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Words Make a Way Through Fire is an intimate, courageous memoir of a woman shattered by witnessing her eldest brother's suicide when she was a teenager. It traces her creative journey of recovery and healing, with poetry as a constant companion. The primary means by which Cyra Sweet Dumitru...

From National Poetry Series winner Stephanie Horvath, a haunting, dreamlike odyssey through the American countryside In Field of Vision, we traverse the thresholds of past and future, reality and dream, as we accompany the speaker through deserts, forests, rivers, and coasts. These poems capture...

कबीर-पंथियों में जो स्थान ‘बीजक’ का है, अकादमिक हलक़ों में वही स्थान श्यामसुन्दर दास द्वारा सम्पादित ‘कबीर-ग्रंथावली’ का है। त‍माम विवादों और असहमतियों के बावजूद आज भी कबीर के प्रामाणिक पाठ के लिए अध्येता ‘ग्रंथावली’ का ही सहारा लेते हैं। ऐसे में अगर यह पता चले कि ‘ग्रंथावली’ में संकलित कबीर भले ही अन्य संग्रहों के मुक़ाबले ज़्यादा पूरे हों, लेकिन जो पाठ यहाँ प्रकाशित है, उसमें अनेक ऐसी भूलें हैं, जो अर्थ का अनर्थ ही नहीं कर रहीं, बल्कि कवि के मंतव्य को ही उलट दे रही हैं, तो क्या हो...

This book revolves around the life of renowned Indian Urdu poet and lyricist of films in Hindi, Majrooh Sultanpuri. This book describes his life and career as an Urdu poet, lyricist, and songwriter in the Hindi film industry. He has written lyrics for a number of Hindi–Urdu soundtracks. He was one of the most dominant figures in Indian Urdu poetry and is still considered to be one of the finest avant-garde poets of 20th-century Urdu literature.

A collection of poems written by the revered American poet, essayist, and journalist. Included are selections from this most famous work, Leaves of Grass, as well as Drum Taps and Songs of Parting.

A Poem For Every Day of the Year is a magnificent collection of 366 of the greatest poems in the English language, compiled by the award-winning poetry curator Allie Esiri. The collection is passionately narrated by Helena Bonham Carter and Simon Russell Beale, with introductions read by Allie...

Any lover of Shakespeare or the Romantic poets can concede that poetry is pleasurable. But is it good for you? Can it teach you anything? These are questions that have beguiled and engaged eminent critics for millennia, and now you can develop your own answers and options with these 24 lectures.

Listeners will be awakened by deep spiritual truths within this famous poem as Walters sings the verses, reads the quatrains, and follows each with Yogananda's expanded, clarified meaning.

Talkhiyan literally means ‘bitterness’ and was written in the poet’s student days. He discovered his unique style of expression by weaving his poetry with shades of bitterness that captured the decadence of the contemporary world. His romanticism was not in praising beauty or the consuming passion of love, but in sensitively urging the reader to empathise with other challenges of the world. His heart went out to the suffering of people in war, debt, poverty, homelessness, political conflict and gender inequality.

भारत के उर्दू शायरों में निदा फ़ाज़ली आज एक महत्त्वपूर्ण नाम है। उन्होंने नई शैली में नए विषयों पर लिखकर शायरी को एक नया मोड़ दिया है। उनके कलाम में देश की ज़िन्दगी अपने लोकरंगों के लिबास में पूरी तरह मौजूद है।

In this Very Short Introduction Ritchie Robertson covers the life and work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832): scientist, administrator, artist, art critic, and supreme literary writer in a vast variety of genres. Looking at Goethe's poetry, novels, and drama pieces, as well as his travel writing, autobiography, and essays on art and aesthetics, Robertson analyzes some of the key themes in his works: love, nature, religion, and tragedy.

John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the story of the Fall of Man, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight a bitter battle for control of mankind's destiny.

Likhate hue durgaa, ridhmaa, siddhi aur firadaus in saare kiradaaron men maan kee viraaṭataa ke darshan hue hain. Maan ke lie raameshvar kee tadap kaheen n kaheen meree apanee hee hai. Iishvar ke pratiroop raameshvar kaa us aashram kee chaaradeevaaree men dam ghuṭataa hai. Visheṣ paridhaan aur karmakaanḍa raameshvar kee soch ke darshan kee viraaṭataa ko kam naheen kar paate hain.

An anthology of over 40 classic nature poems, read by some of our finest actors. The majesty of nature has always inspired poets, and this collection contains a selection of the very best verses praising the natural world.

We need lights in our lives to continue living and have a good time. Lights can be in the form of contentment, which can be derived from a real love or a happy life. Searching for Lights is a book of poems and short stories that will take you on a journey of discovering different kinds of love...

Adeline James is a storyteller who’s experienced life’s toughest challenges. Her journey through trauma, heartbreak, and healing is shared with raw honesty, aiming to inspire others to embrace their struggles and find their strength. Adeline James is a woman who has lived through a lot...

A literary exploration of the hometown of Edgar Allen Poe...

Liverpool is Dean's favourite city. With time on his hands through being unable to travel during 2020, he went through all the notes for possible poems and stories he'd made over many years of visiting the region. The Merseyside Poems is the result! The industrial past brought to life. We see...

Ontology without epistemology is truly superfluous. it is essential for the purpose of learning to look deeper into what is presented. In order to transcend rote memorization and really know something, it is imperative to think. Embracing the opinions of others can be problematic without...

One of the most beloved classics of our time—a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual and, above all, inspirational. Published in 1923, Gibran's masterpiece has been translated into more than 20 languages.