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Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning. Poetry may be written independently, as discrete poems, or may occur in conjunction with other arts, as in poetic drama, hymns or lyrics.
Poetry, and discussions of it, have a long history. Early attempts to define poetry, such as Aristotle's Poetics, focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric, drama, song and comedy.[1] Later attempts concentrated on features such as repetition and rhyme, and emphasised the aesthetics which distinguish poetry ...more
Poetry, and discussions of it, have a long history. Early attempts to define poetry, such as Aristotle's Poetics, focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric, drama, song and comedy.[1] Later attempts concentrated on features such as repetition and rhyme, and emphasised the aesthetics which distinguish poetry ...more
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Letters, lightning, and chimneys: Healing, Love & Hope
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A new poetic voice is emerging!
One that celebrates healing, growth, and the quiet strength we find within ourselves.
This book is my first step.
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One that celebrates healing, growth, and the quiet strength we find within ourselves.
This book is my first step.
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Ashes & Wildflowers: Poetry for healing, starting over, and finding yourself again
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From heartbreak to healing. Poems for the moments you thought you’d never rise again. For anyone learning to let go, start over, and find love again.
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Next Time You Come Home
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We're giving away copies of NEXT TIME YOU COME HOME along with copies of Lisa Dordal's two previous books: WATER LESSONS and MOSAIC OF THE DARK.
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I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)I am never without it (anywhere
I go you go,my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling)
I fear no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet)I want no world (for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; whi
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I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.
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― 100 Love Sonnets
― 100 Love Sonnets
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