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Collected Poems of Edna St. Vincent MillayCollected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Edna St. Vincent Millay
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I know that beauty must ail and die/and will be born again - but ah, to see/ beauty, stiffened, staring up at the sky!/oh autumn! autumn! what is spring to me!
What Lips My Lips Have Kissed: The Loves and Love Poems of Edna St. Vincent MillayWhat Lips My Lips Have Kissed: The Loves and Love Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Daniel Mark Epstein
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an enchanting biography of an incredible, aluring woman who lived the poetry she wrote
Walt Whitman: Poetry and Prose (Library of America)Walt Whitman: Poetry and Prose (Library of America) by Walt Whitman
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Comerado, I give you my hand!/I give you my love more precious than money,/will you give me yourself? will you come travel with me?/shall we stick by each other as long as we live?
Walt Whitman: The Song of HimselfWalt Whitman: The Song of Himself by Jerome Loving
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a fine biography of America's greatest poet
E. E. Cummings: Complete Poems, 1904-1962E. E. Cummings: Complete Poems, 1904-1962 by E. E. Cummings
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deeds cannot dream what dreams can do/ - time is a tree (this life one leaf)/ but love is the sky and I am for you/ just so long and long enough
Dreams in the Mirror: A Biography of E.E. Cummings (A Liveright Book)Dreams in the Mirror: A Biography of E.E. Cummings (A Liveright Book) by Richard S. Kennedy
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a must read for Cummings fans
The Collected Poems of W.B. YeatsThe Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by William Butler Yeats
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hate on and love through unrepining hours./ before us lies eternity; our souls/ are love, and a continual farewell
Yeats: The Man and the MasksYeats: The Man and the Masks by Richard Ellmann
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the definative work on the greatest Irish poet of modern times
Collected Poems 1947-1980Collected Poems 1947-1980 by Allen Ginsberg
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Everything is holy! Everybody's holy! Everywhere is holy! Everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an angel!...Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent kindness of the soul!
Poetry and Life Allen Ginsberg: A Narrative PoemPoetry and Life Allen Ginsberg: A Narrative Poem by Edward Sanders
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this is a grand tribute, the life of the greatest Beat poet as a poem, told by another Beat poet
The Complete Poetry & Prose of William BlakeThe Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake by William Blake
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to see a world in a grain of sand,/ and heaven in a wild flower,/ hold infinity in the palm of your hand,/ and eternity in an hour
Fearful SymmetryFearful Symmetry by Northrop Frye
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a truly magnificent book! if you want to enter the mind of Blake, this is your read
Complete PoemsComplete Poems by Char Baudelaire
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Come you, o Beauty, from the sky profound/ or the abyss? Infernal and divine,/ Your glance sheds sin and blessing, and confounds,/ and you can be compared in this with wine.
Artificial Paradises: Baudelaire's Masterpiece on HashishArtificial Paradises: Baudelaire's Masterpiece on Hashish by D. Baudelaire
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Baudelaire writes of the substances that inspired and destroyed him
Rimbaud Complete (Modern Library)Rimbaud Complete (Modern Library) by Arthur Rimbaud
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Jeanne-Marie has strong hands,/..have they drunk from barbaric skies,/ calm on charming knees?/ Have they rolled cigars/ or traded in diamonds?
Rimbaud: A BiographyRimbaud: A Biography by Graham Robb
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amazing poet, lousy human being
The Complete Poems and Songs of Robert BurnsThe Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Geddes
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Let other poets raise a fracas/ 'bout vines, an' wines, an' drucken Bacchus,/ An' crabbit names an' stories wrack us,/ an' grate our lug:/ I sing the juice Scotch bear can mak us,/ in glass or jug
Dirt & Deity: Life of Robert BurnsDirt & Deity: Life of Robert Burns by Ian McIntyre
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the life and times of Scotland's greatest poet
War Is Kind and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)War Is Kind and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions) by Stephen Crane
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"Think as I think," said a man,/ "or you are abominably wicked,/ you are a toad."/ And after I had thought about it,/ I said, "I will then be a toad."
Stephen Crane: A Critical BiographyStephen Crane: A Critical Biography by John Berryman
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the life of a great talent, too soon extinguished
Pill Versus the Springhill Mine DisasterPill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster by Richard Brautigan
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The petals of the vagina unfold/ like Christopher Columbus/ taking off his shoes./ Is there anything more beautiful/ than the bow of a ship/ touching a new world?
You Can't Catch Death: A Daughter's MemoirYou Can't Catch Death: A Daughter's Memoir by Ianthe Brautigan
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The Complete Poems of Carl SandburgThe Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg by Carl Sandburg
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Thrust laughter from your diaphragm whensoever/ be perpendicular till the finish,/ you will be horizontal long enough afterward/ with toes shoving up the daisies/ yielding to the Earth's ancient mulch
Carl Sandburg: A BiographyCarl Sandburg: A Biography by Penelope Niven
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Poetical Works: Tennyson (Wordsworth Poetry Library)Poetical Works: Tennyson (Wordsworth Poetry Library) by Alfred Tennyson
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But every hour is saved from that eternal silence,..and this grey spirit yearning in desire to follow knowledge like a sinking star beyond the utmost bound of human thought