Every Woman Is a Poem

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Publisher : Independently Published
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (477 download)

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Book Synopsis Every Woman Is a Poem by : Kayode Afolabi

Download or read book Every Woman Is a Poem written by Kayode Afolabi and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-06-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every Woman is a Poem is an authentic poetry book which portrays the identity and nuances of the African woman in her natural habitat. The chapbook reminds one of Shakespeare's immortal Sonnet, 'To His Coy Mistress' ( written to mock Elizabethan poetic tradition) where women and love are presented as intangible phenomena installed ( not on the face) but deep inside the heart of man. The woman elements in this remarkable poetry book read like an account of a young writer whose knowledge of love and the fairer sex is striking, realistic and shocking. Love is likened to the 'palm fronds shivering gracefully on the bank of the Mono River', and colourful too ' as a voodoo feast in Southern Dahomey'. Lovers themselves walk hand in hand 'nude' cleaving unto each other and melting as one forever-'like locked-up portmanteau'. . . The woman herself ( 'more beautiful than sunset') is 'fine as frick- a creature to will all man's world for. The poetic verbal variability in all the twenty-five poems is superb. All ingredients of creativity (allusions, personification, symbolism, similes, metaphors etc.) are employed by this gifted poet, to whet readers' appetite and make Every Woman is a Poem a memorable and unforgettable collection. Reviews:Kayode Afolabi articulates affection with the trembling of a swain, the confidence of a poet and the fascination of an incurable optimist. - Dami Ajayi, Author of A Woman's Body is a Country Kayode Afolabi's poetry attests to the deployment of poetry to preserve and archive experiences that surpass the border of time. In these revelatory poems, memories of certain women are weaved into fine verses, into lines that strike and amaze us, pushing us to ask questions about the known and unknown stories about the lives of these women. Carefully knitted and adorned in deft imageries and metaphors, the readers are invited to a feast of poetry that promises to satiate their hunger. This is an important debut! - Rasaq Malik, Author, No home in this Land Every Woman is a Poem by Kayode Afolabi is a collection of poems in which women, love, nature and poetry mingle in curious and intriguing ways. Readers will find original poetry with a beating heart. - Michael R. Burch, Editor, The HyperTexts The creative ebullience in Kayode Afolabi's Every Woman is a Poem is unmistakable. It surely will constitute a point of attraction to all categories of readers, yearning to enjoy scintillating poetry. The poetic verbal variability in all the twenty-five poems is superb. - Bayo Adebowale (Ph.D)Director/Founder African Heritage Research Library & Cultural Centre

What Kind of Woman

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Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063008432
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Book Synopsis What Kind of Woman by : Kate Baer

Download or read book What Kind of Woman written by Kate Baer and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller A Goop Book Club Pick "If you want your breath to catch and your heart to stop, turn to Kate Baer."--Joanna Goddard, Cup of Jo A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being a woman in the world today, and the many roles we play - mother, partner, and friend. “When life throws you a bag of sorrow, hold out your hands/Little by little, mountains are climbed.” So ends Kate Baer’s remarkable poem “Things My Girlfriends Teach Me.” In “Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels” she challenges her reader to consider their grandmother’s cake, the taste of the sea, the cool swill of freedom. In her poem “Deliverance” about her son’s birth she writes “What is the word for when the light leaves the body?/What is the word for when it/at last, returns?” Through poems that are as unforgettably beautiful as they are accessible, Kate Bear proves herself to truly be an exemplary voice in modern poetry. Her words make women feel seen in their own bodies, in their own marriages, and in their own lives. Her poems are those you share with your mother, your daughter, your sister, and your friends.

