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Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love, and raw emotions. It is divided into sections to read when you feel you need them most. Make a cup of tea and let yourself feel.

Pillow Thoughts

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California

Yrsa Daley-Ward

Kiese Laymon

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“yrsa daley-ward’s bone is a symphony of breaking and mending. . . . she lays her hands on the pulse of the thing. . . . an expert storyteller. of the rarest. and purest kind.” —nayyirah waheed, author of salt. From the celebrated poet Yrsa Daley-Ward, a poignant collection of poems about the heart, life, and the inner self. Foreword by Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy: An American Memoir Bone. Visceral. Close to. Stark. The poems in Yrsa Daley-Ward’s collection bone are exactly that: reflections on a particular life honed to their essence—so clear and pared-down, they become universal. From navigating the oft competing worlds of religion and desire, to balancing society’s expectations with the raw experience of being a woman in the world; from detailing the experiences of growing up as a first generation black British woman, to working through situations of dependence and abuse; from finding solace in the echoing caverns of depression and loss, to exploring the vulnerability and redemption in falling in love, each of the raw and immediate poems in Daley-Ward’s bone resonates to the core of what it means to be human. “You will come away bruised. You will come away bruised but this will give you poetry.”

Bone

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R. H. Sin

Whiskey Words and a Shovel III

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Collection of short first-person poems about relationships.

Whiskey Words and a Shovel I

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There is wear and damage to the dust jacket, see pictures.

Copyright 1951

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Missouri

Songs of Revelation 

Wislawa Szymborska

 Nobel prize winner author. Very good clean tight copy.

New York

Selected Poems

A collection by the Nobel Prize winner reflects on the wonders of life in poems featuring a sister's postcard, the discovery of a new star, the ruins of Greece, and a bodybuilding contest

View with a Grain of Sand * 1st ed/6th

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Shel Silverstein

Washington

Last night while I lay thinking here Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear And pranced and partied all night long And sang their same old Whatif song: Whatif I flunk that test? Whatif green hair grows on my chest? Whatif nobody likes me? Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?... To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Shel Silverstein's A Light in the Attic is now available in a special edition containing the classic hardcover book and a CD of highlights from his Grammy Award-winning album. Here in the attic of Shel Silverstein you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. You will talk with Broiled Face, and find out what happens when Somebody steals your knees, you get caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink, a Mountain snores, and They Put a Brassiere on the Camel. From the creator of the beloved poetry collections Where the Sidewalk Ends and Falling Up, here is another wondrous book of poems and drawings.

A Light in the Attic Book and CD

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Texas

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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Sophie Rachmuhl

This comprehensive history of the Los Angeles poetry scene from the 1950s to the 1990s appears for the first time in English in Mindy Menjou and George Drury Smith's skillful translation. The book includes a DVD copy of Innerscapes, 10 Portraits of Los Angeles Poets, a documentary made by the author in Los Angeles from 1986-88. A scholar of American Studies, Sophie Rachmuhl is Maître de Conférences (Associate Professor) at the Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France

A Higher Form of Politics: the Rise of a Poetry Scene, Los Angeles, 1950-1990

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Destiny O. Birdsong

"Full of wonder." ―Elizabeth Acevedo

A Best Book of the Year at BuzzFeed, Refinery29, and Entropy Magazine

What makes a self? In her remarkable debut collection of poems, Destiny O. Birdsong writes fearlessly towards this question. Laced with ratchetry, yet hungering for its own respectability, Negotiations is about what it means to live in this America, about Cardi B and top-tier journal publications, about autoimmune disease and the speaker’s intense hunger for her own body―a surprise of self-love in the aftermath of both assault and diagnosis. It’s a series of love letters to black women, who are often singled out for abuse and assault, silencing and tokenism, fetishization and cultural appropriation in ways that throw the rock, then hide the hand. It is a book about tenderness and an indictment of people and systems that attempt to narrow black women’s lives, their power. But it is also an examination of complicity―both a narrative and a black box warning for a particular kind of self-healing that requires recognizing culpability when and where it exists

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

"Full of wonder." —Elizabeth Acevedo A Best Book of the Year at BuzzFeed, Refinery29, and Entropy Magazine What makes a self? In her remarkable debut collection of poems, Destiny O. Birdsong writes fearlessly towards this question. Laced with ratchetry, yet hungering for its own respectability, Negotiations is about what it means to live in this America, about Cardi B and top-tier journal publications, about autoimmune disease and the speaker’s intense hunger for her own body—a surprise of self-love in the aftermath of both assault and diagnosis. It’s a series of love letters to black women, who are often singled out for abuse and assault, silencing and tokenism, fetishization and cultural appropriation in ways that throw the rock, then hide the hand. It is a book about tenderness and an indictment of people and systems that attempt to narrow black women’s lives, their power. But it is also an examination of complicity—both a narrative and a black box warning for a particular kind of self-healing that requires recognizing culpability when and where it exists.

Negotiations

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#nonfiction #hardcover #paperback #thehillweclimb #inaugural #poetry 

Florida

An Inaugural Poem for the Country

"On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet, at age twenty-two, to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Her inaugural poem, 'The Hill We Climb,' is now available to cherish in this special edition"

The Hill We Climb

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If you are a dreamer, come in,

If you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a prayer, A magic bean buyer...

