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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Ohio

Askew

Kansas

The World's Greatest Poem and How It Made History

Tracks the great Italian poet following his exile from Florence in 1302, his travels as a fugitive from justice over the next twenty years, the influence of his journeys on the creation of his poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, and the odyssey of other literary pilgrims--Rilke, Mann, Goethe, Joyce, Byron, and more--along the same route. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Dante in Love

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#hardcover #vintage #carlsandburg #poetry #classic #americanpoet #pulitzerprizewinner 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Michigan

When Illinois-born Carl Sandburg was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1951, it was the crowning achievement of his nearly half century career as a poet. At the time he was one of America's most popular living poets. His work embodied the American experience and spoke deeply to the hearts of the very people who inspired his greatest poems. For them, Sandburg symbolized America's innate integrity and boundless promise. This volume contains the poems upon which Sandburg built his reputation and career. The four poems selected from his rarely reprinted first collection,In Reckless Ecstasy, provide a fascinating glimpse into his developing talent. They show him slowly breaking free of traditional verse forms toward his own voice. This book features a deluxe cover, ribbon marker, top stain, and decorative endpapers with nameplates.

Selected Poems of Carl Sandburg

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#paperback #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #milkandhoney #rupikaur #femaleauthor #adult 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

California

"A collection of poetry and prose about survival, about the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity"--Amazon.com.

Milk and Honey

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Pennsylvania

A poet, journalist, and activist, Alicia Cook offers a soundtrack of survival. Structured like an old-school mix-tape, Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately is Alicia Cook's lyric message to anyone who has dealt with addiction. "Side A" touches on all aspects of the human condition: life, death, love, trauma, and growth. "Side B" contains haunting black-out remixes of those poems.

Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately

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#paperback #iwrotethisforyou #poetry #photography 4.09/5 on Goodreads s

Kentucky

Pleasefindthis is the joint work of poet Iain S. Thomas and photographer Jon Ellis.

I Wrote This for You

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#paperback #fiction #poetry #classic #cummings #eecummings 

Louisiana

One hundred and fifty-six poems, grouped by theme, are accompanied by drawings, oils, and watercolors by the poet

Selected Poems of e e Cummings

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Florida

Uncaged Wallflower is for those who feel trapped in the thoughts their minds produce, unable to express them with the rest of the world out of fear of critique or disagreement. For the people who need an extra dose of positivity in their day. This is not a poetry book for you to read and relate to in a sorrow filled way. It is for you to read and say yes, I can be better, and I will.

Uncaged Wallflower

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#hardcover #childrens #fiction #kids #juvenilefiction #robertfrost #poetry #snow 

New Jersey

Illustrations of wintry scenes accompany each line of the well-known poem.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

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Japanese Poems of Love and Longing

Written by court princesses, exiled officials, Zen priests, and recluses, the 150 poems translated here represent the rich diversity of Japan's poetic tradition. Varying in tone from the sensuous and erotic to the profoundly spiritual, each poem captures a sense of the poignant beauty and longing known only in the fleeting experience of the moment. The translator has selected these five-line tanka--one of the great traditional verse forms of Japanese literature--from sources ranging from the classical imperial anthologies of the eighth and tenth centuries to works of the early twentieth century.

Only Companion

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A lovely story of a mixed race girl living in 1969 told in verse. In the condition it was bought in. #historicalfiction #middlegrade #mg #inverse #poetry #juvenilefiction #paperback 

