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May Fire & Other Poems

A trilingual edition in English, German and Indonesian

by Joan Suyenaga, Michael Groß, Warih Wisatsana ...

Series Book 22 - BTW
German title: Maifeuer und andere GedichteIndonesian title: Api Bulan Mei dan puisi lainnyaWarih Wisatana’s poems often present an unusual scene, which invites the reader to question thereality of that scene. His poems are not meant to shock, however; their voicesare gentle, not forceful. He delves into the cultural heritage of the archipelagowithout the intention of revitalizing local color or ... Read more

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German title: Maifeuer und andere GedichteIndonesian title: Api Bulan Mei dan puisi lainnyaWarih Wisatana’s poems often present an unusual scene, which invites the reader to question thereality of that scene. His poems are not meant to shock, however; their voicesare gentle, not forceful. He delves into the cultural heritage of the archipelagowithout the intention of revitalizing local color or
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A Man Bathing & Other Poems

A trilingual edition in English, German and Indonesian

by Joan Suyenaga, Nele Quincke, Hanna Francisca ...

Series Book 10 - BTW
German title: Der badende Mann und andere GedichteIndonesian title: Lelaki Mandi dan puisi lainnyaThe poetry ofHanna Fransisca is heavily-laden with Chinese cultural metaphors. The pleasuresof eating and cooking might be shadowed by violence and sacrifice, or eveneroticism and sadism. We hear multiple voices in Fransisca’s poetry: those ofboth the minority Chinese and all the women who struggle ... Read more

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German title: Der badende Mann und andere GedichteIndonesian title: Lelaki Mandi dan puisi lainnyaThe poetry ofHanna Fransisca is heavily-laden with Chinese cultural metaphors. The pleasuresof eating and cooking might be shadowed by violence and sacrifice, or eveneroticism and sadism. We hear multiple voices in Fransisca’s poetry: those ofboth the minority Chinese and all the women who struggle
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To Love The Coming End

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In To Love the Coming End, a disillusioned author obsessed with natural disasters and 'the curse of 11' reflects on their own personal earthquake: the loss of a loved one. A lyric travelogue that moves between Singapore, Canada, and Japan, this debut from Leanne Dunic captures what it's like to be united while simultaneously separated from the global experience of trauma, history, and loss that ... Read more

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In To Love the Coming End, a disillusioned author obsessed with natural disasters and 'the curse of 11' reflects on their own personal earthquake: the loss of a loved one. A lyric travelogue that moves between Singapore, Canada, and Japan, this debut from Leanne Dunic captures what it's like to be united while simultaneously separated from the global experience of trauma, history, and loss that
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One Robe, One Bowl

The Zen Poetry of Ryokan

by John Stevens ...

The hermit-monk Ryokan, long beloved in Japan both for his poetry and for his character, belongs in the tradition of the great Zen eccentrics of China and Japan. His reclusive life and celebration of nature and the natural life also bring to mind his younger American contemporary, Thoreau. Ryokan's poetry is that of the mature Zen master, its deceptive simplicity revealing an art that surpasses ... Read more

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The hermit-monk Ryokan, long beloved in Japan both for his poetry and for his character, belongs in the tradition of the great Zen eccentrics of China and Japan. His reclusive life and celebration of nature and the natural life also bring to mind his younger American contemporary, Thoreau. Ryokan's poetry is that of the mature Zen master, its deceptive simplicity revealing an art that surpasses
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Red Bird

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Mary Oliver's twelfth book of poetry, Red Bird comprises sixty-one poems, the most ever in a single volume of her work. Overflowing with her keen observation of the natural world and her gratitude for its gifts, for the many people she has loved in her seventy years, as well as for her disobedient dog Percy, Red Bird is a quintessential collection of Oliver's finest lyrics. ... Read more

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Mary Oliver's twelfth book of poetry, Red Bird comprises sixty-one poems, the most ever in a single volume of her work. Overflowing with her keen observation of the natural world and her gratitude for its gifts, for the many people she has loved in her seventy years, as well as for her disobedient dog Percy, Red Bird is a quintessential collection of Oliver's finest lyrics.
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The Crescent Moon

by Rabindranath Tagore ...

In The Crescent Moon, Rabindranath Tagore brings alive the world of a child--in some poems he describes the simple joys of children at play, while in others, he feels the bonds of affection between mother and child, and in yet others, he expresses wonder at the earthly beauty all around us. Also included here are some of his most thought-provoking stories with themes that are relevant for children ... Read more

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In The Crescent Moon, Rabindranath Tagore brings alive the world of a child--in some poems he describes the simple joys of children at play, while in others, he feels the bonds of affection between mother and child, and in yet others, he expresses wonder at the earthly beauty all around us. Also included here are some of his most thought-provoking stories with themes that are relevant for children
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Modern and Normal

by Karen Solie ...

