Best African Poetry
Attracting global media attention, The BBC, The View, The Colbert Report, New York Post, Huffington Post and many others for what the Kirkus Review calls a legitimate editing of the reference to the pipe and wreath of smoke for the first time in the history of this the most famous poem in the English language. Winner of 4 IBPA 2013 Benjamin Franklin Awards,including first place best cover,Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2012 Gold Medal best holiday book, first place at the Global International Ebook Awards best Christian children's title,gold place for the Mom's Choice Awards in 2013. Positive reviews:Kirkus,Midwest Book Review,Resources Children's Literature Journal --Resources Children's Literature Journal.
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Since then, millions of other people have read it, but none have understood it the way you understand it. As an author, his most famous work is I Wrote This For You , which he writes under the pseudonym ‘pleasefindthis’ - a blog then book that’s been on poetry bestseller lists.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Not a really big fan of the layout but it does have some really good quotes that can be life changing with a great meaning."
"The book itself is phenomenal."
"on time and well protected as to not allow the cover or pages to be destroyed in shipping!"
"Such a beautiful book!"
"I love how long the book is."
"I am voluntarily providing an honest review in which all opinions are fully my own. They deal with the sense of loneliness and the attempt to connect with another, to reach out and touch another soul, another being. The cover of handwritten text on an abstract background is quite appropriate for this book. Something bright and cheery or terribly formatted would have been very incongruent to the subject and presentation of the work within the book. Writing Quality of poetry is difficult to evaluate unless you are going to look at the technical aspect of it. The good, the bad, and the ugly...and how much it lit up my life... ✰✰✰⭒. I sat and read this whole book in one sitting, from the first page all the way to the last. It's hard to count them accurately with the way they are written in parts of the ARC I have. Some of the poems sounded like what my friends and I used to write when we were younger and traded our journals to share our work. The work seemed fairly youthful to me with a good flow of thought. Spend time around people who smile in the face of despair. A unique and wondrous. perspective on. the chaos that is human existence. You are on day. one of a sometimes remarkable, sometimes terrible, sometimes. beautiful, strange. and always completely unknown journey. This can be scary at first but it is. liberating to truly and utterly embrace your own identity."
"This breathtaking collection features 316 pages of Thomas' best work over the last 10 years. For those who have followed Thomas for years, the presentation of this collection is refreshing - somehow both classic and new."
"How this poetry collection works: The photographer sends a photo the writer (they've never met) a new photo every day from wherever he is which the poet then writes a poem/short piece of prose inspired by the photograph and written for whoever might be reading it. I found that while reading the poem that suddenly the meaning of the picture would start to appear and it happened in such a natural way that I think that if one was there without the other, something would be missing. I do find that some poetry is hard to read/care about if you can't relate or don't understand what the point they're trying to get across is."
is the debut collection of prose and poetry by Malawian writer, Upile Chisala.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"You can't read this set of poems and then just put them away."
"Perfect."
"wow this book was exactly what i needed."
"Abosolutely lovely!"
"A fantastic collection of poems!"
"Profoundly magical."
"If not...still read this."
Best African Poetry
is the debut collection of prose and poetry by Malawian writer, Upile Chisala.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"You can't read this set of poems and then just put them away."
"Perfect."
"wow this book was exactly what i needed."
"Abosolutely lovely!"
"A fantastic collection of poems!"
"There is hope for poetry, for words without fear of criticism, for thoughts with heart, for sharing with fearless compassion."
"Profoundly magical."
Best American Poetry
A perfect gift for new parents, birthday celebrations, and happy occasions of all kinds, this collection of five beloved Beginner Books by Dr. Seuss— The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, and Fox in Socks —will be cherished by young and old alike. Dr. Seuss’s long list of awards includes Caldecott Honors for McElligot’s Pool , If I Ran the Zoo , and Bartholomew and the Oobleck , the Pulitzer Prize, and eight honorary doctorates.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"She's three, and I was looking forward to reading them to her now, and watching her learn the words, so she could 'pretend' she was reading them along with me, as I did as a child, and ultimately, letting her read them to me. I've just opened a couple of them at random and taken pics to show you the bleed-through of the images and words on the reverse side of the page."
"Picked up for our almost-3 yo."
"You start your kid's collection with these books by Dr. Seuss."
"I read these in a lower light setting given they are bed time stories for my daughter so perhaps that's why I'm not seeing it."
"My daughter absolutely loves these books."
"What would childhood be without One Fish, Two Fish and The Cat in the Hat?"
"I always have fun with these books and reading them to my son is always a great experience."
"Kind of hard to enjoy the story when the illustrations on the back of the page are showing through."
