Download or read book The Consequence of Moonlight written by Sofia Starnes and published by Paraclete Press. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The act of writing poetry, for Sofia Starnes, is a “getting out of the way” so that a poem might occur, a poem that must itself become a place of resonance, where the reader might recognize a voice otherwise unheard. The Consequence of Moonlight is a poetic invitation to an awareness of an underlying Presence; it is also a call to be present as a loving witness of valuable—and vulnerable—things. Why moonlight? Because the moon has no light of its own; it lives on borrowed light, as we do. The moon is best perceived and most needed in the dark, fulfilling itself in absence. It is both here and there, as is often true for saints, whose luminosity is seen as lunacy in the world. "With uncommon prosodic and linguistic elegance, Sofia Starnes brings to the onetime familiar an exhilarating vividness, a [re]vision that avails the story’s ongoing opening, continuing agency." —Scott Cairns, author of Slow Pilgrim: The Collected Poems and other works "Complexly ordered and layered, musically delivered, frequently profound, and brilliantly sensuous, Starnes' newest collection carries us through the life of humans and the life of Christ. Her deeply intelligent poems demand our attention and reward it with the wizardry with which she builds and shapes her lines. There is wit, too, and poems that respond to biblical and exegetical quotations. This is not an easy book, yet "[h]ow bruising-brave the larkspur's blue / becomes, how lover-heart // the roses—" Resurrection is here remade fresh, new, vital, and within grasp." —Kelly Cherry, author of The Life and Death of Poetry: Poems and other works "How aptly titled The Consequence of Moonlight is. Here you will find a treasury of poems filled with an exquisite beauty and a kind of celestial music one rarely hears in contemporary poetry. But these lyrics, these songs, come with a warning with its invitation. Reader, you will have to slow down and allow the transforming moonlight of these lines to enter into your own sacred space. Starnes is at pains to erase herself as much as she can to allow the reader to discover something deep and profound within oneself. Welcome to a charged and grace-lit inner world, where you are not to put a name on everything you think you find here, but by warming yourself in this garden of delights might return a changed person, and the better for it." —Paul Mariani, author of Deaths & Transfigurations and other works "Although the answers to the big questions may be different for each of us, the questions remain the same, and Sofia Starnes is a poet who asks all the right questions. In the fine poems collected in The Consequence of Moonlight, we get a rare reward, the observations and insights of a talented and thoughtful poet attempting to examine the world through a spiritual lens." —David Bottoms, author of We Almost Disappear and other works "In her new collection, The Consequence of Moonlight, Sofia Starnes considers the nature of home, of children, of the creation where we live as creatures of God. In one striking line she writes, “God digs into his resurrection.” And in these poems Starnes digs into the incarnation. Though the poems often seem ethereal and even otherworldly, basking in the reflected light of the moon, they have an edge. They mark that membrane shared by body and soul. I have written elsewhere that Starnes is part of the great tradition of poets, from Solomon to John Donne, who marry sensuality to religious belief. Her new poems remain part of that tradition. We are lucky to have them." —Mark Jarman, author of The Heronry and other works
Download or read book Moonlight Rests on My Left Palm written by Yu Xiuhua and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with the viral poem “Crossing Half of China to Fuck You,” Yu Xiuhua’s raw collection in Fiona Sze-Lorrain's translation chronicles her life as a disabled, divorced, single mother in rural China. Yu Xiuhua was born with cerebral palsy in Hengdian village in the Hubei Province, in central China. Unable to attend college, travel, or work the land with her parents, Yu remained home where she could help with housework. Eventually she was forced into an arranged marriage that became abusive. She divorced her husband and moved back in with her parents, taking her son with her. In defiance of the stigma attached to her disability, her status as a divorced single mother, and as a peasant in rural China, Yu found her voice in poetry. Starting in the late 90’s, her writing became a vehicle with which to explore and share her reflections on homesickness, family and ancestry, the reality of disability in the context of a body’s urges and desires. Then, Yu's poem “Crossing Half of China to Fuck You” blew open the doors on the patriarchal and traditionalist world of contemporary Chinese poetry. She became an internet sensation, finding a devoted following among young readers who enthusiastically welcomed her fresh, bold, confessional voice into the literary canon. Thematically organized, Yu’s essays and poems are in conversation with each other around subjects that include love, nostalgia, mortality, the natural world and writing itself.
