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Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning. Poetry may be written independently, as discrete poems, or may occur in conjunction with other arts, as in poetic drama, hymns or lyrics.
Poetry, and discussions of it, have a long history. Early attempts to define poetry, such as Aristotle's Poetics, focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric, drama, song and comedy.[1] Later attempts concentrated on features such as repetition and rhyme, and emphasised the aesthetics which distinguish poetry ...more
Poetry, and discussions of it, have a long history. Early attempts to define poetry, such as Aristotle's Poetics, focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric, drama, song and comedy.[1] Later attempts concentrated on features such as repetition and rhyme, and emphasised the aesthetics which distinguish poetry ...more
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by Vatsal Surti (Goodreads Author)
by Vatsal Surti (Goodreads Author)
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date: Dec 18, 2016
"It's really hitting me where I live. Prose poetry about what it feels like to be young and have the whole world caught inside your throat."
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Many Ways to See the Sun: Nature Meditation for Children and the Adults Who Love Them
by Brooke Dierkhising (Goodreads Author)
by Brooke Dierkhising (Goodreads Author)
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date: Nov 30, 2015
When children are surrounded by the simple and magnificent beauty of nature, they develop an awareness of themselves and their place in the world. The
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Sugar, Spice, and Everything Catastrophic
by Melissa M. Futrell (Goodreads Author)
by Melissa M. Futrell (Goodreads Author)
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date: Aug 17, 2017
Win one of the ten signed copies of a top mystery/thriller turned poem on wattpad.com! The giveaway is open internationally.
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His Favorite Poets: The longtime UC Berkeley professor describes himself as "an omnivore as a reader of poetry" and recommends books by "voices I really do return to and wouldn't want to live without."
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I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)I am never without it (anywhere I go you go,my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) I fear no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet)I want no world (for beautiful you are my world,my true) and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; whic
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― E.E. Cummings
― E.E. Cummings
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