Songs From The Second Floor (2000)
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Where are we humans going? A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. We meet people...
Al Burda ( Islam Quran Hadith - Ramadan Islamic Apps )
Education and Book
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Al-Khawarizmi is a trusted name in Islamic Apps development for years. We have sold thousands of...
Stanzas in Meditation
Gertrude Stein, Susannah Hollister, Emily Setina and Joan Retallack
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In the 1950s, Yale University Press published a number of Gertrude Stein's posthumous works, among...
Lindsay (1717 KP) rated Over the River an Though The Woods in Books
Oct 9, 2019
The Title did this and I could not forget the song or poem that pops into my mind when it did. I would love to have download the one I found that sing the complete song of this title but it seem to be hard. There seem to be different versions of this song.
This book has different stories in it. They are all short and sweet. I loved each story. There seem to be poem and a recipe in the book. I really did enjoy each story that was written and chosen for this book. There was not one that I did not like. Each author show their talent and or story.
The way this is set up I enjoyed it. I was able to read multiple stories in one night. I really like that each story was short or told about their memories on Christmas memories. Each story was heartfelt and loving.
Transformations
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These poem-stories are a strange retelling of seventeen Grimms fairy tales, including Snow White,...
Dana (24 KP) rated Gabriel: A Poem in Books
Mar 23, 2018
The boy, Gabriel, had many illnesses and was often overlooked in society. Since they were not illnesses one could see, he was not treated the way another ill person may be: in a way to help them rather than just write them off.
I enjoyed this poem, for the most part. It was heartbreaking to see the decline in the relationship between the father and son.
This is definitely a poem about mourning, but more than that, it shows the helplessness of beign trapped in that mourning. There is a sense of immortality for a parent when a child dies. It is not something that, naturally, should happen, yet it does. Hirsch brings in allusions to other famous people who have lost their children, and attempts to deal with the grief by looking to an example.
In the last few stanzas, there is the disbelief that comes with the loss of your child. It is as if you will see them in just a few moments. Like they will walk through the door and not actually be gone. Hirsch does an excellent job capturing this grief in the little moments. Like when the speaker is driving down the street and expects to see Gabriel reading a menu at some restaurant. Or at the funeral itself, where there should be a note of finality, it is left open because of the expected return.
I really enjoyed this book. I think if you, or someone you know, has been going through mourning, it may help to pick up this poem to know that you are not alone in your grief. That other people are going through the same thing.
The Signifying Power of Pearl: Medieval Literary and Cultural Contexts for the Transformation of Genre
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This book enhances our understanding of the exquisitely beautiful, fourteenth-century, Middle...
Carrie Brownstein recommended The Argonauts in Books (curated)
I Smile at the Sun
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Each poem is a celebration of life. Between Judith Barrett Lawson's clever wordplay, and the...