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13861) Apocrypha
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This debut collection of sonnets explores the cryptic personality of Jesus of Nazareth. Reimagining pivotal moments in his life story from unlikely perspectives--including those of Joseph, Mary Magdalene, Lazarus, a Pharisee, and even Satan--the poems invite deeper engagement with the Gospel narrative. Jesus emerges from this mosaic-like treatment as a conscientious friend, steely reformer, and inspired poet--as well as an ordinary, troubled man....
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By Nature and by craft, this is undoubtedly one of the most open and expressive poetry book you will come across. It covers a variety of subjects, issues and emotions. This book allows you to steal a look into the world of emotions, even down to the raw vulnerable sensations which most try to keep hidden. Crystal Williams shares her God given talent and permits the world to share intimate details of experiences and transitions, thereby liberating...
13863) With Gratitude
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With Gratitude is a collection of relatable experiences that will inspire you to recognize the good in beautiful and difficult situations-both past and present. It is a meditation on the benefits of appreciating love, loss, relationships, and fleeting moments of kindness.
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Words of Wisdom, Food for Thought, is a journey of reflection on ordinary things that touch you one day at a time. It is guided by who you are and how you think. It gives you different aspects of life's ups, downs, highs, and lows. Words of Wisdom, Food for Thought, will stimulate your mind and awaken a new image of who you are. It directs you to find that spirit that will lead you on a new path of growth and discovery. Faith is the key that is a...
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These poems resulted from the author's experience in Lithuania during the winter of 2018, when it snowed on consecutive days for two months. Through the large windows of his hotel room he watched the almost non-stop falling snow. His reflections turned to poetry writing: the changing moods of "Shovel Snow and Sing" followed by "The snow today makes a grim face" from "boot tracks now turned brown.
13866) Ryan's Rainbows
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This publication of poems is the heartbreak and pain that comes from the inner depths of the soul of any parent who has lost a child, particularly to suicide or, in this case, military suicide. The painful truth is that twenty-two veterans a day commit suicide (twenty-two too many). This chronicles the complicated grief long after the loss of a loved one, one mother's journey written through poems of the pain and grief long after losing her twenty-three-year-old...
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C'est un instant, un parfum, une sensation... Le temps qui passe, tant qu'il passe, je n'irai pas plus l'embêter.
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Étudiant en linguistique, Wilhelm Étienne Torbjörn Martin écrit depuis l'âge de douze ans, lorsqu'il s'aperçoit que la musique, qu'il pratique depuis l'enfance, se retrouve dans l'écriture et bien entendu dans la poésie.
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Many people of faith struggle with aspects of their beliefs. These poems do not seek to propose resolutions to all faith struggles. They do seek to help one toward self-examination, to be honest about these struggles, and to know that to confront them does not mean loss of faith. The study of the biblical languages of Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic makes clear that there are not always simple solutions to many difficult linguistic problems in the Bible.
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13870) Pretty Tripwire
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In Lynch's fourth collection, we carefully navigate the fine line between terror and beauty as we face palpable trauma, heartbreak, and wild astonishment through the raw and personal poems. The genuine, delicate voice works to examine who we are, after everything.
13871) Le fictionnaire éphémère
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Le fictionnaire éphémère est un dictionnaire insolite o l'auteur, accordant aux mots et à leur musique la place qui leur revient, trace quelques pistes pour saisir le monde. Il explore des thèmes variés tels que les rêves, l'argent, le cinéma, l'hybris, les pouvoirs, jusqu'à la mythologie et ses résonances, et bien d'autres facettes de nos existences.
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Dominique Beddock est professeur agrégé de sciences économiques...
13872) Showboi: Too Deep Too Care
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There's a story hidden behind every smile
Showboi: Too Deep Too Care is a journey through sight and sound using powerful poetic narrative. In our newest edition to the One 'n Done series, Jimmy Cullen shines a light through the darkness, illuminating a path for others to follow. Discover the power of vulnerability and courage through Cullen's signature voice and intimate reflections. From the struggle of self-doubt to the joys of self-acceptance,...
13873) Life's Funny Ways
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Lifes funny ways is a book of poems about reconnecting with your inner spirit. The ways in which we are reminded of our strengths, our weaknesses, our ego, our pride. The journey we travel, along the road with You - even when we dont know it. The way that You try to guide us - it can be a very bumpy ride! You try to help us with humour, with love and compassion, but, Sometimes we fail to listen. You keep trying and trying. So, When all else fails...
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Carolers, choral groups and sing-along enthusiasts will welcome this convenient collection of over 50 of the most popular Christmas carols. Compact, inexpensive and printed in easy-to-read type, this handy volume is the perfect companion to pass around and take along on informal singing events throughout the holiday season. With this book, you don't have to worry about remembering every word of every carol-the complete lyrics are right at your fingertips....
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Treasures in the Darkness is the book of poems about reality of living and life and God's promise as real as it gets. Not realities God says maybe to Muslims, not now to Buddhists, or no to atheists. Not realities he says yes to sometimes, most times, or once in a while. This book of poems is about human experience, in living all the times. Are there such realities? You bet there are.
Storm of life is no respecter of person. Man, woman, transgender,...
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I would like to tell you about how many degrees I have or maybe the hundreds of books I have read. But, the truth is I am 62 years Old and the Bible is about the only book I read. My wife tells me that I am dyslexic, but I think it is a gift from God to help me with my poetry. He has always reminded me that in my weakness his strength is, made strong. Over-and-over again in life's trials I find his strength is, made perfect in my weakness. So, why...
13877) Heartfelt Writings
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It is my heartfelt prayer that through these writings the reader will find peace, comfort, and resolution for the many struggles, pains, and difficulties faced in life. May you be embraced and empowered by God's presence as you indulge in the healing words expressed and captured by my life's experiences. May you be rescued from the insecurities and challenges you face, learn to focus, and gain knowledge, and to be wise, prudent, compassionate, and...
13878) We Borrowed Gentleness
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We Borrowed Gentleness interrogates the innateness of pain and forms of destruction-through natural disaster, through God, through family, and through the power structures and patriarchal violence that embeds itself in language and cultural memory. Poems critique and challenge the patriarchal narratives that dominate American history.
The poems leave the question open of whether man, men, a father and son, are redeemable after the surge of rising...
13879) This I May
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Dominic Clemow first began to write poems as a way of expressing feelings of sadness and loss after a relationship ended. His interest in poetry has grown and developed since then. He writes with feeling and passion, particularly about the pivotal moments of life, such as going on a date, marriage and break-ups - times when we are faced with choices that may transform our lives for ever. I love you more than words can say, More and more every single...
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Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis
Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) publie Parallèlement à Paris, chez Léon Vanier, en 1889. Ce sera l'un des derniers grands recueils du poète, qui n'a plus que sept ans à vivre.
Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur Parallèlement de Paul Verlaine
Chaque fiche de lecture présente une œuvre clé de la littérature ou de la pensée....
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