What do we think of when we hear the word family? Perhaps brothers and sisters, mother, father, cousins are brought to mind. In the strictest sense, of course these are all family members. But the bond goes much deeper than that. Families share a common ancestry or beginning which is not limited to people.Man has always had a strong connection with nature. It is the first thing we think of when we want to get away from lifes trials. But, perhaps it is not that we want to get away s...

A Season in Hell is an extended poem written and published by French writer Arthur Rimbaud. The book had a considerable influence on later artists and poets, for example the Surrealists. Henry Miller was important in introducing Rimbaud to America in the sixties. He once attempted an English translation of the book and wrote an extended essay on Rimbaud and A Season in Hell titled The Time of the Assassins. The poem is loosely divided into nine parts, some of which are much shorter than ot...

Late in the Day, Ursula K. Le Guin’s newest collection of poems, seeks meaning in an ever-connected world. In part evocative of Neruda’s Odes to Common Things and Mary Oliver’s poetic guides to the natural world, Le Guin gives voice to objects that may not speak a human language but communicate with us nevertheless through and about the seasonal rhythms of the earth, the minute and the vast, the ordinary and the mythological.As Le Guin herself states, “science exp...

However grand or short our tale, it is the moment we set sail, when all the former pale away, a fresh new wind come into play, that lets us see in grand array: it was the entire journey, that made our perfect day! Hurry, scurry, there now in summer's flurry come and walk with me, and on a mountain see, the view eclipse magically, the ardour of our century.

In May Sarton's seventeenth and final collection of poetry, the writer reflects on life, aging, and mortalityComing into Eighty presents a poet's look at age. Herein, Sarton gives readers a glimpse into her quotidian tasks, her memories, her losses, and her triumphs. The volume explores topics ranging from the war in Iraq to the struggle of taking a cat to the vet. Dark and immediate, this work catalogues both the tedium and the splendor of life with equal...

Finalist for the National Book Award: May Sarton at her evocative and contemplative bestThe title poem of this entrancing collection compares love to salt for its ability both to dissolve and to crystallize "into a presence." At once philosophical and fiercely corporeal, this work presents emotion as a sensory experience. Written with Sarton's characteristic concision, these deeply felt poems will delight readers.

Wendy Videlock’s The Dark Gnu and Other Poems plays, jokes, teaches, admonishes, yields to the ecstatic, and strays into the shadowy where “If not for the dark, / no / spark.” All of this is heightened by striking full-color illustrations from the author herself. There are stories that come and go in a couple of blinks, and stories that linger and juggle their way from hut to the market, to the fair, on a “swaying dappled mare,” to get to all the good to be had or done. Mother Goose, myth,...

Honey heart is a book of poems dedicated to the love that transforms our existence in the dinghy rocking, in the murmur of waves, in the flooded spell, in the promised land, in the enlightened manna, in the unexpected rain, in the uncontrolled offence, in the dressed up sunset, in a dance of souls.It marks a new course for all those that wish to experience divine infatuation.I am through your truth.I am through your truthful love.I am through your universal sou...

Amera is a classically self taught poet, award-winning author, social-butterfly and Renaissance thinker who leads from the heart toward a world of unlimited possibilities. She believes that every person is worthy of being loved and deserves to know and explore their own unique and beautiful talent. Amera believes that poetry is a gift and with help and support from other poets that gift can be perfected and carry the art to a new level. Amera is a formal poet who has written in more than 5...

EquinoxEquinox is the solar phenomenon that occurs twice a year, on 20 March and 22 September. It is the autumnal equinox which colors and shades these 20 poems by Debra Milligan.Day and night are believed to be of approximately equal duration but technically they are not exact. The duration depends upon where you are. This perspective highlights these poems about time: the transitions and interludes in our lives.Sometimes the taste of autumn is sweet, sometimes bitt...

I have been working, feeling, seeing in recent months the infinitesimal boundary between ourself and the sublime. And like Xeno's paradox, the oh-so-thin veneer DOES disappear. And then and only then do true poems come out.All the writing I have ever done, is just a means of wearing away that layer: being ever closer to the moment, the moment that does not end.And if these poems are conduits to the sublime, then so is every man and every woman.Peace. Begin.-...