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Poetry Movement Volume ll A poetry anthology. Author     Bhekumuzi Kubheka ISBN     Format     Paperback Pages

Identifying 'The Others' is all about power dynamics. It is the messy intersection and interaction and interaction of multiple identities, mixed with toxic socializing, body scaling and the assumed hierachy inherited from racial, economic, religious and social identity. It lays bare our prejudices and biases. It exalts what we perceive as normal and points fingers and marginalizes the deviants. The others.  Who are the others? Where do I end? Where do the others begin? Poetry Potion number 12 Title: Infinite Wonders Author/s: Various Publisher: Black Letter Media Paperback, 71pp ISSN 2304-8107

In the Heat of Shadows: South African Poetry, 1996-2013 In the Heat of Shadows: South African Poetry 1996-2013 presents the works of 32 poets and includes some translations from Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho, and Xitsonga. This collection follows on from Denis Hirson's 1997 anthology The Lava of This Land: South African Poetry 1960-1996. Today, South African poetry is charged with restlessness, bursting with diversity. Gone is the intense inward focus required to deal with a situation of systematic oppression, the enclosing effort of concentration on a single predicament. While politics and identity continue to be central themes, South African poetry since the late 1990s reveals a richer investigation of ancestors and history, alongside more experimentation with language and translation, and enduring concern with the touchstones of love, loss, memory, and acts of witnessing. The poets include: Jim Pascual Agustin * Gabeba Baderoon * Robert Berold * Vonani Bila * Jeremy Cronin * Ingrid de Kok * Isobel Dixon * Finuala Dowling * Khadija Tracey Heeger * Denis Hirson * Ronelda Kamfer * Keorapetse Kgositsile * Katharine Kilalea * Rustum Kozain * Antjie Krog * David wa Maahlamela * Bongekile Joyce Mbanjwa * Joan Metelerkamp * Kobus Moolman * Isabella Motadinyane * Petra Muller * Gert Vlok Nel * Mxolisi Nyezwa * Karen Press * Mongane Wally Serote * Ari Sitas * Kelwyn Sole * Rosamund Stanford * Toni Stuart * Nathan Trantraal * Marlene van Niekerk * Bulelani Zantsi. [Subject: African Studies, Poetry] About the editor  Denis Hirson was editor of a previous anthology of poetry: The Lava of this Land, South African Poetry 1960-1996 (Northwestern University Press and David Philip, 1997), was co-editor [with Martin Trump] of The Heinemann Book of South African Short Stories (Heinemann, 1994), and the author of an historical survey of South African literature, Worlds in One Country (Jacana 2011). He has also edited two anthologies of South African poetry in French translation, and has done much to promote South African literature in Europe. Denis Hirson is the author of four books of memory: The House Next Door to Africa, I Remember King Kong (the Boxer), We Walk Straight So You Better Get Out the Way, White Scars, a poetry collection, Gardening in the Dark, and a novel, The Dancing and the Death in Lemon Street. Editor     Denis Hirson ISBN      0987028235, 9780987028235 Format   Paperback Pages    279p.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days No art has been denounced as often as poetry. It's even bemoaned by poets: "I, too, dislike it," wrote Marianne Moore." Many more people agree they hate poetry," Ben Lerner writes,"than can agree what poetry is. I, too, dislike it and have largely organized my life around it and do not experience that as a contradiction because poetry and the hatred of poetry are inextricable in ways it is my purpose to explore." In this inventive and lucid essay, Lerner takes the hatred of poetry as the starting point of his defense of the art. He examines poetry's greatest haters (beginning with Plato's famous claim that an ideal city had no place for poets, who would only corrupt and mislead the young) and both its greatest and worst practitioners, providing inspired close readings of Keats, Dickinson, McGonagall, Whitman, and others. Throughout, he attempts to explain the noble failure at the heart of every truly great and truly horrible poem: the impulse to launch the experience of an individual into a timeless communalexistence. In The Hatred of Poetry, Lerner has crafted an entertaining, personal, and entirely original examination of a vocationno less essential for