Author: Linda Louise MartinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Poetry of Pain
Author: Linda Louise MartinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Prophet
Author: Kahlil GibranPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mysticism
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Offering inspiration to all, one man's philosophy of life and truth, considered one of the classics of our time.
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
Author: Susan SontagPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014191176X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
In l978 Sontag wrote Illness As Metaphor. A cancer patient herself at the time, she shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer, Sontag shows cancer for what it is - just a disease. Cancer is not a curse, not a punishment, certainly not an embarrassment, and highly curable, if good treatment is found early enough. Almost a decade later, with the outbreak of a new, stigmatised disease replete with mystifications and punitive metaphors, Sontag wrote Aids and its Metaphors, extending the argument of the earlier book to the AIDS pandemic.
Shaping the Fractured Self
Author: Heather Taylor JohnsonPublisher: Apollo Books
ISBN: 9781742589312
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Of course not all great art has its genesis in pain, and not all pain-not even a fraction-leads to the partial consolations of art. But if lancing an abscess is the surest way to healing, can poetry offer that same cleansing of emotional wounds? Shaping the Fractured Self showcases twenty-eight of Australia's finest poets who happen to live with chronic illness and pain. The autobiographical short essays, in conjunction with the three poems from each of the poets, capture the body in trauma in its many and varied moods. Because those who live with chronic illness and pain experience shifts in their relationship to it on a yearly, monthly, or daily basis, so do the words they use to describe it. This book gives voice to sufferers, carers, medical practitioners, and researchers, building understanding in a community of caring. [Subject: Chronic Illness, Poetry, Health Studies]
Lyric Poetry
Author: Mutlu BlasingPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400827418
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Lyric poetry has long been regarded as the intensely private, emotional expression of individuals, powerful precisely because it draws readers into personal worlds. But who, exactly, is the "I" in a lyric poem, and how is it created? In Lyric Poetry, Mutlu Blasing argues that the individual in a lyric is only a virtual entity and that lyric poetry takes its power from the public, emotional power of language itself. In the first major new theory of the lyric to be put forward in decades, Blasing proposes that lyric poetry is a public discourse deeply rooted in the mother tongue. She looks to poetic, linguistic, and psychoanalytic theory to help unravel the intricate historical processes that generate speaking subjects, and concludes that lyric forms convey both personal and communal emotional histories in language. Focusing on the work of such diverse twentieth-century American poets as T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, and Anne Sexton, Blasing demonstrates the ways that the lyric "I" speaks, from first to last, as a creation of poetic language.
Tumaini
Author: Jade NovelistPublisher: Jade Novelist
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Tumaini is a poetry anthology written by Jade Novelist, that serves as a partial memoir, a dedication to his late son. In this anthology, Jade eloquently uses poetry to retell the story of his relationship with the mother of his son, the loss of his son, and his journey towards healing. A trip down memory lane; retelling the history of the two lovers, where love almost conquered all. It delves into the love, sex and vulnerability felt by Jade during his relationship and mourning. The anthology places emphasis on healing. It’s a reminder that sometimes the first step to healing, is acknowledging that you are in pain. Sometimes the pain goes away, sometimes it doesn’t but no matter what, you will get to live. Tumaini is for anyone who knows of loss. The loss of self, the loss of love and the loss of a loved one. Tumaini was written for those looking for Hope.
The Nectar of Pain
Author: Najwa ZebianPublisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449499880
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In The Nectar of Pain, Zebian sheds light on the feelings and experiences that emerge from a painful heartbreak. She writes that the process of cleansing oneself of that pain—day by day, hour by hour, and second by second—is the real work of healing. With uncommon warmth and wisdom, Zebian empowers all who have lost to let go of anger and transform their suffering into the softness, sweetness, and beauty of nectar. She holds her readers by the hand as they heal.
Pain by the Authors of Pain
Author: Akam and RezarPublisher:
ISBN: 9781549612602
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
The first collection of poetry from NXT tag team champions The Authors of Pain, PAIN gives you a front row seat into the lyrical genius of Akam and Rezar."Six Stars." - Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Newsletter"Their finishing move might be called 'The Last Chapter' but I hope this is the first chapter in what I only assume will be a long and fruitful literary career." - JH Prynne, world renowned poet "Not since 'The Genius' Lanny Poffo retired decades ago has any person or people tried to pick up the mantle of wrestler/poet and after reading PAIN I can safely say, it was worth the wait."- Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods"By naming them 'The Authors of Pain' The WWE basically forced them to write a book called Pain." - National Book ReviewUnauthorized parody "written" by Akam and Rezar with help from Joey Clift, Michael Rose, Matthew Brian Cohen, Colin Hunter (KayfabeNews.com), Taylor Orci, Dino Winwood, Stephen Loh, James Hornsby, Jesse Arlen Klein, Tyler Davidson, RD Reynolds (WrestleCrap.com), Jason Wayne Christian, Matt McCarthy, Alex Newman, Mike Roe, Gene Augusto, Alex Hoffman, Brian James O'Connell, Erik W. Barnes, Joseph Porter, Nicky Urban and Daniel Weiss.
The Taxidermist's Cut
Author: Rajiv MohabirPublisher: Four Way Books Intro Prize in
ISBN: 9781935536727
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A survival guide that shows how bigotry and redemption are mapped on the psyche and on the body
The Mother/Child Papers
Author: Alicia OstrikerPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822978261
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
In 1970, as the war in Vietnam was heating up, Ostriker was awaiting the birth of her son. On April 30, President Nixon announced the bombing of Cambodia. On May 14, four students were shot and killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State University. The poems in this collection confront Ostriker’s personal tumult as she considered the world she had brought her son into.