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Living on the Surface: New and Selected Poems
by Miller WilliamsFederico Garc a Lorca did not know Miller Williams, of course, but he was describing him when he told us that a poet is "professor of the five senses." The poems in this collection cover thirty years of loving contact with the endlessly varied surfaces of the world. They are poems in which the common furniture of our lives is always present, in which the universal resides in the local, in which elegance is born of clarity.We have enough to fret about.Almost all of us concur,we'll live with the holidays we haveand the grace of God as if it were.("He Speaks to His Arguing Friends and to Himself")The poems are moments from human lives turned into art, but never removed from where they were found.Grass grows out of every sidewalk crack.Briars have taken the garden.The arteries of the old dog harden almost audibly.The basement door is broken and the mice are back.("A Summer Afternoon An Old Man Gives Some Thought to the Central Questions")As John Ciardi wrote of Williams and his work, "Taken beginning to end, as both the word and the fact go, these are remarkable poems for -- among other things -- the deceptively plain straightforwardness of them. Miller Williams writes about ordinary people in the extraordinary moments of their lives. Even more remarkable, doing this, is how perilously close he plays to plain talk without ever falling into it; how close he comes to naked sentiment without yielding to it; how close he moves to being very sure without ever losing the grace of uncertainty. Add to this something altogether apart, that what a good reader can expect to sense, coming to these poems, is a terrible honesty, and we have among us a voice that makes a difference."
Living Prayers, Poems and Poetry
by True E. ReadywriterThe author mingles poems, prayers and devotional thoughts.
Living Quarters
by Adrienne SuLiving Quarters uses both the structure of a domestic space and the rhythms of the seasons to seek, but not reliably find, order and consolation in life's seeming disorder. Relationships dissolve; deaths come too soon; the past vanishes; the earth that gives beautiful and nourishing foods swallows up the creatures for whom it provides. These poems struggle with that mix of affirmation and destruction, celebrating nature's generosity while trying to make peace with its cruelty.Thought-provoking poems reflect an intimate internal dialogue, addressing, among other ideas, Is it really safer at home, or are there perils within our closest relationships, in daily domestic ritual? And where is home, when people are constantly moving, marriages dissolving, new relationships beginning and ending? When is a house just a house, and when does it become a home? Cooking warms a house and gives it a feeling of home, but does there also need to be a surrounding, anchoring community?
Living Room (The Backwaters Prize in Poetry)
by Laura BylenokDeeply phenomenological and ecological, Laura Bylenok&’s poems in Living Room imagine the lived reality of other organisms and kinds of life, including animals, plants, bacteria, buildings, and rocks. They explore the permeability of human and nonhuman experience, intelligence, language, and subjectivity. In particular, the poems consider so-called model organisms—nonhuman species studied to understand specific and often human biological processes, diseases, and phenomena—as well as an experience of self and world that cannot be objectively quantified. The impulse of these poems is to slow down, to see and feel, and to listen closely. Language becomes solid, palpable as fruit. Long lines propel breath and push past the lung&’s capacity. Life at a cellular level, synthesis and symbiosis, is revealed through forests, fairy tales, and vines that grow over abandoned houses and hospital rooms. A living room is considered as a room that is lived in and also a room that is alive. Cells are living rooms. A self is a room that shares walls with others. Interconnection and interplay are thematic, and the network of poems becomes a linguistic rendering of a heterogeneous and nonhierarchical ecosystem, using the language of biology, genetics, and neurochemistry alongside fairy tale and dream to explore the interior spaces of grief, motherhood, mortality, and self.
