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In each of the short poems in Billy Collins’s Musical Tables, the former United States Poet Laureate tempers his characteristically jocular voice with what he calls the “thrill of mortality” – flashes of profundity amongst the mundane, startling reminders of the wonder of being alive. Through the brevity of these poems, Collins’ knack for coaxing the poetry out of the everyday becomes ever more refined.

Captive, Madeline Dyer's first poetry collection, is based on the therapy writings she produced when she was experiencing psychosis and OCD due to autoimmune basal ganglia encephalitis, a rare type of brain inflammation caused by the immune system attacking the brain. While her communication skills and cognitive abilities diminished due to the effects of the inflammation, she was able to share her thoughts and emotions via the written word

Change is in the air... Down Gilead Lane! College life for Brooke, a new addition to the family, and the office of Mayor for John - all situations that can bring stress, discomfort - and opportunities to trust. The Morrisons learn to turn to God for the answers to all of these changes and more in 12 compelling episodes.

A Poem about the acclaimed U.S. Poet Mary Oliver. She represented all things bright and beautiful in Nature, and encompassed the less bright in her accomplished Poems.

love affection & devotion is a collection of poetry and prose that takes the reader on an odyssey of love, lust, passion, and yearning.

Just Red Pilled is an All-Star collection of joke prose poems, electric laugh lines and satirical sketches about American culture and politics post COVID damage done. Subjects include COVID crazed tyranny, relationships today and more American made bulls--t. #BSIsOutOfTheBag

Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings. R. M. Ballantyne, a devout Christian and outspoken advocate for Christian boyhood, changed the lives of hundreds of thousands with his globe-trekking adventure stories that emphasized Christian character in the face of adversity. In The Coral Island, three Christian boys, shipwrecked in the South Pacific, rely on godly wisdom, biblical insight, and plucky courage to outwit and overcome pirates and cannibals.

In 2004, boldly original poet Lisa Robertson published a chapbook, Rousseau’s Boat, poems culled from years of notebooks that are, nevertheless, by no means autobiographical. In 2010, she expanded the work into a full-length book, R’s Boat. During the pandemic, she was drawn back into decades of journals to shape Boat. These poems bring fresh vehemence to Robertson’s ongoing examination of the changing shape of feminism, the male-dominated philosophical tradition, the daily forms of discourse, and the possibilities of language itself.

The events of life, a continual faith, and hope in God's divine intervention, despite the extraordinary happenstance of this earthly journey, inspired the collection of poems contained in I AM A MOUNTAIN. It is my prayer that these verses of inspiration serve as stepping stones with which to build your faith, amplify confidence in a Holy God's absolute love and power, along with encouraging a closer walk with The Creator of the Universe.

هذا الكتاب هو قصيدة شعرية ورواية سينمائية، فالسرد هو قصيدة ممتدة وطويلة تكاد لا تنتهي أكثر منها لغة سردية بحتة، لذلك تعد هذه الرواية كنزاً لمحبي اللغة الشعرية الحساسة المرهفة، وفي الوقت ذاته يمتلك الكاتب عيناً سينمائية بمشاهد مميزة ولوحات ممتعة ومؤثرة لا تخلو من التميز والإبداع.

"Heartbeat Expressions" by Xavier Shipman is a moving exploration of emotions, woven with the threads of love, pain, joy, and heartache. Through his masterful poetry, Shipman invites listeners to delve into the depths of their own hearts, finding echoes of their own experiences in his words. This collection celebrates the human spirit, capturing moments of tenderness and sorrow with equal grace. Whether reflecting on a lost love or cherishing a fleeting moment of joy, "Heartbeat Expressions" resonates with a universal truth: that in our most vulnerable moments, we find our true strength.

A moving manifesto in poems and essays, inviting listeners to embrace their humanity and live fully alive in our age of social change, hyper-capitalism, rampant individualism, and loneliness.

يقولونَ لي فيك انقباضٌ وإنَّما رأَوا رجلاً عن موقفِ الذلِّ أَحجَمَا

David Ashley White How-Shepherd AKA as Elder Poppy Uncle Seeds Man Di Hi Shep was born in Crookwell, 26 miles (marathon distance) from the city of Goulburn, NSW Australia. – He used to run it as a baby... But that's another story. Davids’s life has been as colourful as his beginnings, reaching the depths of despair through atrocities inflicted on him and with horrific things that he’s witnessed. Along with experiencing an horrific work accident that disfigured his right hand. All of this with no support, no counselingand managing his mental health on his own.

It has been twenty-eight years since Sandra Cisneros published a book of poetry. With dozens of never-before-seen poems, Woman Without Shame is a moving collection of songs, elegies, and declarations that chronicle her pilgrimage toward rebirth and the recognition of her prerogative as a woman artist. These bluntly honest and often humorous meditations on memory, desire, and the essential nature of love blaze a path toward self-awareness. For Cisneros, Woman Without Shame is the culmination of her search for home—in the Mexico of her ancestors and in her own heart.

Crafting together the power of words and womanhood, writer Tanya Markul has written a completely unique poetry collection fit for the phenomenal listeners of today. In Tanya's words, "May we raise the bar for how we live our lives. May we ridiculously increase the amount of peace, play, creativity, beauty, love, and joy in everything we do. May we all sip from the wisdom of our suffering. And awaken with the courage to share our stories that can heal our inner and outer worlds."

Do you ever feel like you are too small or too ordinary? That's how Itsy and Bitsy feel. When these two charming little mice hear that a king is coming to Bethlehem, they run to find him. But they can't find the king, and other animals discourage them. "Don't even try," they say. "The king doesn't care about little ones like us." Itsy and Bitsy are just about to give up when something amazing happens.

When acknowledging what it is you love and then pursuing it, you can stand firm and know that “no weapon formed of man” will ever prosper. Growth is realizing that sometimes that weapon against you...is you! Your mind-set could be your biggest ally or worst enemy. The choice is yours. This book's aim is to highlight the importance of getting out of your own way and sticking to a plan through lenses of growth and vulnerability.

A debut collection of poetry from platinum ARIA accredited artist Ziggy Alberts, Brainwaves explores life's experiences and emotions, inward and out. Deeply personal, frank, insightful, yet relatable, Alberts uncovers his introspective thoughts and lessons learned in conscious and intentional living.

Consider this glowing debut from Paige Lewis a menagerie of near-extinction. Space Struck explores the wonders and cruelties occurring within the realms of nature, science, and religion, with the acuity of a sage, the deftness of a hunter, and a hilarious sensibility for the absurd. The universe is seen as an endless arrow “...and it asks only one question: How dare you?” The poems are physically and psychologically tied to the animal world.