Quarter Life Poetry
Quarter Life Poetry

Author: Samantha Jayne

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 2016-04-05

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 145556527X

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The creator of the popular Quarter Life Poetry Tumblr and Instagram tackles real-life truths of work, money, sex, and many other 20-something challenges in this laugh-out-loud collection of poetry. Samantha Jayne knows that life post-college isn't as glamorous as all undergrads think it's going to be... because she's currently living it. At 25, Samantha began creating doodles and funny poems about her #struggle to share with friends on Instagram. To her surprise, these poems were picked up by 20-somethings all around the world who agreed, "This is literally us." At a time when it seems like everyone else is getting married, snagging a dream job, and paying off their student loans, Samantha's poetry captures the voice of young people everywhere who know that your 20s can sometimes be the exact opposite of "the best years of your life."

(w)holehearted
(w)holehearted

Author: sara bawany

Publisher:

Published: 2018-09-17

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9781725503670

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(w)holehearted is a play on words to emphasize the idea of appearing whole and intact as a human being, but with fissures, scars, and brokenness peeking through from behind the tough exterior. it is the facade that many of us peruse our lives carrying, often neglecting our pain, our mental health, and most importantly, the way we are more prone to hurting others when we lack this self-awareness. (w)holehearted seeks to encompass as many stories as possible, touching on several topics, namely, spirituality, feminism, colorism, domestic violence, intersectionality, mental health and more. it aims to depict that anyone with the darkest past and pitfalls can still save themselves from drowning in the difficulties that not only plague our world, but also plague our hearts.

Sounding the Seasons
Sounding the Seasons

Author: Malcolm Guite

Publisher: Canterbury Press

Published: 2013-02-21

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 1848255152

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Poetry has always been a central element of Christian spirituality and is increasingly used in worship, in pastoral services and guided meditation. Here, Cambridge poet, priest and singer-songwriter Malcolm Guite transforms 70 lectionary readings into inspiring poems for use in regular worship, seasonal services, meditative reading or on retreat.

Unpacking the Boxes
Unpacking the Boxes

Author: Donald Hall

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2009-09-11

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780547247946

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Former United States poet laureate Donald Hall reflects on his life, discussing his childhood in Connecticut, the works that influenced him, his education, his success and failures as a writer and father, his friendships, and other related topics.

On Speaking Terms
On Speaking Terms

Author: Connie Wanek

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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"Connie Wanek . . . is superb, mature [and] a master of mood and language."--St. Paul Pioneer Press "No poet I know, with the exception of Jane Kenyon, is as able to discover the magic and depth in ordinary, day-to-day life and to artfully render that vision for the reader."--Louis Jenkins Connie Wanek's third book of poems, On Speaking Terms, is amusing, tender, and surprising. Herself a librarian in Duluth, Minnesota, Wanek's poems emerge from everyday objects--Scrabble, garlic, lipstick, hawkweed--and the landscapes, waterscapes, and severe winters of the upper Midwest. Readers will shove off in canoes, buckle on skis, set fishing nets in Lake Superior, and spend time in the real world of the imagination. Lit by startling metaphors, Wanek's work has been justly compared to Wislawa Szymborska's for its wry wit and spare "Eastern European" sensibility. . . . Afterwards it was Eve who made the first snowman, her second sin, and she laughed as she rolled up the wet white carpet and lifted the wee head into place. "And God causeth the sun to melt her labors, for He was a jealous God." Connie Wanek is the author of two books of poems. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota, where she is a public librarian and renovates old houses with her husband. Her poems have appeared in many journals, including The Atlantic Monthly and Poetry. In 2006 she was named a Witter Bynner Fellow in Poetry from the Library of Congress.

Graduates in Wonderland
Graduates in Wonderland

Author: Jessica Pan

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-05-06

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 0698157206

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Two best friends document their post-college lives in a hilarious, relatable, and powerfully honest epistolary memoir. Fast friends since they met at Brown University during their freshman year, Jessica Pan and Rachel Kapelke-Dale vowed to keep in touch after their senior year through in-depth—and brutally honest—weekly e-mails. After graduation, Jess packs up everything she owns and moves to Beijing on a whim, while Rachel heads to New York to work for an art gallery and to figure out her love life. Each spends the next few years tumbling through adulthood and reinventing themselves in various countries, including France, China, and Australia. Through their messages from around the world, they swap tales of teaching classes of military men, running a magazine, and flirting in foreign languages, along with the hard stuff: from harrowing accidents to breakups and breakdowns. Reminiscent of Sloan Crosley’s essays and Lena Dunham’s Girls, Graduates in Wonderland is an intimate, no-holds-barred portrait of two young women as they embark upon adulthood.