The Living Theatre (Lannan Translations Selection Series)
by Bianca TarozziWINNER OF THE 2018 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY TRANSLATION In this first US publication of celebrated Italian poet Bianca Tarozzi, narrative poems (presented bilingually in both English and the original Italian) carry us through the poet's childhood memories of World War II under Mussolini, harsh post-war conditions, and mid-century changes that transformed Italian life, specifically for women. A unique figure in contemporary Italian poetry, Tarozzi draws significant influence from acclaimed American poets-Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, and James Merrill-interweaving powerful subjects with humor and heart.After:you have packed the suitcase, shut off the gas,turned all the lights out, locked the windowand the big outside door,when you lean against a wall, afraid of falling,and wait, expecting the vehicle,the means that will transport youfar away,when the sky sails clear,blue, and annihilating above the overpass,and you have no past or future,in that empty momentpoetry pitches its tent.Bianca Tarozzi was born in Bologna in 1941. Her father was a political prisoner under Mussolini, and then a Senator after the war. She received a degree from Ca' Foscari University of Venice, and taught English and American Literature for many years at the University of Verona. The recipient of numerous literary honors, she has translated into Italian the works of Elizabeth Bishop, Emily Dickinson, James Merrill, Richard Wilbur, A. E. Housman, Denise Levertov, and Louise Gluck. Also the author of many books of poetry, she began writing poems in 1947, and continues to this day. She currently splits her time between Venice and Milan, Italy.
Living Weapon: Poems
by Rowan Ricardo PhillipsAward-winning essayist and poet Rowan Ricardo Phillips presents a bracing renewal of civic poetry in Living Weapon.. . . and we’d do this againAnd again and again, without everKnowing we were the weapon ourselves,Stronger than steel, story, and hydrogen.— from "Even Homer Nods"A revelation, a shoring up, a transposition: Rowan Ricardo Phillips’s Living Weapon is a love song to the imagination, a new blade of light honed in on our political moment. A winged man plummets from the troposphere; four NYPD officers enter a cellphone store; concrete sidewalks hang overhead. Here, in his third collection of poems, Phillips offers us ruminations on violins and violence, on hatred, on turning forty-three, even on the end of existence itself. Living Weapon reveals to us the limitations of our vocabulary, that our platitudes are not enough for the brutal times in which we find ourselves. But still, our lives go on, and these are poems of survival as much as they are an indictment. Couched in language both wry and ample, Living Weapon is a piercing addition from a “virtuoso poetic voice” (Granta).
Living with Monsters: A Study of the Art of Characterization in Aldous Huxley’s Novels (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory)
by Indrani DebAldous Huxley is one of the most well-known modernist intellectuals of the first half of the twentieth century, excelling in novels, essays, philosophical tracts, and poems. His novels are special in that they use a unique form – the novel of ideas – with which to satirize human nature and the pride regarding human achievement. Few readers of English literature are not acquainted with books like Point Counter Point, Eyeless in Gaza and Brave New World (novels dealt with in detail). A proper study of Huxley’s characterization in his novels opens up a veritable treasure-house of history, philosophy, psychology, and incisive satire. "Characterology", as the art of projecting different kinds of characters is called, is an ancient art, which either aimed at representing the entire universe in a single individual, or the same in a variegated form through various individuals. Huxley uses the latter kind in his representation of character, and as such, a study of the characters of his novels opens up a general interpretation of the universe as a whole.
Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs: Poems And Paintings
by Douglas FlorianFrom transparent glass frogs and ravenous rattlesnakes to sticky geckos and stressed-out skinks, this slithery spectacle showcases once again Douglas Florian's incomparable skill for making poetry informative, fun--and irresistible!
Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs
by Douglas FlorianFrom transparent glass frogs and ravenous rattlesnakes to sticky geckos and stressed-out skinks, this slithery spectacle showcases once again Douglas Florian's incomparable skill for making poetry informative, fun--and irresistible!
Lizzie Borden in Love: Poems in Women's Voices
by Julianna BaggottWomen s voices offering an intimate view into women s lives"Lizzie Borden in Love," a collection of poems by national bestselling author Julianna Baggott, offers poignant commentary in the voices of women as varied as Mary Todd Lincoln and Monica Lewinsky. The poems often focus on a particular moment in life: Katherine Hepburn discovers the dead body of her brother in an attic, or painter Mary Cassatt mourns the failure of her eyesight. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes ecstatic, the poems in this collection never fail the trust of the subjects of their intimate portrayals"
Llama Llama ABC (Llama Llama)
by Anna DewdneyAnna Dewdney's New York Times bestselling series continues with a new Llama Llama board book that takes you from A to Z. A is for alphabetB is for books we read Join Llama Llama as he makes his way from A to Z in this colorful ABC board book illustrated in the classic Anna Dewdney style. From crayons to ice cream to kisses, Llama Llama introduces you to all of his favorite things!
