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In these poems, the joys and struggles of the everyday are played against the grinding politics of being human. Beginning in a hotel room in the dark of a distant city, we travel through history and follow the memory of the Trail of Tears from the bend in the Tallapoosa River to a place near the Arkansas River. Stomp dance songs, blues, and jazz ballads echo throughout. Lost ancestors are recalled. Resilient songs are born, even as they grieve the...

"A wild, seductive debut collection that presents a powerful journey of struggle and healing-and a spellbinding brew of folklore, movies, music, and ritual"--

"With her breakout bestseller Keep Moving, Maggie Smith captured the nation with her "meditations on kindness and hope" (NPR). Now, with Goldenrod, the award-winning poet returns with a powerful collection of poems that look at parenthood, solitude, love, and memory. Pulling objects from everyday life--a hallway mirror, a rock found in her son's pocket, a field of goldenrods at the side of the road--she reveals the magic of the present moment. Only...

A comprehensive anthology of more than three hundred poems, organized chronologically in order of their publication, features works from "Fires," "Where the Water Comes Together With Other Water," and "A New Path to the Waterfall."

"In his third collection of poems, Atticus takes us on an adventure to discover the truth about magic. Through heartbreak and falling in love, looking back and looking forward, he writes about finding ourselves, finding our purpose, and the simple joys of life with grace, wit, and longing. Whether it's drinking wine out of oak barrels, laughing until you cry, dancing in old barns until the sun comes up, or making love on sandy beaches, Atticus reminds...

Penguin proudly presents an unparalleled survey of the best poems of the past century. Selecting from the canon of American poetry throughout the 20th century, Dove has created an anthology that represents the full spectrum of aesthetic sensibilities--from styles and voices to themes and cultures--while balancing important poems with significant periods of each poet. 800 pp. 35,000 print.

Collection of over 400 American poems written by twenty American poets including Edward Taylor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edgar Allan Poe, E.E. Cummings, Emily Dickinson, and Robert Frost.

Most readers know Mary Karr as the author of the widely acclaimed and bestselling memoirs The Liars' Club and Cherry. But before those two books, Karr won praise as a poet whose "bracing, tight-lipped" poems "take on the bedevilments of fate and grief with a diabolical edge of their own" (Poetry). Karr's third collection portrays personal catharsis in many guises -- sexual, familial, spiritual. Various beloveds are birthed and buried in precise, touching...

Pinsky, distinguished poet and man of letters, selects the top 100 poems from 25 years of "The Best American Poetry," the most prestigious poetry publication in the United States.

At last, a compact, powerful overview of one of America's most beloved and radical poets--spanning more than six decades of work--IPage