Download or read book Firecracker Poems at 93 written by Jess Strauss and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no connection between being ninety-three years old and being ancient or timeless. The poems in this collection are contemporaryreal, sincere, and thought-provoking. Strauss explores the many degrees of lovefrom young to old, from family to valued friendsin provocative and compassionate verse. Neither is love his only topic. He offers poetic viewpoints on poverty, disability, and war; he recalls traveling the long trail of parenthood from newly born child through to adulthood. The obstacles and joys in life that might be faced by age ninety-three bear examination in Firecracker: Poems at 93. Fire Cracker There are many things Id like to be There are many lives Id like to live Above all Id like to feel free To live and love, to forgive A state of mind haunts my soul One unusual wish torments my mind To build my energy so it can explode I wish I were a firecracker of some kind Id light the sky with flames of love Id burn away the troubles of the world People could look down, around and above To know sunshine, clouds, see stars unfurl Id arouse curiosity in children Id teach them what controlled energy can do Id teach them how music can enfold them Id teach them to understand things old and new Id like to be a firecracker, and make my mark in time With a loving companion as a backer, Id explode with love in a life sublime Though you may not see love, Ill know As a firecracker, I could make it so.
Download or read book The Invisible Arm Poems at 97 written by Jess Strauss and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his sixth book, ninety-seven year old poet Jess Strauss shares his own experiences, ideas, and reflections on overcoming the challenges that life presents over time. Communicating the importance of love, caring, and friendship, he encourages us to be active and not rest on the sidelines. Each of us should be a friend to ensure an "Invisible Arm" around another's shoulder for support in hard times when we aren't available. The poems are real, sincere, and thought provoking. Strauss's reference to the many degrees of love, from young to old, family to valued friends, developing new friends or dealing with the loss of loved ones, will cause you to ponder. You will feel his compassion for the poor, his attitude toward war, and concern for nature and the environment. It will stimulate your own buried thoughts on many subjects. How many obstacles did you overcome? It's all in The Invisible Arm: Poems at 97.
Download or read book Too Old to Be Old written by Jess Strauss and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-12-14 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poet Jess Strauss is 95 and doesnt know how many days, months or years are in store for him. Sitting back and waiting for the inevitable to arrive is not his way of life. As the title of the book says, Strauss is too old to be concerned with being old. The goal is to survive and be active in the remaining years. In this collection, he blends memory and vision to share experiences with his resilient attitude toward life and longevity. The poems are real, sincere, inspiring, and thought provoking. In compassionate verse, Strauss offers his poetic viewpoints on poverty, disability, loneliness, war, and the ironies of life. Theres romance, love, stories, friendship, family values, and ironic laughter represented page after page.
Download or read book Wendy Cope written by Rory Waterman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first critical book on the poetry of Wendy Cope, one of Britain's most widely read poets. Rory Waterman considers her five 'adult' collections, her works for children and her uncollected poems, with many close readings, and careful consideration of her cultural and literary contexts and her poetic development.
Download or read book Fiction and Poetry written by Wendy Wren and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 1999 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a resource for teaching the Literacy Hour, the National Curriculum for English and the Scottish Guidelines for English language 5-14. It covers the key requirements for text level work (comprehension and composition) for fiction and poetry for Years 3 and 4 (Scotland P4-5.)It provides sections of syruictured lesson plans on all the main genres (narrative, poetry and plays).
Download or read book The Petals of a Kansas Sunflower written by Melvin D. Epp and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rather than pledging allegiance to the military effort as dictated by Prussian law in 1867, many devout Anabaptists deemed it prudent to become pioneers in Kansas. The year was 1876 and odd numbered sections of railroad land were being marketed by the Santa Fe across Kansas. Towns developed around train depots; local shopping became available. Marie Harder Epp was born in America to these relocated Anabaptists. She was a Kansas Mennonite farmer and also the village poet. Her poems, written for oral delivery, tell the story of life in Holland and West Prussia following the Reformation, the relocation to Kansas, and the creation of a church community on the tall grass prairies. A church was organized to focus these hard-working Germans on divine realities as they buried their dead, married their young, and dealt with the harsh prairie winds. Marie's poems also describe the changeover from buggies to cars, from German to English, and from isolation to global outreach. With time, the Anabaptists learned through cultural adaptation that they could be both staunch Mennonites and also patriotic Americans.
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Download or read book Contemporary Poets written by Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the modernist explorations of the first half of the 20th century to the diverse styles and practitioners of the 21st century, contemporary American poetry has forged a vital and enduring tradition. This volume explores the genre's recent history and development, as succeeding generations of poets have taken up the American idiom and molded it into their own unique modes of expression. This new edition explores contemporary poetry through a selection of critical essays and also features an introductory essay by esteemed professor Harold Bloom.
Download or read book Fun with Poems written by Irene Yates and published by Brilliant Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fun with Poems contains over 70 poems specially written by well-known poets such as Moira Andrew, Gina Douthwaite, Irene Yates and Trevor Harvey. In addition the book contains some traditional poems so as to provide complete coverage of all types of poetry required by the National Literacy Strategy. All the poems may be photocopied, so you can make multiple copies, overhaead transparencies or even enlarge them to make your own big book! The detailed teacher's notes will enable you to make the most of the poems, but most of all, we hope you and your pupils will enjoy this wonderful collection!
Download or read book The Works of Edmund Spenser The Minor poems v 1 Shepheardes calender Daphnaida Colin Clouts come home againe Astrophel Doleful lay of Clorinda Fowre hymnes written by Edmund Spenser and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thomas Hood and nineteenth century poetry written by Sara Lodge and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first modern critical study of Thomas Hood, the popular and influential nineteenth-century poet, editor, cartoonist and voice of social protest. Acclaimed by Dickens, the Brownings and the Rossettis, Hood’s quirky, diverse output bridges the years between 1820 and 1845 and offers fascinating insights for Romanticists and Victorianists alike. Lodge’s timely book explores the relationship between Hood’s playfulness, his liberal politics, and contemporary cultural debate about labour and recreation, literary materiality and urban consumption. Each chapter examines something distinctive of interdisciplinary interest, including the early nineteenth-century print culture into which Hood was born; the traditional, urban and political ramifications of the grotesque art and literature aesthetic; the cultural politics of Hood’s trademark puns; theatre, leisure and the ‘labour question’. Lively and accessible, this book will appeal to scholars of nineteenth-century English Literature, Visual Arts and Cultural Studies.
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Download or read book A Concordance to The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath written by Richard M. Matovich and published by Scholarly Title. This book was released on 1986 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Readers Guide to Periodical Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
