Family Poetry

A letter to my child about their beauty. Reflecting their spirit, voice, laugh and more in the wonders of nature. We are nature. I think its important to notice the beauty in the sound of rain or a wild flower, while also understanding that beauty is them. I did my best in this poem to express how much they mean to me and how much they are loved and admired.

From 2013 to 2019, J. Anton Davis served as a North Carolina Magistrate Judge in Raleigh, North Carolina. From his ninth-floor courtroom in the towering Wake County Justice Center, he performed nearly 6,000 civil wedding ceremonies. While there are countless stories Davis could share from his tenure as a magistrate, Love Is focuses on the most memorable aspect of the many ceremonies he officiated: Love.

Drawing from his experience as a translator, Forrest Gander includes, in the first powerfully elegiac section, a version of a poem by the Spanish mystical poet St. John of the Cross. He continues with a long multilingual poem examining the syncretic geological and cultural history of the US border with Mexico. The poems of the third section - a moving transcription of Gander’s efforts to address his mother dying of Alzheimer’s - rise like hymns, transforming slowly from reverence to revelation.

The Silver Lining of Tomorrow is a collaboration of poems and tidbits for all the Daddy’s girls out there. Traci Mahrt lost her father Melvin at the early age of 24. With a collection of poems found after his passing, Traci weaves in her own poems and shares her own life experiences with love, depression, and finding God.

A child born into a dysfunctional family is trying to find out how she fits into the world, by watching the mistakes of others; she has to learn to love the skin she is in, while not letting her family define who she is capable of becoming. This poetry will pierce your soul and the images will remain with you for years to come. This book was written to help all those who feel they've been left behind. There is hope.

Court recueil de courts poèmes qui font sourire, parfois réfléchir et toujours rappeler l'enfance au présent.

This debut poetry collection takes a slanted view at five aspects of being human: life, love, loss, longing, and laughter. Pain and struggle and suffering is a given in life — for some more than others. Joy is inseparable from sorrow and pain; joy finds its footing in the latter. Each day, each morning, we have a choice to make: misery or joy. Joy is the better option.

A lively and imaginative debut, Neoteny explores blindness, family, and birdsong. In these poems, Emily K. Michael meditates on literary and personal heroes like Jo March, her beloved grandmother, and her guide dog. This collection is rich with treasures from childhood - the honey-colored piano Michael played, the fig tree in her front yard, and the trays of fresh mint drying on her grandmother's table.

The Perseverance is the remarkable debut book by British-Jamaican poet Raymond Antrobus. Ranging across history and continents, these poems operate in the spaces in between, their haunting lyrics creating new, hybrid territories. The Perseverance is a book of loss, contested language and praise, where elegies for the poet's father sit alongside meditations on the d/Deaf experience.

These are 26 new poems by Maggie Hess muse over mud puddles, rhyme in poetry, and eyebrows.

Ma cosa sono le poesie se non lettere d'amore? Quale ispirazione detta i versi al poeta, se non l'amore per la vita, per la natura e, infine, per la sua donna? Giorgio Colombo è un poeta ispirato da ciò che lo circonda: in lui esplode prepotente la voglia di trasmettere a chi gli sta accanto la gioia di vivere.

During a visit to her grandma's house, a young girl discovers a box of poems in the attic - poems written by her mother when she was growing up. Her mother's family often moved around the United States and the world because her father was in the air force. Over the years her mother used poetry to record her experiences in the many places the family lived. Reading the poems and sharing those experiences through her mother's eyes, the young girl feels closer to her mother than ever before.

"Mother" was originally published in numerous literary and poetry journals in the 1990s. It was included in the poetry compilation, All-American Texan, in 1999. Though short, the poem continues to create conversation, debate and enjoyment.

The debut of Kelly Caldwell, written from within the darkness of bipolar illness and the longing to claim her womanhood “There can be no history of my body. My forgetfulness is in earnest. I check for it like for keys in a pocket. I’ve remained a girl all my life.” With searing...

"Drum prüfe, wer sich ewig bindet, ob sich das Herz zum Herzen findet!" Das berühmte Zitat ist nur einer von vielen wortgewaltigen Versen aus Schillers Balladen-Großwerk "Das Lied von der Glocke". Mit Christian Rode hat die imposante Dichtung einen würdigen Meister der Sprecherkunst gefunden.

A Goddard CBC's Social Justice Prize Nominee A YALSA Amazing Audiobook for Young Adults "I will close my eyes and disappear into the pages of this book for many years to come."--Hanif Abdurraqib (New York Times bestselling author of Go Ahead in The Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest)...

On a frosty winter evening, the Baron watches the snow fall. He is bored and worried. It will soon be Christmas, and everything is too quiet. What can he do to bring excitement to the Manor? His wife, the Baroness, has an idea: he can appoint a King of Christmas, a peasant to take his place. And so begin twelve days of chaos, anarchy and merriment....

Cento notti' è la poesia che dà il titolo alla raccolta dei venticinque componimenti di Carlo Vittori...

In a world where fitting in often seems more important than standing out, The Joy of Being Me celebrates what makes us wonderfully, beautifully unique. Perfect for listeners of all ages, this heartfelt audiobook brings 25 delightful poems to life, each offering a powerful reminder to embrace individuality, express creativity, and cherish self-love. With themes of positivity, resilience, and self-discovery woven into every verse, this audiobook creates a safe space to reflect on who you are and who you aspire to be.

Living in God's Love is a poetic look at some of the most pressing issues affecting our inner-city communities. This book seeks to pull back the curtains and open dialogue to build unity, bridge peace, foster compassion, promote conversations, and assist us in uplifting hearts and bringing empathy into every conversation.