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Metaphorically Speaking: A Dictionary of 3,800 Picturesque Idiomatic Expressions
Aristotle said it best: "The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphors." Rich with historical lore that takes us from bygone trades and traditions to the computer age, these wonderful...
Halina Poświatowska - Indeed I Love...
The first Polish-English edition of poems by Halina Poswiatowska - a renowned and greatly popular figure in female lyrical poetry in Polish post-war literature.
"Despite the passing of time Poswiat...
Wisława Szymborska - Nothing Twice. Selected Poems
Polish-English edition of 120 poems by Wisława Szymborska. The most complete presentation available of the work of the 1996 Nobel Prize winner In literature - Wisława Szymborska. The translation by...
How Poets See the World: The Art of Description in Contemporary Poetry
Although readers of prose fiction sometimes find descriptive passages superfluous or boring, description itself is often the most important aspect of a poem. This book examines how a variety of con...
The Age of Innocence (David Hamilton)
Accompanied by lyrical poetry, this collection showcases the nude portrait photography David Hamilton is known for.
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The Age of Innocence (David Hamilton)
Accompanied by lyrical poetry, this collection showcases the nude portrait photography David Hamilton is known for.
Metaphorically Speaking: A Dictionary of 3,800 Picturesque Idiomatic Expressions
Aristotle said it best: "The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphors." Rich with historical lore that takes us from bygone trades and traditions to the computer age, these wonderful...
How Poets See the World: The Art of Description in Contemporary Poetry
Although readers of prose fiction sometimes find descriptive passages superfluous or boring, description itself is often the most important aspect of a poem. This book examines how a variety of con...
T.S. Eliot - Collected Poems 1909-1962
Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 1888–4 January 1965), was a poet, playwright, and literary critic. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Among his most famous writings are The Love ...
Last Train to Crouch End
I wrote this many moons ago for a couple of young relatives at Halloween (yes, I know). Inspired by a short story by Stephen King that (as usual) scared the bejesus out of me.
Copyright Hell
A train journey on the London Underground whose delay turns out to be a little bit too long.
Inspired by my recent run-in with bobo the copyright robot.
One Hundred & Seventy Chinese Poems
First published by Alfred Knopf in 1919, this is the book that alerted the West to the richness and variety of Chinese literature. Arthur Waley (1889-1966), a shy reclusive scholar, was one of the ...
A Drifting Boat: An Anthology of Chinese Zen Poetry
Scholar translators of holy Sanskrit texts, ragged mountain wild-men, nuns and monks, retired civil servants, scholar-officials of the Emperor of China, residents of humble mountain monasteries, Bu...
In Xanadu Did Kubla Khan Zzz Zzz……
This is a teasing dig at Coleridge, although I do think that Kubla Khan is a great piece of poetry!
Courage of the convictions
I wrote this because in germany a man died because he help some children against criminel young people. he was the only who helped and all the others only look. I think we must think about this.
Questionable Controversy
Another very simple poem about flowers, I don't believe there's too much of a metaphorical meaning here but if there is do tell me
Of Roads and Paths
A simple poem about the potential for life to be different, I must confess I stole the line 'less travelled by' from Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken"
Escape
Escape Amid times of trouble and pain, There is but one escape, For her to have a grain, Of something without hate. Upstairs she goes, Out of sight and observation, A place only she knows, With the...
Usefulness
Usefulness There were always differences, Between others and I, They made constant inferences, That were nothing but lies. And so they distinguished me, From all of the rest, Saying it’s what I nee...
Kiss the Rain
Kiss the Rain There is a place, Far and away, Lost beyond trace, For many a day. Somewhere only dreams may live, And thoughts of incredulity, A place one might give, To escape the norm of reality. ...
Wisława Szymborska - Nothing Twice. Selected Poems
Polish-English edition of 120 poems by Wisława Szymborska. The most complete presentation available of the work of the 1996 Nobel Prize winner In literature - Wisława Szymborska. The translation by...
Japanese Haiku
The hokku - or more properly haiku - is a tiny verse-form in which Japanese poets have been working for hundreds of years. Originally it was the first part of the tanka, a fiveline poem, often writ...
