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Melancholy: A Farewell of Poems? by
Price: Free! Words: 3,190. Language: English. Published: April 17, 2018 by Androgynous Papers. Categories: Fiction » Poetry » Contemporary Poetry, Fiction » Poetry » American poetry
"Melancholy" is a small collection of deep poems that poignantly depict a man struggling to live his life. The author has dealt with constant and serious depression for years, but he also writes of his harsh anxiety that renders his life, perhaps, not worth living.
The Ancestors Song: A Short Tale of Our History by
Price: Free! Words: 460. Language: English. Published: March 19, 2018 by Androgynous Papers. Categories: Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Evolution, Fiction » Poetry » American poetry
"Ancestors Song" is a short poetic story of an elderly man's account of his people's history- our history. The tale begins in the author's voice, but then quickly moves unto a man who comes across as a sage of his people. At the end of the song, he questions the wisdom of humanity and our place in the world.
Quest for the West by
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 4,890. Language: English. Published: February 17, 2018. Categories: Nonfiction » History » American, Fiction » Poetry » American poetry
The Quest for the West is an epic, historical poem that tells the story of the US expansion through the years, ending when all states were occupied to the Pacific Ocean. It begins with the thirteen colonies becoming a nation. After telling the stories of the hardships of the brave souls who took the journey, it ends when the country spans from coast to coast.
A Dream within a Dream Selected American Poems and Poets in World Lit- සිහිකයක සිහිනයක්- විශ්ව සාහිත්‍යයේ තෝරාගත් අමෙරිකානු කවි සහ කවියෝ by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 18,090. Language: Sinhalese. Published: September 29, 2017. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Biographical anthologies, Fiction » Poetry » American poetry
ටී. එස් එලියට්-T. S. Eliot,ඛලිල් ජිබ්රාන් -Khalil Gibran,මායා ඇන්ජෙලෝ- Maya Angelou,විලියම් කාලෝස් විලියම්- William Carlos Williams,Edgar Allan Poe -එඩ්ගා ඇලන් පෝ, Emily Dickinson - එමිලි එලිසබෙත් ඩිකින්සන්, Ezra Loomis Pound - එස්රා ලූමිස් පවුන්ඩ්, Langston Hughes -ලංස්ටන්,Robert Frost- රොබටි ෆ්රොස්ට්, Walt Whitman- වෝල්ට් විට්මන්, W. H. Auden- ඩබ්. එච් ඕඩන්, Pamela Sinicrope- පමෙලා සිනික්රෝප්,
Our Chains, Our Dreams – Part Three by &
Series: Our Chains, Our Dreams. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 18,910. Language: English. Published: June 6, 2017 by Fabrizio Frosini. Categories: Fiction » Poetry » Contemporary Poetry, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Spiritual & metaphysical
This is a tale told by many poetic voices: a multifaceted story that unfolds through the poems. Along its paths, different places and characters, but all of them speak of us: if we look carefully, we can recognize ourselves in the distorted images reflected in a series of animate multiform mirrors. Yet, this is not a sophisticated game of mirrors. This is LIFE: from our past to our next future...
The Fringe Poetry Magazine '17 by
Price: Free! Words: 6,130. Language: English. Published: April 10, 2017 by SeaQuake Books. Categories: Fiction » Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
'The Fringe Poetry Magazine '17' follows the success of 'The Fringe Poetry On the Move' and 'The Fringe Poetry Festival' series of poetry pamphlets and e-pamphlets and from two books, 'The Fringe Poetry Cafe' and 'The Fringe Poetry White Book'. 'The Fringe' is a poetry collective based in the North West of England.
Restless Vanishings by
You set the price! Words: 17,780. Language: English. Published: March 5, 2017 by Leaf Garden Press. Categories: Fiction » Poetry » American poetry, Fiction » Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
This is a full-sized collection of poetry by John Michael Flynn, who taught for one year, 2015, as an English Language Fellow for the U.S. State Department at the Far Eastern State University in Khabarovsk, Russia. His poetry collections include Keepers Meet Questing Eyes, and Moments Between Cities. In 1998 he earned the Erika Mumford Prize from the New England Poetry Club.
The Long Contraction: Twelve Rejected Poems by
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 2,440. Language: English. Published: November 11, 2016. Categories: Fiction » Poetry » American poetry
This is a collection of twelve rejected poems. Each has been rejected by journal editors, and each also copes with rejection in its own way. Writing the poems here helped the poet overcome much, and he hopes that reading them, while they are not "inspirational," may help you to overcome much too.
The Silence Between Moonbeams by
Price: Free! Words: 3,390. Language: English. Published: July 27, 2016. Categories: Fiction » Poetry » Female authors, Fiction » Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
The Silence Between Moonbeams is about life — not always romantic, and not always easy, but often beautiful. Thoughts, feelings, triumphs, love, loss, and much more are covered throughout these pages.
Words Without Name Volume 3 by
Price: Free! Words: 960. Language: English. Published: June 13, 2016. Categories: Fiction » Poetry » American poetry
The third volume in a collection of poems. Poems about nature, God, family, parenthood, and love.
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