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"Young readers will learn about the lives and legacies of seventeen heroes of the queer community from both past and present. Marsha P. Johnson, Harvey Milk, Cleve Jones, Pauline Park, Richard Blanco, and Pete Buttigieg are just a few of the iconic figures represented in this wonderfully designed and colorful picture book with illustrations by Harry Woodgate. A perfect introduction to the people who have stood up for what they believed in, lived lives...
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This book offers poignant observations on overlooked aspects of life, conveyed through accessible writing to widen perspectives. Spanning various themes, I delve beneath the surface details that often escape our awareness, elevating them into consciousness through reflections from an intuitive lens.
My aim is to open up unconventional avenues of exploration beyond the status quo. Rather than adhering to fixed structural formulas, I let the prose...
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Is it okay to be pathetic and poetic?
Pathetic & Poetic is an exclusive collection of fifty-five poems exploring what it means to be an adult. The collection tries blending the immature nature of still being young and trying hard to be cool with the harsh reality that it is maybe time to stop being pathetic and start to grow up. The poems pose some interesting and philosophical questions whilst still being utterly ridiculous.
Each poem tells a thought-provoking...
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Alexa, what is there to know about love? is a wonderful collection of poems about love in all its forms, covering everything from romantic love to familial love, to long-distance love, and even love on the internet.
The collection also features poems about the true passions for many booklovers, reading and literature, and the odd one about the subject causing many of us heartbreak: politics. With titles like 'Hold My Hand While We Jump Off This Cliff'...
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There is something about Demi. When this boy is angry, rain clouds gather. When he cries, rivers burst their banks and the first time he takes a shot on a basketball court, the deities of the land take note. His mother, Modupe, looks on with a mixture of pride and worry. From close encounters, she knows Gods often act like men: the same fragile egos, the same unpredictable fury and the same sense of entitlement to the bodies of mortals. She will sacrifice...
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From the bestselling author of ¸ comes the second book of poetry and prose from Charly Cox. Honest, raw, insightful and magically interweaving the everyday with the abstract, Charly's writing is exquisite. She is a leading light of the new cohort of young women who are changing the landscape for poetry in the 21st century. . From the bestselling author of She Must Be Mad comes Charly Cox's second collection of poetry and prose. This is an account...
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TikTok poet Shelby Leigh presents a moving and inspirational collection of poetry about growing up and embracing all the beauty life has to offer. The perfect gift for fans of Rupi Kaur, Connor Franta, and Cleo Wade.
Shelby Leigh breaks up her poignant and reflective poetry collection into two themes: the anchor and the sail. While the anchor explores issues of insecurity, heartbreak, and anxiety, the sail focuses on healing and hope after the storm.
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I currently reside in Texas where I have established my home and lead a solitary life. I am a 28-year survivor of HIV which I contracted through a blood transfusion while serving in the military in 1983, following an oral surgery procedure. In my retirement, I have dedicated my time to fishing, engaging in home improvement projects, and pursuing my long-standing passion for writing songs and poems which I have honed over a period of 35 years.
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Chapter 6 - Disconnect - Disconnect is about the psychological action of disconnecting from everything that influences you in a negative manner. To not listen to the thoughts and voices of others who begin to steer your life, but instead, to focus on what you want and what you believe in. In short, it is the disconnection from outside influences, replaced with the connection to what's inside.
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Este libro de Adriana Musitano es un audiolibro de poesía de dolientes tonos amorosos que permite el disfrute sonoro de ocho poemas, grabados en lectura performática con actrices y cantantes de El Cuerpo Sonoro. La voz de la propia poeta presenta cada poema y lee los comentarios de dos prestigiosas poetas argentinas y de un especialista en teatro latinoamericano.
El audiolibro se divide en dos partes: la primera, toma cuatro espacios en los que...
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Imagine finding a dusty, water-stained journal in an abandoned subway station before realizing it was written 20 years in the future. No robot maids or air cars, just capital L, "Life," through X-ray specs, and don't hold the band-aid ripping or bemused outrage. There are a thousand novels herein. (Buddy Woodward)
Time for My Generation to DIE from poet and balladeer E.D. Evans takes no prisoners. Evans uses her sparkling, prickly verse to pluck...
12) Not on It
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Saddle up for a rollicking ride through the Australian outback with "Not on It" by the legendary Banjo Paterson. This collection of poems isn't your typical fireside verse. Paterson throws off the rose-tinted glasses and dives headfirst into the challenges and characters of frontier life. Expect tales of bushwhackers, unreliable technology, and the larrikin spirit that defines the Australian identity. Paterson's wit and sharp observations will have...
13) Sukun
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Kazim Ali is a poet, novelist, and essayist whose work explores themes of identity, migration, and the intersections of cultural and spiritual traditions. His poetry is known for its lyrical and expressive language, as well as its exploration of themes such as love, loss, and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world. "Sukun" means serenity or calm, and a sukun is also a form of punctuation in Arabic orthography that denotes a pause over...
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The Fool, Poetry and Other Works is the last book in a series I now conclude to be THE POSITIVE PRIME, which was the title of my first book of poetry. The Positive Prime began my story and my process as a poetry writer. It is my "Self – Identity" and the beginning of the story of how I viewed the culture of the African Diaspora and culture within the world. I attempted in my next books, Conversations with a Soul Brother, Soul Food, Legacy of an...
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Nestled in the heart of Central Asia, Afghanistan is a land where the winds carry the whispers of ancient tales and the echoes of enduring poetic traditions. This book embarks on a captivating exploration of the rich history of Afghan poetry, unearthing the cultural, social, and political landscapes that have shaped this poetic tapestry. Through five distinct chapters, we will traverse the epochs, from the early oral traditions to the contemporary...
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The Positive Prime, a book of Poetry (First published 2007) was my first book of poetry that has been idealistically inpired by the lives of my two grandfathers, who represent my "Gemini Twin" spirits. They were, during their lives, very spiritual themselves, so the poems many are idealistic in nature and also have common sense, as was life at their times, as Afro-America men.
17) A Field of Nopes
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This book of blackout poems is a mostly lighthearted, occasionally philosophical journey through selected application and rejection materials from the many teaching jobs the author applied for and did not get between 2011 and 2014. None of the materials come from their current employer.
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A collaboration born of a shared love of music, photography, poetry, and Indiana, this book celebrates the history, literature, and art that informs the present and shapes our identity. Richard Fields's black and white photos are evocative imaginings of Norbert Krapf's poems, visual metaphors that extend and deepen their vision. Krapf's poems pay tribute to poets from Homer and Virgil to Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Wendell Berry, and to singer-songwriters...
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In the spring of 2020, Jamie Sharpe was in New Brunswick, purportedly studying the famed Magnetic Hill outside Moncton. A dog-walker discovered Sharpe in a ditch, disrobed except for his backpack containing a manuscript …
With his fifth collection, Get Well Soon, Sharpe reaffirms "he is utter master of his language. Whether [Sharpe's] poems are the result of long lucubration or the inspiration of the moment, they bear no mark of effort, and it...
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