Download or read book Love s Alchemy written by and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2011-02-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working from the original Persian sources, translators and scholars David and Sabrineh Fideler offer faithful, elegant translations that represent the full scope of Sufi poetry. These concise, tightly focused meditations span only a few lines but reveal worlds of meaning. The poems explore many aspects of human life and the spiritual path, but they center on the liberating power of love.
Download or read book Alchemical Poetry 1575 1700 written by Robert M. Schuler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-11 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of interest to interdisciplinary historians as well as those in various other fields, this book presents the first publication of 14 poems ranging from 12 to 3,000 lines. The poems are printed in the chronological order of their composition, from Elizabethan to Augustan times, but nine of them are verse translations of works from earlier periods in the development of alchemy. Each has a textual and historical introduction and explanatory note by the Editor. Renaissance alchemy is acknowledged as an important element in the histories of early modern science and medicine. This book emphasises these poems’ expression of and shaping influence on religious, social and political values and institutions of their time too and is a useful reference work with much to offer for cultural studies and literary studies as well as science and history.
Download or read book The Alchemy of Poetry written by Elizabeth Guy and published by First Rider Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alchemy of Poetry promises access to some of the greatest poems ever written. It demonstrates the various ways a close reading or analytical interpretation can be conducted and in so doing provides tools for a life time of poetry reading. This text is personal. It establishes a relationship between the reader and the poem and myself. Why? It is in relationships that we are able to most effectively learn and teach and grow. I think great Art belongs to everyone; thus, it is crucial that we continue the dialogue between ourselves and the poem. It is in this dialogue that we witness the alchemy of poetry; the way it transmutes from language form and feature to a universal elixir, an undiscovered gold and most significantly, "A thing of beauty". Poetry makes sense of life, it offers us truths, it brings us unimagined worlds and it liberates our pain. I have selected 160 poems that you cannot live your life without!Poetry offers ritual and cadence; sacrifice and secrets. Poetry offers a nation state, a place within a place when it no longer confers sovereignty upon you. Poetry is sacred and profane and thus it is at once sublime and mighty. It is audacious and disturbing but always - and this applies to all great poetry - yours. Mine. Ours. Indeed, what is the point of living if there is no Art? And poetry is the most concentrated of all Art. It is the oldest of all literary forms. Without poetry we are an idiotic uncivilized people telling tales "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing". Poetry is, in one crowded hour, the only one in the room. So, we read poetry to face the truth. To stand there and dig in, to stumble over words we don't get, to find a phrase that flicks a light on in our memory, to cat-paw over and over an image that was laid down long ago. Most of all, we read poetry to remind ourselves of what really matters. To witness the soaring light that tears up our small lives.
Download or read book Alchemy and Other Poems written by Marjorie Felkner Wagner and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alchemical Poetry 1575 1700 written by Robert M. Schuler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-11 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of interest to interdisciplinary historians as well as those in various other fields, this book presents the first publication of 14 poems ranging from 12 to 3,000 lines. The poems are printed in the chronological order of their composition, from Elizabethan to Augustan times, but nine of them are verse translations of works from earlier periods in the development of alchemy. Each has a textual and historical introduction and explanatory note by the Editor. Renaissance alchemy is acknowledged as an important element in the histories of early modern science and medicine. This book emphasises these poems’ expression of and shaping influence on religious, social and political values and institutions of their time too and is a useful reference work with much to offer for cultural studies and literary studies as well as science and history.
Download or read book Alchemy and Other Poems written by D. M. Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alchemy written by Robert Hillyer and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Subtle Alchemy Other Poems written by Calvin Wharton and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marvell and Alchemy written by Lyndy Abraham and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Abraham begins by examining the currency of alchemical thought in Britain and Europe and its presence in the work of such poets as Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne, Herrick, Milton and Dryden. She then moves on to a detailed examination of Marvell's long poems, demonstrating the extensive presentation of the alchemical process. Other important English alchemists are cited including Thomas Tymme, Robert Fludd and Thomas Vaughan.This is a highly original and stimulating study which brings out hitherto undiscovered meanings and relationships. The book is illustrated with 32 emblems from the works of the Renaissance and 17th-century alchemists, and will henceforth be an essential text for serious students of Marvell.
