The King's Touch

The King's Touch

Author: Tom Sleigh

Publisher: Graywolf Press

Published: 2022-02-01

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1644451670

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A profound encounter with the hyperreality of our time of global upheaval, violence, and pandemic. Tom Sleigh’s poems are skeptical of the inevitability of our fate, but in this brilliant new collection, they are charged with a powerful sense of premonition, as if the future is unfolding before us, demanding something greater than the self. Justice is a prevailing force, even while the poems are fully cognizant of the refugee crisis, war, famine, and the brutal reality of a crowded hospital morgue. The King’s Touch collides the world of fact and the world of mystery with a resolutely secular register. The title poem refers to the once-held belief that the king, as a divine representative, is imbued with the power of healing touch. Sleigh turns this encounter between illness and human contact toward his own chronic blood disease and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its mounting death tolls. One poem asks, “isn’t it true that no matter how long you / wear them, masks don’t grieve, only faces do?” In this essential new work, Sleigh shows how the language of poetry itself can revive and recuperate a sense of a future under the conditions of violence, social unrest, and global anxiety about the fate of the planet.


World Poetry

World Poetry

Author: Katharine Washburn

Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 1338

ISBN-13: 9780393041309

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

An anthology of the best poetry ever written contains more than sixteen hundred poems, spanning more than four millennia, from ancient Sumer and Egypt to the late twentieth century


24 Pages and Other Poems

24 Pages and Other Poems

Author: Lisa Fishman

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781940696102

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Elegiac, brimming with beauty, and grounded in daily life on a farm. An accessible and sweet document of human experience.


I Am the World

I Am the World

Author: Charles R. Smith Jr.

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-07-09

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 1442423021

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Photographs and rhyming text celebrate the diversity of cultures, languages, countries, and people of the world.


World Between Poems Short Stories and Essays By Iranian Americans

World Between Poems Short Stories and Essays By Iranian Americans

Author: Persis M Karim

Publisher: George Braziller Publishers

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780807614457

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This collection is the first published anthology of writings by Iranian immigrants and first generation Iranian Americans. This collection is the first published anthology of writings by Iranian immigrants and first generation Iranian Americans. Wide ranging and deeply personal, these pieces explore the Iranian community's continuing struggle to understand what it means to be Iranian in America. The selections come together to present a rich, humanizing portrait of a growing community Americans tend to view negatively. Many are intimate reflections on the pain of being alienated from the language, history, and geography of one's childhood. Others grapple with the complexities of cultural and personal identity. Iranian Americans, like any other immigrant community, must face the ongoing negotiation between past and present, their native home and their adopted home. A World Between gives voice to their unique and moving stories.


Of Kings and Things

Of Kings and Things

Author: Eric Stanislaus Stenbock

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2020-06-23

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1913689077

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

An introduction to the Decadent writer Stanislaus Eric Stenbock for the general reader, offering morbid stories, suicidal poems, and an autobiographical essay. Described by W. B. Yeats as a “scholar, connoisseur, drunkard, poet, pervert, most charming of men,” Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock (1860–1895) is surely the greatest exemplar of the Decadent movement of the late nineteenth century. A friend of Aubrey Beardsley, patron of the extraordinary pre-Raphaelite artist Simeon Solomon, and contemporary of Oscar Wilde, Stenbock died at the age of thirty-six as a result of his addiction to opium and his alcoholism, having published just three slim volumes of suicidal poetry and one collection of morbid short stories. Stenbock was a homosexual convert to Roman Catholicism and owner of a serpent, a toad, and a dachshund called Trixie. It was said that toward the end of his life he was accompanied everywhere by a life-size wooden doll that he believed to be his son. His poems and stories are replete with queer, supernatural, mystical, and Satanic themes; original editions of his books are highly sought by collectors of recherché literature. Of Kings and Things is the first introduction to Stenbock's writing for the general reader, offering fifteen stories, eight poems and one autobiographical essay by this complex figure.


Nala And Damayanti And Other Poems

Nala And Damayanti And Other Poems

Author: Henry Hart Milman

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-08-01

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 9359392707

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems" is a collection of poems written by Henry Hart Milman. Milman was an English clergyman, historian, and poet. He served as the Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in London and had a deep interest in literature and religious history. Milman's poetry often drew inspiration from mythology, history, and biblical narratives. The collection "Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems" features the titular poem "Nala and Damayanti," which is a retelling of an episode from the Indian epic, the Mahabharata. The poem explores themes of love, loyalty, and the consequences of human actions. Milman's skillful use of language and his ability to capture the essence of the original story make this collection a notable contribution to English poetry. Aside from "Nala and Damayanti," the collection includes other poems that demonstrate Milman's versatility as a poet and his interest in various historical and mythological subjects. Overall, "Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems" showcases Milman's talent for storytelling and his ability to bring ancient tales to life through poetry.


The King's Question

The King's Question

Author: Brian Culhane

Publisher:

Published: 2008-09-30

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"In The King's Question, poet Brian Culhane gathers the sometimes broken monuments of the long dead to describe how the ancient world impinges on the modern. So the Elgin Marbles prefigure the trench warfare of World War I; the lost Library of Alexandria mirrors the loss of the poet's father's library; and the Delphic oracle summons the murmur of a psychotherapist. With skilled formal craft and a daring intelligence, Culhane's poems show the mind profoundly grappling to articulate the right questions, while the gods, as always, deny any certitude."--BOOK JACKET.


The Kings and Queens of England with Other Poems

The Kings and Queens of England with Other Poems

Author: Mary Ann H. T. Bigelow

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-12

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"The Kings and Queens of England with Other Poems" authored by Mary Ann H. T. Bigelow presents a collection of poems that pays tribute to the monarchs of England while also delving into broader themes of history, power, and human experience. Bigelow's poetic expressions capture the essence of different historical periods and the personalities of various rulers. This collection weaves together vivid imagery and historical insights, offering readers a poetic journey through the lives and legacies of England's royalty.