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Selected Poems of Corsino Fortes

by Corsino Fortes ...

Translated by Daniel Hahn, Sean O'Brien ...

Series series Pirogue
Concerned with giving voice to Cape Verdean life, Fortes writes in Cape Verdean Creole - and not just standard Portuguese - a powerful statement reinforcing the islands' distinctive African nature. However, his poems are often written from the perspective of an exile - and themes of exile and redemptive return recur in his work. This collection introduces English readers to Fortes, and the poet's ... Read more

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Concerned with giving voice to Cape Verdean life, Fortes writes in Cape Verdean Creole - and not just standard Portuguese - a powerful statement reinforcing the islands' distinctive African nature. However, his poems are often written from the perspective of an exile - and themes of exile and redemptive return recur in his work. This collection introduces English readers to Fortes, and the poet's
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Collected Poems

by Chinua Achebe ...

A collection of poetry spanning the full range of the African-born author's acclaimed career has been updated to include seven never-before-published works, as well as much of his early poetry that explores such themes as the African consciousness, the tragedy of Biafra, and the mysteries of human relationships. ... Read more

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A collection of poetry spanning the full range of the African-born author's acclaimed career has been updated to include seven never-before-published works, as well as much of his early poetry that explores such themes as the African consciousness, the tragedy of Biafra, and the mysteries of human relationships.
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Salvaged

by Omar Al Owais ...

A compilation of poetry written in joy, sorrow, and retrospect. The poems are inspired by travels, lakes, and a hope for a sunnier tomorrow.Each poem in this anthology was written to relieve me of the burden of unsaid words that simply cannot be said. Each poem here was written to plant seeds of hope within the soils of sorrow in my chest.Each poem in this anthology salvaged me. ... Read more

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A compilation of poetry written in joy, sorrow, and retrospect. The poems are inspired by travels, lakes, and a hope for a sunnier tomorrow.Each poem in this anthology was written to relieve me of the burden of unsaid words that simply cannot be said. Each poem here was written to plant seeds of hope within the soils of sorrow in my chest.Each poem in this anthology salvaged me.
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The Aeneid

by Virgil ...

Series series Enriched Classics
Enriched Classicsoffer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.Virgil's sweeping epic of Trojan warrior Aeneas and the founding of Rome—a stirring tale of exile, heroism ... Read more

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Enriched Classicsoffer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.Virgil's sweeping epic of Trojan warrior Aeneas and the founding of Rome—a stirring tale of exile, heroism
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Return to my Native Land

by Aime Cesaire ...

Translated by John Berger, Anna Bostock ...

A work of immense cultural significance and beauty, this long poem became an anthem for the African diaspora and the birth of the Negritude movement. With unusual juxtapositions of object and metaphor, a bouquet of language-play, and deeply resonant rhythms, Césaire considered this work a "break into the forbidden," at once a cry of rebellion and a celebration of black identity.More praise:"The ... Read more

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A work of immense cultural significance and beauty, this long poem became an anthem for the African diaspora and the birth of the Negritude movement. With unusual juxtapositions of object and metaphor, a bouquet of language-play, and deeply resonant rhythms, Césaire considered this work a "break into the forbidden," at once a cry of rebellion and a celebration of black identity.More praise:"The
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Hum

by Jamaal May ...

In May’s debut collection, poems buzz and purr like a well-oiled chassis. Grit, trial, and song thrum through tight syntax and deft prosody. From the resilient pulse of an abandoned machine to the sinuous lament of origami animals, here is the ever-changing hum that vibrates through us all, connecting one mind to the next.Linguistically acrobatic [and] beautifully crafted. . . [Jamaal May's] poems ... Read more

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In May’s debut collection, poems buzz and purr like a well-oiled chassis. Grit, trial, and song thrum through tight syntax and deft prosody. From the resilient pulse of an abandoned machine to the sinuous lament of origami animals, here is the ever-changing hum that vibrates through us all, connecting one mind to the next.Linguistically acrobatic [and] beautifully crafted. . . [Jamaal May's] poems
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Rope

by Alison Hawthorne Deming ...