Download or read book The 12 Alchemists and Other Poems written by Kevin McWha Steele and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maria Bacardi's company, OddFellows Playhouse, commissioned Mr. Steele to write the following pages of poetry for the 2007 Longhouse Gala in honor of Yoko Ono. The gala celebrated the founder, Jack Lenor Larsen's, 80th year, and Longhouse Reserve's 15th anniversary. Yoko Ono was presented a medal for her efforts at promoting peace. The poems were written over a two week period by Mr. Steele on retreat at the Surf Hotel in Block Island, RI. The end result was three separate works of poetry, represented here: "The 12 Alchemists," "Four Narratives," and "Your Wait in Gold." At Oddfellows' request, these poems were written to be performed by both children and adults. The original concept was that "The 12 Alchemists" were represented by 12 separate orators reciting the poems, accompanied by dancers interpreting the words. These performers were placed in strategic locations around the Longhouse grounds to entertain guests. "Your Wait in Gold" was orated and performed by the same dancers on Ono's life-size white chessboard sculpture, "Play it by Trust," also located on the Longhouse Reserve's grounds. Due to time constraints, only "Your Wait in Gold" was performed (see photograph printed on the back jacket of this book). The theme for each poem was "alchemy" and loosely inspired by the traditional Japanese "Tanka" form. Note from the Preface: ... I had just finished writing for ten consecutive days at the Surf Hotel on Block Island, the outcome of which was over three-hundred Tanka-inspired poems. Most of the work was on the topic of alchemy, or the obscure idea of transmuting a substance or an experience "into gold." The poems focused heavily on twelve alchemists, historical or fictional, that I knew very little of beforehand. The format (Tanka) and the alchemists were assigned to me by the company commissioning the work, Oddfellows Playhouse. It was a daunting task for any number of reasons, but I especially didn't want to presume that I knew anything about "alchemy," let alone have the authority to accurately parlay the the lives or inspirations of those attributed to such miracles of magic, science and discovery. And even achieving that for each of the twelve, there was the equally daunting task of having the poems accessible to both children and adults, as I was told they would be performed by members of Oddfellows Playhouse at the Longhouse Reserve gala in Long Island, NY. That said, I learned that upon writing for each alchemist, there were word choices that became clear by intuition. In a roundabout way, I was experiencing a kind of alchemy, or magic, through the act of writing about their lives and drawing inspiration from them to compose the work. My desire is that you experience some of this magic in reading these poems, and that they convey a trace of the magnificence of their contributions, in both the physical application of science and the more esoteric territory of metaphysics. - Kevin McWha Steele
Download or read book Alchemy the Poetry of Matter written by Brian Cotnoir and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Alchemy of Words written by Edward Francisco and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-30 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In tradition of alchemists in the Middle Ages, poet searches for precise language to shed light on why we live the way we do.
Download or read book The Poetry of Alchemy written by Alma Jemma Genovese and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To you, dear friend and reader: The sky never permanently loses its blue Nor the heart the love within you That shines out to illumine its own And shield it from the rough stone Experiences needed to round out a young life Sometimes come mixed with strife But the parent heart with love never failing Knows how to calm the waters for smoother sailing Until young lessons have been learned And expanded growth is discerned The seedling cannot remain the same It must move with life’s weather vane And learn to follow its own signature key A different pattern than the one for you or me It is love that is ever the winner For truly no one is a sinner We are all just trying to be Deep within the longing for harmony You have the magic of knowledgeable years Laced with joys, fears, and tears Which, when you become inwardly reflective Assume their proper perspective Then you can’t help but smile with tender amusement at the glorious game of life
Download or read book Giovanni Aurelio Augurello 1441 1524 and Renaissance Alchemy written by Matteo Soranzo and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in-depth study of the life and works of Augurello, Italian alchemist, poet and art connoisseur from the time of Giorgione.
Download or read book Alchemy written by Robert Hillyer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Alchemy: A Symphonic Poem Would speak to you shyly as fits my case, Since to you these inquisitive years have run their race And written their answers in your face. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Alchemist Poems 2019 written by The Alchemy Poets and published by Goldtouch Press, LLC. This book was released on 2020-02-26 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alchemy Poets never fail to enlighten and entertain. From the simplest to the most complex, these poems are dazzling and reflect the writers' wide-ranging interests and engagement with the world. Both new and seasoned Alchemy poets are observers, ambitious and centered on things as they are, and passionately in touch with the extraordinary reality of everyday life.
Download or read book Waiting for the Alchemist written by Mark Perlberg and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Direct and compassionate, the poems in Mark Perlberg's collection tell us things we need to know -- about art, history, nature, love, and life. Wholly without pretension, these poems make us feel that we have discovered the truth. The poet accomplishes this partly by his delicate touch with rhyme and assonance, partly by making himself seem almost an accidental instrument of the poem, someone who just happens to be conveying it. A reader cannot help but respond with affection and gratitude. The title poem reminds us that the philosopher's stone is more likely to turn up in our backyard -- or in our imagination -- than in a laboratory. The poems of the second section address history with restraint and tenderness, while those in section three explore contemporary lives. In the final section, Perlberg writes about his family, his friends, and himself. In a poem titled "In My Next Life," the poet says -- perhaps smiling inwardly -- he will then be "amiable, mostly, but large / and formidable," and adds, with a wink, "I'll insist you be present / in my next life -- and the one after that." Warm and inclusive, Waiting for the Alchemist is a beautiful collection.
