Poetry - all the very best poets of history. Timeless in talent and creativity. E-Books for free online viewing and/or download Literature & Fiction >> Poetry e-books in this category Standing in a Cloud Standing in a Cloud by Dennis Thomas - Bibliotastic , 2011 The book is for the connoisseur of fine poetry. It has Sir Walter Scotts epic sweep, Arthur Schopenhauers Wille zum Leben, and Shelleys fluidity of movement, among other qualities, all distilled with Dennis Thomas characteristic aplomb. (2976 views) Moonlit JourneyMoonlit Journey by Owen Johnston , 2012 Please join me on this quest through dark passages -- yet there are rays of hope throughout as we seek paradise. This book contains a range of poetic and prosaic writing styles in one compilation that is thick with liminalism and imagery. (2040 views) Poetrys Afterlife: Verse in the Digital AgePoetrys Afterlife: Verse in the Digital Age by Kevin Stein - University of Michigan Press , 2010 The essays of this volume blend memoir, scholarship, and personal essay to survey the current poetry scene, trace how we arrived here, and suggest where poetry is headed in our increasingly digital culture. Poetrys spirited afterlife has come ... (1834 views) Perverted Proverbs: A Manual of Immorals for the ManyPerverted Proverbs: A Manual of Immorals for the Many by Harry Graham - Project Gutenberg , 2011 Virtue its own reward? Alas! And what a poor one as a rule! Be Virtuous and Life will pass Like one long term of Sunday-School. In this manual Harry Graham takes issue with conventional pearls of wisdom in rhyming verse. (2086 views) The RavenThe Raven by Edgar Allan Poe - eBooks@Adelaide , 2009 The Raven is a narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe. It is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking ravens mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the mans slow descent into madness. (3207 views) The Flowers of EvilThe Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire - Project Gutenberg , 2011 As you read these stark and beautiful poems you may see into the tortured psyche of the poet who wrote them. The poems themselves cover many subjects in traditional symbolist style, from cats to gypsies to corpses to a whole section on wine. (3263 views) Standing in a Cloud Standing in a Cloud by Dennis Thomas - Bibliotastic , 2011 The book is for the connoisseur of fine poetry. It has Sir Walter Scotts epic sweep, Arthur Schopenhauers Wille zum Leben, and Shelleys fluidity of movement, among other qualities, all distilled with Dennis Thomas characteristic aplomb. (2976 views) The Works of Alexander PopeThe Works of Alexander Pope by Alexander Pope - J. B. Smith & co. , 1859 This volume comprises the works of Alexander Pope. It includes The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad as well as several epitaphs, essays and epistles. It also contains poems that Pope wrote in his youth, which imitate the styles of several poets. (2675 views) Phantasmagoria and Other PoemsPhantasmagoria and Other Poems by Lewis Carroll - eBooks@Adelaide , 2010 Known for pointing out the absurdities of life in his fiction and poetry, Carroll took paranormal belief to the extreme in the satirical poem Phantasmagoria, the humorous story of an annoying ghost that is assigned to haunt a new house. (2770 views) Idylls of the KingIdylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson - eBooks@Adelaide , 2004 Tennyson interprets the Arthurian myth as an epic poem, and his tales of Camelot soar to remarkable imaginative heights to trace the birth of a king; the founding, fellowship, and decline of the Round Table; and the kings inevitable departure. (4488 views) Rhymes and Meters: a practical manual for versifiersRhymes and Meters: a practical manual for versifiers by Horatio Winslow - The Editor Publishing Company , 1909 This book arranges in a convenient form the fundamentals of verse -- enough for the student who takes up verse as a literary exercise or for the older verse writer who has fallen into a rut or who is a bit shaky on theory. (4670 views) Leaves of GrassLeaves of Grass by Walt Whitman - Pennsylvania State University , 2007 Walt Whitman created a daringly new kind of poetry that became a major force in world literature. First published in 1855 with only twelve poems, it was greeted as the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed. (8827 views) The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe ShelleyThe Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Percy Bysshe Shelley - Pennsylvania State University , 2003 Shelley was one of the major English romantic poets and is among the finest lyric poets in the English language. This edition of his poetical works contains all Shelleys ascertained poems and fragments of verse that have hitherto appeared in print. (5102 views) Paradise LostParadise Lost by John Milton - Pennsylvania State University , 1998 Paradise Lost is the great epic poem of the English language, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight a bitter battle for control of mankinds destiny. (5015 views) The KalevalaThe Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot - Pennsylvania State University , 2004 The Kalevala is a book and epic poem compiled from Finnish and Karelian folklore in the nineteenth century. It is held to be the national epic of Finland and is traditionally thought of as one of the most significant works of Finnish literature. (6815 views) Nonsense BooksNonsense Books by Edward Lear - Project Gutenberg , 2004 Edward Lear was renowned for his literary nonsense, especially his limericks, a form that he popularized. Lears nonsense works are distinguished by a facility of verbal invention and a poets delight in the sounds of words, both real and imaginary. (3994 views) The Poems of Emily DickinsonThe Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson - Pennsylvania State University , 2003 The Poems of Emily Dickinson, published at various intervals after her death in 1886, and in a volume entitled The Single Hound, published in 1914, with the addition of a few before omitted, are here collected in a final complete edition. (5655 views) Collected Poems of Oscar WildeCollected Poems of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde - eBooks@Adelaide , 2009 Wilde, more famous as a playwright or prisoner than as a poet, invites readers to meet an unknown and intimate figure. The poetry of his formative years includes the elegy to his young sister and the grieving lyric at the death of his father. (5481 views) The Divine ComedyThe Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri - Pennsylvania State University , 1998 Led by the souls of Virgil and his love Beatrice, Dante crosses the gulfs of Hell, climbs the mountain of Purgatory and arrives through the spheres of Heaven in the presence of God. This is one of the most influential works in the Western canon. (5575 views) Don JuanDon Juan by George Gordon Byron - Pennsylvania State University , 1999 Byron’s masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan. Written in ottava rima stanza form, it blends drama with humor, outrageous satire of his contemporaries, and mockery of Western societies, with England coming under particular attack. (5299 views) The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and PoetryThe Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry by W. G. Archer - Project Gutenberg , 2004 The purpose of this book is to throw some light on Indian painting by presenting the story of Krishna in the clearest possible terms, in the form in which it has actually reached Indian minds and has influenced belief and worship. (9827 views) Where Is the Light? Poems 1955-2005Where Is the Light? Poems 1955-2005 by Oscar Mandel - Spectrum Productions , 2006 Fifty years of poetry, much of it previously published in literary journals. Oscar Mandel, Professor of literature, is the author of numerous acclaimed books of poetry, drama, essays, fiction, literary criticism, translation, and art history. (4112 views) The Compleat Panther CyclesThe Compleat Panther Cycles by William F. DeVault - Lulu , 2007 This volume has been called one of the most ambitious books of poetry ever written: the full revelation of the legendary Panther Cycles. More than six hundred and forty poems chart the ups and downs of the intensely dysfunctional love affair. (3964 views) Breath Of The Rose, And Other VerseBreath Of The Rose, And Other Verse by Annie S. Bean - Melvin Printing Co , 1916 Breath of the rose, Dreams of a Far-away World, A Summer Dusk, At Easter Time, Somewhere in Summer-Time, At Christmas Tyde, This Sorry Earth Turns Round and Round, Mount Hamilton, A Moment at the Open Door, A Wind, and more. (4109 views)
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