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"IN the midway of this our mortal life,I found me in a gloomy wood, astrayGone from the path direct: and e'en to tellIt were no easy task, how savage wildThat forest, how robust and rough its growth,Which to remember only, my dismay...
William Butler Yeats was born in Sandymount in County Dublin, Ireland on 13th June 1865. His early years moved between Ireland and England. By his mid-teens he was writing but those works were described as ‘entirely Un-Irish’. With Ernest Rhys he founded the Rhymers Club. Based at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese in Fleet Street it’s best described as a drinking club for performing poets. Yeats later cited them as ‘The Tragic Generation’. By now Yeats was writing and publishing poetry and stories that were profoundly based in Irish folklore. Yeats is perhaps best described as Ireland’s national poet in addition to being one of the major twentieth-century literary figures of the English tongue. He represents the ‘Romantic poet of modernism,’ with an extraordinary style created from the outward emphasis on the expression of emotions and the extensive use of symbolism, imagery and allusions. In 1923 his fame was brought to an even wider audience when he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. His personal life was driven by his many relationships in love and by his great interest in oriental mysticism and occultism. Yeats also wrote prose and drama and, as an ardent Nationalist, established himself as a spokesman of the Irish cause and served as an Irish senator for two terms. W B Yeats died at the Hôtel Idéal Séjour, in Menton, France, on 28th January 1939. He was 73. In modern times his contribution to literary modernism and to Irish nationalism remains incontestable. His sumptuous poetry elegantly envelopes the reader in a world very few can articulate but all know well. A legacy for everyone 1 - The Poetry of W B Yeats - An Introduction 2 - A Man Young and Old - I - First Love by W B Yeats 3 - A Man Young and Old - II - Human Dignity by W B Yeats 4 - A Man Young and Old - III - The Mermaid by W B Yeats 5 - A Man Young and Old - IV - The Death of the Hare by W B Yeats 6 - A Man Young and Old - V - The Empty Cup by W B Yeats 7 - A Man Young and Old - VI - His Memories 8 - A Man Young and Old - VII - The Friends of His Youth 9 - A Man Young and Old - VIII - Summer and Spring 10 - A Man Young and Old - IX - The Secrets of the Old 11 - A Man Young and Old - X - His Wildness 12 - A Man Young and Old - XI - From 'Oedipus at Colonus' 13 - A Cradle Song by W B Yeats 14 - A Prayer for My Daughter by W B Yeats 15 - The Mother of God by W B Yeats 16 - Among School Children by W B Yeats 17 - The Stolen Child by W B Yeats 18 - Long-Legged Fly by W B Yeats 19 - The Poet Pleads with the Elemental Powers by W B Yeats 20 - The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W B Yeats 21 - The Wild Swans at Coole by W B Yeats 22 - Leda and the Swan by W B Yeats 23 - The Cat and the Moon by W B Yeats 24 - Those Dancing Days Are Gone by W B Yeats 25 - Imitated From The Japanese by W B Yeats 26 - All Things Can Tempt Me by W B Yeats 27 - A Statesman's Holiday by W B Yeats 28 - The Fascination of What's Difficult by W B Yeats 29 - A Drinking Song by W B Yeats 30 - He Wishes For the Cloths of Heaven by W B Yeats 31 - He Bids His Beloved Be at Peace by W B Yeats 32 - The Song of Wandering Aengus by W B Yeats 33 - The Travail of Passion by W B Yeats 34 - The Falling of Leaves by W B Yeats 35 - He Thinks of Those Who Have Spoken Evil of His Beloved by W B Yeats 36 - Down by the Salley Gardens by W B Yeats 37 - Quarrel in Old Age by W B Yeats 38 - The Secret Rose by W B Yeats 39 - Under Saturn by W B Yeats 40 - To Ireland In The Coming Times by W B Yeats 41 - I Am of Ireland by W B Yeats 42 - The Second Coming by William BuShow book
pbiA masterwork from one of Canada’s most important poets/b/i/p pReferencing the post-war neorealist film by Vittorio De Sica, Mary di Michele’s iBicycle Thieves/i commemorates her Italian past and her life in Canada through elegy and acts of translation of text and of self./p pThe collection opens with a kind of hymn to life on the planet, sung from the peak of that urban island, Montreal — an attempt to see beyond death. The book moves into a sequence of poems described by Sharon Thesen as the poet “envisioning the passage of time under the ‘full and waning’ moon of Mount Royal’s beacon cross, recalling her Italian immigrant parents in Toronto and her current life in Montreal [. . .] a sort of iDecameron/i.”/p pThesen’s description is apt for the collection as a whole, which moves into the poet’s autobiography — in search of catharsis through literature — and pays tributes to poets who have been part of the literary landscape di Michele now inhabits. iBicycle Thieves/i is poetry as time machine, transcending the borders between life and death, language and culture./pShow book
A poetry collection crafted to inspire healing in those tackling mental health issues or to help those closest to them. Paloma is faking it. On the outside, she’s A-Okay. She’s electrified at work, there is a cadence in her step as she walks her dog, she posts memes on Facebook, and she keeps up with most relationships. Looks can be deceiving, however. Inside, Paloma is just going through the motions, and she feels like things are spiraling out of control. But when things are at their darkest, dawn arrives with clarity and focus, and with it, healing. Paloma learns to value small glimmering moments of joy rather than searching for constant happiness, thus building hope for her future. An electric roadmap to healing and a manifesto for wholeness, Happy, Okay?: Poems about Anxiety, Depression, Hope, and Survival, is written in a contemporary style reminiscent of Rupi Kaur and Pierre Alex Jeanty. But this poetry book is not simply a narrative spun in verse. It is an invitation to readers to shake off the stigma and silence of mental health and find strength in the only voice that matters: your own. Whether exploring self-care, social anxiety, or anxiety in relationship, in this inspiring and heartwarming book, you will: Understand how to make happiness a decision, even when you don’t feel it in your bones Find out how to exercise patience and self-acceptance Attract hope and purpose back into your life If you enjoy poetry books or books like Her, Black Girl Magic, Pillow Thoughts, Milk and Honey, or The Sun and Her Flowers, then you will definitely love this book.Show book
An ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter that is traditionally attributed to Homer, The Iliad is usually dated to the 8th century BC and is considered to be among the oldest extant works of Western literature. Set during the Trojan War -- the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Mycenaean Greek states -- The Iliad tells of the battles and events that occur during a few weeks near the war's end, when a a quarrel between the leader of the Greeks, King Agamemnon, and the Greek's greatest warrior, Achilles, reaches a climax.Show book
On November 27, 2013, Kat Savage’s life forever changed. Her little sister, Angela, was brutally murdered and Savage has been searching for the strength to write her grief down ever since. Finally, just shy of six years later, and one year after justice finally rained down upon the man to blame, Savage found the courage to try. This collection is an 18-poem narrative of the very real and raw emotions felt by the author over the years since the tragedy. Here, she pays homage to her baby sister and bleeds her own pain onto paper for anyone who might need help finding their own strength.Show book
A twenty-four-hour school fundraiser in a semi-rural town takes on a new urgency when farmer's daughter Cara refuses to eat again until the supermarkets she holds responsible for her father's suicide agree to her demands. Fast is an ensemble play for teenage performers created by award-winning playwright Fin Kennedy.Show book