Full Cicada Moon

#hardcover #shortstories #poetry #thecrow #collection #anthology

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New York

Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams

"He avenges the innocent dead. He stalks the crimson road of the slain. He mourns lost love so ardently that desire and death become one. He is the dream-carrier of holy retribution. And in the name of love he delivers justice to the wicked." --From the Introduction With this chilling collection of stories and poems, J. O'Barr--the creator of The Crow--and Ed  Kramer host an ominous array of interpretations of the gothic phenomenon by acclaimed writers well acquainted with the dark side, including Alan Dean Foster, Ramsey Campbell, Gene Wolfe, Storm Constantine, Nancy Collins, Andrew Vachss, Iggy Pop, and Henry Rollins. Featuring original artwork by such top artists as Ron Walotsky, Rob Prior, Tom Canty, Tim Bradstreet, Don Maitz, and Bob Eggleton, The Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams evokes a modern night-world and its tormented denizens ensnared by unspeakable evil, enslaved by unquenchable longing, engulfed by the thirst for revenge, and enfolded by the enigmatic, eternal wings of The Crow. Here a resurrected gunslinger gets a final showdown with his archenemy. . . . A murder victim and a dying boy mete out poetic justice to a sadistic criminal. . . . A serial killer turned government assassin takes three abused children under his savage wing. . . . A tormented rogue cop literally fights fire with fire. . . . A wise talking crow guides the vengeful hand of a murdered girl's lover. . . . and much more. For both the confirmed fan and the curious newcomer, this spellbinding, shocking, darkly sensual collection offers passage to an extraordinary literary realm: a place of macabre morality tales and existential adventures, of terror and tenderness--from which no reader can hope to leave unchanged. For when you take flight with The Crow, there is no turning back.

The Crow

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#hardcover #poetry #amandagorman #calluswhatwecarry

Utah

Poems

The breakout poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, the luminous poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman captures a shipwrecked moment in time and transforms it into a lyric of hope and healing. In Call Us What We Carry, Gorman explores history, language, identity, and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, these poems shine a light on a moment of reckoning and reveal that Gorman has become our messenger from the past, our voice for the future.

Call Us What We Carry

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#paperback #nonfiction #poetry #innerjourney #relationship 

From the celebrated author of Inward comes a new collection of poetry and short prose focused on understanding how past wounds impact our present relationships. In Clarity & Connection, Yung Pueblo describes how intense emotions accumulate in our subconscious and condition us to act and react in certain ways. In his characteristically spare, poetic style, he guides readers through the excavation and release of the past that is required for growth.

Clarity and Connection

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#paperback #classics #poetry This book is ex-library and the cover has been covered w/ plasticine.

Missouri

Norton Critical Edition

An annotated collection of Donne's most significant work, including five elegies, four satires, six verse letters, four divine poems and the text of all poems from the first 17th-century edition of his verse, originally published in 1633.

John Donne's Poetry

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2012 Omni dawn poetry chapbook prize winner. Has light cover wear, else book is clean and tight. It is in excellent condition. #paperback #poetry

Washington

The Middle

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#hardcover #modernlibrary #poetry #horace

The Complete Works of Horace

#paperback #speeches #poetry #emerson 📚 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Collects Emerson's well-known speeches, essays, and poetry that expressed the scholar's philosophy in transcendentalism and defined the American identity.

The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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#paperback #nonfiction #poetry #jacquelinewoodson #startthemearly #browngirldreaming 

South Carolina

Jacqueline Woodson's National Book Award and Newbery Honor winner, now available in paperback with 7 all-new poems. Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature A President Obama "O" Book Club pick Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child's soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson's eloquent poetry also reflects the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, despite the fact that she struggled with reading as a child. Her love of stories inspired her and stayed with her, creating the first sparks of the gifted writer she was to become. Includes 7 new poems, including "Brown Girl Dreaming". Praise for Jacqueline Woodson: A 2016 National Book Award finalist for her adult novel, ANOTHER BROOKLYN "Ms. Woodson writes with a sure understanding of the thoughts of young people, offering a poetic, eloquent narrative that is not simply a story . . . but a mature exploration of grown-up issues and self-discovery."--The New York Times Book Review

Brown Girl Dreaming

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#paperback #poetry #philosophy #easternphilosophy #hafiz 

Poems of Hafiz

"The Persian Sufi poet Hafiz (1326-1390) is a towering figure in Islamic literature--and in spiritual attainment as well. Known for his profound mystical wisdom combined with a sublime sensuousness, Hafiz was the supreme master of a poetic form known as the ghazal (pronounced "guzzle"), an ode or song consisting of rhymed couplets celebrating divine love. In this selection of his poems, wine and the intoxication it brings are the image that expresses this love in all its joyful abandon, painful longing, bewilderment, and surrender. Through ninety-five free-verse renditions, we gain entry into the mystical world of Hafiz's Winehouse, with its happy minstrels, its bewitching Winebringer, and its companions in drunken longing whose hearts cry out, "More wine!" Thomas Rain Crowe brings a new dimension to our growing appreciation of Hafiz and his wise drunkard's advice to the seekers of God- In this world of illusion, take nothing other than this cup of wine; n this playhouse, don't play any games but love."

