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Glass Half Full, A
by Dennis, Felix
Keeping a Grand Tradition Alive With the wild imagination of Coleridge and the love of detail of Keats, he gives modern themes a timeless feel, and his use of language is refined, even when he is writing about raunchy sex. |
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Boss Cupid
by Gunn, Thom
"The embraces slip, and nothing seems to stay" There are many different varieties of New Jerusalem, Political, pharmaceutical—I've visited most of them. But of all the embodiments ever built, I'd only return to none, For the sexual New Jerusalem was by far the greatest fun. |
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: and Other Poems
by Eliot, T.S.
Afternoons and Coffeespoons T. S. Eliot employs numerous rhetorical devices to illustrate Prufrock's helpless and inferior view of himself. His insecurity and cowardice heighten until he accepts his death of any effort towards romantic action. |
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In My Mouth
by Lynch, Donna
I Wonder Why She's So Sad... Not since Michael Gira's The Consumer have I had the pleasure of reading verse that stirred the sorts of emotions I experienced while reading In My Mouth. |
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The Demon and the Angel: Searching for the Source of Artistic Inspiration
by Hirsch, Edward
A Tribute with Wings The Demon and the Angel is subtle, demanding, and, yes, inspiring. Hirsch ties together artists from different diciplines, backgrounds, countries, and sensibilities to examine the mysterious forces of artistic inspiration that combines a respect, awe, and academic prowess while avoiding treacle. |
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Complete Poems, 1927-1979
by Bishop, Elizabeth
Accomplished, Brilliant, and Unstuffy Collected Poems is a slender life's work of poetry for both literature lovers and book browsers. Bishop showcases all of the wit, structure, and emotion that make the best of poetry— only without stuffiness, over academic feeling, or cloying confessionalism. |
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The Rime of The Ancient Mariner
by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Regrets and Rolling Dice for Souls One of the greatest sea-faring tales ever told, with wonderful poetry that will even have the children interested. |
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