Llama Llama ABC (Llama Llama)
by Anna DewdneyIncluida en la selección de grandes éxitos de The New York Times, la serie narrativa de Anna Dewdney continúa con un nuevo libro ilustrado de Llama Llama que nos lleva de la A a la Z.A es por el alfabeto.B es por los libros que leemos. Comenzando por la A y terminando por la Z, vamos a leer con Llama Llama en este colorido abecedario ilustrado al estilo literario clásico de Anna Dewdney. Desde crayones y helados e incluso besos, Llama Llama nos presenta sus cosas favoritas.
Llama Llama and the Bully Goat
by Anna DewdneyLlama Llama likes to sing. Gilroy laughs at everything. Llama sings out just the same. Gilroy says a not-nice name. Teacher has some things to say: calling names is not OK. Llama Llama is learning lots of new things at school and making many friends. But when Gilroy Goat starts teasing him and some of their classmates, Llama Llama isn't sure what to do. And then he remembers what his teacher told him#151;walk away and tell someone. It works! But then Llama Llama feels badly. Can he and Gilroy try to be friends again? Taking on a difficult but important part of children's lives, Anna Dewdney gives readers a way to experience and discuss bullying in a safe and comforting way
Llama Llama Back to School (Llama Llama)
by Anna Dewdney Reed DuncanA Netflix Original seriesWith over 30 million copies in print, Anna Dewdney's New York Times bestselling Llama Llama books have provided hours of comfort and fun-to-read-aloud rhyme.Summer days are getting shorter and it's almost time for the first day of school for Llama! But Llama Llama isn&’t ready for summertime to end. It's been full of backyard camping, family picnics, and ice cream with friends. All he wants is for summer to go on forever! He&’s anxious about his first day back at school but maybe, with some help from his friends and Mama Llama, going back to school will be fun after all!
Llama Llama Colores (Llama Llama)
by Anna DewdneyLlama Llama, la serie narrativa infantil de Anna Dewdney y selección de la lista de grandes éxitos en The New York Times regresa con un nuevo libro de cartón que enseña los colores a través de la comida. Llama Llama quiere pintar, pero todo lo que tiene frente a él es su almuerzo. Con imaginación y creatividad acompañaremos a Llama Llama mientras transforma esta comida en un hermoso retrato de nuestra mamá llama favorita. ¿Cuál será la reacción de Mamá Llama cuando vea su obra de arte? Escrito en rima e ilustrado por JT Morrow, este nuevo libro infantil de cartón enseña los colores a través de las frutas y vegetales con los que Llama Llama &“pinta&” su colorida creación.
Llama Llama Colors (Llama Llama)
by Anna DewdneyAnna Dewdney's New York Times bestselling series continues with a new Llama Llama concept board book about understanding colors through food!Llama Llama wants to paint but all he has is his lunch! Join the fun as he gets creative with his meal and makes a portrait of our favorite mama llama using orange carrots, green peas, and a few other items he sneaks from the fridge. Will Mama Llama be mad when she sees his colorful masterpiece?Written in rhyme and illustrated by JT Morrow, this new Llama Llama colors concept board book is told through colorful food as Llama Llama makes art with his fruits and vegetables.
Llama Llama Easter Egg
by Anna DewdneyWhat will the Easter Bunny bring for Llama Llama? Jelly beans, colorful eggs, and a fluffy surprise! This board book, with short and simple rhyming text and a smaller format, is just right for introducing Llama Llama to the youngest of listeners! Picture descriptions present on picture only pages.
