Poetry

Romanesco Roads is a poetic social history of a pre-internet world, reflecting an enduring, seriocomic Roman spirit.

Poems about joy - this was the open call to "female poets from every background" about a year ago. The anthology has bore its fruits, with contributions from familiar and brand new voices. From tender poems to noisy and funny ones, you'll get to taste a range of poetry in this volume - combined with the imaginative artwork of Myths n Tits - to... -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

A collection of of poetry by one author

These are short stories presented in poetic form. The cadence of poetry lends air and space to a story and heightens anticipation. There is war, loss, love and redemption in this work.Accompanying these poems are some gritty short stories with twists as unexpected as a Twilight Zone episode. They are at times stark and unforgiving.

Ogden Nash was the master of humorous poetry. His clever use of language and puns made many of us smile and see each day in a brighter light. While not all of his poetry was light-hearted - he could be somber and address disturbing topics - his writing was mostly joyful and witty. We still quote many of his beloved lines, like 'Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.'This book contains a collection of his largely humorous poems, filled with frequent puns. Occasionally, you may come across a more serious selection that might make you pause and ponder. We hope some of these phrases resonate with you and perhaps stick in your mind for future use. Enjoy the poetry!

Have you ever wondered why?It is my pleasure to share this debut collection of poetry. Words are escapes. Each poem is powerful. Brave. My own creation. A work of delight. Rich. Playful. Sometimes fragile. Erotic love alive to the world. Dizzying. Tangled. Some written as a young girl. Some homeless. Some in love. Institutionalized. I write you with the love of life. With confidence. The sparkle and glitter of poetry. A rare wine. A fortune. An expose of lifeblood. And a passionate love affair. I leave these poems in your hands. Here is my poetry in motion. This is why.

The TV shows images of heads without bodies and babies wandering the streets all night... Just before sunrise, his blind eyes shine brighter than the sky, illuminated only by memory... The sudden, enveloping embrace of darkness is creamy in its softness, making you marvel at the world's perfection... Daring children to be young, sharing lunch with someone I once loved... Trust betrayed, messages relayed, bets hedged... Gracie lost herself again; her daughter found her in the basement with the photos... A bird twitters away the summers in a movie's belfry... Shriveled worse than a museum fetus drowning in formaldehyde... Pray the boy will learn to read before he learns to kill... The pizza guy slips a homeless man a few quarters... Moonlight bike rides along the river, conversations with the cat... If I touch the sky, how will I know... A glimpse of heaven through the kitchen window... Because no one can speak the sacred word, and no one knows more than they should...What the "#x@+" is he 'saying'? ... Read on!

'Zion' is an imaginary place of peace, happiness, and victory. It has been my life's ambition and pursuit. It has been a dream. An unattainable dream. Since Adam bit the poison apple in the Garden of Eden, mankind has been under a curse - to work at the sweat of his brow for his bread. This causes all of humanity to moan in existential pain. We long for meaning and for love.Originally, 'Zion' was the hill in Jerusalem upon which Solomon built his temple. Zion since then, has come to mean the holy city. Zion is the party, should there ever be one after the defeat of evil in the apocalypse. To me, it is something to hope for, to strive for. However, as life's problems obstruct the attainment of such a state, we begin to sink into complacency and misery. There's poverty, heartbreak, and people who want to put you in a cage. After all that - you die.Zion and Me is divided into three parts. 'Haphazard Lines' is mostly Biblical as I had recently converted to Christianity, and includes some speculation on the divine. 'This Lovely Day' is more secular and reflects again on life's melancholia among other lessons to be learned. Finally, 'Love Poems' is self-explanatory and concerns various concepts related to love like longing and sadness. Zion and Me is an attempt to explain the ambiguity that goes with the necessity of discovering life's secrets and to gain insight and wisdom.

Cet ouvrage analyse les relations entre écriture et tradition à partir d'une réflexion sur la notion de figure tutélaire conçue comme modèle d'écriture et incarnation d'un héritage littéraire. Dans le prolongement de la tradition de l'imitatio, la figure tutélaire est envisagée au sens de "maître" ou de guide qui acquiert une fonction exemplaire dans le processus de création. Les contributions étudient les diverses modélisations des "Phares" (Baudelaire) dans la poésie et la prose de langue allemande aux 20e et 21e siècles. Le point de départ de la réflexion est l'ouvrage de Harold Bloom The anxiety of influence, qui considère les rapports entre l'écrivain et ses modèles comme une impitoyable 'psychomachie'. Si le concept d'Einfluss-Angst s'applique à la quête d'originalité de la modernité classique, on constate après 1945 l'élaboration de nouvelles formes d'interauctorialité et d'intertextualité. La notion d'Einfluss-Angst fait place à celle d'Einfluss-Lust propre aux écritures postmodernes.