Physical Poetry Alphabet

Physical Poetry Alphabet
Author: Françoise Kirkland
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Alphabet books
ISBN: 9781909631298

Physical Poetry Alphabet is a photography book, a celebration of design, and a movie-all rolled into one and presented in an exuberant and lush book. One of the doyens of portrait photography in Hollywood, Douglas Kirkland works together with Françoise Kirkland to create a modern-day abecedarium: the inimitable acrobatic sky dancer Erika Lemay, Milanese fashion director Simone Guidarelli, and designer William Thoren. Their playful creation harks back to the corporeal origins of the alphabet, echoing similar exercises in Western culture from the Renaissance to the great works of Art Deco. Besides Douglas Kirkland's impeccable photography, we get a backstage peek at the making of these images, alongside essays by Lemay and the creative team. The book also contains an introduction by book designer and typographer Ornan Rotem on the development of the alphabet and the relationship between the human body and letters. Beautifully produced with stunning illustrations, Physical Poetry Alphabet will appeal to anyone interested in design and photography.

The Alphabet Not Unlike the World

The Alphabet Not Unlike the World
Author: Katrina Vandenberg
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2012-07-03
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1571318631

In her highly ambitious second collection of poems, Katrina Vandenberg takes her inspiration from the alphabet. A meditation on the hump of a camel, and what it hides. A reminder that tomatoes belong to the nightshade family, and a vision of the plant as Adam’s downfall. The Book of Kells, gold-leafed and extravagantly decorated by monks. Titled for letters of the Phoenician alphabet, and employing such innovative forms as the ancient ghazal, these poems are richly grounded in objects both humble and exotic. Vandenberg explores the intersection of power and forgiveness, and deciphers the seemingly indecipherable in emotionally poignant ways. “What will protect us?” one poem asks. “The words will be our weapons. In the end.” Moving between the physical and the abstract, the individual and the collective, The Alphabet Not Unlike the World unearths meaning—with astonishing beauty—from the pain of loss and separation.

Alphathoughts

Alphathoughts
Author: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2015-03-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1620917920

This clever collection of poems offers a word for each of the twenty–six letters— E for elevator, I for igloo, S for science—followed by a brief, playful definition. The subject of the poems are wide–ranging, and young readers will enjoy discovering the word or words in each poem that start with the featured letter.

Alphabet

Alphabet
Author: Inger Christensen
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2001
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780811214773

A startling and gorgeous work by Denmark's most admired poet finally available in English translation.

This Holy Alphabet

This Holy Alphabet
Author: Margaret B. Ingraham
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2012-05-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 161261275X

Deepen your conversation with God—in the nuances of the most complex Psalm. Throughout the centuries, writers have retranslated the Psalms, trying to keep alive the beauty of its images and the depth of its message, for each generation. Psalm 119 is the greatest of them all: the longest, most complex, and the one that most rewards close attention. This Holy Alphabet is a cycle of twenty-two original lyric poems which—like Psalm 119—follows the alphabetic pattern of the twenty-two consonants of the Hebrew alphabet. These meditations are rich with image and abundant with praise. Each of them strikes an intricate balance between traditional form and modern expression. Designed for both personal study and public prayer, they evoke a new sense of awe and wonder in the power of God’s word, fashioned on his alphabet, to bless, instruct, and console. Ingraham writes as a Christian, but her musical reflections capture the heart of a wisdom tradition shared by Christians and Jews alike.

The Alphabet in the Park

The Alphabet in the Park
Author: Adélia Prado
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Total Pages: 82
Release: 1990-06
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0819511773

Poetry that eloquently concentrates on the spiritual and physical lives of women. This is the first book published in English by of the work of Brazilian poet Adélia Prado. Incorporating poems published over the past fifteen years, The Alphabet in the Park is a book of passion and intelligence, wit and instinct. These are poems about human concerns, especially those of women, about living in one's body and out of it, about the physical but also the spiritual and the imaginative life. Prado also writes about ordinary matters; she insists that the human experience is both mystical and carnal. To Prado these are not contradictory: "It's the soul that's erotic," she writes. As Ellen Watson says in her introduction, "Adélia Prados poetry is a poetry of abundance. These poems overflow with the humble, grand, various stuff of daily life – necklaces, bicycles, fish; saints and prostitutes and presidents; innumerable chickens and musical instruments…And, seemingly at every turn, there is food." But also, an abundance of dark things, cancer, death, greed. These are poems of appetite, all kinds.

R is for Rhyme

R is for Rhyme
Author: Judy Young
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2013-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1627532056

Bring the magic of poetry to life with R is for Rhyme: A Poetry Alphabet. From acrostics and ballads to meter and metaphor, author and poet Judy Young has written a delightful collection of poems to illustrate poetic tools, terms and techniques. Each term or technique is demonstrated in an accompanying poem so readers can see the method at work. Whether haiku or rap, sonnets or cinquain, budding writers of all ages will be inspired to put their imaginations to work crafting their own poems.Judy Young remembers showing one of her poems to her grandmother when she was about 10 years old, and she has been in love with writing poetry ever since. Judy is the author of another Sleeping Bear Press book, S is for Show Me: A Missouri Alphabet. Judy lives with her family near Springfield, Missouri. Victor Juhasz's humorous illustrations and caricatures have been commissioned by such clients as Time, Newsweek, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times. He is also the illustrator of the popular D is for Democracy: A Citizen's Alphabet. Victor lives and works in Stephentown, New York.

Alphabet Poem

Alphabet Poem
Author: Michael Rosen
Publisher: Milet Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Alphabet
ISBN: 9781840593938

An imaginative and hilarious partnership of poetry and pictures inspired by the letters of the alphabet.

ABCs Naturally

ABCs Naturally
Author: Lynne Smith Diebel
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781931599276

Each letter features an object photographed in nature accompanied by a fun poem.

The Alphabet Parade

The Alphabet Parade
Author: Charles Ghigna
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2013
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 140488310X

Oh what a sight to see--a big parade of letters from A to Z.