{"title":"Poetry","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"poems-prayers-hardcover","title":"Poems \u0026 Prayers - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew McConaughey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - From the Academy Award-winning actor and author of \u003ci\u003eGreenlights \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an inspiring, faith-filled, and often hilarious collection of personal poetry and prayers about navigating the rodeo of life and chasing down the original dream, belief. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy prayers are my poems are my prayers.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI've always relied on logic to make sense of myself and the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA prescriptionist at heart, I've always looked to reason to find the rhyme, the practical to get to the mystical, the choreography to find the dance, the proof to get to the truth, and reality to get to the dream. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI've been finding that tougher to do lately. It's more than hard to know what to believe in; it's hard to believe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut I don't want to quit believing, and I don't want to stop believing \u003ci\u003ein . . .\u003c\/i\u003e humanity, you, myself, our potential. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI think it's time for us to flip the script on what's historically been our means of making sense, and instead open our aperture to enchantment and look to faith, belief, and dreams for our reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLet's sing more than we might make sense, believe in more than the world can conclude, get more impressed with the wow instead of the how, let inspiration interrupt our appointments, dream our way to reality, serve some soul food to our hungry heads, put proof on the shelf for a season, and rhyme our way to reason. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForget logic, certainty, owning, or making a start-up company of it; let's go beyond what we can merely imagine, and believe, in the poetry of life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcademy Award-winning actor and #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author \u003cb\u003eMatthew McConaughey\u003c\/b\u003e is a husband and a father, an eternal optimist, a hopeful skeptic, and a man of faith who believes that we should all start sellin' Sunday morning like a Saturday night. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcConaughey is a professor of practice at the University of Texas in Austin and co-owner of The Austin FC soccer club. He and his wife, Camila, founded the just keep livin Foundation, which is dedicated to helping boys and girls transform into good men and women through programs that teach the importance of decision-making, health, education, and active living. McConaughey resides with Camila and their three children in Austin, Texas.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.54 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50917997936892,"sku":"9781984862105","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/6418\/0476\/files\/GYDUJGmWIS9781984862105.webp?v=1785881795"},{"product_id":"rotc-kills-poems-paperback-1","title":"Rotc Kills: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Koethe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] visionary new book of poems and prose meditations.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Susan Stewart, author of \u003cem\u003eColumbarium\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRed Rover\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"John Koethe's poems...are profound meditations on time and the curious hold it has on the human psyche. In them, even the most extreme exertions of consciousness are transformed into the faultless measures of clear and beautiful speech.\"\u003cbr\u003e--American Academy of Arts and Letters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eROTC Kills\u003c\/em\u003e is a lyrical and arresting new collection from renowned poet John Koethe, 2011 winner of the Arts and Letters Award and the Lenore Marshall Prize for the year's outstanding work of poetry. As typified by the provocative title piece--a wistful look back at the poet's years at Harvard University in the late sixties--the poetry and prose within evoke the memories and dreams; the literature, popular culture, and philosophy of a generation through the lens of the poet's personal history. In the grand tradition of Wordsworth, Wallace Stevens, and John Ashbery, \u003cem\u003eROTC Kills\u003c\/em\u003e is an important work from a major American poet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom award-winning poet John Koethe, a rich and resonant new collection that moves easily between autobiographical anecdote and philosophical reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e--Slate\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom award-winning poet John Koethe, a rich and resonant new collection that moves easily between autobiographical anecdote and philosophical reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Society of Midland Authors Award (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50918135922940,"sku":"9780062136022","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/6418\/0476\/files\/ziQ72pnocz9780062136022_a756207f-5e09-4b20-979f-54c02d394ef6.webp?v=1785885753"},{"product_id":"walt-whitman-a-life-paperback-1","title":"Walt Whitman: A Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJustin Kaplan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the National Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Whitman emerges from this biography alive and kicking--hugely human, enormously attractive.