Poetry and Prose for the Common Man provides easily understood poems and short stories that may appeal to those that don't want to spend hours searching for hidden meanings and obscure references
Explore the literary brilliance of Joyce Kilmer through "Joyce Kilmer: Poems, Essays and Letters in Two Volumes. Volume 2, Prose Works," a captivating collection that delves into the prose writings of one of America's most cherished poets. Step into the world of Kilmer's prose as he explores diverse themes with eloquence and depth. This volume offers a treasure trove of essays and letters that reveal Kilmer's keen observations, philosophical insights, and profound reflections on life, love, and the human experience. Throughout these pages, Kilmer's distinctive voice shines through, whether he is crafting enchanting essays on nature's beauty, offering thoughtful critiques on contemporary issues, or sharing intimate correspondence that reveals his personal thoughts and passions. Kilmer's prose works are marked by their lyrical prose, evocative imagery, and a deep sense of reverence for the natural world and the complexities of the human spirit. Readers will find themselves drawn into his world, where each piece resonates with timeless wisdom and heartfelt emotion. Since its publication, "Joyce Kilmer: Poems, Essays and Letters in Two Volumes" has been celebrated for its literary merit and Kilmer's enduring influence on American literature. It remains a cherished collection for poetry enthusiasts, scholars, and anyone captivated by Kilmer's poetic vision and prose eloquence. Whether you're discovering Kilmer's prose for the first time or revisiting his works as a longtime admirer, "Joyce Kilmer: Volume 2, Prose Works" promises to enrich and inspire. Immerse yourself in the beauty of Kilmer's language and the depth of his insights into the human condition. Don't miss your chance to experience the prose brilliance of Joyce Kilmer. Let "Joyce Kilmer: Volume 2, Prose Works" transport you to a world of literary mastery and profound contemplation. Secure your copy now and delve into the enduring legacy of a poet whose words continue to resonate with readers across generations.
Every day people tune in to The Writer's Almanac on public radio and hear Garrison Keillor read them a poem. And here, for the first time, is an anthology of poems from the show, chosen by the narrator for their wit, their frankness, their passion, their "utter clarity in the face of everything else a person has to deal with at 7 a.m." The title Good Poems comes from common literary parlance. For writers, it's enough to refer to somebody having written a good poem. Somebody else can worry about greatness. Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese" is a good poem, and so is James Wright's "A Blessing." Regular people love those poems. People read them aloud at weddings, people send them by e-mail. Good Poems includes poems about lovers, children, failure, everyday life, death, and transcendance. It features the work of classic poets, such as Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Robert Frost, as well as the work of contemporary greats such as Howard Nemerov, Charles Bukowski, Donald Hall, Billy Collins, Robert Bly, and Sharon Olds. It's a book of poems for anybody who loves poetry whether they know it or not.
There are many types of writers of poetry and prose. Some subscribe to the strict conventions of poetic form and others are more interested in poetry as a simple means of communicating and entertaining. The poetry and prose in this book has been created with the latter thought in mind and therefore attempts to bring meaning to each line of verse and with it a clear understanding of the poems message.
"For students and instructors, the anthology provides an implicit history of the genre, a wide array of models and strategies, and a map of the prose poem's potential via dozens of poets, a useful introductory essay and headnotes, and an innovative structore. For readers, it provides what every poem fan wants - a ton of great poems." (Buchrückseite).
A prose poem is a poem written in prose rather than verse. But what does that really mean? Is it an indefinable hybrid? An anomaly in the history of poetry? Are the very words "prose poem" an oxymoron? This groundbreaking anthology edited by celebrated poet David Lehman, editor of The Best American Poetry series, traces the form in all its dazzling variety from Poe and Emerson to Auden and Ashbery and on, right up to the present. In his brilliant and lucid introduction, Lehman explains that a prose poem can make use of all the strategies and tactics of poetry, but works in sentences rather than lines. He also summarizes the prose poem's French heritage, its history in the United States, and the salient differences between verse and prose. Arranged chronologically to allow readers to trace the gradual development of this hybrid genre, the poems anthologized here include important works from such masters of American literature as Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, e. e. cummings, Hart Crane, Ernest Hemingway, James Schuyler, Allen Ginsberg, Frank O'Hara, and Elizabeth Bishop. Contemporary mainstays and emerging poets -- Robert Bly, John Ashbery, Charles Simic, Billy Collins, Russell Edson, James Tate, Anne Carson, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Lydia Davis, among them -- are represented with their best work in the field. The prose poem is beginning to enjoy a tremendous upswing in popularity. Readers of this marvelous collection, a must-have for anyone interested in the current state of the art, will learn why.
This is an utterly original and completely beguiling prose novel about a boy who has to write a poem, and then another, and then even more. Soon the little boy is writing about all sorts of things he has not really come to terms with, and astounding things start to happen.