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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Pagina 117
... lost but not lost , dawdling on the blue bridge , watching six swans vanish under your feet . The certainty of place turns on the lights all over town , turns up the scent on the air . For a moment you are there , in the other country ...
... lost but not lost , dawdling on the blue bridge , watching six swans vanish under your feet . The certainty of place turns on the lights all over town , turns up the scent on the air . For a moment you are there , in the other country ...
Pagina 118
... lost that their loss is no disaster . Lose something every day . Accept the fluster of lost door keys , the hour badly spent . The art of losing isn't hard to master . - Then practice losing farther , losing faster : places , and names ...
... lost that their loss is no disaster . Lose something every day . Accept the fluster of lost door keys , the hour badly spent . The art of losing isn't hard to master . - Then practice losing farther , losing faster : places , and names ...
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... lost world ( “ one of those places where a thought might grow " ) remembered from Troubles ( 1970 ) , a novel set just after the First World War in the decaying Majestic Hotel in rural Ireland by J.G. Farrell , to whom the poem is ...
... lost world ( “ one of those places where a thought might grow " ) remembered from Troubles ( 1970 ) , a novel set just after the First World War in the decaying Majestic Hotel in rural Ireland by J.G. Farrell , to whom the poem is ...
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Mary Oliver 5 Wild Geese | 18 |
Elizabeth Bishop 39 Chemin de | 40 |
Roads | 53 |
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