Moon Is Always Female

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Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307761347
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis Moon Is Always Female by : Marge Piercy

Download or read book Moon Is Always Female written by Marge Piercy and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013-08-07 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her seventh and most wide ranging collection. In the 1st of 2 sections, the poems move from the amusingly elegiac to the erotic, the classical to the funny. The 2nd section is a series of 15 poems for a calendar based on lunar rather than solar divisions

The First Free Women

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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834842688
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Book Synopsis The First Free Women by : Matty Weingast

Download or read book The First Free Women written by Matty Weingast and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Ancient Collection Reimagined Composed around the Buddha’s lifetime, the Therigatha (“Verses of the Elder Nuns”) contains the poems of the first Buddhist women: princesses and courtesans, tired wives of arranged marriages and the desperately in love, those born into limitless wealth and those born with nothing at all. The original authors of the Therigatha were women from every kind of background, but they all shared a deep-seated desire for awakening and liberation. In The First Free Women, Matty Weingast has reimagined this ancient collection and created a contemporary and radical adaptation that takes the essence of each poem and highlights the struggles and doubts, as well as the strength, perseverance, and profound compassion, embodied by these courageous women.

The Woman I Kept to Myself

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Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 161620074X
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)

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Book Synopsis The Woman I Kept to Myself by : Julia Alvarez

Download or read book The Woman I Kept to Myself written by Julia Alvarez and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 75 Poems by the Author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of the Butterflies The works of this award-winning poet and novelist are rich with the language and influences of two cultures: those of the Dominican Republic of her childhood and the America of her youth and adulthood. They have shaped her writing just as they have shaped her life. In these seventy-five autobiographical poems, Alvarez’s clear voice sings out in every line. Here, in the middle of her life, she looks back as a way of understanding and celebrating the woman she has become. Don't miss Alvarez’s new novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories, available now!

In Person

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Publisher : Bloodaxe Books
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Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis In Person by : Neil Astley

Download or read book In Person written by Neil Astley and published by Bloodaxe Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "IN PERSON presents contemporary poetry to readers in a totally new way, with short films of 30 living poets reading their work on two DVDs. [...] an anthology/DVD combination with all the poems from the films includes in the book.

Phenomenal Woman

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0307807622
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis Phenomenal Woman by : Maya Angelou

Download or read book Phenomenal Woman written by Maya Angelou and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of beloved poems about women from the iconic Maya Angelou These four poems, “Phenomenal Woman,” “Still I Rise,” “Weekend Glory,” and “Our Grandmothers,” are among the most remembered and acclaimed of Maya Angelou's poems. They celebrate women with a majesty that has inspired and touched the hearts of millions. “Phenomenal Woman” is a phenomenal poem that speaks to us of where we are as women at the dawn of a new century. In a clear voice, Maya Angelou vividly reminds us of our towering strength and beauty.

Poetry Pharmacy

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Publisher : Particular Books
ISBN 13 : 9780141987576
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (875 download)

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Book Synopsis Poetry Pharmacy by : William Sieghart

Download or read book Poetry Pharmacy written by William Sieghart and published by Particular Books. This book was released on 2025-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes only a poem will do. These poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice offer comfort, delight and inspiration for all; a space for reflection, and that precious realization - I'm not the only one who feels like this. In the years since he first had the idea of prescribing short, powerful poems for all manner of spiritual ailments, William Sieghart has taken his Poetry Pharmacy around the length and breadth of Britain, into the pages of the Guardian, onto BBC Radio 4 and onto the television, honing his prescriptions all the time. This pocket-sized book presents the most essential poems in his dispensary- those which, again and again, have really shown themselves to work. Whether you are suffering from loneliness, lack of courage, heartbreak, hopelessness, or even from an excess of ego, there is something here to ease your pain.

