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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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Breast Cancer at 35
by Amy Burns (Goodreads Author)
by Amy Burns (Goodreads Author)
Release
date: Jan 15, 2015
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“This could be cancer."
His stare follows
like a scratched DVD,
frozen.
I don’t have the script.
I say nothing; acquiesce.
Three monitors ...more
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“This could be cancer."
His stare follows
like a scratched DVD,
frozen.
I don’t have the script.
I say nothing; acquiesce.
Three monitors ...more
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The Indifferent World
by Ken Craft (Goodreads Author)
by Ken Craft (Goodreads Author)
Release
date: Apr 04, 2016
A childhood home haunted by the past, a farm-animal veterinarian’s bloody operations in the field, an unemployed cousin stranded by time and hope—Ken
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A Little Blood, A Little Rain
by Mary Carroll-Hackett
by Mary Carroll-Hackett
Release
date: Apr 26, 2016
Prose poems that move like meditations between what we want and what we think we want, what we love and what we've lost, this collection from Mary Car
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Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
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― Leonardo da Vinci
― Leonardo da Vinci
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Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.
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― Robert Frost
― Robert Frost
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