Staying Alive: Real Poems for Unreal TimesNeil Astley Miramax Books, 2003 - 496 pagina's Assembling a diverse mix of contemporary poets-Mary Oliver, W.H. Auden, Maya Angelou, Billy Collins, Louise Gluck, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Rita Dove, and hundreds more-Staying Alive is a unique anthology that illuminates the vital force of our humanity, the passion of our aspirations, the power of our spirituality. From the enigma of death to the sweetness of friendship, these poems speak to life's mysteries and consolations and help us navigate the most trying times in recent memory. Staying Alive is already an astonishing best-seller in the United Kingdom, where it has gained a wide-ranging audience. This new edition, specially revised for its American readership, reconnects acionados and newcomers alike to the force of poetry, helping us stay alive to the world and stay true to ourselves. |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-3 van 47
Pagina 52
... bird black with a white patch -- beneath its beak - flying the length of the hall , having flown in by a window over the door . As straight as a taut string , the bird flies beneath the roofbeams , as firelight flings its shadow against ...
... bird black with a white patch -- beneath its beak - flying the length of the hall , having flown in by a window over the door . As straight as a taut string , the bird flies beneath the roofbeams , as firelight flings its shadow against ...
Pagina 105
... Bird hush and bird song . A cassia flower falls . I want to be bruised by God . I want 105.
... Bird hush and bird song . A cassia flower falls . I want to be bruised by God . I want 105.
Pagina 225
... bird itself , only its passenger looking through its eyes . The world rocks slightly as we move over the stubble grass of the dunes , at night shooting stars draw lines across the velvet dark as I hang in a sling of light between the bird's ...
... bird itself , only its passenger looking through its eyes . The world rocks slightly as we move over the stubble grass of the dunes , at night shooting stars draw lines across the velvet dark as I hang in a sling of light between the bird's ...
Inhoudsopgave
Mary Oliver 5 Wild Geese | 18 |
Elizabeth Bishop 39 Chemin de | 40 |
Roads | 53 |
Copyright | |
12 andere gedeelten niet getoond
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
ALDEN NOWLAN arms beautiful bird blood Bloodaxe Books blue body boozer breath Charles Simic cold Collected Poems dark David Constantine dead death Derek Mahon door dream earth empty eyes Faber face father feel flesh flowers free verse Galway Kinnell grass hands head hear heart human iambic inside Jo Shapcott kind kiss language leaves light live look lost LOUISE GLÜCK meter MICHAEL LONGLEY Miroslav Holub moon morning mother mouth never night Paul Muldoon permission to reprint poetry poets Press rain rhyme river road Robert Seamus Heaney Selected Poems shadow silence sleep snow someone song sonnet sound stanza Staying Alive Stephen Dobyns stop syllables talk tell there's things Thom Gunn touch translated trees turn voice W.H. AUDEN wake walk watch wind woman words write
Verwijzingen naar dit boek
Valuing and Educating Young People: Stern Love the Lyward Way Jeremy Harvey Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2006 |