Best Asian Poetry
This definite collection brings together in fresh translations by an American poet the essential poems of the three greatest masters: Matsuo Basho in the seventeenth century; Yosa Buson in the eighteenth century; and Kobayashi Issa in the early nineteenth century. Here he presents three masters of the haiku form: Basho (1644-1694), the haiku poet most familiar to English readers; Buson (1716-1783), a visually oriented writer renowned in his time as a painter; and Issa (1763-1827), whose work is most poignant when he utilizes his ironic wit. Richly annotated, with illuminating essays on the poets and Japanese poetics, this anthology significantly broadens the pleasure of haiku for anyone unable to read them in the original.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Haiku are simple and pure poetry done with 3 and sometimes verses, describing certain quality."
"Wasn't happy about the price but it was worth it!"
"The haiku translations in this book are very good and are accompanied by explanations of the verses and with. descriptive narratives on the lives of the three key writers of haiku."
"A small collection of haikus from the three greats: Basho, Buson, Issa."
"Particularly valuable and unexpected are the notes in the chapter from Basho on his own work."
"It's the part of Japanese Culture and Eastern Mediation as I really know about Zen Buddism in Japan."
"Splendid collection."
"Beautiful versions of these translated haikus."
Best Russian Poetry
Black Book of Poems is the debut title of the Armenian-born writer, Vincent Hunanyan, and is a collection of poems dealing with loss, love, pain, happiness, depression and abandonment. "Black Book of Poems is a collection with a distinct sensibility that gives attention to a wide range of subjects while living up to its disdain for pretension."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Really enjoyed this work, Forgive me Lord, If I were standing at the gate."
"The poems are okay."
"Such an amazing read."
"Good book."
"Such a great little read!"
"loved it!"
"I enjoyed it."
Best European Poetry
"The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Jackson Crawford earned his Ph.D. in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an M.A.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"There's a difference... actually, there's an abyss between a translation and a true, high quality social localization."
"One of the best translations I've seen."
"This is a beautiful translation and interpretation of the Poetic Edda."
"Great translation, I'd recommend to anyone interested in the subject matter."
"Clear, easily readable texts; good background and notes; works well as an introductory text for Norse mythology to undergraduates."
"Excellent work by an excellent Professor."
"Great book."
"Can't wait to dig in."
Best Canadian Poetry
this is the recipe of life said my mother. as she held me in her arms as i wept think of those flowers you plant. in the garden each year. they will teach you. that people too. must wilt. fall. root. rise. in order to bloom. "The Poet Who Touched a Nerve" (The Times (London)). "Rupi Kaur is a rock star."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I did not think she could equal Milk and Honey, but The Sun and Her Flowers has blown me away, and more than lived up to my expectations."
"Teen daughter asked for this, liked it so well we bought a second for a friend who left to college."
"My daughter, who is 17, has read and reread this book."
"She had read the author's other book, Milk and Honey."
"Love the honesty, the rythm, the heart of Rupi’s poetry."
"My daughter loves this author we preorder this book came right on time!"
Best Middle Eastern Poetry
The Essential Rumi continues to be the bestselling of all Rumi books, and the definitive selection of his beautiful, mystical poetry. Text: English. Original Language: Persian. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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"One of best book of great Rumi."
"In September of 2012, I created a photographic gallery of Rumi quotations and used a few of the quotes from Coleman Bark's book with direct permission from the author - I thought it was so cool that he emailed me back and was gracious about it. The translation is great but the content is very hard to put into context.... it's like reading about another person's dreams.... they make very little sense except a few moments in time when something clarifying and brilliant happens."
"Great poetry that inspires and is easily relate able to modern times."
"One of my all-time favorite books which I can and will read over and over."
"I read this book daily."
"I have had this in book form and I need something I can just carry with me anywhere I go."
"Coleman Barks is one of the best for bringing Rumi to the 21st century!..not literal translations from Persian, I've heard, but renderings that do capture the taste of Rumi's message."
Best Australia & Oceania Poetry
Make a cup of tea and let yourself feel. In October 2016 she released the best-selling Poetry collection Pillow Thoughts .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"2.5 Stars."
"I LOVE this book."
"This book has put so much into perspective for me."
"I love this book."
"REALLYYY puts me in my feels 😍😩."
"This book is amazing!!!"
"This book has really deep poems."
"Amazing book and came in great shape."
Best Caribbean & Latin American Poetry
An impressive group of translators that includes Alastair Reid, Stephen Mitchell, Robert Hass, Stephen Kessler and Jack Hirschman, have come together to revisit or completely retranslate the poems; and a handful of previously untranslated works are included as well. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971, his breadth of vision and wide range of themes are extraordinary, and his work continues to inspire new generations of readers and writers.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Houghton Mifflin "Selected Poems" is much better IMO."
"EXCELLENT poems."
"Adds to my romantic side; spouse appreciates."
"HE writes about my lover."
"was i supposed to receive 4 copies?"