What is important is to avoidthe time allotted for disavowelsas the livid woundleaves a trace leaves an abscesstakes its contraction for those cloudsthat dip thunder & vanishlike rose leaves in closed jars.Age approaches, slowly. But it cannotcrystal bone into thin air.The small hours open their wounds for me.This is a woman's confession:I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me.

Discover a powerful and relatable poetry collection of love, loss, and healing -- perfect for fans of Rupi Kaur and Amanda Lovelace.In this magical poetry collection, Nikita Gill unflinchingly explores the fire in every woman and the emotions that lie deep in one's soul. Featuring rewritten fairytale heroines, goddess wisdom, and verse that burns with magnificent beauty, this raw and powerful collection is an explosion of femininity, empowerment, and personal growt...

Selected Poetry of William Wordsworth represents Wordsworth’s prolific output, from the poems first published in Lyrical Ballads in 1798 that changed the face of English poetry to the late “Yarrow Revisited.” Wordsworth’s poetry is celebrated for its deep feeling, its use of ordinary speech, the love of nature it expresses, and its representation of commonplace things and events. As Matthew Arnold notes, “[Wordsworth’s poetry] is great because of the extraordinary power w...

Structured like an old-school mix-tape, Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately is Alicia Cook's lyric message to anyone who has dealt with addiction. "Side A" touches on all aspects of the human condition: life, death, love, trauma, and growth. "Side B" contains haunting black-out remixes of those poems.

Award-winning novelist and memoirist Amber Dawn reveals a gutsy lyrical sensibility in her debut poetry collection: a collection of glosa poems written as an homage to and an interaction with queer poets such as Gertrude Stein, Christina Rossetti, and Adrienne Rich. By doing so, Dawn delves deeper into the themes of trauma, memory, and unblushing sexuality that define her work.Amber Dawn is the author of the Lambda Award-winning novel Sub Rosa and the memo...

Marina Tsvetaeva: The Essential Poetry includes translations by Michael M. Naydan and Slava I. Yastremski of lyric poetry from all of great Modernist Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva’s published collections and from all periods of her life. It also includes a translation of two of Tsvetaeva’s masterpieces in the genre of the long poem, “Poem of the End” and “Poem of the Mountain.” The collection strives to present the best of Tsvetaeva’s poetry in a small single volume and to give a represent...

These poems are rhythmic stories, lessons, events and life in Jamaica as experienced by a Jamaican Doctor. Dr. Miller-Rowe believes that like music, all of life is rhythm and this can be used to convey relaxation, a "feel good" state of mind and to uplift and transform the human spirit.The poems are all positive, conveying love, peace, joy, confidence, alignment with nature and extolling the beauty of Jamaica, its music and its people.The poems are in 3 sections1.In...

Straight from the journal of Rebecca Clare Smith (author of the Indigo Skies series & the Survival trilogy), this anthology brings you poetic ruminations on the exquisite form of the universe. Be that through the medium of love, loss, nature, or the small thoughts that catch us in the earliest of hours.Raw and untouched, these works have been crafted in the soul. Within these pages they are trapped in the hope that they, too, can speak to you.

From her life stories, Doris Markland has chosen the best and shares them easily with humor and depth. Read aboutHer grandparents 1828-mile auto trip to California in 1926 (on dirt roads!)How she won big prizes with 25 words or lessHow she quit smoking and taught hundreds to quitHer surprising connection to HawaiiOur cultural journey from handshakes to hugsThe magic of family experienceThe importance of spiritual heirloomsThe wisdom o...

One part macabre, one part melancholic, and all-around oddball, the poems contained within this collection are both old and new works meshed together in a weird amalgamation that centers upon themes of life, love, death, and rebirth.Mothers, maidens, and crones make their appearances, as does Vlad the Impaler, Aokigahara (Japan's notorious Suicide Forest), and a fiery phoenix.

"Free of the habitual lyricism of Indian writers, [Doshi's] work is austere and beautiful. Her refreshing muscularity gives her a distinct voice, both as a woman and an Indian."-The London Times"A work of a striking, emerging talent, who is prepared to take risks in pursuit of sensual, emotionally engaged and passionate poetry."-Judge's citation, Forward PrizeIn her second book of poetry-and her American debut-Tishani Doshi returns to the body as a central theme, w...

Never Alone shares Cassidy B.s story of addiction and salvation written in verse form. Her poetry explores the challenges that many addicts face.Most reach a turning point at which only they can answer the question of whether or not they suffer from the disease of addiction. It may take months or even years to come to this self-realization, and during that time the tumultuous disease of addiction can destroy families, loved ones, and individuals, affecting many more people who live...