An Invitation To Poetry

Author : Robert Pinsky
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393928389
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Invitation to Poetry written by Robert Pinsky and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2006-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of classical and contemporary poems are introduced by everyday people from across the United States, including pieces by such masters as Shakespeare, Keats, and Dickinson and featuring an accompanying video introduction by one of the editors. 30,000 first printing.

Author : Alexander Vvedensky
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590176308
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alexander Vvedensky: An Invitation for Me to Think written by Alexander Vvedensky and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Pussy Riot are Vvedensky's disciples and his heirs. Katya, Masha, and I are in jail but I don’t consider that we’ve been defeated.... According to the official report, Alexander Vvedensky died on December 20, 1941. We don’t know the cause, whether it was dysentery in the train after his arrest or a bullet from a guard. It was somewhere on the railway line between Voronezh and Kazan. His principle of ‘bad rhythm’ is our own. He wrote: ‘It happens that two rhythms will come into your head, a good one and a bad one and I choose the bad one. It will be the right one.’ ... It is believed that the OBERIU dissidents are dead, but they live on. They are persecuted but they do not die.” — Pussy Riot [Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s closing statement at their trial in August 2012] “I raise[d] my hand against concepts,” wrote Alexander Vvedensky, “I enacted a poetic critique of reason.” This weirdly and wonderfully philosophical poet was born in 1904, grew up in the midst of war and revolution, and reached his artistic maturity as Stalin was twisting the meaning of words in grotesque and lethal ways. Vvedensky—with Daniil Kharms the major figure in the short–lived underground avant-garde group OBERIU (a neologism for “the union for real art”)—responded with a poetry that explodes stable meaning into shimmering streams of provocation and invention. A Vvedensky poem is like a crazy party full of theater, film, magic tricks, jugglery, and feasting. Curious characters appear and disappear, euphoria keeps company with despair, outrageous assertions lead to epic shouting matches, and perhaps it all breaks off with one lonely person singing a song. A Vvedensky poem doesn’t make a statement. It is an event. Vvedensky’s poetry was unpublishable during his lifetime—he made a living as a writer for children before dying under arrest in 1942—and he remains the least known of the great twentieth-century Russian poets. This is his first book to appear in English. The translations by Eugene Ostashevsky and Matvei Yankelevich, outstanding poets in their own right, are as astonishingly alert and alive as the originals.

Author : Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780007748242
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Invitation written by Oriah Mountain Dreamer and published by . This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One night, after an unsatisfying evening at a party, the author sat down and wrote her heartfelt poem 'The Invitation'. It travelled by word-of-mouth and the Internet across the globe. In this book, she expands on the ideas behind the poem and has created a guidebook for living a life full of integrity, commitment and passion.

Author : Lisa M. Steinman
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Invitation to Poetry written by Lisa M. Steinman and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For anyone who has ever wanted to become fluent in the language of poetry, Invitation to Poetry will prove an essential guide. This book: Teaches the serious student how to ‘speak poetry’ through an in-depth examination of the traditional features and technical vocabulary of poetic language; Examines British and American materials from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries in order to give students a sense of a range of different period styles, poetic projects, and strategies; Explicitly examines, questions and challenges the relationship of poetry to literary periods and canons; Offers the technical tools essential for close reading and interpretation across a broad chronological spectrum.

Author : Joyce Sidman
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0544343549
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What the Heart Knows written by Joyce Sidman and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms, and Blessings is a collection of poems to provide comfort, courage, and humor at difficult or daunting moments in life. It conjures forth laments, spells, invocations, chants, blessings, promises, songs, and charms. Here are pleas on how to repair a friendship, wishes to transform one’s life or to slow down time, charms to face the shame of a disapproving crowd, invocations to ask for forgiveness, to understand the mysteries of happiness, and to bravely face a dark and different world. These words help us remember or grieve; they bolster courage and guard against evil; they help us celebrate and give thanks. This elegant gift book also includes a red ribbon for readers to mark their favorite poems. Poet extraordinaire Joyce Sidman won the Newbery Honor Medal for Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night and continues to write poetry for children that has been called "fresh," "inspiring," and "accessible" to her young audience. She is intrigued by the idea of "words of power"—chants and charms that were once believed to have real influence in everyday life. Caldecott Honor-winning Pamela Zagarenski's beautiful art captures a world of emotion and the essence of Sidman's words.

Author : Hannah Gamble
Publisher : National Poetry (Fence Books)
ISBN 13 : 9781934200629
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Your Invitation to a Modest Breakfast written by Hannah Gamble and published by National Poetry (Fence Books). This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fables of selfhood in the form of whirling yet intimate poems, from the latest winner of the National Poetry Series.

Author : Sage Cohen
Publisher : Writer's Digest Books
ISBN 13 : 9781582975573
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing the Life Poetic written by Sage Cohen and published by Writer's Digest Books. This book was released on 2009-04-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing Poetry for Everyday Life &break;&break;"Poetry is just the evidence of life," says Leonard Cohen. "If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash." &break;&break;You don't need an advanced degree to reap the rewards of a rich poetic life–writing poetry is within the reach of everyone. Poet Sage Cohen invites you to slow down to the rhythms of your creative process and savor poetry by: &break;&break; Offering explorations of the poetic life and craft &break; Inspiring a feeling of play instead of laborious study&break; Weaving together lessons in content, form, and process to provide a fun and engaging experience&break; Inviting you to add poetry to your creative repertoire &break;&break;Writing the Life Poetic is the inspirational companion you've been looking for to help you build confidence in your poetic voice. It takes poetry from its academic pedestal and puts it back into the hands of the people. &break;&break;Join the conversation with other poets at: www.writingthelifepoetic.typepad.com.

Author : Robert Pinsky
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393048209
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Americans' Favorite Poems written by Robert Pinsky and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2000 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of favorite poems sent in by thousands of Americans, with selections ranging from Shakespeare to Allen Ginsberg, includes comments from normal readers on how the poems affect them.

Author : Robert Pinsky
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393058765
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Invitation to Poetry written by Robert Pinsky and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2004 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of classical and contemporary poems are introduced by everyday people from across the United States, including pieces by such masters as Shakespeare, Keats, and Dickinson and featuring an accompanying video introduction by one of the editors. 30,000 first printing.

Author : Bernice E. Cullinan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Voices written by Bernice E. Cullinan and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers know that poetry is a great deal more than just an add-on or an "enrichment" to be fitted into the curriculum at a spare moment. And they are aware of how positively children respond to and learn from reading and writing poetry. The key is to know where to start and how to develop teaching ideas that make poetry a natural and enjoyable part of classroom work. The text is organized around strategies for using poetry. There are thirty-three detailed strategies spelled out and nearly three hundred brief suggestions. Sidebars contain information on such topics as criteria and a checklist for selecting the kinds of poetry children like, and descriptions of poetry forms.