\" --\u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA moving, penetrating, sharply focused portrait of America's greatest poet--his genius, his passions, his androgynous sensibility--an exuberant life entwined with the turbulent history of mid-nineteenth century America.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn vivid detail, Justin Kaplan, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, examines the mysterious selves of this enigmatic man whose bold voice of joy and sexual liberation embraced a growing nation. . . and exposes the quintessential Whitman, that perfect poet whose astonishing verse made \"words sing, dance, kiss, copulate\" for an entire world to hear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhitman's genius, passions, poetry, and androgynous sensibility entwined to create an exuberant life amid the turbulent American mid-nineteenth century. 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In these powerful poems about identity, water becomes a metaphor for the surface veneer that many of us carry, but Plath explores how easily this surface can be shaken and disturbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat lies beneath that fragile surface?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eConfessional Poetry: \u003c\/b\u003e Experience the raw, intimate poems that bridge the gap between \u003ci\u003eThe Colossus\u003c\/i\u003e and the legendary \u003ci\u003eAriel\u003c\/i\u003e, capturing a voice on the verge of its final, triumphant shape.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePoems about Nature: \u003c\/b\u003e From the bleak horizons of 'Wuthering Heights' to the haunting allure of 'Blackberrying, ' discover a natural world that mirrors the soul's own landscape.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUnforgettable Imagery: \u003c\/b\u003e Venture into a world of black lakes, silver mirrors, and white hospitals, where everyday objects are infused with startling, and often unsettling, significance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Pivotal Work: \u003c\/b\u003e A must-read collection from one of the most important and influential women writers of the 20th century, exploring the tensions between desire, duty, and identity with fierce intelligence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 7.99 x 5.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 1980\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50918139429116,"sku":"9780060907891","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/6418\/0476\/files\/UPJAa5nuPj9780060907891_f09ced72-2b4d-4849-9d67-9d30e7fe4e39.webp?v=1785885756"},{"product_id":"the-fool-in-the-corn-paperback-1","title":"The Fool in the Corn - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTania Pryputniewicz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this, her second collection of poems, Tania Pryputniewicz evokes the sensations and emotions of a sensitive child in a Midwestern commune, coming of age in a small town on the Russian River in California, finding herself as a poet, navigating difficult years of marriage and motherhood, and the heartbreaking loss of her own mother. 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Writing in the poetic tradition of Walt Whitman, McGrath captivates with ironic romanticism as he lyrically explores the banality of the everyday--from the decay and transformation of the nation's cities to \"Shopping for Pomegranates at Wal-Mart on New Year's Day\"--in poems that entreat us to love what endures amid the detritus of American pop culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the MacArthur genius grant and Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award winner Campbell McGrath, an electric new collection of poetry that asks us to love what lasts amid the detritus of American culture \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter nearly a decade, \u003cem\u003eIn the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys\u003c\/em\u003e marks a return for Campbell McGrath to the poetic forms that brought him national acclaim--lyrical meditations on American art and society by turns satirical, tender, and haunted by the merciless work of time. In poems such as Dick Cheney Speaks to Me in a Dream and Shopping for Pomegranates at Wal-Mart on New Year's Day, McGrath explores the intersection of the personal and the public realms of American culture like no other poet at work today. Whether he's documenting the decay and transformation of American cities, eulogizing Allen Ginsberg and Frank O'Hara, or rhapsodizing on the extramortal lifespan of books, McGrath writes poems of dazzling energy, intelligence, humor, and engagement. \u003cem\u003eIn the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of dreams, visions, jibes, essays, arguments, and love songs, each of them transformed into poetry by one of our most honored and entertaining poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the MacArthur genius grant and Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award winner Campbell McGrath, an electric new collection of poetry that asks us to love what lasts amid the detritus of American culture \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter nearly a decade, \u003cem\u003eIn the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys\u003c\/em\u003e marks a return for Campbell McGrath to the poetic forms that brought him national acclaim--lyrical meditations on American art and society by turns satirical, tender, and haunted by the merciless work of time. In poems such as \"Dick Cheney Speaks to Me in a Dream\" and \"Shopping for Pomegranates at Wal-Mart on New Year's Day,\" McGrath explores the intersection of the personal and the public realms of American culture like no other poet at work today. Whether he's documenting the decay and transformation of American cities, eulogizing