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. |
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... blue wool blanket , your face blue , - your jaw clamped against remedy – how could I put a knife to that white neck ? With you in my lap , my hands fluttering like flags , I bend instead over your dead weight to administer a kiss so ...
... blue wool blanket , your face blue , - your jaw clamped against remedy – how could I put a knife to that white neck ? With you in my lap , my hands fluttering like flags , I bend instead over your dead weight to administer a kiss so ...
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... blue cardigan with the buttons done up all the way to the top . Not only because it was a hot July afternoon but the look on his face as a small child who has been dressed by some aunt early in the morning for a long trip on cold trains ...
... blue cardigan with the buttons done up all the way to the top . Not only because it was a hot July afternoon but the look on his face as a small child who has been dressed by some aunt early in the morning for a long trip on cold trains ...
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... Blue Estuaries by Louise Bogan © 1968 by Louise Bogan , copyright renewed 1996 by Ruth Limmer ; Bertolt Brecht : Poems 1913-1956 , ed . John Willett & Ralph Manheim ( Methuen , 2000 ) , © 1976 ; Joseph Brodsky : Collected Poems in ...
... Blue Estuaries by Louise Bogan © 1968 by Louise Bogan , copyright renewed 1996 by Ruth Limmer ; Bertolt Brecht : Poems 1913-1956 , ed . John Willett & Ralph Manheim ( Methuen , 2000 ) , © 1976 ; Joseph Brodsky : Collected Poems in ...
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