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A Mind Apart: Poems of Melancholy, Madness, and Addiction

"Much madness is divinest sense," wrote Emily Dickinson, "And much sense the starkest madness." The idea that poetry and madness are deeply intertwined, and that madness sometimes leads to the most divine poetry, has been with us since antiquity. In his critical and clinical introduction to this splendid anthology--the first of its kind--psychiatrist and poet Mark S. Bauer considers mental disorders from multiple perspectives and challenges us to broaden our outlook.

cover of A Mind Apart: Poems of Melancholy, Madness, and Addictionauthor: Mark S Bauer
ASIN or ISBN-10: 0195336410
binding: Paperback
list price: $31.95 USD
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Sonnets: 150 Contemporary Sonnets

The Sonnet is one of the distinguishing cultural markers of western civilization. Throughout our literary past, the sonnet has been used by our greatest poets--from Petrarch and Shakespeare to Borges and Auden. Now, in the twenty-first century, after a period of general dismissal in the latter decades of the twentieth century, the sonnet is in the midst of an extraordinary revival and has once again returned to the center of the literary landscape.

cover of Sonnets: 150 Contemporary SonnetsASIN or ISBN-10: 0930982592
binding: Hardcover
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Past Providence

cover of Past Providenceauthor: Bob Watts
ASIN or ISBN-10: 1932339760
binding: Paperback
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Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments (Penguin Classics)

For the first time in Penguin Classics-the incomparable verse of the ancient Greek lyric poet Sappho, in a brilliant new translation Sapho's writings are said to have filled nine papyrus rolls in the great library at Alexandria, but only one poem survives complete. This new translation of all of Sappho's extant poetry showcases the wide variety of themes in her work, from amorous songs celebrating adolescent females to poems of invocation, desire, spite, celebration, resignation, and remembrance.

cover of Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments (Penguin Classics)author: Sappho
ASIN or ISBN-10: 0140455574
binding: Paperback
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Being the Bad Guy

cover of Being the Bad Guyauthor: John Whitworth
ASIN or ISBN-10: 1904324371
binding: Paperback
amazon price: $35.49 USD


From the Sonnet History of Modern Poetry: Poems

cover of From the Sonnet History of Modern Poetry: Poemsauthor: John Whitworth
ASIN or ISBN-10: 1871471796
binding: Paperback
amazon price: $42.53 USD


Writing Poetry (Writing Handbooks)

A wonderful, positive, practical handbook packed with advice, exercises, and information. Beginning with what makes poetry, the author describes the different forms, how and what to start writing, finding an audience, and getting published.

cover of Writing Poetry (Writing Handbooks)author: John Whitworth
ASIN or ISBN-10: 0713658223
binding: Paperback
list price: $12.95 USD
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The Faber Book of Blue Verse

Candidly sexual verse has always thrived in world literature though it is rarely written about. This anthology contains work by men and women which demonstrates humankind's touching, tender, ribald coarse and technically adept explorations of that perenially fascinating subject - sex.

cover of The Faber Book of Blue VerseASIN or ISBN-10: 0571140955
binding: Hardcover
list price: $21.95 USD
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Lovely Day for a Wedding

cover of Lovely Day for a Weddingauthor: John Whitworth
ASIN or ISBN-10: 0436570971
binding: Paperback
list price: $9.95 USD
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The Poetry of Life: And the Life of Poetry

cover of The Poetry of Life: And the Life of Poetryauthor: David Mason
ASIN or ISBN-10: 1885266804
binding: Paperback
list price: $15.95 USD
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