Allen Ginsberg and Frank O'Hara, or rhapsodizing on the extramortal lifespan of books, McGrath writes poems of dazzling energy, intelligence, humor, and engagement. \u003cem\u003eIn the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of dreams, visions, jibes, essays, arguments, and love songs, each of them transformed into poetry by one of our most honored and entertaining poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.9 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Florida Book Award (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50918159253756,"sku":"9780062110909","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/6418\/0476\/files\/P6xh4Qw5g9780062110909_79f81b16-87cd-4a36-bbcb-3293bed1a8e9.webp?v=1785885774"},{"product_id":"the-constructor-paperback-1","title":"The Constructor - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Koethe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"John Koethe's The Constructor is a scrupulous, elegant account of the meditative intellect as an instrument continually registering the passage of time. Exquisitely modulated and brutally honest, these poems would be harrowing were they not so seductively beautiful. No one writing in this country today sees as deeply as Koethe into the tears that lie at the heart of things, and no contemporary investigation of the life of the mind may be called complete that does not accommodate the lush intricacy of his terrifying recognitions.\"-- George Bradley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I prize John Koethe's intimate expanses and unsettling reveries, his tender contemplations and odd mental landscapes. 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Ginsberg's innovative verse, iconoclastic attitude, and emphasis on spiritual, political, and sexual liberation inspired countless poets, musicians, and visual and performance artists worldwide, throughout his life and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelected Poems 1947-1995\u003c\/i\u003e commemorates his brilliant career as one of America's most distinguished poets. Here are well-known masterpieces such as the lyric \"Howl\" and the narrative \"Kaddish\" -- classic works of American literature -- as well as later gems, including the long dream poem \"White Shroud,\" the visionary \"After Lalon,\" and the political rock lyric \"The Ballad of the Skeletons,\" a song he recorded in 1996 with a stellar band that included Philip Glass, Lenny Kaye, and Paul McCartney.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, as we mark a century since his birth, the freedom of thought and word Ginsberg championed is increasingly coming under attack, making his ideas and poetry more essential than ever for both longtime admirers and new generations waiting to discover him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssembled by Allen Ginsberg, \u003cem\u003eSelected Poems 1947-1995\u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive collection of the best works of one of the most influential and revolutionary poets of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllen Ginsberg, famous for helping catalyze the Beat Generation, wrote poetry for more than fifty years. His innovative verse and provocative attitudes of spiritual, political, and sexual liberation inspired countless poets, musicians, and visual and performance artists worldwide, and helped shape several generations' views of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelected Poems 1947-1995\u003c\/em\u003e commemorates Ginsberg's brilliant career as one of America's most distinguished poets. Here are well-known masterpieces such as the lyric \"Howl\" and the narrative \"Kaddish\" -- classic works of American literature -- as well as more recent gems, including the long dream poem \"White Shroud,\" the visionary \"After Lalon,\" and the political rock lyric \"The Ballad of the Skeletons,\" a song he recorded in 1996 with a stellar band that included Philip Glass, Lenny Kaye, and Paul McCartney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.27 x 9.29 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50918173933820,"sku":"9780060933760","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/6418\/0476\/files\/3-UAShIJLS9780060933760_f447244e-1640-4120-ba2a-3888088e8083.webp?v=1785885788"},{"product_id":"the-best-poems-of-the-english-language-from-chaucer-through-robert-frost-paperback-1","title":"The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarold Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"To read Bloom's insights here is to bask in the emanation\u003cbr\u003eof genius. 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More\u003cbr\u003ethan any other anthology, this book provides readers who desire the pleasures\u003cbr\u003eof sublime art with nearly everything they need in a single volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive anthology attempts to give the common reader possession of six centuries of great British and American poetry. The book features a large introductory essay by Harold Bloom called \"The Art of Reading Poetry,\" which presents his critical reflections of more than half a century devoted to the reading, teaching, and writing about the literary achievement he loves most. In the case of all major poets in the language, this volume offers either the entire range of what is most valuable in their work, or vital selections that illuminate each figure′s contribution. There are also headnotes by Harold Bloom to every poet in the volume as well as to the most important individual poems. Much more than any other anthology ever gathered, this book provides readers who desire the pleasures of a sublime art with very nearly everything they need in a single volume. It also is regarded as his final meditation upon all those who have formed his mind.