Poetry genre books (319)
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Cel mai mare Gulliver by Gellu Naum RO
RomaniaDescription:
Eroul lui Gellu Naum vrea sa creasca. Dar cine n-ar dori „sa aiba pasul mare, ca sa umble mai putin"? Si cine n-ar vrea sa fie „inalt cat o casa cu noua etaje"? Intrucat rostul povestilor e acela de a deschide o fereastra catre iesirea din comun, in povestea pe care o vei citi se petrece un miracol eroului i se implineste dorinta ca prin farmec, si creste, si tot creste pana cand nimeni nu-i mai ajunge la nas, oricate prajini ar folosi si indiferent ce dimensiuni ar avea ele. Nu spun mai mult (fiindca n-as vrea sa rezum, vreau doar sa te invit in carte), ca sa iti las pla... continue
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Celebrations : Rituals of Peace and Prayer by Maya Angelou EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Grace, dignity, and eloquence have long been hallmarks of Maya Angelou's poetry. Her measured verses have stirred our souls, energised our minds, and healed our hearts. This book is a collection of timely and timeless poems of celebrations public and private.
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GreeceDescription:
Exploring motherhood, myth, and "transhumance," Chimera is a stunningly ambitious poetry volume by the award-winning Greek poet Phoebe Giannisi
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Citizen : An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine EN
Country: North America / 
Jamaica
Jamaica
Description:
"Claudia Rankine's bold new book recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters in twenty-first-century daily life and in the media. In essay, image, and poetry, Citizen is a powerful testament to the individual and collective effects of racism in our contemporary, often named 'post-race' society."-
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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered. And then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their f... continue
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Clarity & Connection by Yung Pueblo EN
Country: South America / 
Ecuador
Ecuador
Description:
From the celebrated author of Inward comes a new collection of poetry and short prose focused on understanding how past wounds impact our present relationships. In Clarity & Connection, Yung Pueblo describes how intense emotions accumulate in our subconscious and condition us to act and react in certain ways. In his characteristically spare, poetic style, he guides readers through the excavation and release of the past that is required for growth.
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Coconut Milk by Dan Taulapapa McMullin EN
JapanDescription:
Coconut Milk is a fresh, new poetry collection that is a sensual homage to place, people, love, and lust. The first collection by Samoan writer and painter Dan Taulapapa McMullin, the poems evoke both intimate conversations and provocative monologues that allow him to explore the complexities of being a queer Samoan in the United States. McMullin seamlessly flows between exposing the ironies of Tiki kitsch–inspired cultural appropriation and intimate snapshots of Samoan people and place. In doing so, he disrupts popular notions of a beautiful Polynesia available for the taking, and carves out ... continue
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Collection of Poems by Samuella J Conteh EN
Country: Africa / 
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Description:
Love Colours is a collection of poems mostly submitted for poetry contests on given themes and different poetry forms. Many of the poems featured in the collection are winning poems that have been featured in anthologies which are currently available on Amazon. Some of the anthologies that feature my poems from these contests are as follows: Eternally, Stairway to Heaven, Modern Poets, Sending Love to Mom, Bowl of Peace, Amazing Minds and Reminiscing Summer. Love Colours which is my first collection, was borne out of a desire to bring my scattered pieces under one collection.
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Collective Amnesia by Putuma, Koleka EN
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
This highly-anticipated debut collection from one of the country's most acclaimed young voices marks a massive shift in South African poetry. Kola Putuma's exploration of blackness, womxnhood and history in Collective Amnesia is fearless and unwavering. Her incendiary poems demand justice, insist on visibility and offer healing. In them, Putuma explodes the idea of authority in various spaces ñ academia, religion, politics, relationships ñ to ask what has been learnt and what must be unlearnt. Through grief and memory, pain and joy, sex and self-care, Collective Amnesia is a powerful appraisal... continue
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