Download or read book Good Poems written by Various and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-08-26 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day people tune in to The Writer's Almanac on public radio and hear Garrison Keillor read them a poem. And here, for the first time, is an anthology of poems from the show, chosen by the narrator for their wit, their frankness, their passion, their "utter clarity in the face of everything else a person has to deal with at 7 a.m." The title Good Poems comes from common literary parlance. For writers, it's enough to refer to somebody having written a good poem. Somebody else can worry about greatness. Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese" is a good poem, and so is James Wright's "A Blessing." Regular people love those poems. People read them aloud at weddings, people send them by e-mail. Good Poems includes poems about lovers, children, failure, everyday life, death, and transcendance. It features the work of classic poets, such as Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Robert Frost, as well as the work of contemporary greats such as Howard Nemerov, Charles Bukowski, Donald Hall, Billy Collins, Robert Bly, and Sharon Olds. It's a book of poems for anybody who loves poetry whether they know it or not.
Download or read book Good Poems for Hard Times written by and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-08-29 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book is full of strong, memorable poems that stick with readers like a friend during a long, hard night. " - The Christian Science Monitor Here, readers will find solace in works that are bracing and courageous, organized into such resonant headings as "Such As It Is More or Less" and "Let It Spill." From William Shakespeare and Walt Whitman to R. S. Gwynn and Mary Oliver, the voices gathered in this collection will be more than welcome to those who've been struck by bad news, who are burdened by stress, or who simply appreciate the power of good poetry.
Download or read book My Favorite Inspirational Poems Stories Songs and Prayers written by Ted Baxter and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book stresses the importance of living an inspirational life. The book discusses 36 of the best places to find inspirational material, and it shows 155 of my favorite inspirational poems, stories, songs and prayers. I grew up under humble conditions. Since childhood I have used inspirations to live a happy and fulfilling life. It has permitted me to work and to obtain three university degrees without any external financial support, have a very successful 37 year professional career, and a very happy and fulfilling retirement. It permitted me to retire at 60 years old. At the age of 78 years old, I am now looking forward to a new career in book writing with God's will and inspiration. Everyone needs inspiration to live a happier and more fulfilling life. Inspiration has permitted me to do things that I could not have done otherwise. I can not imagine living a life without inspiration in it. It's a kind of life that I would not want to live. I benefited a lot from writing this book, and I can not wait to have other people read and benefit from the book. In this book I encourage my readers to write their own inspirational books.
Download or read book 100 Inspirational Poems Written from the Heart written by Inge Claus and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Poetry of this book the author expresses her true experiences and events of her life with its ups and downs, her feelings and the belief in a loving and forgiving Creator who always exercises justice.
Download or read book Anna s Inspirational Poems written by Anna Lee Nelson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I began writing poetry in 1951. This book of poetry is influenced by my faith in God that spreads through every poem that I have written on these humble pages. My intentions are to edify and exhort the reader to be inspired by these treasures of my soul. Anna L. Nelson
Download or read book 12 Inspirational Poems written by J.T. Howe and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innately, I felt I had to write and take the meds forever as a new routine that would keep my blood pressure at a healthy personal level. I had to fight! Relate it to cancer. Encompassing in-comprehendible diagnoses sparking an inner-fire driving me to get through the six months of negativity, I wrote and created Howe You Can Achieve If You Believe, Exclaimed Rhymes and Family and Friends! The other nine poems in order of publication evolved in the next three months with much more in the pipeline! While preparing for publication I realized the first poem represents the Mental Alpha and the last poem in this series- Suicide the ultimate Mental Omega! My goal is to inspire others with dreams and aspirations. Put a smile on your face and let it gleam! Always Dream! Always Dream! Always Dream!
Download or read book Inspirational Poems written by Johnny Echols and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-28 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspirational Poems By: Johnny Echols Inspirational Poems is a collection of poetry that celebrates the Lord. When facing your darkest hours, Johnny Echols’ poetry will remind you to trust in the Lord and find solace in the knowledge that God can fix any problem. The important thing is to remember to never give up!