being impossible. Features Summary The novelist and poet Ben Lerner argues that our hatred of poetry is ultimately a sign of its nagging relevance. Author Ben Lerner Publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions Release date 20160601 Pages 96 ISBN 1-910695-15-7 ISBN 13 978-1-910695-15-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days ""One of the virtues of good poetry is the fact that it irritates the mediocre."" Theodore Roethke was one of the most famous and outspoken poets and poetry teachers this country has ever known. In this volume of selected prose, Roethke articulates his commitments to imaginative possibilities, offers tender advice to young writers, and zings darts at stuffed shirts, lightweights and fools. ""Art is our defense against hysteria and death."" With the assistance of Roethke's widow, this volume has been edited to include the finest selections from out of print collections of prose and journal entries. Focused on the making and teaching of poetry, "On Poetry and Craft" will be prized in the classroom-and outrageous Roethke quotes will once again pepper our conversations. ""You must believe a poem is a holy thing, a good poem, that is."" Theodore Roethke was of an illustrious generation of poets which included Sexton, Plath, Lowell, Berryman, and like them he received nearly every major award in poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize and twice the National Book Award. In spite of his fame, he remained a legendary teacher, known for the care and attention he gave to his students, poets such as James Wright, Carolyn Kizer, Tess Gallagher, and Richard Hugo. Roethke died on August 1, 1963, while swimming in a friend's pool. ""But before I'm reduced to an absolute pulp by my own ambivalence, I must say goodbye. The old lion perisheth. Nymphs, I wish you the swoops of many fish. May your search for the abiding be forever furious."" On Poetry and Craft I am overwhelmed by the beautiful disorder of poetry, the eternal virginity of words. The poem, even a short time after being written, seems no miracle; unwritten, it seems something beyond the capacity of the gods. We can't escape what we are, and I'm afraid many of my notions about verse (I haven't too many) have been conditioned by the fact that for nearly 25 years I've been trying to teach the young something about the nature of verse by writing it--and that with very little formal knowledge of the subject or previous instruction. So it's going to be lik Features Summary Roethke's prose teems with fierce intelligence and outrageous quoteable quotes. Author Theodore Roethke (Author), Carolyn Kizer (Foreword by) Publisher Copper Canyon Press Release date 20010401 Pages 210 ISBN 1-55659-156-X ISBN 13 978-1-55659-156-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 9 working days This poetry collection for 5 year olds comprises 35 fun, accessible poems to read together at home. Featuring a fantastic range of children's poets and four exciting themes with full-colour illustrations, this is the ideal approach to encourage a love of reading, whilst developing an understanding of poetry, meeting the new requirements of the National Curriculum. Poetry is a fun way for children to enjoy learning to read, developing their vocabulary and understanding of ideas and themes. This collection offers a wide range of poems to appeal to all children, from poems about special days such as Christmas or Chinese New Year to poems that are great to read aloud, like 'The Wuzzy Wasps of Wasperton'. The collection has been carefully selected for children in Year 1 of school and includes helpful parent notes for every poem and a glossary of key terms from the series editor and children's poet, John Foster. It is the first of three poetry collections that will support your child from learning to read in Year 1 through to understanding themes and developing vocabulary in Year 3. This collection of poetry has the perfect balance of engaging rhyme, familiar themes and amusing illustrations to promote a lifelong love of reading. Features Summary This poetry collection for 5 year olds, with parental guidance and notes for every poem, has been created in line with the National Curriculum to support children learning to read at home and build confidence for school. Author John Foster Publisher Oxford UniversityPress Release date 20160204 Pages 96 ISBN 0-19-274470-4 ISBN 13 978-0-19-274470-8