Llama Llama Holiday Drama
by Anna DewdneyLlama Llama holidays. Jingle music. Lights ablaze. How long till that special date? Llama Llama has to wait. If there's one thing Llama Llama doesn't like, it's waiting. He and Mama Llama rush around, shopping for presents, baking cookies, decorating the tree . . . but how long is it until Christmas? Will it ever come? Finally, Llama Llama just can't wait any more! It takes a cuddle from Mama Llama to remind him that "Gifts are nice, but there's another: The true gift is, we have each other. "
Llama Llama Home with Mama
by Anna DewdneyLlama Llama, morning light. Feeling yucky, just not right. Down to breakfast. Tiny sneeze. Sniffle, snuffle. Tissues, please! Ah-choo! Uh-oh, Llama Llama's nose is feeling tickly, his throat is feeling scratchy, and his head is feeling stuffy. Back to bed, no school today for Llama Llama! Instead, he's home with Mama. By lunchtime, though, he's beginning to feel a tiny bit better. But now someone else has the sneezes... Mama! And who will help her feel better? Why, Llama Llama, of course! Anna Dewdney's fun-to-read rhymes are sure to help children and their parents get through those under-the-weather days. Picture descriptions on picture only pages.
Llama Llama Hoppity-hop
by Anna DewdneyLlama Llama TOUCH! Llama Llama TAP! Llama Llama Red Pajama CLAP, CLAP, CLAP! Can you move like Llama Llama? Watch Llama hop, stretch, touch, and tap in this third board book by Anna Dewdney. Then you can do it, too!
Llama Llama I Love You
by Anna DewdneyNothing could be sweeter than Valentine's Day with Llama Llama! Llama Llama shows his friends and family how much he loves them with heart-shaped cards and lots of hugs. This board book, with short and simple rhyming text and a smaller format, is just right for introducing Llama Llama to the youngest of listeners! Picture descriptions on picture only pages.
Llama Llama Jingle Bells
by Anna DewdneyWith short and simple rhyming text, the Llama Llama board books introduce Llama Llama to babies and toddlers before they're ready for longer full-length stories. And their small size and durable pages are perfect for little hands. In Llama Llama Jingle Bells, little llama and his friends give gifts, sing songs, and decorate cookies. It's a very merry holiday indeed! Picture descriptions present on picture only pages.
Llama Llama Loose Tooth Drama (Llama Llama)
by Anna DewdneyLlama Llama loses his loose tooth in this new hardcover adventure, part of Anna Dewdney's New York Times bestselling series!Llama Llama's tooth is wiggling! Is it time for his first tooth to come out? He's excited, but anxious. Who is this tooth fairy everyone talks about? Mama Llama reassures him; the tooth will come out when it's good and ready. But no one is ready for what happens next...Suddenly, the tooth is GONE! Where did it go? And will the tooth fairy come at all, now?Anna Dewdney's fun-to-read rhyme is full of humor and comfort, and of course, a very happy ending.
Llama Llama Mad at Mama
by Anna DewdneyYucky music, great big feet. Ladies smelling way too sweet. Look at knees and stand in line. Llama Llama starts to whine. Does any child like to go shopping? Not Llama Llama! But Mama can't leave Llama at home, so off they go to Shop-O-Rama. Lots of aisles. Long lines. Mama is too busy to notice that Llama Llama is getting m-a-d! And before he knows it, he's having a full-out tantrum! Mama quickly calms him down, but she also realizes that they need to make shopping more fun for both of them. Parents and children are sure to recognize themselves in this fun-to-read follow-up to the popular Llama Llama Red Pajama. Picture descriptions present on picture only pages.
Llama Llama Meets the Babysitter (Llama Llama)
by Anna Dewdney Reed DuncanA Netflix Original seriesWith over 30 million copies in print, Anna Dewdney's New York Times bestselling Llama Llama books have provided hours of comfort and fun-to-read-aloud rhyme. "I have something new to talk about . . . tonight I will be going out," Mama gently tells Llama Llama. At first, Llama feels okay with this. After all, Mama has gone out before and Gram and Grandpa have stayed with him. But this time they can't. Someone new is coming over, and the more he thinks about it, the more he worries! He knows he will be miserable . . . and then the doorbell rings. It's Molly from the ice cream store. What is she doing here? And she has ice cream! Maybe having a new babysitter isn't nearly as bad as he thought!