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive anthology attempts to give the common reader possession of six centuries of great British and American poetry. The book features a large introductory essay by Harold Bloom called \"The Art of Reading Poetry,\" which presents his critical reflections of more than half a century devoted to the reading, teaching, and writing about the literary achievement he loves most. In the case of all major poets in the language, this volume offers either the entire range of what is most valuable in their work, or vital selections that illuminate each figure′s contribution. There are also headnotes by Harold Bloom to every poet in the volume as well as to the most important individual poems. Much more than any other anthology ever gathered, this book provides readers who desire the pleasures of a sublime art with very nearly everything they need in a single volume. 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You will say Hi-ho for the toilet troll, get tongue-tied with Stick-a-Tongue-Out-Sid, play a highly unusual horn, and experience the joys of growing down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's that? You have a case of the Lovetobutcants? Impossible! 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We collected poems and essays from a select group of poets and writers. Each shared about their experiences with caregiving. Additionally, we have poems and essays about being the recipients of care. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKay Payne, the cover artist also included 12 coloring pages. We have a section on Stress Management and Journaling, as well as some journal pages to get started. Bonuses include recipes from family files. This book is written in large print and a larger workbook size to allow for ease of reading as well as coloring and writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I embarked on this project, it was going to be solo. For some time, I have been in various care roles, as a giver and receiver. One thing I learned is that there is nothing you can do without others. This is why I decided it would be more beneficial to open up this book to other writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt all began with an appeal or call to others where I ran a contest. The requirements were that each writer had to speak from their own experience, so no stories of fiction or telling somebody else's truths. There were several entries and I had no limits set as to how many I would choose. I simply went with the best of the entries which met the criteria. There are also some who have been invited because I saw something they shared and I wanted that in this book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese writers have dug deep into their souls to express their honesty about these experiences. I found it important to keep tissues handy while reading these heartful words. Those who know me, know I do not cry easily. Nonetheless, I found myself to become frequently choked up. I say this to offer a trigger warning that there are many deeply emotional stories within these writings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond the writing, it is also important to explore our own stories. This opportunity is provided with the journal pages which are placed after the expressions. It has been found that when caregivers and receivers are in their spaces, creativity in various art forms can be beneficial. We have been fortunate to have the renderings of our cover artist Kay Payne also within the covers of this book. She has created several coloring pages which may be just what is needed for soothing. There are even some family recipes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResources for care are plentiful but can be time-consuming to locate and determine the feasibility. We have provided a simple, not likely exhaustive resource list as the last portion of this book. After this, there are additional pages to jot down other information as you find it helpful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThank you for taking the time to read these many thoughtful offerings and may your journey be one warmed in knowing that you are never alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 10 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50918189302012,"sku":"9798986323770","price":25.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/6418\/0476\/files\/ezuxWQBEE29798986323770_c1c44d63-cc30-4bfa-85ad-bb4e9a9be3a5.webp?v=1785885803"},{"product_id":"the-darkness-around-us-is-deep-selected-poems-of-william-stafford-paperback-1","title":"The Darkness Around Us Is Deep: Selected Poems of William Stafford - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Stafford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Family and Children with Kit, Age Seven, at the Beach We would climb the highest dune, from there to gaze and come down: the ocean was performing; we contributed our climb. Waves leapfrogged and came straight out of the storm. What should our gaze mean? K it waited for me to decide. Standing on such a hill, what would you tell your child? That was an absolute vista. Those waves raced far, and cold. \"How far could you swim, Daddy, in such a storm?\" \"As far as was needed,\" I said, and as I talked, I swam. Passing Remark in scenery I like flat country. In life I don't like much to happen. In personalities I like mild colorless people. And in colors I prefer gray and brown. My wife, a vivid girl from the mountains, says, \"Then why did you choose me?