Poets with Masks On

Poets with Masks On

Author: Melanie Simms

Publisher: Finishing Line Press

Published: 2022-01-14

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781646627301

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"In a dark time the eye begins to see," wrote Theodore Roethke. The poets of this remarkable collection are the eyes by which we begin to see not only the darkness of our harrowing COVID year but also the strength, the necessary strength, to write and create in the midst of it all. In that way, this collection is both a document and a promise of what we can all summon in order to persevere. -Richard Deming, Director of Creative Writing, Winner of the Berlin prize, Yale University "Despite the darkness responsible for the origin of these poems, Melanie Simms has brightened the world by compiling a small, but compelling anthology. I, for one, am happy to have work included among such a varied, engaging collection." -Gary Fincke, author of The Infinity Room and The Mussolini Diaries. Founding Director of the Writer's Institute, Susquehanna University


Every Thing On It

Every Thing On It

Author: Shel Silverstein

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2022-04-05

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 0063229234

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NOW AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK! From New York Times bestselling Shel Silverstein, celebrated creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, and Falling Up, comes an amazing collection of poems and drawings, in ebook for the very first time! Have you ever read a book with everything on it? Well, here it is! You will say Hi-ho for the toilet troll, get tongue-tied with Stick-a-Tongue-Out-Sid, play a highly unusual horn, and experience the joys of growing down. What's that? You have a case of the Lovetobutcants? Impossible! Just come on in and let the magic of Shel Silverstein bend your brain and open your heart. And don't miss these other Shel Silverstein ebooks: The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Falling Up, and A Light in the Attic!


Maskwork

Maskwork

Author: Gregory Leadbetter

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781913437039

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In Gregory Leadbetter's second poetry collection, Maskwork, ideas of mystery, the supernatural, theatre and ritual combine to reveal much more than they disguise. Masks, in these perceptive, resonant poems, act as a way of becoming, seeing, and knowing - permission to enter altered states and otherworlds, to mysteries hidden within and beyond ......


No More Masks!

No More Masks!

Author: Florence Howe

Publisher: Anchor Books

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13:

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"This volume presents for the first time the continuing tradition of feminist consciousness as expressed in poetry by women. Here 87 women poets of this century write disctinctively for and about women, on issues both private and public, such as war, poverty, racism, sexuality, childbirth and abortion."--Back cover.


Secure Your Own Mask

Secure Your Own Mask

Author: Shaindel Beers

Publisher: White Pine Poetry Prize

Published: 2018-09-18

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781945680175

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In searing lyrics, Beers explores beauty and violence, and the voyeuristic impulse toward and unhealthy human appetite for both.


Poets on Paintings

Poets on Paintings

Author: Robert D. Denham

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2010-03-10

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 0786456582

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Ekphrasis, the description of pictorial art in words, is the subject of this bibliography. More specifically, some 2500 poems on paintings are catalogued, by type of publication in which they appear and by poet. Also included are 2000 entries on the secondary literature of ekphrasis, including works on sculpture, music, photography, film, and mixed media.


T. S. Eliot: The Poems

T. S. Eliot: The Poems

Author: Martin Scofield

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1988-03-10

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780521317610

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"The poems, . . . some of the poetic drama (particularly Sweeney Agonistes), and relevant sections of prose criticism, are discussed in detail and placed in relation to the development of Eliot's oeuvre, and more briefly to his life and a wider context of philosophical and religious enquiry" --Introduction.


Wingbeats II: Exercises and Practice in Poetry

Wingbeats II: Exercises and Practice in Poetry

Author: Scott Wiggerman

Publisher: Dos Gatos Press

Published: 2016-01-19

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 0984039988

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WINGBEATS II: EXERCISES & PRACTICE IN POETRY, the eagerly awaited follow-up to the original WINGBEATS, is an exciting collection from teaching poets—58 poets, 59 exercises. Whether you want a quick exercise to jump-start the words or multi-layered approaches that will take you deeper into poetry, WINGBEATS II is for you. The exercises include clear step-by-step instruction and numerous example poems, including work by Lucille Clifton, Li-Young Lee, Cleopatra Mathis, Ezra Pound, Kenneth Rexroth, Patricia Smith, William Carlos Williams, and others. You will find exercises for collaborative writing, for bending narrative into new poetic shapes, for experimenting with persona, for writing nonlinear poems. For those interested in traditional elements, WINGBEATS II includes exercises on the sonnet, as well as approaches to meter, line breaks, syllabics, and more. Like its predecessor, WINGBEATS II will be a standard in creative writing classes, a standard go-to in every poet's library.


Behind the Masks of Modernism

Behind the Masks of Modernism

Author: Andrew Reynolds

Publisher: University Press of Florida

Published: 2016-02-24

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0813055717

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"A wide-ranging collection that allows the mask—as artifact, metaphor, theatrical costume, fetish, strategy for self-concealment, and treasured cultural object—to clarify modernity’s relationship to history."--Carrie J. Preston, author of Modernism’s Mythic Pose: Gender, Genre, Solo Performance "Covering an impressive range of geographies, cultures, and time periods, these carefully researched essays explore the fascinating role of masks and masking in mediating the relationship between tradition and modernity in both art and literature."--Paul Jay, author of The Humanities “Crisis” and the Future of Literary Studies Behind the Masks of Modernism reconsiders the meaning of "modernism" by taking an interdisciplinary approach and stretching beyond the Western modernist canon and the literary scope of the field. The essays in this diverse collection explore numerous regional, national, and transnational expressions of modernity through art, history, architecture, drama, literature, and cultural studies around the globe. Masks--both literal and metaphorical--play a role in each of these artistic ventures, from Brazilian music to Chinese film and Russian poetry to Nigerian masquerade performance. The contributors show how artists and writers produce their works in moments of emerging modernity, aesthetic sensibility, and deep societal transformations caused by modern transnational forces. Using the mask as a thematic focus, the volume explores the dialogue created through regional modernisms, emphasizes the local in describing universal tropes of masks and masking, and challenges popular assumptions about what modernism looks like and what modernity is.