Life Poetry

"Cousins has given us a compelling biography of Keats' short and tragic life." MENSA Bulletin It is difficult; To get the news from poems; Yet men die miserably every day; For lack; Of what is found there. William Carlos Williams John Keats composed the most glorious jewels in the crown of English poetry. His are the most perfect poems in English. His letters are also considered a great literary achievement where he developed his ideas and concepts on art and life. The ability to transcend self by emotionally merging with nature's beauty became an essential credo for John Keats. His ...

From world poet laureate Daisaku Ikeda is a collection of twenty-two inspiring and rejuvenating poems. Hope Is Life’s Treasure and Other Poems includes compositions that reflect on themes such as courage, hope, and the limitless potential within each of us.

Old age often defies stereotypes. Life’s later years are a time of slowing down and loss, but they can also be a period of reckoning and, sometimes, new beginnings as Pushcart Prize – nominated poet Sally Rosenthal comes to realize in this exploration of life past the age of seventy. In poetry and prose, she reflects on the past, examines the present, and looks ahead with grace and gratitude. A companion volume to her previous book, Peonies in Winter: A Journey Through Loss, Grief, and Healing, this new work, while an honest appraisal of old age, is also filled with hope, thanks, and even joy.

This book was written over the course of years of love, heartbreak, and life in general. Powerful poems that will touch your heart. Poems that you can relate to, and some that might even make you shed a tear of happiness, or for understanding the pain of heartbreak. Join me and follow the paths through life!

From the author of Make Your Bed, The Hero Code and The Wisdom of the Bullfrog, comes an uplifting selection of speeches, letters, toasts and poems that capture the essence of who we are as Americans. Admiral McRaven's name has become synonymous with indelible advice for changing your life...

This book is written for educated general readers, students, literature enthusiasts, educators, and writers who love poetry or want to understand why it matters but feel overwhelmed by academic jargon, fragmented biographies, or isolated poem analysis. Many readers know famous names but lack a clear sense of how poetic greatness developed, why certain voices endured, and how poetry connects to real human lives across cultures and centuries. This book meets readers where they are, without assuming formal literary training, and invites them into the living story of poetry as a human ...

From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to the formation of his legendary rock group, to thirty years of creation, experimentation, and wonder "Downtown scientists rejoice!...

SNL alum (1986-1992) Victoria Jackson has assembled her lifetime collection of handstand photographs, age 5 to age 65, her original poetry that began at age ten and continued through her TV years where she sang her original songs on Johnny Carson, Saturday Night Live, numerous talk shows and movies, and her original art rarely seen. She dots the collections with personal stories, detailing the highs and lows of her show biz career, marriages, and home life, sprinkling the colorful tales with favorite Bible verses that kept her strong in the face of adversity.

Sometimes the silent whispers in our heads get so loud we start to believe the noise is real. I have been there, and the whispers almost convinced me that I should not be alive. In that darkness, I took to writing poetry and little positive notes to find light and hope. I had to convince my mind that it gets better. Nothing remains forever, not even the bad days and the sad moments. In this book, I try to make sense of my emotions and navigate the darkness through words. If you find yourself today in the same dark spot, may these poems and little notes give you a reason each day to live, ...

"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." No poem in English has cast a longer shadow than Paradise Lost — the war in Heaven, the fall of the rebel angels, and the loss of Eden, told on a scale no English poet had ever attempted and none has matched since. Its Satan is the great anti-hero of our literature; its Eden is the garden every later paradise remembers; its influence runs through Blake and Shelley, through Frankenstein, fantasy, and film. It is, by common consent, the greatest epic poem in the English language. It is also famously difficult — and that is the reason for ...

The first monument of real Christianity among the Saxons was the Heliand, an epic on the life of Christ in Old Saxon alliterative verse, dating from about 830. The original work attempted to make the newly imposed Christian religion intelligible to the warlike Saxons. The Heliand, extant in four manuscripts, and the fragmentary Old Saxon Genesis, are all that remain of Old Saxon poetry. This poetic harmony of the Gospels employs modern English alliterative verse couplets, in a complex structure of 75 cantos, to generate a vigorous retelling of the story of the Christ in a swaggering, epic ...

Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,for through him God created everything. . . . He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. —Colossians 1:15–17 Like a vast, ever-growing Tree of Life, Christ—the expression of Divine love—expands endlessly throughout the universe. This is the perspective of ancient Celtic spirituality, and it is this concept that Ray Simpson reveals in his poem-prayers. Inspired by the traditional Celtic style of prayer, he gives words to our individual ...

A dazzling debut collection of raw and explosive poems about growing up in a sexist, sensationalized world, from a thrilling new feminist voice. i’m a good girl, bad girl, dream girl, sad girl girl next door sunbathing in the driveway i wanna be them all at once, i wanna be all the girls...

Hailed as one of “Oprah’s Ultimate Favorite Things,” Mark Nepo’s bestselling “thinking person’s devotional” of inspirational stories and essays is now available from S&S Audio. In this work, Mark Nepo invites listeners to explore their own inner core through the stories of ordinary...

“The Art of You offers great insights and steps on how to cultivate creativity. This is essential reading for anyone looking to share their unique experience, to foster deep connections, and to inspire others.” —Yung Pueblo, #1 New York Times bestselling author From conscious creativity...

"In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in a dark wood, where the true way was wholly lost." When you find yourself suddenly without bearings, as Dante Alighieri voiced so well centuries ago, where will you look for guidance? Throughout the ages, teaches David Whyte, the language of poetry...

A poetic portrait of faith, futility, and the joy of this mortal life. In this astoundingly unique audiobook, best-selling author N. D. Wilson reminds each of us that to truly live, we must recognize that we are dying. Every second we create more of our past. Then, we must see the future. We stand in the now. God says create. Live. Choose. Shape the past. Etch your life in stone, and what you make will be forever.

From Instagram phenomenon Whitney Hanson, a brand-new collection of poems exploring themes of identity, loss, and what it means to rediscover yourself the love of my life is a poetry collection that traces the process of rediscovering a love of life after change, disconnection, and personal...

Obsessively Pink is a fun, yet powerful poetry collection that explores the themes of childhood, dating, love, adulting, motherhood, trauma, grief, spirituality, growth, acceptance, and current events. Some poems are whimsical and fun, while others are heartfelt and spark deep emotions. While most are told in rhyme, other forms of poetry are also explored. Each poem guides readers on a journey through the deep, internal feelings of the author’s life. Through humor and stunning imagery, they provoke thought, self-reflection, and empathy.

From the bestselling author Judith Viorst comes a witty and poignant exploration of the joys and sorrows of life’s twilight years—one that leaves us laughing, pondering, and grateful for the moments we have left. In a career that has spanned more than fifty years, Judith Viorst has...