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1) The prophet
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Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran's classic work of prose poetry, containing 26 fables where the titular prophet, Al Mustafa, tells lessons and stories about all aspects of the human condition -- love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer,...
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""Mary Oliver moves by instinct, faith, and determination. She is among our finest poets, and still growing."--Alicia Ostriker, The Nation" ""Mary Oliver's poetry is fine and deep; it reads like a blessing. Her special gift is to connect us with our sources in the natural world, its beauties and terrors and mysteries and consolations."-Stanley Kunitz" ""One would have to reach back perhaps to [John] Clare or Christopher Smart to safely cite a parallel...
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"Mary Oliver is one of the most popular and widely honored poets in the United States. In this much-awaited collection of forty poems--eighteen previously unpublished--she writes of the silky bonds between every person and the natural world, of the delight of writing, of the value of silence."--From book jacket.
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Learn how essays can break the rules of conventional writing, allowing you to design essay forms to match your needs rather than being forced to fit the rules of more conventional forms. Examine structures that reimagine the essay, such as the microessay and the prose poem or “proem.” Professor Cognard-Black shares her own students’ work to explore what elements went into these examples to make them successful essays.
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"On the subject of writing poetry, Oliver is the most enlightened and enlightening author I have read." -Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award comes Winter Hours, Mary Oliver's most personal book yet. And never more so than in this extraordinary and engaging gathering of nine essays, accompanied by a brief selection of new prose poems and poems.
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Learn how essays can break the rules of conventional writing, allowing you to design essay forms to match your needs rather than being forced to fit the rules of more conventional forms. Examine structures that reimagine the essay, such as the microessay and the prose poem or proem.
20) Pillow thoughts
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Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love, and raw emotions. it is divided into sections to read when you feel you need them most. make a cup of tea and let yourself feel.
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