Selected Poems for Freedom, Peace, and Love

Selected Poems for Freedom, Peace, and Love
Title Selected Poems for Freedom, Peace, and Love PDF eBook
Author Leonard A Slade, Jr
Publisher
Pages 112
Release 2021-01-26
Genre
ISBN 9781662802690

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Praise for Slade's Poetry "Dr. Leonard A. Slade, Jr., is a gifted poet. His poems that deal with social issues reflect the complexity of people and relationships, as well as highlight some very troubling contemporary problems. Slade's poetry is truly a healing work of art." - Sandra M. Grayson Professor of English University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee "The beauty of Slade's poetry is the adequacy of their feeling and the fine images he discovers for their expressions. His poetry is a rich addition to our literary stores." - Houston A. Baker, Jr. Distinguished Professor of English Vanderbilt University "In spare, unpretentious verse Slade asks us to think about racism, history, love, the beauty of nature, the homeless, old teachers, young daughters, political hypocrisy - - and more. These are splendid, moving poems." -Elizabeth Ammons Former Dean The College of Arts and Sciences Tufts University "Dr. Leonard A. Slade, Jr.'s poetry presents a historical panorama of American blacks. His poems cover a range of subjects. They reflect the poet's values: family, education, love, nature, the history of blacks in the U.S., hypocrisy, and politics. Slade is a new breed of black poet." - R. Baird Shuman Professor Emeritus of English University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Leonard A. Slade, Jr., is Professor Emeritus, former Director of the Humanistic Studies Doctoral Program and the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program, Collins Fellow, and Citizen Academic Laureate at the University at Albany (SUNY). He has published in many journals and magazines and is the author of twenty-one books of poetry. He studied poetry with Pulitzer Prize winners Donald Justice and Stephen Dunn. For several summers, Slade studied poetry at Bennington College, Vermont; at The Bread Loaf Writers' Workshop, Middlebury College, Vermont; at The Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing in Fiction and Poetry; and at The Ragdale Artists' Colony, Lake Forest, Illinois. The recipient of many awards for his writing, teaching, and service, Slade has taught English and Africana Studies at the University at Albany (SUNY), Skidmore College, Union College, and RPI. He lives with his wife in Albany, New York.

Selected Poems

Selected Poems
Title Selected Poems PDF eBook
Author Kenneth Patchen
Publisher New Directions Publishing
Pages 164
Release 1957
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780811201469

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Poems of humor, protest, love and wonder, by one of America's most original voices.

Freedom from Yourself

Freedom from Yourself
Title Freedom from Yourself PDF eBook
Author Alexander King
Publisher Balboa Press
Pages 77
Release 2014-06-11
Genre Self-Help
ISBN 1452524289

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Freedom from Yourself: Selected Poems from Divan Shams Tabrizi is a guide written to help set us free from our ignorance and the prison of our minds which keeps us occupied in misery, fear, and guilt. Rumis teaching is based on the foundations of Sufifism which is divine love, worship, simplicity and moderation, goodness, consciousness of God, humbleness, and tolerance. The most celebrated relationship in Rumis spiritual development was with Shams Tabrizi, whom he met in Konya. Through their spiritual teamwork, they enlightened many people and also influenced all the centuries which followed. This guide was written to help people reach their ultimate goal of attaining Nirvanaa state of mind when all our desires subside and we live in total harmony, peace, serenity and total stillness of the mind. it represents the final goal of Buddhism. Freedom from Yourself enables everyone to go deeper into the meaning of Shams Tabrizis poems and to apply them directly to the everyday problems we can encounter.

The Peace of Wild Things

The Peace of Wild Things
Title The Peace of Wild Things PDF eBook
Author Wendell Berry
Publisher Penguin UK
Pages 146
Release 2018-02-22
Genre Poetry
ISBN 0141987138

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If you stop and look around you, you'll start to see. Tall marigolds darkening. A spring wind blowing. The woods awake with sound. On the wooden porch, your love smiling. Dew-wet red berries in a cup. On the hills, the beginnings of green, clover and grass to be pasture. The fowls singing and then settling for the night. Bright, silent, thousands of stars. You come into the peace of simple things. From the author of the 'compelling' and 'luminous' essays of The World-Ending Fire comes a slim volume of poems. Tender and intimate, these are consoling songs of hope and of healing; short, simple meditations on love, death, friendship, memory and belonging. They celebrate and elevate what is sensuous about life, and invite us to pause and appreciate what is good in life, to stop and savour our fleeting moments of earthly enjoyment. And, when fear for the future keeps us awake at night, to come into the peace of wild things.

Love's Exquisite Freedom

Love's Exquisite Freedom
Title Love's Exquisite Freedom PDF eBook
Author Maya Angelou
Publisher
Pages 34
Release 2011
Genre Art
ISBN 1599621037

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A love poem by Maya Angelou is enhanced with the paintings of Sir Edward Burne-Jones.

Selected Poems of Luis de Góngora

Selected Poems of Luis de Góngora
Title Selected Poems of Luis de Góngora PDF eBook
Author Luis de Góngora
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 291
Release 2008-09-15
Genre Poetry
ISBN 0226140628

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Making Luis de Góngora’s work available to contemporary English-language readers without denying his historical context, Selected Poems of Luis de Góngora presents him as not only one of the greatest and most complex poets of his time, but also the funniest and most charismatic. From longer works, such as “The Fable of Polyphemus and Galatea,” to shorter ballads, songs, and sonnets, John Dent-Young’s free translations capture Góngora’s intensely musical voice and transmit the individuality and self-assuredness of the poet. Substantial introductions and extensive notes provide personal and historical context, explain the ubiquitous puns and erotic innuendo, and discuss translation choices. A significant edition of this seminal and challenging poet, Selected Poems of Luis de Góngora will find an eager audience among students of poetry and scholars studying the history and literature of Spain.

Peace - Selected Poems

Peace - Selected Poems
Title Peace - Selected Poems PDF eBook
Author Jeanne Marie Brohl
Publisher Dorrance Publishing
Pages 105
Release 2009-11
Genre Poetry
ISBN 1434963462

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