Come in... for where the side- walk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist.

Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings is at once outrageously funny and profound.

Pennsylvania

Poems and Drawings

Where the Sidewalk Ends

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Arkansas

Book bundle

Milk and honey, the sun and her flowers, planting gardens in graves

#Poetry #Bilingual #Translated #FirstEDITIONprint"ing

Bilingual Edition

Oscar Hahn has been hailed by postmodernist master Enrique Lihn as "the premier poet of his generation." Pablo Neruda has praised Hahn's "great originality and intensity," and Mario Vargas Llosa has called Hahn's work "magnificent and truly original. . . . the most personal I've read in the poetry of our language in a long time." Stolen Verses and Other Poems, translated by Poet Laureate of Texas James Hoggard, affirms Hahn's reputation as a master of his craft.


Stolen Verses and Other Poems

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New Jersey

Burning the Empty Nest

To Stay Alive

Rupi Kaur

Illinois

"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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Disclaimer: there’s a small stamp on the inside cover. It’s very hard to see with the pattern in the book. Photo attached.#hardcover #hardcover #nonfiction #poetry #autobiography #connorfranta #fiction #selfhelp #o2l 

North Dakota

In a previous memoir, "Connor Franta shared his journey from small-town Midwestern boy to full-fledged Internet sensation. Exploring his past ... Connor reminded his fans of why they first fell in love with him on YouTube--and revealed to newcomers how he relates to his millions of ... followers. Now, two years later, Connor is ready to bring to light a side of himself he's rarely shown on or off camera. In this diary-like look at his life since A Work In Progress, Connor talks about his battles with clinical depression, social anxiety, self-love, and acceptance; his desire to maintain an authentic self in a world that values shares and likes over true connections; his struggles with love and loss; and his renewed efforts to be in the moment"--Amazon.com.

Note to Self

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S. K. Williams

A Book of Poetry

More of a story than a collection of poetry, Love by Night will whisk you away from your world and into the dreamy romantic night. Love by Night begins with anxious hesitation and nervous attraction, grows into tender affection, blossoms into passionate love, delves deep into whimsical dreams, and finally builds an image of an idyllic future together, as the reader develops along with the two characters of this poetic story. Written as a conversation between two points of view in constant change and flux with each other, this book invites the reader into the conversation about the love that connects one person to another, but also all of us to each other. Through this written testament to the emotional journeys books can take us on, S. K. Williams breaks down stereotypes, sexism, racism, and brings awareness to mental health, grief, bullying, substance abuse, how to move forward, how to love in a healthy way, and, most of all, how to love yourself when it feels impossible.

Love by Night

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Courtney Peppernell

When a dark storm settled upon the earth, you lost many things - your hope, your strength, yourself. One day, in the middle of the darkness, you meet a spirit, washed from the ocean onto the shore. The spirit hands you a key. 

           

It is time to find the way back home. 


Returning with her newest poetry book, bestselling author Courtney Peppernell combines storytelling, poetry, and prose in a uniquely inspirational way. Filled with anecdotes, messages, and feelings from the pandemic that changed the world, The Way Back Home is a tribute to rebuilding our lives. Divided into sections that draw on themes of courage, resilience, purpose, and hope, Peppernell once again walks us through an illuminating journey of the heart, mind, and soul. 

 

Discover what it means to continue forward in life, despite such loss, and find the way back home.

The Way Back Home

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Catarine Hancock

love comes in many colors. this is a story of breaking and healing, of forgiving but not forgetting, of understanding and balance. it is not only something to enjoy, but something to learn from. here are the things i did right, and the many things i did wrong. i give them to you, so that when love comes knocking, you will have a sense of what to do when you open the door. Explore the experience of six different relationships in this moving collection that dives into the highs and lows of love.

Shades of Lovers

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Zane Frederick

(he)art. is a collection of poetry highlighting sexuality, love, heartache, and self-worth. The book is divided into three separate parts, each chapter displaying how the heart acts at different moments in life.

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Pillow Thoughts

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Pillow Thoughts

Yrsa Daley-Ward; Kiese Laymon

Bone

R. H. Sin

Whiskey Words and a Shovel III

R. H. Sin

Whiskey Words and a Shovel I

Lola Sevilla Poikert

Songs of Revelation

Wislawa Szymborska

View with a Grain of Sand * 1st ed/6th

Shel Silverstein

A Light in the Attic Book and CD

Amanda Gorman

Call Us What We Carry

Sophie Rachmuhl

A Higher Form of Politics: the Rise of a Poetry Scene, Los Angeles, 1950-1990

Destiny O. Birdsong

Negotiations

Amanda Gorman; Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by)

The Hill We Climb

Shel Silverstein (Illustrator)

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Rupi kaur

Milk and honey, the sun and her flowers, planting gardens in graves

Oscar Hahn; James Hoggard (Translator, Introduction by)

Stolen Verses and Other Poems

Gregory Orr

Burning the Empty Nest

Denise Levertov

To Stay Alive

Rupi Kaur

Milk and Honey

Connor Franta

Note to Self

S. K. Williams

Love by Night

Courtney Peppernell

The Way Back Home

Catarine Hancock

Shades of Lovers

Zane Frederick

(he)art

Zane Frederick

I Am Tired of Being a Dandelion