Drunk on the Wine of the Beloved

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Very lovely & sweet book. The only wear is a little fraying to top of dust jacket. Book is clean and nice.

 #hardcover #mother #daughter #keepsake #memories #scrapbook #illustrated #poetry #quotations

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A Mother's Memory Book

Illustrated with evocative oil paintings by a celebrated New England artist, an elegant keepsake book prompts mothers to write down their memories of their relationship with their daughters alongside poetry, quotations, and anecdotes.

To My Daughter, with Love

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An unforgettable narrative collage told in poems

Keesha has found a safe place to live, and other kids gravitate to her house when they just can't make it on their own. They are Stephie - pregnant, trying to make the right decisions for herself and those she cares about; Jason - Stephie's boyfriend, torn between his responsibility to Stephie and the baby and the promise of a college basketball career; Dontay - in foster care while his parents are in prison, feeling unwanted both inside and outside the system; Carmen - arrested on a DUI charge, waiting in a juvenile detention center for a judge to hear her case; Harris - disowned by his father after disclosing that he's gay, living in his car, and taking care of himself; Katie - angry at her mother's loyalty to an abusive stepfather, losing herself in long hours of work and school.

Stretching the boundaries of traditional poetic forms - sestinas and sonnets - Helen Frost's extraordinary debut novel for young adults weaves together the stories of these seven teenagers as they courageously struggle to hold their lives together and overcome their difficulties.

Keesha's House is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Keesha's House

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Massachusetts

Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winner and nineteenth US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, The Best American Poetry 2017 brings together the most notable poems of the year in the series that offers “a vivid snapshot of what a distinguished poet finds exciting, fresh, and memorable” (Robert Pinsky). Librarian of Congress James Billington says Natasha Trethewey “consistently and dramatically expanded the power” of the role of US Poet Laureate, holding office hours with the public, traveling the country, and reaching millions through her innovative PBS NewsHour segment “Where Poetry Lives.” Marilyn Nelson says “the wide scope of Trethewey’s interests and her adept handling of form have created an opus of classics both elegant and necessary.” With her selections and introductory essay for The Best American Poetry 2017, Trethewey will be highlighting even more “elegant and necessary” poems and poets, adding to the national conversation of verse and its role in our culture. The Best American Poetry is not just another anthology; it serves as a guide to who’s who and what’s happening in American poetry and is an eagerly awaited publishing event each year. With Trethewey’s insightful touch and genius for plumbing the depths of history and personal experience to shape striking verse, The Best American Poetry 2017 is another brilliant addition to the series.

Best American Poetry 2017

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Georgia

The Chaos of Longing is a prose and poetry collection draped in raw honesty, ache, and eroticism. The collection explores trauma, love, heartbreak, and the realizations from it all. Some content may be triggering.

Robert Vaughan

Askew

Harriet Rubin

Dante in Love

Carl Sandburg; Gail Harvey (Introduction by)

Selected Poems of Carl Sandburg

Rupi Kaur

Milk and Honey

Alicia Cook

Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately

pleasefindthis; Jon Ellis (By (photographer))

I Wrote This for You

E. e. cummings

Selected Poems of e e Cummings

Jennae Cecelia

Uncaged Wallflower

Robert Frost; Susan Jeffers (Illustrator)

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Sam Hamill (Translator)

Only Companion

Marilyn Hilton

Full Cicada Moon

Ed Kramer; Jame O'Barr

The Crow

Amanda Gorman

Call Us What We Carry

Yung Pueblo

Clarity and Connection

John Donne; A. L. Clements (Editor)

John Donne's Poetry

Angela Hume

The Middle

Modern Library

The Complete Works of Horace

Ralph Waldo Emerson; Brooks Atkinson (Editor); Mary Oliver (Introduction by)

The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jacqueline Woodson

Brown Girl Dreaming

Hafiz; Thomas Rain Crowe (Translator)

Drunk on the Wine of the Beloved

Donna Green

To My Daughter, with Love

Helen Frost

Keesha's House

David Lehman; Natasha Trethewey

Best American Poetry 2017

K. Y. Robinson

The Chaos of Longing