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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Prophet
Kahlil Gibran · 107 pages
Reflections by the Lebanese poet, mystic, and painter on such subjects as love, marriage, joy and sorrow, crime and punishment, pain, and self-knowlege.
I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy
Hafez · 91 pages
From the renowned translator of The Gift, a rich collection that brings the great Sufi poet to Western readersTo Persians , the poems of Hafiz are not "classical literature" from a remote past but cherished wisdom from a dear and intimate friend that continue to be quoted in daily life. With uncanny insight, Hafiz captures the many forms and stages of love. His poetry outlines the stages of the my
To This Day: For the Bullied and Beautiful
Shane L. Koyczan · 70 pages
In February 2013, Shane Koyczan's passionate anti-bullying poem "To This Day" electrified the world. An animated video of the lyric narrative went viral, racking up over 12 million hits to date and inspiring an international movement against bullying in schools. Shane later performed the piece to sustained applause on the stage of the 2013 annual TED Conference. Now this extraordinary work has bee
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman · 415 pages
**Leaves of Grass** is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman. First published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and rewriting *Leaves of Grass*, revising it multiple times until his death. There have been held to be either six or nine individual editions of Leaves of Grass, the count varying depending on how they are distinguished.[2] This resulted in vastly
Instructions
Neil Gaiman · 40 pages
This advice for travelling through a fairytale landscape might just save you from being eaten by wolves or being lost for ever, but it is also a charming metaphor for living courageously and taking risks.
All the World
Liz Garton Scanlon · 40 pages
Pictures and rhyming text celebrate a family's day spent going to the beach, shopping at the market, eating at a restaurant and spending the evening with the rest of the extended family.
Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul
Nikita Gill · 176 pages
Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children
Sandra L. Pinkney
Photographs and poetic text celebrate the beauty and diversity of African American children.
Dog Songs
Mary Oliver · 144 pages
"Beloved by her readers, special to the poet's own heart, Mary Oliver's dog poems offer a special window into her world. Dog Songs collects some of the most cherished poems together with new works, offering a portrait of Oliver's relationship to the companions that have accompanied her daily walks, warmed her home, and inspired her work. To be illustrated with images of the dogs themselves, the su
And Still I Rise
Maya Angelou, Linda Sunshine, Diego Rivera · 112 pages
Maya Angelou's third poetry collection, a unique celebration of life, consists of rhythms of strength, love, and remembrance, songs of the street, and lyrics of the heart.
Good Poems for Hard Times
Charles Bukowski, Robert Burns, Hayden Carruth, Raymond Carver, Billy Collins, Noel Coward, Carl Dennis, E.E. Cummings, Emily Dickinson, Stephen Dobyns, Fleur Adcock, John Donne, Rita Dove, Stephen Dunn, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Robert Frost, Erica Funkhouser, Donald Hall, Patricia Hampl, Thomas Hardy · 356 pages
From the beloved creator of A Prairie Home Companion, a timely, thoughtful collection of poems that provide solace and wisdomWhen Garrison Keillor published Good Poems, he touched a chord in readers across America. The anthology of poems he selected for their "wit, their simplicity, their passion, and their utter clarity in the face of everything else a person has to deal with" inspired thousands
The Princess Saves Herself in this One
Amanda Lovelace · 177 pages
"From Amanda Lovelace, a poetry collection in four parts: the princess, the damsel, the queen, and you. The first three sections piece together the life of the author while the final section serves as a note to the reader. This moving book explores love, loss, grief, healing, empowerment, and inspiration"--Publisher's website.
Happy to Be Nappy
bell hooks
Happy to be nappy! Happy with hair all short and strong. Happy with locks that twist and curl. Just all girl happy! Happy to be nappy hair!
Love That Dog
Sharon Creech · 86 pages
*Love that Dog* is a story about a young boy named Jack, and how he learns to love poetry. At the same time, he learns to open up about his feelings on a subject learned only if you read the book. The novel is empathetic, joyful, and quite heartbreaking at times, hence creating a great book.
Good Poems
Garrison Keillor · 476 pages
Every day people tune in to The Writer's Almanac on public radio and hear Garrison Keillor read them a poem. And here, for the first time, is an anthology of poems from the show, chosen by Keillor for their wit, their frankness, their passion, their "utter clarity in the face of everything else a person has to deal with at 7 a.m."Good Poems includes verse about lovers, children, failure, everyday
Book of Longing
Leonard Cohen · 240 pages
Book of Longing is Leonard Cohen's first book of new poetry since Book of Mercy was published two decades ago. It collects Cohen's poetry written between the 1980s and the present, and also includes his wonderfully witty and sensuous illustrations, including numerous playful self-portraits. The illustrations interact with, and complement, the poetry in unexpected and fascinating ways. Book of Long
Songs of Experience
William Blake · 64 pages