Magnolia Poems

Author : Nina Mingya Powles
Publisher : Tin House Books
ISBN 13 : 1953534279
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magnolia: Poems written by Nina Mingya Powles and published by Tin House Books. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SPIN, Electric Literature, Book Riot, and The Catholic Post Best Poetry Collection of 2022 Finalist for the RSL Ondaatje Prize & Forward Prize for Best First Collection A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of the Year A Chicago Review of Books Best Book of the Month Magnolia, Nina Mingya Powles’ exquisite debut poetry collection, pushes the borders of languages and poetic forms to examine memories, myths, and the experiences of a mixed-race girlhood. From Aotearoa to London, from Shanghai to New York City, these poems journey across shifting, luminescent cities in search of connection: through pop culture, through food, through vivid colors. Scenes from Mulan, Blade Runner, and In the Mood for Love braid together with silken tofu and freshly steamed baozi. At the heart of the collection is “Field notes on a downpour,” a lyrical sequence that questions the limits of translation and our ability to understand one another. Alone, the speaker recognizes that “certain languages contain more kinds of rain than others, and I have eaten them all." Full of hunger and longing for a home that can embrace a person’s complexities, Magnolia draws on every sense to arrive at profound, yet intimate insights, and introduces readers to a brilliant new voice in poetry.

Author : A. Van Jordan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393059076
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A written by A. Van Jordan and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MacNolia Cox won the Akron District Spelling Bee, and at the age of 13 she became the first African American to reach the final round of the national competition. The Southern judges, it is thought, kept her from winning by presenting a word not on the official list. The word that tripped MacNolia, ironically, was "nemesis." When she died 40 years later, the girl who "was almost/ The national spelling champ" had become a cleaning woman, a grandmother, and "the best damn maid in town." Cox's ambition and her later frustration find incisive shape in this remarkably varied meditation on ambition, racism, discouragement and ennui, where successive pages can bring to mind a handbook of poetic forms (a double sestina, Japanese-inspired syllabics, a blues ghazal and prose poems based on definitions of prepositions), Ann Carson's "TV Men" poems, Rita Dove's Thomas and Beulah and the documentary film Spellbound. Jordan (Rise) begins in Cox's later life, giving voice to her husband, John Montiere, at "The Moment Before He Asks MacNolia Out on a Date," then to MacNolia herself when in 1970 her son dies just after his return from Vietnam. As counterpoints, Jordan intersperses poems about African-Americans who won more lasting public acclaim, among them Richard Pryor, Josephine Baker and the great labor organizer and orator A. Philip Randolph. Jordan's most quotable poems, however, return to the voice of the 13-year-old speller, who "learned the word chiaroscuro/ By rolling it on my tongue// Like cotton candy the color/ Of day and night." (June) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. Library Journal.

Author : Ellen Sergeant Rude
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magnolia Leaves written by Ellen Sergeant Rude and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mary Weston Fordham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magnolia Leaves written by Mary Weston Fordham and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Conrad Aiken
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The House of Dust : A Symphony written by Conrad Aiken and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The House of Dust: A Symphony" by Conrad Aiken is a modernist poetic work that explores themes of love, loss, and the transitory nature of life. Published in 1920, Aiken's "The House of Dust" is considered one of the pioneering examples of American modernist poetry. The poem is structured as a symphony, consisting of four movements, each exploring different aspects of the human experience. Aiken employs vivid and often surreal imagery to convey the complexities of emotions and the human psyche. The overarching metaphor of the "House of Dust" suggests the impermanence and fragility of existence. Throughout the symphony, readers may encounter a series of fragmented and abstract images that contribute to the overall impressionistic quality of the work. Aiken's language is characterized by its musicality and rhythm, reflecting the influence of modernist trends in literature during the early 20th century. "The House of Dust" is celebrated for its innovative use of language, form, and symbolism. It invites readers to engage with its evocative verses, challenging them to interpret and derive meaning from the interplay of images and themes. Immerse yourself in the complex and atmospheric world of Conrad Aiken's "The House of Dust" for a unique and thought-provoking poetic experience.

Author : Erin Carlyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781949065084
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magnolia Canopy Otherworld written by Erin Carlyle and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erin Carlyle's Magnolia Canopy Otherworld is a stark collection of poems examining female autonomy and hardship within the American South. Included inside is a featured interview with the poet.

Author : Marcella Agnes Fitzgerald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poems written by Marcella Agnes Fitzgerald and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mary Lou Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Still, the Magnolia written by Mary Lou Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2023-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Says Patricia J. Machmiller, Artist and Poet, "At 93 Mary Lou Taylor, body frail, eyesight blurred-in her opening poem she says "I live in sfumato"-is nonetheless able to summon her unrelenting creative power. In this book, Still, the Magnolia, she examines with clarity the child that she was, the man that she married, the children she bore, the house that became a home, the friends she made, the life that she lived. She shines a light into her past with unsparing truthfulness, yet her touch is tender. It heals. It says I've known love and pain and loss and wonder and it's all good."

Author : Rachel Herman
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1663240167
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Silk and Magnolia written by Rachel Herman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2022-06-26 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a shattered heart and yearning for more, author Rachel brings pen to paper as a means of survival. She illuminates the beauty found in chaos through her words. She is passionate about pulling on the heartstrings of others with her experiences with the ultimate goal of connection. She soars off of that cliff, leaving behind toxicity. She lets the wind carry her to the next step, where she is light. She is shedding away layers of repression, and the outcome is liberation. Soaring from the Midwest to the West Coast above the skies of societies expectations, this collection of poems sheds light on a sequence of hope, chaos, and resilience. Silk and Magnolia is a declaration of endurance and authenticity found in a world of madness and uncertainty. Home at Last Waves of emotion fill my chest As I read your letter. Lips sealed shut from the love written in ink. Sleeping with paper under my pillow In hopes you’ll find me In my dreams. Reaching out your hand, Bringing me in for a hug, I fall asleep to the sound Of your heartbeat. Home at last.

Author : Langston Hughes
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 067972818X
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selected Poems of Langston Hughes written by Langston Hughes and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1990-09-12 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Langston Hughes electrified readers and launched a renaissance in Black writing in America—the poems in this collection were chosen by Hughes himself shortly before his death and represent stunning work from his entire career. The poems Hughes wrote celebrated the experience of invisible men and women: of slaves who "rushed the boots of Washington"; of musicians on Lenox Avenue; of the poor and the lovesick; of losers in "the raffle of night." They conveyed that experience in a voice that blended the spoken with the sung, that turned poetic lines into the phrases of jazz and blues, and that ripped through the curtain separating high from popular culture. They spanned the range from the lyric to the polemic, ringing out "wonder and pain and terror—and the marrow of the bone of life." The collection includes "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "The Weary Blues," "Still Here," "Song for a Dark Girl," "Montage of a Dream Deferred," and "Refugee in America." It gives us a poet of extraordinary range, directness, and stylistic virtuosity.