  Free Postage Within SA for Orders Over R900! Hardcover. 1967. First edition. Publisher: Michael Joseph. 264 pages. Dust jacket shows signs of exposure to damp. Additional photos on request. Please ask any questions before placing your order.  Poetry / Poems / Literature / Fiction / American poetry / Bathetic poetry / English poetry Many more books on sale, click here to browse!

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days Through an incisive analysis of the emerging debates surrounding urbanization in the Romantic period, together with close readings of poets including William Blake, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Stephen Tedeschi explores the notion that the Romantic poets criticized the historical form that the process of urbanization had taken, rather than urbanization itself. The works of the Romantic poets are popularly considered in a rural context and often understood as hostile to urbanization - one of the most profound social transformations of the era. By focusing on the urban aspects of such writing Tedeschi re-orientates the relationship between urbanization and English Romantic poetry to deliver a study that discovers how the Romantic poets examined not only the influence of urbanization on poetry but also how poetry might help to reshape the form that urbanization could take. Features Summary This book re-orientates the relationship between urbanization and English Romantic poetry by focusing on urban aspects of Romantic poems. Author Stephen Tedeschi Publisher Cambridge UniversityPress Release date 20171021 ISBN 1-108-41609-8 ISBN 13 978-1-108-41609-2

Writing Poetry: A Practical Guide   by Julia Casterton 2005 - 144 pages Soft Cover in Good Condition In Writing Poetry: A Practical Guide, Julia Casterton draws on her experience as a poet and teacher of poetry to provide a step-by-step guide through the fascinating world of poems. She takes the reader from earliest times up to the present, from Japan, the Middle East, Europe, and America, through most of the major poetic forms, charting how poetry has changed under the pressures of different historical, social, and political conditions.  

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days A bestseller in hardback, this critically acclaimed collection of short essays and reflections on poetry is now available in paperback. llustrating Maxwell's poetic philosophy with examples from canonical poets, this is a beautiful, accessible guide to the most ancient and sublime of the realms of literature. Features Summary A collection of short essays and reflections on poetry which illustrate Maxwell's poetic philosophy. With examples from canonical poets, this is a beautiful... Author Glyn Maxwell Publisher Oberon Books Ltd Release date 20170325 Pages 176 ISBN 1-78682-086-2 ISBN 13 978-1-78682-086-0

(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) Solly Greenfields, the first of the taxi poets, has been shot dead. At the Institute for Taxi Poetry, where they train young people to write poetry on the bodywork of Cape Town's taxis, Solly's protege Adam Ravens tries to make sense of his death. Who killed Solly, and why is Adam's son acting so weird? In the world of Imraan Coovadia's new tragicomic novel taxi companies thrive in a single-party state. Taxi poets are admired, sliding-door men rule, professors and politicians strut and fret and connive in a society shaped by violence and ambition, love, and the unsettling power of the imagination. Format:Paperback (Trade paperback, B format) Pages:224

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days It would have pleased Walt Whitman, that poet of urban motion, to envision his words coursing by electrified rail through a diverse, global city of 8 million souls. Since 1992, with the presentation of an excerpt from Walt Whitman's "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," the Poetry in Motion program-co-sponsored by MTA Arts & Design and the Poetry Society of America-has brought more than 200 poems, in whole or in part, before the eyes of millions of subway and bus riders, offering a moment of timelessness in the busy day. The poems are by an eclectic mix of writers, from Sappho and Sylvia Plath to W. H. Auden, Rita Dove, Seamus Heaney, Nikki Giovanni, Patrick Phillips, and Aracelis Girmay. Each of the 100 poems gathered here has, in sixteen lines or less, the power to enliven the quotidian, provide nourishment for the soul, and enchant even the youngest among us. Features Summary "Poems once in motion...continue to move their readers. And what an imaginative variety of poetic delights is offered here."-Billy Collins Author Alice Quinn (Editor), Billy Collins (Foreword by) Publisher W W Norton & Co Inc Release date 20170905 Pages 192 ISBN 0-393-60937-5 ISBN 13 978-0-393-60937-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Tina Celona's darkly lucid, lightly comic poems are explicit in their attentiveness to the primacy of poetry as a natural force, akin to that of tides or the correlative lunar cycle. Describing war, freedom, dream, "Satisfaction," and imagination in clear, unabstracted terms, Celona invokes poems and their poet with a focused intensity. Features Summary Celona's darkly lucid, lightly comic poems are explicit in their attentiveness to the primacy of poetry as a natural force. Author Tina Celona Publisher University Press of New England Release date 20020831 Pages 72 ISBN 0-9713189-3-X ISBN 13 978-0-9713189-3-9

SA in po____sie = SA in poetry This is a collectable book of South African poetry in English and Afrikaans. Authors Pieter Jacques Jan Conradie, J Van Wyk, Nik Constandaras (1988) ISBN 9780620112758 Format Paperback Length 890p

  Author(s): Cleanth Brooks; Robert Penn Warren  Title:      Understanding Poetry  ISBN:  n/a  Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston  This Edition: third edition, 11th printing  Year of Publication:  1960  Place Of Publication: USA  First Published: 1938 Binding: hardcover  Dustjacket: none/missing  Number of pages: 584  Weight: 811g  Condition:   Very good, though has a stamp on inside, see picture  Please see pictures below, as these form part of the description.      

