Society and Solitude and Other Essays

Society and Solitude and Other Essays
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2020-05-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780371919262

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

Gazing at the Moon

Gazing at the Moon
Author: Meredith McKinney
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1611809428

A fresh translation of the classical Buddhist poetry of Saigyō, whose aesthetics of nature, love, and sorrow came to epitomize the Japanese poetic tradition. Saigyō, the Buddhist name of Fujiwara no Norikiyo (1118–1190), is one of Japan’s most famous and beloved poets. He was a recluse monk who spent much of his life wandering and seeking after the Buddhist way. Combining his love of poetry with his spiritual evolution, he produced beautiful, lyrical lines infused with a Buddhist perception of the world. Gazing at the Moon presents over one hundred of Saigyō’s tanka—traditional 31-syllable poems—newly rendered into English by renowned translator Meredith McKinney. This selection of poems conveys Saigyō’s story of Buddhist awakening, reclusion, seeking, enlightenment, and death, embodying the Japanese aesthetic ideal of mono no aware—to be moved by sorrow in witnessing the ephemeral world.

Absolute Solitude

Absolute Solitude
Author: Dulce Maria Loynaz
Publisher: Archipelago
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2016-05-24
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0914671235

In the first comprehensive selection and translation of Dulce María Loynaz's poetry, James O'Connor invites us to hear the haunting voice of Cuba's celebrated poet, whom the Nobel Laureate Juan Ramón Jiménez terms in his Foreword, "archaic and new...tender, weightless, rich in abandon." Widely published in Spain during the 1950s, Loynaz's poetry was almost forgotten in Cuba after the Revolution. International recognition came to her late: at the age of ninety she was living in seclusion in Havana when the Royal Spanish Academy awarded her the 1992 Cervantes Prize, the highest literary accolade in the Spanish language. The first English publication of her work, Absolute Solitude contains a selection of poems from each of Loynaz's books, including the acclaimed prose poems from Poems with No Names, a selection of posthumously published work.

Poetry Pharmacy

Poetry Pharmacy
Author: William Sieghart
Publisher: Particular Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2025-09-25
Genre: English poetry
ISBN: 9780141987576

Sometimes only a poem will do. These poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice offer comfort, delight and inspiration for all; a space for reflection, and that precious realization - I'm not the only one who feels like this. In the years since he first had the idea of prescribing short, powerful poems for all manner of spiritual ailments, William Sieghart has taken his Poetry Pharmacy around the length and breadth of Britain, into the pages of the Guardian, onto BBC Radio 4 and onto the television, honing his prescriptions all the time. This pocket-sized book presents the most essential poems in his dispensary- those which, again and again, have really shown themselves to work. Whether you are suffering from loneliness, lack of courage, heartbreak, hopelessness, or even from an excess of ego, there is something here to ease your pain.

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
Author: William Wordsworth
Publisher: Lobster Press
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2007-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781897073254

"The classic Wordsworth poem is depicted in vibrant illustrations, perfect for pint-sized poetry fans."

How to Be Alone

How to Be Alone
Author: Tanya Davis
Publisher: Harper
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780062280848

Since its debut on YouTube, Tanya Davis’s beautiful and perceptive poem "How to Be Alone," visually realized by artist and filmmaker Andrea Dorfman, has become an international sensation. In this edition of How to Be Alone, they have adapted the poem and its compelling illustrations for the page in a beautiful, meditative volume—a keepsake to treasure and to share. From a solitary walk in the woods to sitting unaccompanied on a city park bench to eating a meal and even dancing alone, How to Be Alone, reveals the possibilities and joys waiting to be discovered when we engage in activities on our own. As she soothes the disquietude that accompanies the fear of aloneness, and celebrates the power of solitude to change how we see ourselves and the world, Tanya reveals how, removed from the noise and distractions of other lives, we can find acceptance and grace within. For those who have never been by themselves or those who embrace being on their own, How to Be Alone encourages us to recognize and embrace the possibilities of being alone—and reminds us of a universe of joy, peace, and discovery waiting to unfold.

IRL

IRL
Author: Tommy Pico
Publisher: Birds
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780991429868

Composed as a long text message, this poem asks what happens to a modern, queer indigenous person a few generations after his ancestors were alienated from their language, their religion, and their history.

The Lonely Penguin

The Lonely Penguin
Author: Simon Colinson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2021-02
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9781989795064

This is the story of The Lonely Penguin, born from a place of brokenness. When all hope is scarce there appears one final path to self-discovery.