\" Mildly I lower my brown eyes-- there are so many things admirable people do not understand. At Our House Home late, one lamp turned low, crumpled pillow on the couch, wet dishes in the sink (late snack), in every child's room the checked, slow, sure breath-- Suddenly in this doorway where I stand in this house I see this place again, this time the night as quiet, the house as well secured, all breath but mine borne gently on the air-- \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd where I stand, no one. Consolations \"The broken part heals even stronger than the rest,\" they say. But that takes awhile. And, \"Hurry up,\" the whole world says. They tap their feet. And it still hurts on rainy afternoons when the same absent sun gives no sign it will ever come back. \"What difference in a hundred years?\" The barn where Agnes hanged her child will fall by then, and the scrawled words erase themselves on the floor where rats' feet run. Boards curl up. Whole new trees drink what the rivers bring. Things die. \"No good thing is easy.\" They told us that, while we dug our fingers into the stones and looked beseechingly into their eyes. They say the hurt is good for you. It makes what comes later a gift all the more \u0026gt;precious in your bleeding hands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a Lost Child What happens is, the kind of snow that sweeps Wyoming comes down while I'm asleep. Dawn finds our sleeping bag but you are gone. Nowhere now, you call through every storm, a voice that wanders without a home. Across bridges that used to find a shore you pass, and along shadows of trees that fell before you were born. You are a memory too strong to leave this world that slips away even as its precious time goes on. \" glimpse you often, faithful to every country we ever fo und, a bright shadow the sun forgot one day. On a map of Spain\" find your note left from a trip that year our family traveled: \"Daddy, we could meet here.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eS Memorial: Son Bret In the way you went you were important do not know what you found. In the pattern of my life you stand where you stood always, in the center, a hero, a puzzle, a man. What you might have told me \" will never know--the lips went still, the body cold. I am afraid, in the circling stars, in the dark, and even at noon in the light. When I run what am I running from? You turned once to tell me something, but then you glimpsed a shadow on my face and maybe thought, Why tell what hurts? You carried it, my boy,so brave, so far. Now we have all the days, and the sun goes by the same; there is a faint, wandering trail I find sometimes, off through grass and sage. I stop and listen: only summer again--remember?-- The bees, the wind The Light by the Barn The light by the barn that shines all night pales at dawn when a little breeze comes. A little breeze comes breathing the fields from their sleep and waking the slow windmill. The slow windmill sings the long day about anguish and loss to the chickens at work. The little breeze follows the slow windmill and the chickens at work till the sun goes down-- Then the light by the barn again. Any Time Vacation? Well, our children took our love apart: \"Why do you hold Daddy's hand?\" \"Susy's mother doesn't have gray in her hair.\" And scenes crushed our wonder--Sun Valley, Sawtooths, those reaches of the Inland Passage--while the children took our simple love apart. (Children, how many colors does the light have? Remember the wide shafts of sunlight, roads through the trees, how light examines the road hour by hour? It is all various, no simple on-off colors. And love does not come riding west through the trees to find you. ) \"Daddy, tell me your best secret.\" (I have woven a parachute out o f everything broken; my scars are my shield; and I jump, daylight or dark, into any country, where as I descend I turn native and stumble into terribly human speech and wince recognition.) \"When you get old, how do you know what to do?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Waves will quiet, wind lull; and in that instant I will have all the time in the world; something deeper thanbirthdays will tell me all I need.) \"But will you do right?\" (Children, children, oh, see that waterfall.) Long Distance We didn't know at the time. It was for us, a telephone call through the world and nobody answered. We thought it was a train far off giving its horn, roving its headlight side to side in its tunnel of darkness and shaking the bridge and our house till dishes rattled, and going away. We thought it a breath climbing the well where Kim almost fell in; it was a breath saying his name, and \"Almost got you,\" but we piled boards \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand bricks on top and held off that voice. Or maybe it was the song in the stove-- walnut and elm giving forth stored sunlight through that narrow glass eye on the front in the black door that held in the fire. Or a sigh from under the mound of snow where Bret's little car with its toy wheels nestled all winter ready to roll, come spring, and varoom when his feet toddled it along. Or--listen--in the cardboard house we built by the kitchen wall, a doorknob drawn with crayon, Kit's little window peeking out by the table--is it a message from there? And from Aunt Helen's room where she sews all day on a comforter made out of pieces of Grandma's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edresses, and the suits for church--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBestselling author Robert Bly selects his favorite works by the award-winning poet William Stafford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.04 x 5.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50918190153980,"sku":"9780060969165","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/6418\/0476\/files\/kVNieO1SMj9780060969165_7fe381b6-8288-4a3f-9bcb-69d884e0405d.webp?v=1785885803"},{"product_id":"the-essential-rilke-paperback-1","title":"The Essential Rilke - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGalway Kinnell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHannah Liebmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerman poet Rainer Maria Rilke(1875-1926) enjoys ever-increasing popularity. 