On the Morning of Christ's Nativity is a nativity ode written by John Milton in 1629 and published in his Poems of Mr. John Milton (1645). The poem describes Christ's Incarnation and his overthrow of earthly and pagan powers. The poem also connects the Incarnation with Christ's Crucifixion. The poem deals with both the Nativity and the Incarnation of Christ and Milton believed that the two were connected. The Nativity and the Crucifixion repre ...
What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth' So wrote the Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821) in 1817. This collection «„The Complete Poetry of John Keats“» contains all of his poetry: the early work, which is often undervalued even today, the poems on which his reputation rests including the Odes and of the uncompleted epic Hyperion, and work which only came to light after his death including his attempts at drama and comic verse. It a ...
Contra luule on ikka innustust saanud nii rahvalaulust kui popmuusikast ja igasugustest muudest kaunitest koladest. Siin raamatus kohtuvad laul ja kalambuur, ehk meie koigi poolt armastatud laulude read on keeratud oige kummalisse ruusse. ...
Contrale on ikka meeldinud enda luuletustes kasutada nii-oelda mitte viisakaks peetavaid sonu. Et sellistel luuletustel on oma austajaskond, aga need kipuvad teiste hulka ara kaduma, otsustas Contra neile vastu tulla, et ei peaks „saia seest noaotsaga rosinaid taga ajama“, vaid saaks no roppudest luuletustest korraliku doosi korraga katte. ...
Cold Spring Hallelujah explores the experience of being human in a world that often seems broken. Woven together by threads of healing, coming to terms with limitation, and deep reflection on what truly matters, author Heidi Barr issues an invitation to notice the fractured radiance that has the potential to be uncovered in each human life—and to claim the story that finds a foundation in love, of both self and neighbor. Often in d ...
A young woman weeps at the edge of a river, into which she throws torn-up letters, rings, and other tokens of love. An old man asks the reason for her sorrow, and she responds. ...
When We're Awake At Night is a collection of poems designed to take you through a mental health journey. This book is an honest depiction of mental health struggles. Themes of this book include: depression, anxiety, panic attacks, love, heartbreak, insomnia, self love and acceptance, broken friendships and families and much more. It touches on all of the different ways we overcome our struggles, deal with the negative stigma of our mental h ...
Luci Shaw is now 90 years old. The author of more than 35 collections of poetry and creative non-fiction over the last five decades, she describes her dedication to this art as a burden to “speak into a culture that finds it hard to listen.” This collection of new poems – all composed over the last two years – is in many ways the culmination of a stunning career. The joy and responsibility of the poet is to focus on particulars within the unive ...