Download or read book Good Bones written by Maggie Smith and published by Tupelo Press. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring “Good Bones”—called “Official Poem of 2016” by the BBC/Public Radio International. Maggie Smith writes out of the experience of motherhood, inspired by watching her own children read the world like a book they've just opened, knowing nothing of the characters or plot. These are poems that stare down darkness while cultivating and sustaining possibility, poems that have a sense of moral gravitas, personal urgency, and the ability to address a larger world. Maggie Smith's previous books are The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison (Tupelo, 2015), Lamp of the Body (Red Hen, 2005), and three prize-winning chapbooks: Disasterology (Dream Horse, 2016), The List of Dangers (Kent State, 2010), and Nesting Dolls (Pudding House, 2005). Her poem “Good Bones” has gone viral—tweeted and translated across the world, featured on the TV drama Madam Secretary, and called the “Official Poem of 2016” by the BBC/Public Radio International, earning news coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post, Slate, the Guardian, and beyond. Maggie Smith was named the 2016 Ohio Poet of the Year. “Smith's voice is clear and unmistakable as she unravels the universe, pulls at a loose thread and lets the whole thing tumble around us, sometimes beautiful, sometimes achingly hard. Truthful, tender, and unafraid of the dark....”—Ada Limón “As if lost in the soft, bewitching world of fairy tale, Maggie Smith conceives and brings forth this metaphysical Baedeker, a guidebook for mother and child to lead each other into a hopeful present. Smith's poems affirm the virtues of humanity: compassion, empathy, and the ability to comfort one another when darkness falls. 'There is a light,' she tells us, 'and the light is good.'”—D. A. Powell “Good Bones is an extraordinary book. Maggie Smith demonstrates what happens when an abundance of heart and intelligence meets the hands of a master craftsperson, reminding us again that the world, for a true poet, is blessedly inexhaustible.”—Erin Belieu
Download or read book Poems of Healing written by Karl Kirchwey and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable Pocket Poets anthology of poems from around the world and across the centuries about illness and healing, both physical and spiritual. From ancient Greece and Rome up to the present moment, poets have responded with sensitivity and insight to the troubles of the human body and mind. Poems of Healing gathers a treasury of such poems, tracing the many possible journeys of physical and spiritual illness, injury, and recovery, from John Donne’s “Hymne to God My God, In My Sicknesse” and Emily Dickinson’s “The Soul has Bandaged moments” to Eavan Boland’s “Anorexic,” from W.H. Auden’s “Miss Gee” to Lucille Clifton’s “Cancer,” and from D.H. Lawrence’s “The Ship of Death” to Rafael Campo’s “Antidote” and Seamus Heaney’s “Miracle.” Here are poems from around the world, by Sappho, Milton, Baudelaire, Longfellow, Cavafy, and Omar Khayyam; by Stevens, Lowell, and Plath; by Zbigniew Herbert, Louise Bogan, Yehuda Amichai, Mark Strand, and Natalia Toledo. Messages of hope in the midst of pain—in such moving poems as Adam Zagajewski’s “Try to Praise the Mutilated World,” George Herbert’s “The Flower,” Wisława Szymborska’s “The End and the Beginning,” Gwendolyn Brooks’ “when you have forgotten Sunday: the love story” and Stevie Smith’s “Away, Melancholy”—make this the perfect gift to accompany anyone on a journey of healing. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.
Download or read book Poetry Pharmacy written by William Sieghart and published by Particular Books. This book was released on 2025-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes only a poem will do. These poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice offer comfort, delight and inspiration for all; a space for reflection, and that precious realization - I'm not the only one who feels like this. In the years since he first had the idea of prescribing short, powerful poems for all manner of spiritual ailments, William Sieghart has taken his Poetry Pharmacy around the length and breadth of Britain, into the pages of the Guardian, onto BBC Radio 4 and onto the television, honing his prescriptions all the time. This pocket-sized book presents the most essential poems in his dispensary- those which, again and again, have really shown themselves to work. Whether you are suffering from loneliness, lack of courage, heartbreak, hopelessness, or even from an excess of ego, there is something here to ease your pain.
Download or read book Collection of Inspirational Poems for Young Readers written by Annie Peralta and published by Inspiring Voices. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of Inspirational Poems for Young Readers presents illustrated poetry that seeks to inspire, stimulate, and encourage young readers to look to the positive and brighter side of life. It encourages us to depend upon the higher divine power in times of adversity, experience the power of faith and prayer, and not feel despondent about life's crises and turmoil. We must rely upon the hands of God to clear all obstacles when human powers are limited, and we must be hopeful and try again without losing faith. This collection contains beautiful images created for every poem to help relax the mind, body, and soul. Author Annie Peralta has included poems on topics from the beauty of a day at the beach to God's wondrous task, with the intention of helping young readers and inspiring their faith. Childlike Simplicity Innocent, pure, simple and trusting Is what a child's heart Empty of pride, open to good Desirous of nothing, undemanding And always believing To do good things and please God You neither need radiance nor beauty Or intelligence, wealth or popularity You can give Him, what He wants of you More innocence and greater childlike simplicity
Download or read book Poems to Lift You Up and Make You Smile written by and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Daily Poem launched in June 2009 with a single goal: to share the pleasure of poetry with those who may not have had the opportunity to develop an appreciation for that genre--usually due to a boring experience in a classroom. Along the way, a second goal emerged: to provide a daily dose of something positive and uplifting. This book is a harvest of "the cream of the crop"--100 poems selected out of the nearly 4000 archived on YDP for their ability to make you feel good about life, count your many blessings, and smile.
