just before she exiled to the United States. Through a sequence of poems, readers are taken on a journey of rebellion, passion, and self-discovery, as the author navigates the complexities of life as a young woman in a repressive society. She grapples with themes such as gender roles, societal expectations, and the struggle for identity, all...
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The dust, too, shall tire and fallAnd I will find the lightStreaming-first in puddles, then in waves-into my path.Alone once more, I faceThe beginning.Alone once more, I knowThere really is no end.Hot on the heels of her debut book 'Black Cat and other poems,' acclaimed author Shirley Siaton-Parabia invites the reader to dance with her to the myriad rhythms of life, in the transcendental hours of darkness, in her second book, 'Dance in the Dark.'Featuring...
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