Love Is My SaviorThe Arabic Poems of Rumi by Rumi
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Category: Poetry & Plays
This new volume of Rumi’s works, the first-ever English translation of his Arabic poems, will be exciting for the newcomer to Rumi’s verses as well as to readers already familiar with his mystical philosophy. The poems take the reader on a journey of spiritual exploration, ecstatic union, cruel rejectio ...Show more
Summer Requiem: A Book of Poems by Vikram Seth
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Category: Poetry & Plays
'I have so carefully mapped the corners of my mind That I am forever waking in a lost country...' SUMMER REQUIEM traces the immutable shifting of the seasons, the relentless rhythms of a great world that both 'gifts and harms'. Luminous, resonant and profound, these poems trace the dying days of summer, ...Show more
The Taming of the Shrew: Black Penguin Classics by William Shakespeare
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Category: Poetry & Plays
A relentlessly witty battle of the sexes, William Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew is edited by G.R. Hibbard, with an introduction by Margaret Jane Kidnie in Penguin Shakespeare. The beautiful but sharp-tongued 'shrew' Katherina has sworn never to accept the demands of any would-be husband. ...Show more
Shakespeare's Sonnets and Other Poems (Word Cloud Classics) by William Shakespeare
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Category: Poetry & Plays
"My love shall in my verse ever live young." -William Shakespeare William Shakespeare's sonnets are among the best-known poems in the English language, and the verses continue to touch the hearts of readers today. In Shakespeare's Sonnets and Other Poems, readers will find all 154 of the Bard's sonnet ...Show more
Twelfth Night: The Pelican Shakespeare by William Shakespeare; A. R. Braunmuller (Series edited by); Stephen Orgel (Series edited by); Jonathan Crewe (Editor, Introduction by)
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Category: Poetry & Plays | Series: The\Pelican Shakespeare Ser.
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, Or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, based on the short story "Of Apolonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich. It is named after the Twelfth Night holiday of the Christmas season. It was written around 1601 and first published in the First Folio ...Show more
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Category: Poetry & Plays
This title comes with an introduction by Marina Warner and illustrations by Mervyn Peake. Coleridge's celebrated poem was written at the suggestion of William Wordsworth in the early days of their friendship, and published for the first time in 1798. It is the story of a nightmare voyage to the South Po ...Show more
Poetry For Dummies by The Poetry Center, John Timpane
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Category: Poetry & Plays | Series: For Dummies Ser.
Sometimes it seems like there are as many definitions of poetry as there are poems. Coleridge defined poetry as "the best words in the best order." St. Augustine called it "the Devil's wine." For Shelley, poetry was "the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds." But no mat ...Show more
A Dylan Thomas Treasury by Dylan Thomas
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Category: Poetry & Plays
This selection provides the perfect introduction to Dylan Thomas' work, from poems and broadcasts to his short stories. It highlights his myriad talents, as well as the fluctuating moods and passions that inform his work. Discovered at the age of 19 through a poetry competition in a London newspaper, Dy ...Show more
Dylan Thomas Omnibus by Thomas, Dylan
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Category: Poetry & Plays
'In the beginning was the three-pointed star, One smile of light across the empty face; One bough of bone across the rooting air, The substance forked that marrowed the first sun; And, burning cophers on the round of space, Heaven and hell mixed as they spun.' This is a rich collection of Dylan Thomas's ...Show more
The Tao of Motherhood by Vimala McClure
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Category: Poetry & Plays
This elegant and inspiring volume adapts the ancient wisdom of Lao Tzu to assist parents with facing the challenges and realizing the joys of raising children. Vimala was inspired to write this adaptation of the ancient wisdom of the Tao Te Ching because she worked closely with new parents and their inf ...Show more