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La historia de la guerra de Troya. La anecdota suele regodearse sobre la figura legendaria de Homero, supuesto juglar ciego que iba de pueblo en pueblo cantando sus grandes narraciones epicas.

Rafael Pombo (Colombia, 1833-1912) es uno de los grandes poetas latinoamericanos. La pobre viejecita es uno de sus poemas más conocidos. Con humor, con ironía, muestra un pedazo del alma humana, contrastando la riqueza y abundancia material de la viejecita con su pobreza espiritual y moral. Las ilustraciones de Maguma, a través de un juego de simetría, resaltan el inconformismo y la codicia.

In einer Welt voller Intrigen, giftigem Neid, unmäßigem Prunk und dunkler Macht tritt hier ein strahlender weißer Ritter hervor, um für die Unschuldigen und Schwachen zu kämpfen. Gottseligkeit und Wahrheitsliebe leiten ihn. Sein Geheimnis darf keiner erfragen. Wagners "Lohengrin" läßt grüßen.

"Les Métamorphoses sont composées au début de l'ère chrétienne par le poète latin Ovide, juste avant sa relégation sur les rives de la mer Noire. Ce recueil est constitué d'une multitude de courts récits inspirés des mythologies, des épopées et des tragédies grecques et romaines. Un livre-monde, tour à tour édifiant, galant et burlesque dont la voix inspirée de Michel Vuillermoz, sociétaire de la Comédie-Française, révèle l'esprit et les saveurs." Claude Colombini Frémeaux

Patience is the third of the four poems of the Pearl manuscript, a 14th century work contemporaneous with Chaucer, Langland and Gower, and acknowledged as a minor masterpiece in its own right. The poet's usage of the word patience reflects two broad senses: that of accepting misfortune and submitting to physical or mental suffering, and that of waiting, holding back, and exercising moderation and self-control.

Cleanness is the second of the four poems of the Pearl manuscript, a 14th century work contemporaneous with Chaucer, Langland and Gower. Cleanness tells several stories, all related by theme “ the disastrous consequences of uncleanness, and the good fortune to be had by being clean. The poet carefully constructs a complex accumulation of stories and examples, whose main source is the Old Testament. The three major stories are the Flood, then Sodom and Gomorrah, followed by Belshazzar's Feast.

Deeply personal but also expansive in its imaginative scope, Nouns & Verbs brings together 35 years of writing from Campbell McGrath, one of America’s most highly lauded poets. Offering a hint of where he’s headed while charting the territory already explored, McGrath gives us startlingly inventive new poems while surveying his previous work - lyric poems, prose poems, and a searing episodic personal epic, “An Odyssey of Appetite”, exploring America’s limitless material and spiritual hungers.

Bu destan şiir öykü, Hacı Bektaş katına buğday istemeye giden bir genç adamın öyküsü değildir yalnızca. Kaderini fark eden, şu yeryüzüne neden gönderildiğini bilip, gereğini yerine getiren bir Anadolu fidanının öyküsüdür. Ben gelmedim davi için, Benim işim sevi için, Hakk'ın evi gönüllerdir, Gönüller yapmaya geldim...

Doris Margot Schlechta versteht ihre Gedichte als Hoffnungspost an die Seele. Sie selbst hat auf ihrem Lebensweg eine große Portion Optimismus im Gepäck, der sie durch schwierige Zeiten getragen hat. Mit ihren Texten lenkt sie den Blick auf Lyrische Momente, die in jeden Alltag Hoffnung streuen, aus der ein gutes Leben wachsen kann.

In Opened Doors, author Artie Bryant passionately delves into love, pain and the whirlwind of emotions in between through a profound collection of poetry, intricately penned to propel listeners into the author's transparent, visual feast of confessions.

La trama dell' Orlando Furioso è un grandioso susseguirsi di duelli e battaglie, di incontri imprevisti, di mostri e di magie, di castelli incantati e sterminati viaggi fin sulla luna. Il fascino di questo poema non risiede soltanto nel vertiginoso ritmo di avventure che vi sono narrate, ma anche dalla continua e naturale mescolanza fra realtà e sogno. Nel groviglio di storie che compongono il poema ritroviamo i temi dell'amicizia e dell'inganno, della fedeltà e della infedeltà, della lealtà e del tradimento, della prodezza e della superbia.

Blanche Kommerell hat ihre Gedanken in Worte gekleidet. Gedanken über das Leben, die aktuelle Zeit, den Tod, Freude, Leid und Hoffnung. Immer wieder Hoffnung! Linus Haagen begleitet sie feinabgestimmt und gefühlvoll mit eigenen Kompositionen am Klavier. Ein Arrangement, das mit Texten und Melodien einlädt zum Innehalten und Besinnen auf das, was wertvoll für uns ist.

Gives a poetical insight into Notre Dame history and what it means for France and the World.

This story is presented with several poems. ''The Strange Prince'' by Yonggi Gray is presented in a weird format, and it is from a weird story. The Prince has been in love one true time, and try to talk to several ones, but time and times again the meaning of love is changing until he will find a better true Love from what God has planned for him.

El paraíso perdido de John Milton es un poema épico que narra la caída de Adán y Eva y su expulsión del Jardín del Edén, destacando la rebelión de Satanás contra Dios. La obra explora temas de libre albedrío, obediencia, y la naturaleza del bien y el mal. Milton, poeta y ensayista inglés, es reconocido por su habilidad para fusionar la narrativa bíblica con la complejidad de los temas teológicos y filosóficos, ofreciendo una profunda reflexión sobre la condición humana y la divinidad.

An elderly explorer tells a story to his son on his deathbed about a hidden society of giant women living deep in the Amazon jungle that he had discovered in his youth. His last dying wish is for his son to go back and personally deliver a letter to their queen. When he finally arrives, he is thrust into civil unrest and a possible war brewing between the Amazons the human race. (written in lyrical poetry).

Человек, потерявший разум от любви и перешедший все грани безумия, становится скитальцем и одновременно шахом всех влюблённых...

«Песнь о Нибелунгах» – один из самых фундаментальных эпосов мировой культуры наряду с «Илиадой», «Одиссеей», «Беовульфом», «Калевалой». Эта знаменитая германская поэма была написана неизвестным средневековым автором более 800 лет назад, но ее великая трагедия и великая красота трогает сердца и сегодня. В центре насыщенного и драматичного сюжета – женитьба героя-драконоборца Зигфрида на бургундской принцессе Кримхильде.

Dating to the ninth century B.C., Homer's timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox observes in his superb introduction that although the violence of the Iliad is grim and relentless, it coexists with both images of civilized life and a poignant yearning for peace.

Ion is a very short Platonic dialogue between Socrates and a rhapsode by the name of Ion who specializes in reciting the poetry of Homer. The dialogue explores the nature of poetic and artistic inspiration in a most playful way.