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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... free verse is no more than prose chopped into lines . My kid could write that , they say , and they are right in one respect , for what their teachers get their kids to write at school is , of course , prose chopped into lines , and ...
... free verse is no more than prose chopped into lines . My kid could write that , they say , and they are right in one respect , for what their teachers get their kids to write at school is , of course , prose chopped into lines , and ...
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... free verse to work in English , there needs to be an almost organic relationship in the language of the poem between natural word- stress and meaning . " The problem with most free verse , " according to Glyn Maxwell , " is that it ...
... free verse to work in English , there needs to be an almost organic relationship in the language of the poem between natural word- stress and meaning . " The problem with most free verse , " according to Glyn Maxwell , " is that it ...
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... Free verse : Poetry based not on the recurrence of stress accent in a regular , strictly measurable pattern , but rather on the irregular rhythmic cadences of phrases and image patterns . All practitioners agree that free verse is far ...
... Free verse : Poetry based not on the recurrence of stress accent in a regular , strictly measurable pattern , but rather on the irregular rhythmic cadences of phrases and image patterns . All practitioners agree that free verse is far ...
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