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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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Mind Platter
by Najwa Zebian (Goodreads Author)
by Najwa Zebian (Goodreads Author)
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date: Mar 27, 2018
From celebrated Lebanese-Canadian poet and speaker, Najwa Zebian, comes this REVISED and expanded edition of her debut collection.
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Availability: 10 copies available, 473 people requesting
Giveaway dates: Mar 10 - Apr 05, 2018
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East Of A Cold Red Sun
by Shatara Liora (Goodreads Author)
by Shatara Liora (Goodreads Author)
Release
date: Jan 27, 2017
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This poetry book touches on themes of heartache, love lost, gr ...more
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This poetry book touches on themes of heartache, love lost, gr ...more
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Availability: 100 copies available, 146 people requesting
Giveaway dates: Mar 10 - Apr 05, 2018
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by Kate Evans (Goodreads Author)
by Kate Evans (Goodreads Author)
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date: Jan 26, 2018
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“Kate Evans takes us from the dreamlike moonscape of a failed marriage through the alienated ravings of ...more
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Availability: 3 copies available, 331 people requesting
Giveaway dates: Feb 10 - Apr 25, 2018
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His Favorite Works of Poetry: The former poet laureate and Goodreads Choice Best Poetry Finalist for the collection Aimless Love offers his top five.
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Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness.
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― Kahlil Gibran
― Kahlil Gibran
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I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again.
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― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
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