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
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The Switch
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Lord of the Butterflies
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    Release date: Mar 19, 2019
    From the famed publisher and poet, author of the million-copy-selling collection A Coney Island of the Mind, his literary last will and testament -- p ...more
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    Giveaway dates: Dec 15 - Jan 14, 2019

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  • A First Utterance by John  Canyon
    A First Utterance
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    Release date: May 02, 2018
    The first poetry collection by author John Canyon. These poems are full of shadows and insights. Sunsets and marvels.
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    Giveaway dates: Jan 05 - Jan 20, 2019

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