Quarter-Life Calling
Quarter-Life Calling

Author: Paul Sohn

Publisher:

Published: 2015-12-12

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9781519635846

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"This is a book for millennials who want to break free from the rat race-for those who believe they were created for something more. Paul Sohn speaks volumes to twentysomethings, giving them influential, real-world advice for how to find your calling." - Brad Lomenick, former President of CatalystIf you've ever hit the ball just right, you know it makes a different sound-you can feel it the moment you make contact. You've hit the sweet spot.But if you have no motivation to swing, then you're stuck warming the bench.Award-winning blogger, speaker, and author Paul Sohn builds leaders worth following and creates good-to-great organizations. Now he's training millennials how to intentionally live in their vocational sweet spot in Quarter-Life Calling.When you're not living the life God has for you, you feel the strain, stress, and resistance of being out of your sweet spot. Life becomes a daily grind, and there's no meaning to your work. You feel that your strengths and gifts are not being used. You don't feel passion for work or life.After landing a cushy job at a Fortune 50 company at age 24, Paul was living a life anyone would be jealous of. But as he climbed up the corporate ladder, he realized the top wasn't where he belonged. Paul was having a quarter-life crisis. He knew God had a bigger purpose for him, so he set out on a mission to find his quarter-life calling.As a young Christian, maybe you're tormented by these questions:What does it look like to discover and pursue God's calling?What are some tools I can immediately use to better discover my calling?How can I integrate my faith into my everyday work?Quarter-Life Calling equips, encourages, and empowers twentysomethings to live a life of purpose. It reminds millennials of God's vast love and how living in alignment of His calling and success will radically transform lives. "When you live your life around God's calling, your life becomes more than simply a fat paycheck. You begin to live in your sweet spot." It's time to stop warming the bench so you can swing harder, live in your sweet spot, and find your quarter-life calling. Paul has worked for both a Fortune 50 company and a Top 100 Great Place to Work Company. Now he partners with a global leadership consultancy, GiANT Worldwide, as a leadership transformation consultant. Paul was featured as a Top 33 under 33 Christian Millennials to Follow by Christianity Today. His leadership blog has been ranked #15 on the World's Top Leadership Blogs to Follow.

Eat This Poem
Eat This Poem

Author: Nicole Gulotta

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2017-03-21

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0834840650

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A literary cookbook that celebrates food and poetry, two of life's essential ingredients. In the same way that salt seasons ingredients to bring out their flavors, poetry seasons our lives; when celebrated together, our everyday moments and meals are richer and more meaningful. The twenty-five inspiring poems in this book—from such poets as Marge Piercy, Louise Glück, Mark Strand, Mary Oliver, Billy Collins, Jane Hirshfield—are accompanied by seventy-five recipes that bring the richness of words to life in our kitchen, on our plate, and through our palate. Eat This Poem opens us up to fresh ways of accessing poetry and lends new meaning to the foods we cook.

20-Something, 20-Everything
20-Something, 20-Everything

Author: Christine Hassler

Publisher: New World Library

Published: 2010-09-24

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1577313461

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The midtwenties through the midthirties can be a time of difficult transition: the security blankets of college and parents are gone, and it’s suddenly time to make far-reaching decisions about career, investments, and adult identity. When author Christine Hassler experienced what she calls the "twenties triangle", she found that she was not alone. In fact, an entire generation of young women is questioning their choices, unsure if what they’ve been striving for is what they really want. They’re eager to set a new course for their lives, even if that means giving up what they have. Hassler herself left a fast-moving career that wasn’t right for her and instead took the risk of starting her own business. Now, based on her own experience and interviews with hundreds of women, she shares heartfelt stories on issues from career to parents to boyfriends to babies. Yet she also provides practical exercises to enable today’s woman to chart a new direction for her life.