You Don't Have to Be Everything

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Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1523514000
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (235 download)

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Book Synopsis You Don't Have to Be Everything by : Diana Whitney

Download or read book You Don't Have to Be Everything written by Diana Whitney and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems to Turn to Again and Again – from Amanda Gorman, Sharon Olds, Kate Baer, and More Created and compiled just for young women, You Don’t Have to Be Everything is filled with works by a wide range of poets who are honest, unafraid, and skilled at addressing the complex feelings of coming-of-age, from loneliness to joy, longing to solace, attitude to humor. These unintimidating poems offer girls a message of self-acceptance and strength, giving them permission to let go of shame and perfectionism. The cast of 68 poets is extraordinary: Amanda Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, who read at Joe Biden's inauguration; bestselling authors like Maya Angelou, Elizabeth Acevedo, Sharon Olds, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Mary Oliver; Instagram-famous poets including Kate Baer, Melody Lee, and Andrea Gibson; poets who are LGBTQ, poets of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds, poets who sing of human experience in ways that are free from conventional ideas of femininity. Illustrated in full color with work by three diverse artists, this book is an inspired gift for daughters and granddaughters—and anyone on the path to becoming themselves. No matter how old you are, it helps to be young when you're coming to life, to be unfinished, a mysterious statement, a journey from star to star. —Joy Ladin, excerpt from "Survival Guide"

Women of Resistance

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Publisher : OR Books
ISBN 13 : 1682191397
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (821 download)

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Book Synopsis Women of Resistance by : Iris Mahan

Download or read book Women of Resistance written by Iris Mahan and published by OR Books. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Loose Woman

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0804150877
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Book Synopsis Loose Woman by : Sandra Cisneros

Download or read book Loose Woman written by Sandra Cisneros and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A candid, sexy and wonderfully mood-strewn collection of poetry that celebrates the female aspects of love, from the reflective to the overtly erotic. • From the bestselling author of The House on Mango Street and winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. “Not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one.” —The New York Times Book Review “All poets would do well to follow the example of Sandra Cisneros, who takes no prisoners and has not made a single compromise in her language.” — Barbara Kingsolver, Los Angeles Times

A Book of Women Poets from Antiquity to Now

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Publisher : Schocken
ISBN 13 : 0805209972
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (52 download)

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Book Synopsis A Book of Women Poets from Antiquity to Now by : Aliki Barnstone

Download or read book A Book of Women Poets from Antiquity to Now written by Aliki Barnstone and published by Schocken. This book was released on 1992-04-28 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A monument to the literary genius of women throughout the ages, A Book of Women Poets from Antiquity to Now is an invaluable collection. Here in one volume are the works of three hundred poets from six different continents and four millennia. This revised edition includes a newly expanded section of American poets from the colonial era to the present. "[A] splendid collection of verse by women" (TIME) throughout the ages and around the world; now revised and expanded, with 38 American poets.

The Women's Room

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Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0748132147
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (481 download)

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Book Synopsis The Women's Room by : Marilyn French

Download or read book The Women's Room written by Marilyn French and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-07-14 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND BESTSELLING NOVELS OF THE MODERN FEMINIST MOVEMENT 'It was about the need to change things from top to bottom; it was a declaration of independence' OBSERVER 'The first and last international bestseller of the women's movement' GUARDIAN 'They said this book would change lives - and it certainly changed mine' JENNI MURRAY, BBC RADIO 4 A landmark in feminist literature, The Women's Room is a biting social commentary of a world gone silently haywire. Written in the 1970s but with profound resonance today, this is a modern allegory that offers piercing insight into the social norms accepted blindly and revered so completely. It follows the transformation of Mira Ward and her circle as the women's movement begins to have an impact on their lives. A biting social commentary on an emotional world gone silently haywire, The Women's Room is a modern classic that offers piercing insight into the social norms accepted so blindly and revered so completely. Marilyn French questions those accepted norms and poignantly portrays the hopeful believers looking for new truths.