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These translations offer new insight into this enigmatic German poet whose work will continue to be read and admired throughout the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerman poet Rainer Maria Rilke(1875-1926) enjoys ever-increasing popularity. His \u003cem\u003eDuino Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e is considered on of the greatest long poems of the twentieth century. Yet translations from his native German have always presented challenges: the elusiveness of Rilke's imagery, the playful way he both distorts and subverts his own language, and the depth and complexity of his poetry make it difficult for translators to preserve the beauty and meaning of the original text. In his stunning bilingual selection that includes the entire \u003cem\u003eDuino Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e as well as a number of favorite and less familiar shorter poems, Galway Kinnell and Hannah Liebmann manage to retain power and grace of Rilke's words. Throughout his poetry, Rilke addresses questions of how to live in and relate to a world in a voice that is simultaneoulsy prophetic and intensely personel. 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The poems combine close attention to the fragile, contingent things of the world with the constant, almost unavoidable chance of transcendence.\" -- \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA landmark collection of new and published works by one of our finest poets that is a testament to the clarity and thoughtful lyricism of his poems\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFire to Fire \u003c\/em\u003ecollects the best works from seven books of poetry by Mark Doty, acclaimed poet and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of two memoirs, \u003cem\u003eFirebird\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDog Years.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoty's subjects--our mortal situation, the evanescent beauty of the world, desire's transformative power, and art's ability to give shape to human lives--echo and develop across twenty years of poems. 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A striking collection that will embed in your memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 114\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50918239666428,"sku":"9781632996619","price":24.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/6418\/0476\/files\/ibteiYrziL9781632996619_421fb9d5-06dd-4230-a0d3-3a41187acca4.webp?v=1785885848"},{"product_id":"falling-up-with-12-new-poems-hardcover-1","title":"Falling Up: With 12 New Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShel Silverstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eShel Silverstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Shel Silverstein, the creator of the classics \u003cem\u003eWhere the Sidewalk Ends\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Light in the Attic, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eEvery Thing On It, \u003c\/em\u003e comes a wondrous book of poems and drawings.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis special edition contains 12 never-before-published poems. Filled with unforgettable characters like Screamin' Millie; Allison Beals and her twenty-five eels; Danny O'Dare, the dancin' bear; the Human Balloon; and Headphone Harold, this collection by the celebrated Shel Silverstein will charm young readers and make them want to trip on their shoelaces and fall up too!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo come, wander through the Nose Garden, ride the Little Hoarse, eat in the Strange Restaurant, and let the magic of Shel Silverstein open your eyes and tickle your mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd don't miss \u003cem\u003eRunny Babbit Returns\u003c\/em\u003e, the new book from Shel Silverstein!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith twelve never-before-published poems and drawings, here is a special edition of this beloved poetry collection. Now there is even more to love in this timeless fan favorite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMillie McDeevit screamed a scream\u003cbr\u003eSo loud it made her eyebrows steam.\u003cbr\u003eShe screamed so loud\u003cbr\u003eher jawbone broke, \u003cbr\u003eHer tongue caught fire, \u003cbr\u003eher nostrils smoked. . . . \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoor Screamin' Millie is just one of the unforgettable characters in this wondrous book of poems and drawings by the creator of \u003cem\u003eWhere the Sidewalk Ends\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Light in the Attic\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eEvery Thing On It\u003c\/em\u003e. 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We are offered glimpses of a surpris-ingly green and vibrant twenty-first-century Berlin; of the demilitarized zone between the Koreas; of a Bangkok night, a Mexican desert, and an early summer morning in Paris, all brought into a vivid present and with a passionate meditation on what it is and has been to be alive. \"It has always been Mr. Hass's aim,\" the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e wrote, \"to get the whole man, head and heart and hands and every-thing else, into his poetry.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery new volume by Robert Hass is a major event in poetry, and this beautiful collection is no exception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in Robert Hass's new collection--his first to appear in a decade--are grounded in the beauty and energy of the physical world, and in the bafflement of the present moment in American culture. 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