Download or read book And Those Ashen Heaps That Cantilevered Vase of Moonlight written by Lynn Xu and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "And Those Ashen Heaps That Cantilevered Vase of Moonlight is a book-length poem by Lynn Xu"--
Download or read book Ruby Moonlight written by Ali Cobby Eckermann and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of a young Aboriginal woman in the late nineteenth century who survives the massacre of her entire family. Wandering alone through Ngadjuri land, in South Australia, she encounters a luckless Irish trapper whose loneliness matches her own. Drawn together for comfort, they discover a momentary paradise along riverbanks and across arid plains that proves fragile in the face of frontier violence and colonization.
Download or read book Poetry by Moonlight written by Peter Quinn and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Consequence of Moonlight written by Sofia Starnes and published by Paraclete Press. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The act of writing poetry, for Sofia Starnes, is a “getting out of the way” so that a poem might occur, a poem that must itself become a place of resonance, where the reader might recognize a voice otherwise unheard. The Consequence of Moonlight is a poetic invitation to an awareness of an underlying Presence; it is also a call to be present as a loving witness of valuable—and vulnerable—things. Why moonlight? Because the moon has no light of its own; it lives on borrowed light, as we do. The moon is best perceived and most needed in the dark, fulfilling itself in absence. It is both here and there, as is often true for saints, whose luminosity is seen as lunacy in the world. "With uncommon prosodic and linguistic elegance, Sofia Starnes brings to the onetime familiar an exhilarating vividness, a [re]vision that avails the story’s ongoing opening, continuing agency." —Scott Cairns, author of Slow Pilgrim: The Collected Poems and other works "Complexly ordered and layered, musically delivered, frequently profound, and brilliantly sensuous, Starnes' newest collection carries us through the life of humans and the life of Christ. Her deeply intelligent poems demand our attention and reward it with the wizardry with which she builds and shapes her lines. There is wit, too, and poems that respond to biblical and exegetical quotations. This is not an easy book, yet "[h]ow bruising-brave the larkspur's blue / becomes, how lover-heart // the roses—" Resurrection is here remade fresh, new, vital, and within grasp." —Kelly Cherry, author of The Life and Death of Poetry: Poems and other works "How aptly titled The Consequence of Moonlight is. Here you will find a treasury of poems filled with an exquisite beauty and a kind of celestial music one rarely hears in contemporary poetry. But these lyrics, these songs, come with a warning with its invitation. Reader, you will have to slow down and allow the transforming moonlight of these lines to enter into your own sacred space. Starnes is at pains to erase herself as much as she can to allow the reader to discover something deep and profound within oneself. Welcome to a charged and grace-lit inner world, where you are not to put a name on everything you think you find here, but by warming yourself in this garden of delights might return a changed person, and the better for it." —Paul Mariani, author of Deaths & Transfigurations and other works "Although the answers to the big questions may be different for each of us, the questions remain the same, and Sofia Starnes is a poet who asks all the right questions. In the fine poems collected in The Consequence of Moonlight, we get a rare reward, the observations and insights of a talented and thoughtful poet attempting to examine the world through a spiritual lens." —David Bottoms, author of We Almost Disappear and other works "In her new collection, The Consequence of Moonlight, Sofia Starnes considers the nature of home, of children, of the creation where we live as creatures of God. In one striking line she writes, “God digs into his resurrection.” And in these poems Starnes digs into the incarnation. Though the poems often seem ethereal and even otherworldly, basking in the reflected light of the moon, they have an edge. They mark that membrane shared by body and soul. I have written elsewhere that Starnes is part of the great tradition of poets, from Solomon to John Donne, who marry sensuality to religious belief. Her new poems remain part of that tradition. We are lucky to have them." —Mark Jarman, author of The Heronry and other works
Download or read book The Moon Has Written You a Poem written by José Jorge Letria and published by Wingedchariot Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subtly capturing the innocence and imagination of childhood, this magical poetry collection captures the innocence and imagination of childhood focuses on the importance of family. Deftly translated verse captures the lyrical rhymes of the original Portuguese while providing a whimsical escape for the entire family to enjoy. A free, downloadable booklet with suggestions for further activities is available at www.wingedchariot.com.