She Walks in Beauty

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Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401325955
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Book Synopsis She Walks in Beauty by : Caroline Kennedy

Download or read book She Walks in Beauty written by Caroline Kennedy and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In She Walks in Beauty, Caroline Kennedy has once again marshaled the gifts of our greatest poets to pay a very personal tribute to the human experience, this time to the complex and fascinating subject of womanhood. Inspired by her own reflections on more than fifty years of life as a young girl, a woman, a wife, and a mother, She Walks in Beauty draws on poetry's eloquent wisdom to ponder the many joys and challenges of being a woman. Kennedy has divided the collection into sections that signify to her the most notable milestones, passages, and universal experiences in a woman's life, and she begins each of these sections with an introduction in which she explores and celebrates the most important elements of life's journey. The collection includes works by Elizabeth Bishop, Sharon Olds, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Mary Oliver, Pablo Neruda, W. H. Auden, Adrienne Rich, Sandra Cisneros, Anne Sexton, W. S. Merwin, Dorothy Parker, Queen Elizabeth I, Lucille Clifton, Naomi Shahib Nye, and W. B. Yeats. Whether it's falling in love, breaking up, friendship, marriage, motherhood, or growing old, She Walks in Beauty is a priceless resource for anyone, male or female, who wants a deeper understanding and appreciation of what it means to be a woman.

I Am Not Your Final Girl

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ISBN 13 : 9780692966631
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (666 download)

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Book Synopsis I Am Not Your Final Girl by : Claire Holland

Download or read book I Am Not Your Final Girl written by Claire Holland and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Claire C. Holland, a timely collection of poetry that follows the final girl of slasher cinema - the girl who survives until the end - on a journey of retribution and reclamation. From the white picket fences of 1970s Haddonfield to the apocalyptic end of the world, Holland confronts the role of women in relation to subjects including feminism, violence, motherhood, sexuality, and assault in the world of Trump and the MeToo movement. Each poem centers on a fictional character from horror cinema, and explores the many ways in which women find empowerment through their own perceived monstrousness.

My Lover is a Woman

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Total Pages : 346 pages
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Book Synopsis My Lover is a Woman by : Lesléa Newman

Download or read book My Lover is a Woman written by Lesléa Newman and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Editor Leslea Newman has collected the work of both well-known and emerging poets, some of them published here for the first time to create an anthology of some of the finest writers of any gender or sexual orientation writing poetry today." "These poets have written daring confessions of love, sorrow, anger, and joy. Each poem is an elaborate confirmation of the resilience of the human spirit, and the ability to transform experience - including the struggle against the societal taboo of same-sex love - into brilliant poetry."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Poetry of Arab Women

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Publisher : Interlink Books
ISBN 13 : 9781566563741
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (637 download)

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Book Synopsis The Poetry of Arab Women by : Nathalie (ed.) Handal

Download or read book The Poetry of Arab Women written by Nathalie (ed.) Handal and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling poetry anthology back in print. Winner of the PEN Oakland Literary Award. Arab women poets work within one of the oldest literary traditions in the world, yet they are virtually unknown in the West. In assembling this collection, Nathalie Handal has compiled an outstanding, important treasury that introduces the poetry of Arab women living all over the world, writing in Arabic, French, English, and other languages, and including some of the twentieth century’s most accomplished poets as well as today’s most exciting new voices. Translated by distinguished translators and poets from around the world, The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology showcases the work of 83 poets, among them Etel Adnan, Andrée Chedid, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Fadwa Tuqan. With an illuminating introduction by Handal, and extensive biographies of both poets and translators, The Poetry of Arab Women sheds brilliant light on a hitherto under-recognized group of talented poets. Hold my hand and take me to the heart for I prefer your home, oh poetry. —excerpted from Small Sins by Maram Masri (Syria) Arab women poets work within one of the oldest literary traditions in the world, yet they are virtually unknown in the West. In assembling this collection, Nathalie Handal has compiled an outstanding, important treasury that introduces the poetry of Arab women living all over the world, writing in Arabic, French, English, and other languages, and including some of the twentieth century’s most accomplished poets as well as today’s most exciting new voices. Translated by distinguished translators and poets from around the world, The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology showcases the work of 82 poets, among them Etel Adnan, Andrée Chedid, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Fadwa Tuqan. With an illuminating introduction by Handal, and extensive biographies of both poets and translators, The Poetry of Arab Women sheds brilliant light on a hitherto under-recognized group of talented poets.