American Happiness is an eclectic collection of verse from a bold poet of everyday life, Jacqueline Allen Trimble. Ironically titled, the work addresses everything from the death of parents to racial tension to the encroachment of coyotes into urban spaces. The title is taken from a poem in the book which considers the kinder, gentler exploits of Sheriff Andy and Deputy Barney during a time when Southern law enforcement was neither universally k ...
Splitting the Moon tracks Joel Hayward's intriguing journey into Islam, his fascination with the mysteries of faith, his experiences and observations as a Western Muslim, and his thoughts on the state of the Ummah (Islamic community) today. He writes his poetry to capture events each day in the way that some people keep a diary, both deeply personal and reflective. ...
Ob Liebesbotschaft oder Memento mori, ob schauerliche Ballade oder heiterer Wortwitz die deutsche Dichtung des 18., 19. und beginnenden 20. Jahrhunderts bietet zwischen hoher Kunst und schelmischem Sprachspiel eine wunderbare Vielfalt. Gro?e Stimmen interpretieren die schonsten Gedichte in einer so weit gefassten Auswahl, wie es sie bisher noch nicht gab. ...
Wer ist John Maynard? Wenn Sie mehr erfahren wollen, horen Sie Theodor Fontanes Ballade um den mutigen Steuermann John Maynard, gelesen von Christian Rode (die Aufnahme ist ursprunglich erschienen im «Hausschatz deutscher Balladen»). Zusatzlich finden Sie auf diesem Horbuch eine kleine Auswahl bekannter Gedichte und Balladen aus der Feder von des gro?en Realisten, unter anderem auch «Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland» gelesen von Eva Mat ...
Considered to be one of the most difficult poems in the history of the English language, «The Faerie Queen» by Edmund Spenser is a marvelous epic poem depicting the virtues of the legendary King Arthur and his knights in a mythical place called Faerieland. Spenser based his interpretation of the virtues on those named by Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas. Each one of the seven books discusses a different hero who displays one of these virtues; howeve ...
"The Diary of an Old Soul" is a collection of 366 daily Christian devotional poems by Scottish author, poet, and Christian Minister George MacDonald. Known primarily for his fantasy works and fairy tales, MacDonald was heavily influenced in his life and his writings by theology. This influence can easily be seen in «The Diary of an Old Soul» as well as in many of his fictional works too. ...
"A Child's Garden of Verses" is Robert Louis Stevenson's classic collection of children's poems. The following poems are included: To Alison Cunningham, Bed in Summer, A Thought, At the Sea-Side, Young Night-Thought, Whole Duty of Children, Rain, Pirate Story, Foreign Lands, Windy Nights, Travel, Singing, Looking Forward, A Good Play, Where Go the Boats?, Auntie's Skirts, The Land of Counterpane, The Land of Nod, My Shad ...
Farid ud-Din Attar (1145/46 – 1221) was a Persian poet, druggist, and social theorist of Sufism, who wrote much of his poetry while treating hundreds of patients a day with his herbal remedies. As a young man he made a pilgrimage to Mecca, and sought wisdom during his travels in Egypt, Damascus and India. His masterpiece, «The Conference of the Birds», has survived centuries because of its captivating poetic style and its symbolic exploration on ...