Download or read book Moonlight and You written by David Jones and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You were never my dream to dream." Moonlight And You is not only about dreams, but what remains of those dreams after the dawn, and what is left of our wildest hopes, our most vivid fantasies and our fairytale loves. The book explores themes of love, relationships, heartbreak and loss but also hope, and the search for happiness. Its setting is ethereal night's beneath the moon, when time stands still and anything in the world seems possible. Moonlight And You blurs the boundaries between love, dreams and reality. It delves into our dreams, and how we might hold onto them after the embers of the dawn. David Jones is the author of the best selling Love And Space Dust, Could You Ever Live Without, Highway Heart, Love As The Stars Went Out, and Death's Door.
Download or read book The Journal of Albion Moonlight written by Kenneth Patchen and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1961 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronicle of violent fury and compassion, written when Surrealism was still vigorous and doing battle with psychotic "reality," The Journal of Albion Moonlight is the American monument to engagement.
Download or read book East of Moonlight written by Julia Fields and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Moonlight written by Madison Nelson and published by Tales of Stardust. This book was released on 2023-07-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The woods have been feared to belong to a creature that haunts the village during a full moon. Faelynn is the young lady in her town known for the red cloak her mother had given her on her nineteenth birthday. She catches the attention of a young huntsman and slowly starts to fall for him. But everything is shattered by the creature that haunts the woods. The wolf must go down and Faelynn may be the only one who can stop him.
Download or read book Wandering by Moonlight written by Gordon Dawson and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-21 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the gift of illuminating the darkness, the moon holds a special place in many hearts as a sign of quiet strength and beauty. In a collection of poems divided into four sections—crescent, half, gibbous, and full moon— Wandering by Moonlight explores what the heart sees, feels, and remembers, while reflecting on the awakening of dreams, imagined journeys, and portraits of nature. Lovely, quiet, and challenging, these poems explore a deep awareness of human strength and frailty wrapped in nature’s many gifts for a spirit willing to know what it means to travel the seasons, to live a life by paying attention.
Download or read book A Full Moon is Rising written by Marilyn Singer and published by Lerner Publishing Group. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All around the world people are affected by and in awe of a full moon. In this poetic exploration of the lunar wonder, places near and far provide the backdrop for discovering celebrations, beliefs, customs and facts about the moon. From Broadway to Hong Kong to the International Space Station, the various perspectives, sparkling verses and depth of information create a fascinating rendering of a familiar, yet remarkable sight.
Download or read book You Look Beautiful in the Moonlight written by Shelly Weinberg and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shelly Weinberg's collection of poetry, prose, songs, and plays are mostly funny, some are poignant, a few are sad, and all are thoroughly enjoyable.An early reviewer was asked if she would recommend it to a friend. She answered "and then he asked me if I would recommend it to a friend and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes."Most of the replies were like that.
Download or read book Roses by Moonlight written by Nicola Mar and published by Foxday. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bloom in your darkest hour"--Back cover.
Download or read book Poems of Love and Letting Go written by Jocelyn Soriano and published by Jocelyn Soriano. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I see now that no person who has ever loved has ever been spared from tears. Tears of joy and tears of sorrow. Of the most intimate union and of letting go.” Poignant, timeless and true. This book is a personal collection of poems about love and letting go. Whether it be a newfound love, a love that endures a lifetime, or a love that will soon be saying goodbye, one can find in these pages something like a mirror that tells the story of one’s own heart. Are you in sorrow because of a broken heart? Are you in grief because your are mourning the death of a loved one? Dying is painful, but so is the loss of a love that broke your heart. Yet in all these, if one has loved true, one has found meaning in life. Healing is never far away for as long as hope is kept alive in one’s heart. Let these poems of love comfort you, inspire you and remind you of the beauty of love. To love is to be rapt in bliss, to be torn asunder and to be healed and made whole again.
Download or read book Moonlight Confessions written by Karin Cho and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartfelt collection of poems dedicated to themes of love & loss.Book synopsis: Moonlight Confessions is a heartfelt book filled with raw emotion & honesty. Join Karin as she expresses her truth while visiting painful memories from her childhood, past trauma, and romantic relationships.
