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Faithful and Virtuous Night
Faithful and Virtuous Night
Louise Gluck | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
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"I’d need poetry. I’d need at least 100 books of poetry. I’m taking Gluck’s most recent collection because it’s the poetry collection I’ve read most recently. And, of course, because Gluck is a great poet. But really, if I got started on the poets I’d take with me, I wouldn’t know where to stop…"

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Emergency KIt
Jo Shapcott | 2004 | Education, Fiction & Poetry
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Great for studying poetry
This a great collection of contemporary poetry. Flick the book open at any page and you are sure to get a treat.
  
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Merissa (12048 KP) created a post

Feb 7, 2022  
"World of Stars is a collection of poetry that portrays the beauties of nature and human experiences in the world."

NBtM & #Giveaway: World of Stars by Seyoum Nigussie - @Archaeolibrary, @GoddessFish, #Poetry,

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/worldofstarsbyseyoumnigussie
     
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Merissa (12048 KP) created a post

Feb 23, 2022  
"A collection of 35 poems in which a poet thinks about women a little too much... (Sapphic poetry)"

VBT & #Giveaway: Can't Think Straight by Isabel Scheck - @Archaeolibrary, @GoddessFish, @IzzyS97, #Poetry, #LGBTQIA+, #Romance,

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/can-tthinkstraightbyisabelscheck
     
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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Nov 23, 2017
Helen Dunmore’s final poetry collection, in which the award-winning author contemplates her terminal cancer diagnosis and impending death, has been shortlisted for the Costa poetry award.

Find out more here:
https://www.costa.co.uk/media/478795/combined-shortlist-2017.pdf

The line-up for this year’s Costas, which set out to reward the year’s “most enjoyable” books, is female-heavy, with 14 women on the 20-strong list.


The Explorers

The Explorers

Katherine Rundell

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From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by...


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The Island at the End of Everything

The Island at the End of Everything

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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Amihan lives on Culion Island, where some of the inhabitants - including her mother - have leprosy....

Wed Wabbit

Wed Wabbit

Lissa Evans

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You're called Fidge and you're nearly eleven. You've been hurled into a strange world. You have...


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Moonrise

Moonrise

Sarah Crossan

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'They think I hurt someone. But I didn't. You hear? Coz people are gonna be telling you all...


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Useful Verses

Useful Verses

Richard Osmond

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Richard Osmond's debut collection Useful Verses follows in the tradition of the best nature writing,...


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I loved the depth of these poems. They took so many dark aspects of life and made them beautiful. This was a great collection of poetry.
  
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Jessica Erdas (463 KP) rated Helium in Books

May 16, 2018  
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Rudy has a way with words. Whether it's reading them or hearing him speak them aloud, they hit home. Highly recommend giving this collection of poetry and prose a chance.
  
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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Oct 12, 2017
To mark World Mental Health Day, Hello Giggles are highlighting important stories from voices that deserve to be heard.

Hopefully these memoirs, YA novels, and poetry collection will move you personally.

Mental Health Day has just gone by, so Hello Giggles is doing their part to help raise awareness of mental health issues.


Everything Here Is Beautiful

Everything Here Is Beautiful

Mira T. Lee

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‟A tender but unflinching portrayal of the bond between two sisters."--Celeste Ng, New York Times...


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Black Rainbow: How Words Healed Me: My Journey Through Depression

Black Rainbow: How Words Healed Me: My Journey Through Depression

Rachel Kelly

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Black Rainbow is the powerful first-person story of one woman's struggle with depression and how she...

Mental: Lithium, Love, and Losing My Mind

Mental: Lithium, Love, and Losing My Mind

Jaime Lowe

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A riveting memoir and a fascinating investigation of the history, uses, and controversies behind...


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Depression & Other Magic Tricks

Depression & Other Magic Tricks

Sabrina Benaim

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Depression & Other Magic Tricks is the debut book by Sabrina Benaim, one of the most-viewed...


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Every Last Word

Every Last Word

Tamara Ireland Stone

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A New York Times Best Seller If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling. Samantha...


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Poetry Speaks Who I Am is a collection of classic and contemporary poetry aimed at addressing middle schoolers in their transition from child to young adult. There is a wide range in the collection: classic poetry like Edgar Allan Poe, Langston Hughes, and Emily Dickinson and newer and present poets, some of whom read their work on the accompanying CD.

Poetry Speaks Who I Am has many poems that will apply to every feeling and thought, put words to what we can’t find words for, and prove that yes, there are other people out there who feel like you do now, you’re not the only one. You’re not alone. These poets talk about everything from the awkwardness of changing and showering in the fifth grade locker room to embarrassing bra shopping with mom, to a first kiss. There’s poems about segregation and ethnicity, homework and math class, sports, clothes, and even the emotions brought forth from reading poetry itself.

Not only does it have the poetry, there are pages in the back of artistic inspiring blank pieces of paper for the reader’s own poetry. The CD contains many of the poems read by the poets the way they were intended to be read.

Poetry Speaks Who I Am is a fantastic collection that every young lit-lover should have on their shelves.

Recommendation: Boys and Girls ages 8+
  
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ClareR (5721 KP) rated Badminton in Books

Dec 31, 2017 (Updated Dec 31, 2017)  
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Badminton
Molly Naylor | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
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Poetry about life
Molly Naylor writes poetry about her life. Some of it is really funny, some very insightful. She calls it "a manifesto of my life" and a confession of sorts.
I saw Molly perform many of her poems in this collection on a "Poetry Pub Crawl" (I feel that this may be a very British phenomenon, and if you're British and have never experienced one, then go out and find one! They're great fun!) at the Chester Literature Festival. She really was great and the reason I bought her book was exactly her ability to get her message across through her poetry. Being a grown up isn't easy!