Poetry Notebook

Author : Clive James
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1743534450
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poetry Notebook written by Clive James and published by Picador. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clive James is one of our finest critics and best-loved cultural voices. He is also a prize-winning poet. Since he was first enthralled by the mysterious power of poetry, he has been a dedicated student. In fact, for Clive, poetry has been nothing less than the occupation of a lifetime, and in this book he presents a distillation of all he's learned about the art form that matters to him most. With his customary wit, delightfully lucid prose style and wide-ranging knowledge, Clive explains the difference between the innocuous stuff that often passes for poetry today and a real poem: the latter being a work of unity that insists on being heard entire and threatens never to leave the memory. A committed formalist and an astute commentator, Clive offers close and careful readings of individual poems and poets (from Shakespeare to Larkin, Keats to Pound), and in some case second readings or re-readings late in life - just to be sure he wasn't wrong the first time! Whether discussing technical details of metaphorical creativity or simply praising his five favourite collections of all time, he is never less than captivating. Filled with insight and written with an honest, infectious enthusiasm, Poetry Notebook is the product of over fifty years of writing, reading, translating and thinking about poetry.

Author : Clive James
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1631490281
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poetry Notebook: Reflections on the Intensity of Language written by Clive James and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary poet and critic Clive James provides an unforgettably eloquent book on how to read and appreciate modern poetry. Since its initial publication, Poetry Notebook has become a must-read for any lover of poetry. Somewhat of an iconoclast, Clive James gets to the heart of truths about poetry not always addressed, “some hard” but always “firmly committed to celebration” (Martin Amis). He presents a distillation of all he’s learned about the art form that matters to him most. James examines the poems and legacies of a panorama of twentieth-century poets, from Hart Crane to Ezra Pound (a “mad old amateur fascist with a panscopic grab bag”), from Ted Hughes to Anne Sexton. Whether demanding that poetry be heard beyond the world of letters or opining on his five favorite poets (Yeats, Frost, Auden, Wilbur, and Larkin), his “generosity of attention, his willingness to trawl through pages of verse in search of the hair-raising line, is his most appealing quality as a critic” (Adam Kirsch, Wall Street Journal).

Author : Kwame Alexander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781728222189
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ode to a Taxi Driver written by Kwame Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incredible stories. Award-winning storytellers.Epic adventure, mystery, and fun? We've got it all in Ghostwriter--the extraordinary new series from the hit Apple TV+ show, created by your friends at Sesame Workshop. This diverse poetry notebook by Kwame Alexander is next in the Ghostwriterseries, offering introductions to different styles of poems (list poems, haikus, etc.) with poems, inspirational quotes, and free write prompts and activities. Also includes bonus activities: Games Quizzes Puzzles Vocabulary Reading Comprehension and Crafts!

Author : Nomi Stone
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810125099
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stranger's Notebook written by Nomi Stone and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stone's moving debut collection of verse is inspired by her encounter with perhaps the last cohesive, traditional Jewish community in the Middle East and North Africa. According to their story of origin, a handful of exiles arrived on the island of Djerba, Tunisia, in 586 B.C., carrying a single stone from the destroyed Temple in Jerusalem. Drawing from this cosmology, the poems follow a stranger who arrives into an ancient community that is both at home and deeply estranged on the island. Its people occupy the uneasy space of all insular communities, deciding when to let the world in and when to shut it out. The poems are about the daily lives and deeper cosmos of the Jews of Djerba as well as the Muslims next door. In her exploration, Stone sees vivid recurring images of keys, stones, homes, the laughter of girls, the eyes of men, the color blue, and the force of blood or bombs. With this journey of faith, doubt, longing, and home, Stone has brought readers a rare look into a story that resonates powerfully with questions of cultural preservation and coexistence.

Author : Linda Pastan
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 039324718X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Insomnia written by Linda Pastan and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incandescent poems about living and aging—about being awake in this young century—by one of our most moving and eloquent poets. These poems chart the journeys of sleepless nights when whole lifetimes seem to pass with their stories: loves lost and gained; children and seasons in their phases; and the world beyond, both threatening and enriching life. The time before sleep acts as an invitation to reflect on the world's quieter movements—from gardens heavy after a first storm to the moon slipping into darkness in an eclipse—as well as on the subtle but relentless passage of time. Insomnia embodies Linda Pastan's graceful and iconic voice, both lucid and haunting.

Author : Jack Collom
Publisher : Teachers & Writers Collaborative
ISBN 13 : 9780915924691
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poetry Everywhere written by Jack Collom and published by Teachers & Writers Collaborative. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dazzling new edition of this "tremendously valuable resource" (Kliatt) contains 65 writing exercises and more than 400 example poems. It also discusses how to integrate poetry writing into the English class and essential topics such as sound and rhythm, traditional poetic forms, inventing and adapting exercises, revision, and publishing. "The lessons are presented with clarity, common sense, and sophisticated artistic sensibilities."-Missoula Independent "Poetry Everywhere will ease any trepidation [about writing poetry]."-English Journal

Author : Poetry Journals
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781983577567
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Thought about You Today written by Poetry Journals and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I thought about you today. I had to write down my thoughts before they faded, as you did, in my rearview. Memory is so seductive, so deceptive, so ethereal ... and yet ... and yet ... I thought about you today and it was as if you were here, beside me again, a living ghost.

Author : Campbell McGrath
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061751510
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seven Notebooks written by Campbell McGrath and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ant to the stars or stars to the ant—which is more irrelevant? Weekend Jet Skiers— rude to call them idiots, yes, but facts are facts. Clamor of seabirds as the sun falls—I look up and ten years have passed." —from "Dawn Notebook" Such is the expansive terrain of Seven Notebooks: the world as it is seen, known, imagined, and dreamed; our lives as they are felt, thought, desired, and lived. Written in forms that range from haiku to prose, and in a voice that veers from incanta­tory to deadpan, these seven poetic sequences offer diverse reflections on language and poetry, time and consciousness, civilization and art—to say nothing of bureaucrats, surfboards, and blue margaritas. Taken collectively, Seven Notebooks composes a season-by-season account of a year in the life of its narrator, from spring in Chicago to summer at the Jersey Shore to winter in Miami Beach. Not a novel in verse, not a poetic journal, but a lyric chronicle, this utterly unique book reclaims territory long abandoned by American poetry, a characteristic ambition of Campbell McGrath, one of the most honored, accessible, and humanistically engaged writers of our time.

Author : Dave Kapell
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780761113577
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kids' Magnetic Poetry written by Dave Kapell and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This activity-filled kit explains the concepts of rhythm and rhyme, figures of speech, alliteration, and onomatopoeia, and how they are used to create poetry.

Author : Ishil Sibal
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poetry Notebook of a Teenage Girl written by Ishil Sibal and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when you lock an adolescent girl in a flat for 2 years? This poetry collection is the result of boredom during the lockdown and post-lockdown period. Read on to find her sometimes witty, sometimes twisted, sometimes profound views on life, death, motivation, success and more... This is the poet’s debut collection, a display of her unwavering dedication to expressing the innermost thoughts of her generation. Dear Reader, this is not just a poetry book; it is a testament to the power of expression and the resilience of the teenage spirit. Whether you are a fellow young adult searching for understanding or someone seeking to reconnect with the intensity of youth, this collection will leave an indelible mark on your heart and mind. Join this emerging literary voice as she shares her personal odyssey through verses that remind us all, of the magic and vulnerability of being a teenager in a post-covid world.