The Dream Songs

The Dream Songs
Author: John Berryman
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2014-10-21
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1466879637

The complete Dream Songs--hypnotic, seductive, masterful--as thrilling to read now as they ever were John Berryman's The Dream Songs are perhaps the funniest, saddest, most intricately wrought cycle of oems by an American in the twentieth century. They are also, more simply, the vibrantly sketched adventures of a uniquely American antihero named Henry. Henry falls in and out of love, and is in and out of the hospital; he sings of joy and desire, and of beings at odds with the world. He is lustful; he is depressed. And while Henry is breaking down and cracking up and patching himself together again, Berryman is doing the same thing to the English language, crafting electric verses that defy grammar but resound with an intuitive truth: "if he had a hundred years," Henry despairs in "Dream Song 29," "& more, & weeping, sleepless, in all them time / Henry could not make good." This volume collects both 77 Dream Songs, which won Berryman the Pulitzer Prize in 1965, and their continuation, His Toy, His Dream, His Rest, which was awarded the National Book Award and the Bollingen Prize in 1969. The Dream Songs are witty and wild, an account of madness shot through with searing insight, winking word play, and moments of pure, soaring elation. This is a brilliantly sustained and profoundly moving performance that has not yet-and may never be-equaled.

Dream Song

Dream Song
Author: Linda Ladd
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1497616093

In early nineteenth-century America, a woman takes flight to protect a young boy—but love is about to catch up to her. Bethany Cole and her young charge, Peeto, are running for their lives, following the raging waters of the Mississippi to freedom, escaping the ruthless Luke Randall, Peeto’s father. When Luke finds Bethany and his son gone, he immediately vows to track down the lovely “kidnapper.” However, he isn’t counting on Bethany’s strength of will and determination. As she braves crossing the river and traversing the lawless lands of the frontier, Bethany shows him just what she’s made of. Now, Luke finds his resolve weakening in the face of Bethany’s beauty. She taunts and tantalizes him . . . but remains just out of reach, as a supreme battle of wills turns into a sweetly passionate surrender for the two adversaries. They began as enemies, but couldn’t defy the overwhelming need that brought them together.

Dream Song

Dream Song
Author: Paul Mariani
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Total Pages: 581
Release: 2016-03-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1595347674

Dream Song is the story of John Berryman, one of the most gifted poets of a generation that included Elizabeth Bishop, Randall Jarrell, Robert Lowell, and Dylan Thomas. Using Berryman's unpublished letters and poetry, as well as interviews with those who knew him intimately, Paul Mariani captures Berryman's genius and the tragedy that dogged him, while at the same time illuminating one of the most provocative periods in American letters. Here we witness Berryman's struggles with alcohol and drugs, his obsession with women and fame, and his friendships with luminary writers of the century. Mariani creates an unforgettable portrait of a poet who, by the time of his suicide at age fifty-seven, had won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award.

Hand to Hold

Hand to Hold
Author: JJ Heller
Publisher: WaterBrook
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2021-07-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593193253

This heartwarming picture book reassures children that a parent’s love never lets go—based on the poignant lyrics of JJ Heller’s beloved lullaby “Hand to Hold.” “May the living light inside you be the compass as you go / May you always know you have my hand to hold.” With delightful illustrations and an engaging rhyme scheme, this book offers the promise of security and love every child’s heart longs to know. From skipping stones and counting stars to climbing trees and telling stories, every moment is wrapped snugly in the certain warmth of a parent’s presence and God’s blessing. With poignancy and joy, this bedtime read captures the unconditional love parents want their children to know but so often fail to express amid the chaos of daily life.

Poems

Poems
Author: John Berryman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2004
Genre:
ISBN: 9780571217816

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to some of the greatest poets in our literature. John Berryman (1914-72) was a poet from an immensely gifted generation of American poets that included Robert Lowell, Randall Jarrell and Elizabeth Bishop. His long sequence The Dream Songs has become an enduring landmark in American poetry and a tribute to Berryman's own endurance in the face of alcoholism, depression and mental instability. In 1972 he leaped to his death from a bridge above the Mississippi River.

Stevie Nicks - Greatest Hits (Songbook)

Stevie Nicks - Greatest Hits (Songbook)
Author: Stevie Nicks
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2007-07-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1458466868

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Assembles 14 smash hits from this mystical singer/songwriter's solo career, as well as her days fronting Fleetwood Mac: Bella Donna * Edge of Seventeen * If Anyone Falls * Landslide * Leather and Lace * Rhiannon * Sorcerer * Stand Back * Stop Draggin' My Heart Around * Talk to Me * more.

His Toy, His Dream, His Rest

His Toy, His Dream, His Rest
Author: John Berryman
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2014-10-21
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1466879564

His Toy, His Dream, His Rest continues and concludes John Berryman's poem called The Dream Songs, begun in 77 Dream Songs, which was published in 1964 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. This longer volume contains 308 songs in all, starting, of course, with number 78. "Some of the people who addressed themselves to 77 Dream Songs went so desperately astray," writes the author, "that I permit myself one word. The poem then, whatever its wide cast of characters, is essentially about an imaginary character (not the poet, not me) named Henry, a white American in early middle age sometimes in blackface, who has suffered an irreversible loss and talks about himself sometimes in the first person, sometimes in the third, sometimes even in the second; he has a friend, never named, who addresses him as Mr Bones and variants therof. Requiescant in pace."

Dreamsongs: Volume I

Dreamsongs: Volume I
Author: George R. R. Martin
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 722
Release: 2012-10-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0553385682

Even before A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin had already established himself as a giant in the field of fantasy literature. The first of two stunning collections, Dreamsongs: Volume I is a rare treat for readers, offering fascinating insight into his journey from young writer to award-winning master. Gathered here in Dreamsongs: Volume I are the very best of George R. R. Martin’s early works, including his Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker award–winning stories, cool fan pieces, and the original novella The Ice Dragon, from which Martin’s New York Times bestselling children’s book of the same title originated. A dazzling array of subjects and styles that features extensive author commentary, Dreamsongs, Volume I is the perfect collection for both Martin devotees and a new generation of fans. “Fans, genre historians and aspiring writers alike will find this shelf-bending retrospective as impressive as it is intriguing.”—Publishers Weekly “Dreamsongs is the ideal way to discover . . . a master of science fiction, fantasy and horror. . . . Martin is a writer like no other.”—The Guardian (U.K.) PRAISE FOR GEORGE R. R. MARTIN “Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best. In fact . . . this is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien.”—Time “Long live George Martin . . . a literary dervish, enthralled by complicated characters and vivid language, and bursting with the wild vision of the very best tale tellers.”—The New York Times “I always expect the best from George R. R. Martin, and he always delivers.”—Robert Jordan

Dodo la planète do, 2

Dodo la planète do, 2
Author: Patrick Lacoursière
Publisher: La Montagne secrète
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9782923163062

Beautifully recorded lullabies from around the world are sung in the language of origin along with an illustrated bedtime story--in English, Spanish, and French--about an imaginary journey to unknown lands. Performers Sylva Balassanian, Mary Fujiwara Burke, Juan Jose Carranza, Hart-Rouge, H'sao, Paul Kunigis, and Nathalie Picard share their culture in offering lovely, warm lead vocals and harmonies, supported by a highly skilled group of musicians playing more than 30 different instruments. The earth-toned, dreamlike illustrations reflect both the subject and country of origin of each song.