Shortlisted for the 2006 Trillium Book Award for Poetry and longlisted for the 2006 ReLit Awards. A Globe 100 title in 2005.Evade your eye. Try to see as others dowhat is desired or refused. What went wrong.Or right, then wrong. Objectively, what hangs.Pull yourself together. Years are neither kindnor cruel. You drag on. The girl is gone.Consider that it might be time to call ina professional. ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the 2006 Trillium Book Award for Poetry and longlisted for the 2006 ReLit Awards. A Globe 100 title in 2005.Evade your eye. Try to see as others dowhat is desired or refused. What went wrong.Or right, then wrong. Objectively, what hangs.Pull yourself together. Years are neither kindnor cruel. You drag on. The girl is gone.Consider that it might be time to call ina professional.
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Admission Requirements

by Phoebe Wang ...

**A Globe and Mail Best BookA debut collection from a startling new voice in Canadian poetry.**The poems in Admission Requirements attempt to discover what is required of us when we cut across our material and psychic geographies. Simultaneously full and empty of its origins, the self is continually taxed of any certainties and ways of being. The speaker in these poems is engaged in a kind of ... Read more

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**A Globe and Mail Best BookA debut collection from a startling new voice in Canadian poetry.**The poems in Admission Requirements attempt to discover what is required of us when we cut across our material and psychic geographies. Simultaneously full and empty of its origins, the self is continually taxed of any certainties and ways of being. The speaker in these poems is engaged in a kind of
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Unbearable Splendor

by Sun Yung Shin ...

Who is guest, and who is host? Adoption, Antigone, zombies, clones, and minotaurs—all building blocks, forming and reforming our ideas.Poetry as essay, as a way of hovering over the uncanny, sci-fi orientalism, Antigone, cyborgs, Borges, disobedience.Sun Yung Shin moves ideas around like building blocks, forming and reforming new constructions of what it means to be guest, to be host. How to be at ... Read more

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Who is guest, and who is host? Adoption, Antigone, zombies, clones, and minotaurs—all building blocks, forming and reforming our ideas.Poetry as essay, as a way of hovering over the uncanny, sci-fi orientalism, Antigone, cyborgs, Borges, disobedience.Sun Yung Shin moves ideas around like building blocks, forming and reforming new constructions of what it means to be guest, to be host. How to be at
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Triumph of the Sparrow

Zen Poems

by Shinkichi Takahashi ...

Translated by Lucien Stryk, Takashi Ikemoto ...

"You need know nothing of Zen to become immersed in his work. You will inevitably know something of Zen when you emerge" (Jim Harrison, American Poetry Review).Shinkichi Takahashi is one of the truly great figures in world poetry. In the classic Zen tradition of economy, disciplined attention, and subtlety, Takahashi lucidly captures that which is contemporary in its problems and experiences, yet ... Read more

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"You need know nothing of Zen to become immersed in his work. You will inevitably know something of Zen when you emerge" (Jim Harrison, American Poetry Review).Shinkichi Takahashi is one of the truly great figures in world poetry. In the classic Zen tradition of economy, disciplined attention, and subtlety, Takahashi lucidly captures that which is contemporary in its problems and experiences, yet
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Kenju's Forest Playground & Ame-ni-mo makezu

Tales from Japan, #1

by Kenji Miyazawa ...

Series Book 1 - Tales from Japan
Kenji Miyazawa is undoubtedly one of Japan's most highly regarded writers of fantasy fiction. Book 1 of Tales From A Japanese Dreamland is an introduction to Kenji's writing through his well-known poem Ame-ni-mo makezu and the story of Kenju, which can be thought of as an extension of that poem.Kenju's Forest PlaygroundKenju is different from other kids his age, and he gets teased a lot. But Kenju ... Read more

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Kenji Miyazawa is undoubtedly one of Japan's most highly regarded writers of fantasy fiction. Book 1 of Tales From A Japanese Dreamland is an introduction to Kenji's writing through his well-known poem Ame-ni-mo makezu and the story of Kenju, which can be thought of as an extension of that poem.Kenju's Forest PlaygroundKenju is different from other kids his age, and he gets teased a lot. But Kenju
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A Prison for Me

by Virginia T. Watson ...

I would give up half of all of meOr maybe even moreTo feel you once more,To touch the placeThat I was beforeI am no longer there, if you comeTo find it againI tried and failed and wailed and weptAnd kept a box of tears just to remind me of painThis time has been a sentence in a prison for meThat you made and then threw away the key ... Read more

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I would give up half of all of meOr maybe even moreTo feel you once more,To touch the placeThat I was beforeI am no longer there, if you comeTo find it againI tried and failed and wailed and weptAnd kept a box of tears just to remind me of painThis time has been a sentence in a prison for meThat you made and then threw away the key
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