Publisher: BookRix
These are my life and life stories and life philosophies that haven't put a poem that have been waiting to be putting poem for a long time. Some of them might have strong language so I would be aware of some children reading them if their under 13 for swearing. Honest poems to and from honest people
I Call Myself Island introduces a narrative voice named "Island". The reader begins with Day 1 then goes on to travel through a 55 day poetry journey. Along the way, the reader, through "Island", encounters details from the simplicity and complexity of life, all the while asking Big Existential Questions. The reader experiences what Island experiences, gaining through this journey insight into our temporary life on earth.Show book
From the Introduction by Mohammed Sawaie: The Palestinian poets included in The Tent Generations, Palestinian Poems represent different age groups and backgrounds, yet they all express a strong sense of "Palestinian-ness". They include Israeli citizens, the offspring of those who remained in Palestine after 1948. They also include poets who lived or continue to live in the West Bank and Gaza, areas that are still occupied, or controlled by Israelis as of this writing. Finally, they include poets born in Palestine, but whose families were expelled, or migrated to neighboring Arab countries as a result of the Arab-Israeli wars of the Nakba in 1948, and then of 1967 and 1973. The educational backgrounds of the poets represented here vary. Salem Jubran, Samih al-Qasim, Tawfiq Zayyad, and Marwan Makhoul, for example, were products of the Israeli educational system. Others attended institutions of learning in various Arab countries. Fadwa Tuqan received little formal education in her city of Nablus; she, however, acquired instruction in language, support in writing poetry, and encouragement to publish her poems from her brother, the well-known poet Ibrahim Tuqan, mentioned previously. All these poems are written in fusha Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, the codified literary, written language shared by educated speakers of Arabic in their various respective regions. Palestinian folkloric poetry, referred to as al-Shi'r al-Sha'bi or Shi'r al-'Ammiyya, is not included in this work. Folk poetry, richly expressed orally in the Palestinian dialect, 'Ammiyya, embraces a variety of themes (national pride, panegyric, love, generosity toward guests/strangers, and so on), including the political themes expressed in the poems in this work. There is a rising interest in collecting and preserving this folkloric poetry, and several anthologies of oral poetry as well as studies have recently appeared. The 1948 Nakba, the wars of 1967 and 1973, and their subsequent tragic impact find expression in the work of Palestinian poets. Some of the authors in this collection had firsthand experience of the loss of home, and the up-rootedness from and destruction of their villages and cities. Others acquired knowledge of such experiences, the tragedy that befell Palestinians, through stories told by grandparents or parents, stories of hardship and deprivation transmitted from one generation to another. Thus, poets express in vocabulary specific to the Palestinian experience of the dispossession of homeland, the forced expulsion, the pain of living in the miserable conditions of refugee camps in the diaspora.Show book
From best selling author Yvette Gagnon, author of Don’t Let Anyone Steal Your Light, comes Quber Wisdom. A collection of stories from her experiences as a rideshare driver. You will feel like you are in the passenger seat as you take a journey with Yvette through some of her most memorable rides. You’ll laugh, cry and be on the edge of your seat as you read through the fun, inspirational, uncertain and even life changing accounts. Buckle your seatbelt and come along for the ride!Show book
The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives. But finding a starting point can be overwhelming, even off-putting, so in this series we offer up our Top 10 classic poets, who brim with talent and verse, on a range of subjects and themes that we can all enjoy. It is at first difficult to comprehend that the carnage and slaughter of War could yield some of our greatest poetry. Harder still that in four years of horror humanity was able to destroy and create on such a scale. These 10 poets and their verses speak for everyone. 1 - The Top 10 Poets - Died in WWI - An Introduction 2 - From My Diary July 1914 by Wilfred Owen 3 - Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen 4 - Soldier's Dream by Wilfred Owen 5 - Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen 6 - Anthem For Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen 7 - 1914 by Rupert Brooke - Peace, Safety, The Dead, The Dead & The Soldier 8 - The Night Journey by Rupert Brooke 9 - The Old Vicarage of Grantchester by Rupert Brooke 10 - Libido by Rupert Brooke 11 - Desertion by Rupert Brooke 12 - No One Cares Less Than I (Bugle Call) by Edward Thomas 13 - A Private by Edward Thomas 14 - This Is No Case of Petty Right or Wrong by Edward Thomas 15 - These Things That Poets Said by Edward Thomas 16 - Adlestrop by Edward Thomas 17 - God by Isaac Rosenberg 18 - Break of Day in the Trenches by Isaac Rosenberg 19 - In the Trenches by Isaac Rosenberg 20 - Spring 1916 by Isaac Rosenberg 21 - Daughters of War by Isaac Rosenberg 22 - The Dying Patriot by James Elroy Flecker 23 - I Rose From Dreamless Hours by James Elroy Flecker 24 - No Coward's Song by James Elroy Flecker 25 - Destroyer of Ships, Men, Cities by James Elroy Flecker 26 - Don Juan in Hell by James Elroy Flecker 27 - Such Such Is Death by Charles Sorley 28 - A Call to Action by Charles Sorley 29 - When You See Millions Of The Mouthless Dead By Charles Sorley 30 - To Germany by Charles Sorley 31 - East Kennet Church At Evening by Charles Sorley 32 - An Attempt at a City Sunset by Francis Ledwidge 33 - Ireland by Francis Ledwidge 34 - Lament for the Poets, 1916 by Francis Ledwidge 35 - Growing Old by Francis Ledwidge 36 - A Soldier's Grave by Francis Ledwidge 37 - In Flanders Fields by John McCrae 38 - Disarmament by John McCrae 39 - Anarchy by John McCrae 40 - The Pilgrims by John McCrae 41 - A Song of Comfort by John McCrae 42 - Champagne 1914-1915 by Alan Seeger 43 - Paris by Alan Seeger 44 - Sonnet 14 by Alan Seeger 45 - Ode in Memory of the American Volunteers Fallen for France by Alan Seeger 46 - I Have a Rendezvous with Death by Alan Seeger 47 - The Battle at Saarburg by Alfred Lichtenstein 48 - Prayer Before Battle by Alfred Lichtenstein 49 - The Trip to the Mental Hospital by Alfred Lichtenstein 50 - Moonscape by Alfred Lichtenstein 51 - Soldiers' Songs by Alfred LichtensteinShow book
A severe solar storm causes all technological systems to shut down in a sophisticated city that relies entirely on technology. What do you think will happen?Show book
Written under the pseudonym "Carolus", Lyrics & Lines is a book of poems written, probably circa 1890 - 1900, as a gift to one he had loved and lost.Love, Humour, Moralisation and the Macabre all come together in a most readable and enjoyable manner. Who he was, when and exactly where he lived and his age at the time he wrote this book are unknown. That he was a modest man can be gleaned from his description of himself as "...a poetaster". Beautifully written; these poems should not only appeal to lovers of poetry but to those who would never normally consider reading verse.Show book