Series series Penguin Poets
New from a poet renowned for her lyricism, wisdom, and originalityAlison Hawthorne Deming ’s fourth collection of poems follows the paths of imagination into meditations on salt, love, Hurricane Katrina, Greek myth, and the search for extraterrestrial life, all linked by the poet’s faith in art as an instrument for creating meaning, beauty, and continuity—virtues diminished by the velocity and ... Read more

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New from a poet renowned for her lyricism, wisdom, and originalityAlison Hawthorne Deming ’s fourth collection of poems follows the paths of imagination into meditations on salt, love, Hurricane Katrina, Greek myth, and the search for extraterrestrial life, all linked by the poet’s faith in art as an instrument for creating meaning, beauty, and continuity—virtues diminished by the velocity and
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Beyond the Barbed Wire

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by Abdellatif Laabi ...

Translated by André Naffis-Sahely ...

Finalist for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2020Winner of an English PEN AwardIntroduced by Jim Moore, with an interview by Christopher SchaeferBeyond the Barbed Wire is a selection of work by Morocco's greatest living poet. Abdellatif Laâbi's poetry and literary activism has inspired a generation of writers and thinkers, and it resulted in his decade-long imprisonment. This ... Read more

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Finalist for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2020Winner of an English PEN AwardIntroduced by Jim Moore, with an interview by Christopher SchaeferBeyond the Barbed Wire is a selection of work by Morocco's greatest living poet. Abdellatif Laâbi's poetry and literary activism has inspired a generation of writers and thinkers, and it resulted in his decade-long imprisonment. This
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Hephzibah

by Boygene Borice ...

Hephzibah is a Biblical name meaning delightful. Its origin is in the book of Isaiah 62:4. For long the people of Jerusalem and Zion, had been forsaken, their enemies had continuously persecuted them. They were so much isolated and lived in tears and sorrow, but a time reached when God, decided to change their I identity, because He loved them. He decide to take delight in them, that’s when He ... Read more

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Hephzibah is a Biblical name meaning delightful. Its origin is in the book of Isaiah 62:4. For long the people of Jerusalem and Zion, had been forsaken, their enemies had continuously persecuted them. They were so much isolated and lived in tears and sorrow, but a time reached when God, decided to change their I identity, because He loved them. He decide to take delight in them, that’s when He
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Incident at the Edge of Bayonet Woods

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by Paula Bohince ...

“[Paula] Bohince is more naturalist than romantic, meaning that her poems above all honor their dark side, their realism, their edge.”—Stanley PlumlySpanning decades and set on a decrepit farm, Incident at the Edge of Bayonet Woods begins with a speaker invoking her dead father. As details are gradually uncovered, we learn the father was murdered by a trusted laborer.Paula Bohince has received a ... Read more

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“[Paula] Bohince is more naturalist than romantic, meaning that her poems above all honor their dark side, their realism, their edge.”—Stanley PlumlySpanning decades and set on a decrepit farm, Incident at the Edge of Bayonet Woods begins with a speaker invoking her dead father. As details are gradually uncovered, we learn the father was murdered by a trusted laborer.Paula Bohince has received a
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Lamentations from Sikaman

by James Amoateng ...

This wonderful anthology of poems, Lamentations from Sikaman, covers everything from day-to-day activities to the environment to relationships.----The author asks, Isnt it strange that a path is smooth, but is still full of pits? But no, that is reality. It tells me about the complexities of life. Put simply, all that glitters is not gold.----More precisely, one of the poems tells the tale of a ... Read more

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This wonderful anthology of poems, Lamentations from Sikaman, covers everything from day-to-day activities to the environment to relationships.----The author asks, Isnt it strange that a path is smooth, but is still full of pits? But no, that is reality. It tells me about the complexities of life. Put simply, all that glitters is not gold.----More precisely, one of the poems tells the tale of a
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The Love Sheet

by Barbara Fairhead, Jacques Coetzee ...

The title should have warned me. On reading the title poem, I realise any of the poems is a gateway into this passion with compassion, into a garden whose fragrances colour every sound lovers make when words have to cope. Make the lovers poets, see how each facet is etched, each jewel worked and polished. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. ó Hugh Hodge ... Read more

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The title should have warned me. On reading the title poem, I realise any of the poems is a gateway into this passion with compassion, into a garden whose fragrances colour every sound lovers make when words have to cope. Make the lovers poets, see how each facet is etched, each jewel worked and polished. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. ó Hugh Hodge
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