Some Glad Morning

Author: Barbara Crooker
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822986930
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 119

Book Description
Some Glad Morning, Barbara Crooker’s ninth book of poetry, teeters between joy and despair, faith and doubt, the disconnect between lived experience and the written word. Primarily a lyric poet, Crooker is in love with the beauty and mystery of the natural world, even as she recognizes its fragility. But she is also a poet unafraid to write about the consequences of our politics, the great divide. She writes as well about art, with ekphrastic poems on paintings by Hopper, O’Keeffe, Renoir, Matisse, Cézanne, and others. Many of the poems are elegaic in tone, an older writer tallying up her losses. Her work embodies Bruce Springsteen’s dictum, “it ain’t no sin to be glad we’re alive,” as she celebrates the explosion of spring peonies, chocolate mousse, a good martini, hummingbirds’ flashy metallics, the pewter light of September, Darryl Dawkins (late NBA star), saltine crackers. While she recognizes it might all be about to slip away, “Remember that nothing is ever lost,” she writes, and somehow, we do.

You Better Be Lightning

Author: Andrea Gibson
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 1638340161
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
2023 Feathered Quill Book Awards Gold Medal Winner 2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Gold Medal Winner 2022 Over the Rainbow Short List 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry Book Finalist 2021 Bookshop's Indie Press Highlights You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by self-reflection. The poems range from close examination of the deeply personal to the vastness of the world, exploring the expansiveness of the human experience from love to illness, from space to climate change, and so much more in between. One of the most celebrated poets and performers of the last two decades, Andrea Gibson's trademark honesty and vulnerability are on full display in You Better Be Lightning, welcoming and inviting readers to be just as they are.

Thanku

Author: Joseph Bruchac
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
ISBN: 1541523636
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description
This poetry anthology, edited by Miranda Paul, explores a wide range of ways to be grateful (from gratitude for a puppy to gratitude for family to gratitude for the sky) with poems by a diverse group of contributors, including Joseph Bruchac, Margarita Engle, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Naomi Shihab Nye, Charles Waters, and Jane Yolen.

Bright Poems for Dark Days

Author: Julie Sutherland
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 0711266816
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
An illustrated anthology of uplifting poetry.

Poetry at Work

Author: Glynn Young
Publisher: T. S. Poetry Press
ISBN: 9780989854290
Category : Poetics
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
There is value in taking poetry to work, and finding the poetry that's already there. Publications like "Harvard Business Review" and "FastCompany" are starting to write about the power of poetry-noting poetry's effectiveness in building creative thinkers and problem solvers. Yet there is no single source to guide those who are *at work* every day, with little direction for how to explore the power of poetry in the workplace. Glynn Young's "Poetry at Work" is that guide. From discussions about how poetry is built into the very fabric of work, to practical suggestions on how to be a poet at work, this is a book that meets a very real need. Altogether-a landmark book that moves beyond David Whyte's seminal book on poetry and the corporate world. More than just philosophy, this book brings the hope of practice and surprising discovery, the benefits of stress relief and increased accomplishment. *** The Masters in Fine Living Series is designed to help people live a whole life through the power of reading, writing, and just plain living. Look for titles with the tabs "read, write, live, play, learn, " or "grow"-and join a culture of individuals interested in living deeply, richly.

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

Author: Ross Gay
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822980401
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 109

Book Description
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude is a sustained meditation on that which goes away—loved ones, the seasons, the earth as we know it—that tries to find solace in the processes of the garden and the orchard. That is, this is a book that studies the wisdom of the garden and orchard, those places where all—death, sorrow, loss—is converted into what might, with patience, nourish us.

The Path to Kindness

Author: James Crews
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 1635865336
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
"James Crews' new collection, The Path to Kindness, offers 100 deeply felt and relatable poems from a diverse range of voices"--

London's No 1 Dog-Walking Agency

Author: KATE. MACDOUGALL
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788704335
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Healing the Divide

Author: James Crews
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732743458
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This anthology features poems by Mark Doty, Ross Gay, Donald Hall, Marie Howe, Naomi Shihab Nye and many others. These poets, from all walks of life, and from all over America, prove to us the possibility of creating in our lives what Dr. Martin Luther King called the beloved community, a place where we see each other as the neighbors we already are. Healing the Divide urges us, at this fraught political time, to move past the negativity that often fills the airwaves, and to embrace the ordinary moments of kindness and connection that fill our days.

To the 4 A.m. Light

Author: Adrienne S. Wallner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781646624737
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
To the 4 a.m. Light explores themes of the self, relationships, empowerment, and a strong connection to the natural world. These poems convey the celebrations and challenges of daily life, honoring the present moment.