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days This anthology includes many of the major poets to have emerged and gained pre-eminence since World War II, and whose writing reflects not only the significant changes in this nation's postwar history, and the coming to grips with a nuclear age, but also an entirely new way of looking at and structuring reality. United by their "postmodernist" concerns with spontaneity, "instantism," formal and syntactic flexibility, and the revelation of both the creator and the process through the writing itself, these 38 poets represent very diverse strains of an essential American individualism. Included are many of the poets whose work first gained widespread national attention with the 1960 publication of The New American Poetry: Charles Olson, Allen Ginsberg, Paul Blackburn, LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Denise Levertov, Robert Duncan, and others. Among the poets included here for the first time are Anne Waldman, Diane di Prima, Ed Sanders, Jerome Rothenberg, and James Koller. In addition to a new preface by Allen and Butterick, the book provides autobiographical notes of all the poets and listings of their major works. Features Summary Presents brief biographies and representative selections of the writings of contemporary American poets, such as Allen Ginsberg, Joel Oppenheimer, John Ashbery... Author Donald Allen (Editor), George F Butterick (Editor) Publisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Release date 19940114 Pages 452 ISBN 0-8021-5035-7 ISBN 13 978-0-8021-5035-6

THIRTY STUDIES IN POETRY - College of Careers Soft cover. 135x218mm. 64 pages. Postage and packing R25.    

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days From archaic Sparta to classical Athens the chorus was a pervasive feature of Greek social and cultural life. Until now, however, its reception in Roman literature and culture has been little appreciated. This book examines how the chorus is reimagined in a brief but crucial period in the history of Latin literature, the early Augustan period from 30 to 10 BCE. It argues that in the work of Horace, Virgil, and Propertius, the language and imagery of the chorus articulate some of their most pressing concerns surrounding social and literary belonging in a rapidly changing Roman world. By re-examining seminal Roman texts such as Horace's Odes and Virgil's Aeneid from this fresh perspective, the book connects the history of musical culture with Augustan poetry's interrogation of fundamental questions surrounding the relationship between individual and community, poet and audience, performance and writing, Greek and Roman, and tradition and innovation. Features Summary This book offers a new interpretation of Augustan literature, focusing on its imaginative reading of Greek musical culture. Author Lauren Curtis Publisher Cambridge UniversityPress Release date 20170907 Pages 294 ISBN 1-107-18878-4 ISBN 13 978-1-107-18878-5

Summer Fires - New Poetry of Africa   Softcover.   I send by Ordinary mail and supply a tracking number.   Because of postage costs it is sometimes better to to order more than one book, as I charge by weight and combine postage it is more cost effective. I combine postage. I also combine postage with Jessies. For Condition see images below. Please quote Username or order number when making a payment  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Summary The Best Poetry Book in the World is a collection of popular poems from published poets from the last five years. Celebrating Burning Eye's 5th birthday... Author Jenn Hart Publisher Burning Eye Books Release date 20171021 Pages 150 ISBN 1-911570-15-3 ISBN 13 978-1-911570-15-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Forget-Me-Not Memorable recollections in prose, poetry and picture Collated by Angie Cox Including contributions from: Sir Cliff Richard, Michael Eavis, Deborah Meadon, Bel Mooney, Jane Fallon, Alice Temperley and many others. Forget-Me-Not is a charity book and all profits from its sale will be given to Alzheimer's Research UK to help them develop ways of managing or even eradicating Alzheimer's Disease. It is a collection of stories, poems, illustrations and drawings donated by a diverse range of people portraying, in their own way, a significant memory from their life. More famous contributors include: Sir Cliff Richard recalling a memory of his mother when she fails to recognise him dressed as Heathcliff. Michael Eavis CBE, founder of the Glastonbury Festival, who gives a wonderful anecdote about a chance encounter with the local baker that led to the start of this now legendary world-famous event. Deborah Meaden, from Dragon's Den, explains her lifelong love of horses and how it influenced her attitude to business. Bel Mooney, the Daily Mail columnist, tells a traumatic tale from her childhood when her brother tries to give her away to travellers. Jane Fallon, the bestselling author, writes a simple yet poignant tale of spending time with her father. Alice Temperley, the fashion designer, recalls growing up in rural Somerset on her father's cider farm. Real stories from real people that will touch your heart as you are taken through a remarkable collection of anecdotes and visual interpretations, including tales of the 1948 Olympics, the Queen in Bermuda, a 1931 rural wedding and a hilarious story of a single mum looking after two mischievous boys. Visual memories include a picnic scene on the top of Ham Hill in Somerset and a unique view of the Glastonbury Festival. Angie Cox was inspired to create this book by her family's heart-breaking experiences of coming to terms with her mother-in-law Nina slowly being lost to them due to the effects of Alzheimer's Disease. Features Summary With profits from its sale going to Alzheimer's Research UK, Forget-Me-Not is a collection of stories, poems, illustrations and drawings donated by a diverse range of people portraying... Author Angie Cox Publisher Berkshire Academic Press Release date 20120930 Pages 108 ISBN 1-907784-16-0 ISBN 13 978-1-907784-16-3

