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Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning. Poetry may be written independently, as discrete poems, or may occur in conjunction with other arts, as in poetic drama, hymns or lyrics. Poetry, and discussions of it, have a long history. Early attempts to define poetry, such as Aristotle's Poetics, focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric, drama, song and comedy.[1] Later attempts concentrated on features such as repetition and rhyme, and emphasised the aesthetics which distinguish poetry...more

How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler's Memoir
My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer
Bough Down
The Anatomy of Being
The World Will Follow Joy: Turning Madness into Flowers (New Poems)
Door of Thin Skins
Like Bug Juice on a Burger
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Metaphysical Dog: Poems
You Good Thing
La tumba del marinero
Under the Keel
The Cineaste: Poems
Silverchest: Poems
The First Flag

Giveaways

  • An American Papyrus by Steven David Justin Sills
    An American Papyrus: 25 Poems
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    Release date: Mar 31, 2012
    This book of poetry was published by the New Poets Series in 1990 Papyrus: An Eloquent Ode to Life's Many Gritty Moments by Amy L. Wilson Arkansas Gaz…more View Details »
    Giveaway dates: May 03 - Jun 03, 2013
    7 copies available, 1265 people requesting
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  • Her House and Other Poems by Donna Marie (Pitino) Merritt
    Her House and Other Poems
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    Release date: Jun 01, 2013
    HER HOUSE is a culmination of fine observation. Donna Marie Merritt reflects on those details that so often pass by undetected, yet play an enormous p…more View Details »
    Giveaway dates: Apr 29 - May 24, 2013
    2 copies available, 177 people requesting
    Countries available: US
  • Hopes, Dreams & Medals by Loretta Livingstone
    Hopes, Dreams & Medals
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    35 inspirational (and sometimes funny!) poems all printed on glorious pictures. Yes, about competitions, but also about courage, determination and ach…more View Details »
    Giveaway dates: Apr 22 - May 27, 2013
    1 copy available, 114 people requesting
    Countries available: US
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    35 books — 536 voters

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    The Waste Land and Other Poems
    The Collected Poems
    Inferno (The Divine Comedy, #1)

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