Poetry 68

Virgil (70-19 B.C.) needs no formal introduction, as he has long been considered Ancient Romes greatest poet and is globally renowned for The Aeneid, one of the most famous epic poems in history. Vi……続きを見る

Hailed as Cynwulfs masterpiece Elene is one of the earliest poems by him. This brilliant translation captures the true essence of the poem as it narrates the efforts made by Saint Helena the mother ……続きを見る

Ronsard is considered one of France's greatest love poets, yet his poetic achievements are not restricted to his verses of love, wine and nature. A true Renaissance figure, his themes ranged from po……続きを見る

Come-By-Chance is a collection of poems, often narrative, sometimes lyrical, always ruminative, about home, family, and place, about leaving and retu ing, about growing up and growing old, about lea……続きを見る

In the pages that follow, Muuss brings us close to what we might describe as the secret war, the intimate war, which resides in closed rooms, in seemingly ordinary homes. Yet these poems are written……続きを見る

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These poems are snapshots of hope, anger, romance, fear, survivalーlife on earth and the varying temperatures of that space between wondering and being sure. "My Pink Ribbon" and "Maps" encourage, "……続きを見る

The Songs of the South is an anthology first compiled in the second century A.D. Its poems, originating from the state of Chu and rooted in Shamanism, are grouped under seventeen titles and contain ……続きを見る

Unmatched in scope and literary quality, this landmark anthology spans three thousand years, bringing together more than six hundred poems by more than one hundred thirty poets, in translations–many……続きを見る

Jenna Butler draws on her own experiences of her grandmother's disappearance into senile dementia to reassemble a sensual world in longpoem form that positively crackles with imagery and rhythm. Ide……続きを見る

One of his generation's most accomplished poets, Robert Wrigley is renowned for his ironic, powerful, and lucid style as well as his ability to fuse narrative and lyrical impulses. Earthly Meditatio……続きを見る

This is the fruit of a year of poetry written in my first year of college. It is written in both English and Polish. The poems are not arranged according to any particular order: as they were writte……続きを見る

'Nevill Coghill's easy, seductive translation ensures that this, the most popular work in English Literature - now 600 years old - will run through yet more centuries' Melvyn Bragg In The Canterbury……続きを見る

Amores is Ovid's first completed book, published in 16 BC. Amores was written in the elegiac distich. The book follows the model of the erotic elegy-perhaps the most common theme of the time-as trea……続きを見る

Abstract art in poetic word form; tales of urban survival through the jungles of family, passionate love and inner self. Told mostly in layered matephor, pulling from mythology to untamed nature, he……続きを見る

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer i……続きを見る

A Pilgrim's Poems is a collection of poems that are a journey into the unknown. Nature is the guide and the poet. The mechanics are human. Simple poetry that is touching and inspiring. As you turn t……続きを見る

A second and arguably darker collection of some of Mr. Jacoby's finest poetic work from the years 1963 to 2007. 続きを見る

Vivid Hiphop imagery spoken with few words and painted with few strokes. Haiku poems and Graffiti art give glimpses into America's inner city culture and beyond. "…let the people paint.続きを見る

Sappho was an Ancient Greek poet, born on the island of Lesbos. Later Greeks included her in the list of nine lyric poets. Her birth was sometime between 630 and 612 BC, and it is said that she died……続きを見る

An experiment in renewal. These selected poems were written while living in a tiny studio apartment on North River Street, in Wilkes-Barre, PA before S. and I made our home in the Upper Delaware Riv……続きを見る

These poems span the gamut of life from love to death; a eulogy for a people, who for the most part, are no longer with us. Their evolution in rural Newfoundland has taken hundreds of years and ther……続きを見る

Poetry or potsherds? That’s the surprising dilemma one of Canada’s well-known nature writers confronts in The Site: A Personal Odyssey, a highly personalized account of a lifetime’s involvement as a……続きを見る

Here within resides a collection of unique and soul searching poetry that captures the imagination and heart longing love and denial. Each verse is as a time capsule into a moment of contemplation ……続きを見る

'In ancient tales many marvels are told us ... now you may hear such marvels told!' The greatest of the heroic epics to emerge from medieval Germany, the Nibelungenlied is a revenge saga of sweeping……続きを見る

In her second book of poetry, Janet give us plenty of reasons to laugh. Written Souvenirs is a collection of poems that takes a look at everyday life in new and often humorous ways. Here Kodak momen……続きを見る

In The Descent of Alette, Alice Notley presents a feminist epic, a bold journey into the deeper realms. Alette, the narrator, finds herself underground, deep beneath the city, where spirits and peop……続きを見る

Haiku is a stylized form of Japanese poetry that consists traditionally of a single stanza of seventeen syllables arranged in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables respectively. The form da……続きを見る

These are short poems about a pumpkin salesman. The poems cover his travels and the people he encounters. 続きを見る

"Mr. Glass" is a coherent chapbook of poems by Kyle Hemmings on the character of Mr. Glass. Kyle Hemmings lives and works in New Jersey. He has been published in Elimae, Smokelong Quarterly, This Zi……続きを見る