The beaten drum. An anthology of English poetry and verse - FCH Rumboll & D Walker by FCH Rumboll & D Wall Maskew Miller Longman 2004 Softcover 120 pages ISBN 978-0-6360-0019-3 Some marks and chafing on front and back covers (not torn).  For the rest: ALMOST AS GOOD AS NEW!      

Author: Various                                                                                             Publisher: Institute for the Study of English in Africa, Rhodes University (1981) Condition: Very good, if you would like a full condition description, email us. Binding: Softcover Pages: 33 Dimensions: 20.9 x 14.5 x 0.3 cm +++ by Various +++ New Coin Poetry (Volume 17 1981) by Various Poets.

  Author(s): various - Bongani Sitole, Denis Hirson, Lionel Abrahams et al, edited by Leon de Kock and Ian Tromp  Title:      The Heart in Exile, South African Poetry in English, 1990 -1995  ISBN:  0 14 058760 8  Publisher/place: Penguin South Africa, Johannesburg  This Edition: first  Year of Publication: 1996  Binding: paperback Number of pages:  332  Weight: 392g  Condition:   Very good  Please see pictures, as these form part of the description.  

Author: Ben Lerner Title: The Hatred of Poetry Publisher: McClelland &  Stewart Year:  2016 Cover: Hardcover Pages: 86 Condition: Good - both dust jacket and book     Please note: Shipping (via SAPO ordinary domestic parcel post with tracking) will be R55.00. To reduce shipping expenses, I am happy to combine orders, but the cost of postage depends on the weight of the parcel, so, if combining, please ask for a quote.    

The Colors of Life - The International Library of Poetry - (Hardcover) The photo below is an actual photo of the book. If you require more information about its quality, please feel free to send me a message.    

I Qabane LaBantu Poetry in the Emergency Ed. Ampie Coetzee & Hein Willemse A first edition softcover published by Taurus in 1989 Picture cover boards are lightly agecoloured, binding is tight & strong, library bookplate on back of front cover, pages lightly agecoloured Packaging and Postage within South Africa R60.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Cutting the Wire, a masterful collaboration between photographer Bruce Berman and poets Ray Gonzalez and Lawrence Welsh, offers us a way to look again, to really look, at the border between Mexico and the United States. Berman, who has photographed and lived in El Paso for decades, is a documentarian who uses his camera to record what's in front of him rather than for, as he puts it, ""mere self-expression."" Berman's visual investigations of the everyday realities of the border-detention centers, smeltertown cemeteries, kids playing along a river levee, descanso crosses on telephone poles for the disappeared-are exactly the stuff the poetry of Gonzalez and Welsh is made of. The multilayered histories of the border landscape provide an inexhaustible supply of rich and fertile raw material for both Gonzalez and Welsh. But their poetic visions allow them to capture elements of a personal and collective past that historians have often failed to record. Features Summary A masterful collaboration between photographer Bruce Berman and poets Ray Gonzalez and Lawrence Welsh, Cutting the Wire offers us a way to look again, to really look... Author Bruce Berman (Photographer), Ray Gonz alez (Author), Lawrence Welsh (Author), Lisa McNiel (Editor), David Dorado Romo (Introduction by) Publisher University of New Mexico Press Release date 20181013 Pages 120 ISBN 0-8263-5900-0 ISBN 13 978-0-8263-5900-1

Tortoise Voices - Dorian Haarhoff - South African Poetry - Signed Softcover The pictures below form part of the description.  I send by Ordinary mail and supply a tracking number. Because of postage costs it is sometimes better to to order more than one book, as I charge by weight and combine postage it is more cost effective. I combine postage. I also combine postage with Jessies. For Book Condition see images below.