“A new vision in poetry, very real & fresh, with sincere emotions that simply touch your heart with every word” Nasrin Hilmi Ph.D. “A pioneering method of reaching out to every individual and opening a channel of self expression and freedom we have not seen before” Omar K Ibrahem J.D. “Truly brave and honest poetry, encompassing emotions we hide from, and somehow in the processes creating a memorizing image of passion, inspiration, and love that come from the soul of a true artist” Dalia Mansour M.D.
THE COURAGE TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE A SUCCESS We need to have the courage to do the things we need to do to be a success. Sometimes we have to go to school or take a test and pass to become a success. Sometimes it takes more effort then we posses before we even think about becoming a success. Sometimes we can keep our talent bottled up inside us. Never to come out for fresh air and we wind doing something else that doesnt even ruffle our hair. Sometimes obstacles get in our way and nothing goes right even though we try so hard then you wind up stressed for the rest of the night. For us to succeed we must have confidence in our selves then we must ask the lord for some help. Because we need to believe if we want to achieve if we try real hard we can be a success, in anything that we try to do and if we do go in to make sure we dont get a big head because you dont know whos watching you.
Raw Beats: Urban Poetry is a poetry book written from the perspective of a Black Poet. It contains three chapters of poems about the current political and social struggles of urban life. The joys of life are also revealed in poems about love and family. What is Urban Poetry? Why should you read it? The answers may surprise you. Urban poetry is commonly used by poets to describe the social and racial injustices of living in the urban core of large cities. Many poets before Diane have covered topics such as poverty, stress, and survival. Reading this book will make you feel something real. Raw Beats has similar expressions voiced with rhythm, angst, and unapologetic rawness. It shouts, cries, and caresses the mind and soul. In Raw Beats, urban poetry puts you in the city, in the heart, and in the life of an urban poet. Experience the social injustices of our time through literature. Discover pain, life, death, relationship woes, love, and political protest poetry in Raw Beats. Set in the real world of urban characters, the poems will jump at you, make you angry, and some will make you laugh. After reading Raw Beats: Urban Poetry, the reader will gain insight into the trials and triumphs of living in urban America. Like Nikki Giovanni, Diane was greatly motivated by the Civil Rights movement. Gil Scott-Heron’s influence is evident in Diane’s use of words and her ability to take pain and set it to rhyme. You will take away a favorite poem from Raw Beats. You will say it, sing it and hold it close to your heart.
Bloody Slabs of Raw Poetry, What could that be? Well let me explain it is a collection by one Healium Shriekspear, yes, Healium Shriekspear, The altar ego, The rawness of a poet, A certain poet, So what would you expect of this one Healium Shriekspear? Terrible poems, Awful, Works of utter disappointments each one. I would not advice anyone to read this this abomination to poetry. I would have to say this certain poet could go further I mean not raw enough. But hey he is just starting, Unfortunately, But who knows maybe someone will enjoy this crazed poet ramblings. I would beg to say this is a pile of vomit. So step right up read this if you are brave enough to read this nonsense... Caution. There are explicit words in this
"RAW" is a collection of poetry written to, for the most part, relate to a general audience. A realistic audience. Has not every person been broken or hurt in one way or another? I feel your pain and I want you to know you are not alone. Just like there are happy poems and sad poems in this book, life is full of happy moments and sad moments. We will all smile and we will all cry before our time on earth is over. My desire for you is that you will cherish every moment. Life is for living. Live in the joyful moments. Smile, laugh, and love with all you have. Live in the despairing moments. Weep, shake, and survive to see the happy times again. Just like there will always be sadness in life, there will also always be happiness. They are unavoidable and one cannot exist without the other.
A classic poem with a timeless message, presented in a small and beautiful gift book. Rose Milligan never intended to publicly share her poem 'Dust If You Must', but a series of events led her to publish it in The Lady magazine in 1998. Her charming message about what we value in life resonated with audiences, and it has since been read on BBC radio, posted on Instagram, printed on tea towels, read at funerals and put to music. Now appearing as a book for the first time, beautifully illustrated throughout by illustrator Hayley Wells, Dust If You Must is a timeless reminder to focus on the things we can enjoy in the world, rather than the things we think we need to do.
While the study of children's poetry has always had a place in the realm of children's literature, scholars have not typically considered it in relation to the larger scope of contemporary poetry. In this volume, Joseph T. Thomas, Jr., explores the "playground" of children's poetry within the world of contemporary adult poetic discourse, bringing the complex social relations of play and games, cliques and fashions, and drama and humor in children's poetry to light for the first time. Poetry's Playground considers children's poetry published in the United States from the mid-twentieth century onward, a time when many established adult poets began writing for young audiences. Through the work of major figures like Robert Frost, Gwendolyn Brooks, Carl Sandburg, Randall Jarrell, Theodore Roethke, Shel Silverstein, and Jack Prelutsky, Thomas explores children's poems within the critical and historical conversations surrounding adult texts, arguing at the same time that children's poetry is an oft-neglected but crucial part of the American poetic tradition. Canonical issues are central to Poetry's Playground. The volume begins by tracing Robert Frost's emergence as the United States' official school poet, exploring the political and aesthetic dimensions of his canonization and considering which other poets were pushed aside as a result. The study also includes a look at eight major anthologies of children's poems in the United States, offering a descriptive canon that will be invaluable to future scholarship. Additionally, Poetry's Playground addresses poetry actually written and performed by children, exploring the connections between folk poetry produced both on playgrounds and in the classroom. Poetry's Playground is a groundbreaking study that makes bold connections between children's and adult poetry. This book will be of interest to poets, scholars of poetry and children's literature, as well as students and teachers of literary history, cultural anthropology, and contemporary poetry.