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One World
Rumi, Past And Present, East And West Description: Going beyond the limits of biography, this text covers the origins, spiritual context and teachings of the great founder of the Whirling Dervishes, but also includes a study of Rumi scholarship throughout the ages, bringing this volume right up to date.... Read More about the "Rumi, Past And Present, East And West" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Phaidon Press
Don`t Be So... Description: Paul Fryer`s first collection of poems is illustrated with keen insight by Damien Hirst. Together they have produced a beautiful diatribe against current complacencies that, remarkably, also show a precious tolerance and love for their fellow men and women. They have concocted an acute distillation of manners, cultures and prejudices, a polemic, even, that reflects a light suffused with a powerful disinterest, a disturbing sine qua non.... Read More about the "Don`t Be So..." on the The Nile Book Store Website

Columbia University Press
The Queen`s Wake Description: and quot;The Queen`s Wake and quot; is one of the landmarks of British Romantic poetry. It focuses on the return of Mary, Queen of Scots to Scotland in 1561 to take personal rule of her kingdom after her years in France. In the poem poets and bards hold a poetic competition (a `wake`) in Holyrood Palace to welcome the Queen home.When and quot;The Queen`s Wake and quot; was published in 1813 it proved an unexpected popular success, placing Hogg for a while alongside Byron and Scott as one of the most admired British poets of that time. Over the next six years Hogg made substantial revisions, making the poem even more attractive and saleable. The fifth edition (1819) is an enhanced and carefully polished version from a now established and respected poet. It is markedly different from the edgy, powerful and unsettling first version, which was the work of an impecunious and marginalised outsider. This book presents both the first and fifth edition of the poem.... Read More about the "The Queen`s Wake" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Frances Lincoln Ltd
The Land Description: A high-quality facsimile edition with evocative illustrations. An enduring book to be treasured and re-read for years to come.... Read More about the "The Land" on the The Nile Book Store Website

University of Illinois Press
The God Of Indeterminacy: Poems Description: Sandra McPherson has a miner`s eye for translucent color in the earth, and a painter`s eye for the `hard matchable light` in the air.... Read More about the "The God Of Indeterminacy: Poems" on the The Nile Book Store Website

One World
The Prophet Description: This illustrated gift edition commemorates the 75th anniversary of the first publication of The Prophet, arguably Gibran`s most acclaimed work.... Read More about the "The Prophet" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Shoemaker & Hoard
Given: Poems Description: This rich and varied new collection is cause for celebration. For the past 25 years award-winning writer Wendell Berry has been at work on and quot;The Sabbath Poems, and quot; resulting from his Sunday morning walks of meditation and observation. Poems from the past eight years of these walks are included in Given. Also featured is and quot;Sonata at Payne Hollow, and quot; a play in verse that is a startling evocation of the lives of the painters Harlan and Anna Hubbard. The other half of this collection contains shorter occasional pieces, from political poems to folk sayings, love poems to celebrations. Given is Berry`s first book of new poems in 10 years.... Read More about the "Given: Poems" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Santa Monica Press
Jackson Pollock: Memories Arrested In Space Description: This epic biographical poem chronicles the life of the dynamic and controversial American painter Jackson Pollock. The magnificent narrative chronicles Pollock`s reckless, adventurous, and often desperate life, from his beginnings in the American northwest through his pioneering of a revolutionary new painting technique that came to be known as Abstract Expressionism to his death behind the wheel of a car on Long Island when he was only 44 years old. Written entirely in iambic trimeter, the poem captures the essence of the brilliant yet tortured artist in language that is as breathtaking as a Pollock painting: spontaneous, beautiful, and haunting, with bursts of energy that touch the soul and make it soar.... Read More about the "Jackson Pollock: Memories Arrested In Space" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Beacon Press
New And Selected Poems: Volume One Description: Strikingly redesigned to accompany the publication of New and Selected Poems, Volume Two Praise for the poetry of Mary Oliver: and quot;One of the astonishing aspects of Oliver`s work is the consistency of tone over this long period. What changes is an increased focus on nature and an increased precision with language that has made her one of our very best poets . . . There is no complaint in Ms. Oliver`s poetry, no whining, but neither is there the sense that life is in any way easy . . . These poems sustain us rather than divert us. Although few poets have fewer human beings in their poems than Mary Oliver, it is ironic that few poets also go so far to help us forward. and quot; and mdash;Stephen Dobyns, New York Times Book Review and quot;Mary Oliver`s poetry is fine and deep; it reads like a blessing. Her special gift is to connect us with our sources in the natural world, its beauties and terrors and mysteries and consolations. and quot; and mdash;Stanley Kunitz and quot;One would have to reach back perhaps to John Clare or Christopher Smart to safely cite a parallel to Oliver`s lyricism or radical purification and her unappeasable mania for signs and wonders. and quot; and mdash;David Barber, Poetry and quot;I have always thought of poems as my companions and mdash;and like companions, they accompany you wherever the journey (or the afternoon) might lead . . . My most recent companion has been Mary Oliver`s The Leaf and the Cloud . . . It`s a brilliant meditation, a walk through the natural world with one of our preeminent contemporary poets. and quot; and mdash;Rita Dove, Washington Post... Read More about the "New And Selected Poems: Volume One" on the The Nile Book Store Website

BIRLINN
Late Night Radio Description: The only selected volume of work from this leading Australian poet.... Read More about the "Late Night Radio" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Shoemaker & Hoard
A Zen Wave: Basho`s Haiku And Zen Description: The author of and quot;Taking the Path of Zen and quot; ponders Zen, the human mind, and the haiku of Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) the greatest Japanese haiku poet.... Read More about the "A Zen Wave: Basho`s Haiku And Zen" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Beacon Press
Ash Description: Introduction by Sonia Sanchez Winner of the 2000 Barnard New Woman Poets Prize... Read More about the "Ash" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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