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  The Snowman in the Yard

  Joyce Kilmer

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The Snowman in the Yard by Joyce Kilmer. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 26, 2012.Alfred Joyce Kilmer was an American journalist, poet, literary critic, lecturer, and editor. Though a prolific poet whose works celebrated the common beauty of the natural world as well as his religious faith, Kilmer is remembered most for a short poem titled "Trees" (1913), which was published in the collection Trees and Other Poems in 1914.At the time of his deployment to Europe during World War I (1914–1918), Kilmer was considered the leading American Catholic poet and lecturer of his generation, whom critics often compared to British contemporaries G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) and Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953). A sergeant in the 165th U.S. Infantry Regiment (better known as 'The Fighting 69th), Kilmer was killed at the Second Battle of the Marne in 1918 at the age of 31. ( Summary from Wikipedia )

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  Beauty Is A Verb - The New...

  Michael Northen, Sheila Black,...

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  Chosen by the American Library Association as a 2012 Notable Book in Poetry. 
   
   
   
  Beauty is a Verb is a ground-breaking anthology of disability poetry, essays on disability, and writings on the poetics of both. Crip Poetry. Disability Poetry. Poems with Disabilities. This is where poetry and disability intersect, overlap, collide and make peace. 
   
   
   
  For the fan of good poetry interested in the diversity of American expression. The anthology provides an understanding of the history and contemporary vitality of the poetry and poetics of the non-normative body. Three sections—"Foremothers and Forefathers," "The Disability Poetics Movement," and "A Language of New Embodiment"—gather the poems and statements on poetics together in a meaningful whole.

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  Blues in Stereo - The Early...

  Langston Hughes

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  Publishers Weekly’s Top Ten Fall 2024 Poetry Books From Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, a stunning collection of early works written from 1921-1927 and curated by award winning poet and National Book Award finalist, Danez Smith. Before Langston Hughes and his literary prowess became synonymous with American poetry, he was a seventeen-year-old on a train to Mexico City, seeking funds to pursue his passion. His early poems, beloved verses like “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” were written without formal training, often on the back of napkins and envelopes, and were inspired by the sights and sounds of Black working-class people he encountered in his early life.  Blues in Stereo is a posthumous collection of these early works, in which we see Langston Hughes like we’ve never seen him before. In the intimate pages of his handwritten journals,you will travel with Hughes outside of Harlem as he ventures to the American South and Mexico, sails through the Caribbean, and becomes the only Harlem renaissance poet to visit Africa. He celebrates love as a tool of liberation in his poems and journal entries. His songs included showcase musicality of verse poetry. And the book even includes a play he co-wrote with Duke Ellington with a full score that experiments with rhythm and structure. Blues in Stereo portrays a young man coming of age in a changing world. Page by page, a young, fresh-faced Hughes contends with matters beyond his years with raw talent. National Book Award nominated poet Danez Smith offers their insight and notes on themes, challenges, and obsessions that Hughes early work contains. Blues in Stereo foreshadows a master poet that will go on to define literature for centuries to come.  

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  Dear God - Honest Prayers to a...

  Bunmi Laditan

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  Are you looking to strengthen your relationship with God? Do you find yourself untangling the threads of what it is you really believe? Are you longing for a deeper connection to your spiritual side? Bunmi Laditan has been in your shoes. 
  In the midst of her darkest days, Bunmi began writing down her deepest fears, hopes, dreams, and frustrations with God in the form of letters. The result of Bunmi's soul-searching journey is Dear God, a collection of funny, heartbreaking, and deeply insightful prayers that put words to the emotions we all feel as we grapple with this broken world and search for divine love. 
  With the same gutsy and poetic honesty that has already charmed readers around the world, Bunmi now shares these moving, intimate conversations with God--prayers and poems that chart her story of reconnecting with the God she loved, lost, and found once again. 
  Dear God catalogs what we're all thinking as we work out our personal relationships with God. These candid field notes will stir your heart and make you laugh out loud with Bunmi's self-awareness and profound insight into the spiritual journeys we're all doing our best to navigate. 
  Join Bunmi as she travels through those all-too-familiar emotions--doubt, anger, joy, desperation, love, loneliness, and gratefulness--that humanity has always wrestled with. Wittily fresh and stunningly relatable, she exquisitely shares the painfully honest questions she's asked along the way, including:God, what is holiness?God, how can it be worth it to love life when it could slip away at any moment?God, what do I do when forgiveness feels impossible?God, I know you love me, but do you like me? 
  This poignant collection of prayers is a timely reminder that even when we wander, God never leaves our side.

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  29 Plus One

  Annheete Oakley, David Giammarino

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  Have You Ever Wondered What Makes Life Worth Living?Your every single day is packed with thousands of thoughts, emotions and feelings.Unimaginable happiness can be followed by devastating loss and numbing depression can be replaced by love. Until you fall asleep. And then you wake up.And life begins its rollercoaster ride again.29 Plus OneThis is not your typical story book.This book is an opportunity. This life Story will act as a crystal clear mirror that will allow you to embark on a unique adventure of self-reflection.And you will hopefully emerge a different person. Filled with hope, self-awareness and an insatiable drive to live every single moment to the fullest.Both good and bad, both happy and sad.What Does “29 Plus One” Mean?Brace yourself for a journey through your deepest thoughts, fears, and emotions. This life story will act as the vessel that will help you navigate through life’s stormy waters. And you will reach your destination.Your inner haven, your peace of mind.How?By looking into your mirror through the sensitive, brave, and inspired eyes of a poetic storyteller.Why Choose This Book?Because you want to come closer to your inner child. Because you want to examine yourself and the world around you. Because you want something more.Do You Know Someone Who Could Use Some Inspiration?Spoil your loved ones with a special gift. Surprise them with a copy of 29 Plus One today and allow them to take a break from their hectic lifestyle and decompress their mind.Don’t Hesitate!Indulge Yourself In A Poetic Journey Of Self-Discovery!Click “Buy Now” & Grab A Copy Of 29 Plus One Today!

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  A Hero's Journey

  Mark Richard, Tessa Gallagher,...

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  An adaptation of the prose & poetry of author Raymond Carver and his wife Tess Gallagher.The story chronicles the final year of Carver’s life when he was struggling to finish his final book. This two-person play is a co-production with Chicago’s City Lit Theater.

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