Download or read book Streams of Refreshing Inspirational Poems for Our Time written by Timothy T. Ajani and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Streams of Refreshing is a collection of inspirational poems covering a wide range of topics; it is like a breath of fresh air on a hot and humid summer afternoon, or a drink of cold water in a parched and thirsty land. Its pages pulsate with soul uplifting poetry that is both biblically grounded and theologically sound. Each title is preceded by a relevant Bible verse that sets the tone for the poem. The topics treated are relevant to the times, and the flow of language is smooth and flawless. Universal themes such as love, joy, peace, hope, faith, rest, revival, wisdom, guidance, praise, prayer, and deliverance are treated from a biblical perspective. The thirty five poems in this collection, along with the accompanying Scripture verses, make this book an excellent devotional that sets a positive tone at the start of each day.
Download or read book Some of the Most Encouraging Poems for You written by Michelle Marie Richardson and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2018-04-04 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all face some major and some minor challenges that may move us to seek Gods voice in it all. These challenges perhaps make us question our faith or become tempted to stop trying, stop following, or stop turning to or loving the Word of God, Jesus Christ. But once we earnestly seek, we do receive and come out better on the other side just because weve taken that step of faith, even though it may start out to be as small as a mustard seed. Furthermore, being unprepared for an oncoming difficulty can throw us off track and leave us shaken due to grief, discouragement, or temptation in the end. Resources such as the Bible and positive literature are a blessing, and when taken advantage of, they offer treasures and just what we need to get through this life and on to the next as conquerors, strong, bold, and fully equipped in the Lord. Moreover, getting along well with others and being good and faithful servants is something we can do to greatly improve our spiritual lives. So when there is no one else qualified to turn to without making matters worse or when no one else seems to say the right words, it is wise to tap into the various resources that can actually help without causing major setbacks. This book of simple, unsophisticated, easy to read poetry is one of those resources.
Download or read book Winning Words written by William Sieghart and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faster, higher, stronger: winning words are those that inspire you on to Olympian goals. From falling in love to overcoming adversity, celebrating a new born or learning to live with dignity: here is a book to inspire and to thrill through life's most magical moments. From William Shakespeare to Carol Ann Duffy, our most popular and best loved poets and poems are gathered in one essential collection, alongside many lesser known treasures that are waiting to be discovered. These are poems that help you to see the miraculous in the commonplace and turn the everyday into the exceptional - to discover, in Kipling's words, that yours is the Earth and everything that's in it.
Download or read book Love Remember written by Malcolm Guite and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses forty poems from across the centuries that express the universal experience of loss and reflects on them in order to draw out the comfort, understanding and hope they offer. Some of the poems will be familiar, many will be new, but together they provide a sure companion for the journey across difficult terrain. Some of Malcolm’s own poetry is included, written out of his work as a priest with the dying and the bereaved and giving to the volume a powerful authenticity. The choice of forty poems is significant and reflects an ancient practice still observed in some European and Middle Eastern societies of taking extra-special care of a bereaved person in the forty days following a death – our word quarantine come from this. They explore the nature and the risk of love, the pain of letting go and look toward glimpses of resurrection.
Download or read book My Thoughts Are Clouds written by Georgia Heard and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poetry collection that both illustrates what mindfulness is and encourages young, growing minds to be present, from poet and educator Georgia Heard, with art by Isabel Roxas. Poets have long observed the world in a mindful way. They point out beauty we might have missed, draw our attention to our inner thoughts, and call us to see our society in new ways. But as daily life become more and more chaotic, children grow distracted. According to the CDC, 9.4% of children have ADHD and 7% have anxiety/depression. And these numbers continue to climb. As treatment doctors recommend healthy eating, physical activity, plenty of sleep, and mindfulness techniques. Georgia Heard is a poet and educator—and she has long had her own meditation practice. In My Thoughts Are Clouds, she uses poetry to demonstrate what mindfulness is and gives kids—and their parents and teachers—accessible ways to learn mindfulness tools.
