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Entering the silence: becoming a monk & writer
Par Thomas Merton. 1996
In these diaries the author tells of entering the novitiate and adjusting to the ascetic Trappist regimen. His comments reveal…
his early impressions of the monastery, the conflict he felt between writing and contemplation, and his embrace of prayer and solitude as a way of lifeThe gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt
Par Leonard Fisher. 1997
Introduces thirteen of the major Egyptian deities, beginning with the sun god Ra. Describes what each represented, how each was…
depicted artistically, and explains each god's role in ancient mythology. For grades 3-6Alive together: new and selected poems
Par Lisel Mueller. 1996
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Includes works published over almost four decades as well as newer works. The…
poems celebrate the human capacity for love and joy, and the experience of family, music, and languageEffort at speech: new and selected poems
Par William Meredith. 1997
Meredith presents selections from his eight previously published collections spanning 1944 to 1987 and twelve new poems. Michael Collier explains…
in the introduction that the title Effort at Speech is more than apt because in 1983 a stroke left Meredith with expressive aphasia--a struggle for speech. National Book Award winnerThe essential Rumi
Par Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī. 1995
Contemporary translation of spiritual poetry by the Sufi mystic Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273). These poems were created during Rumi's work with…
a dervish learning community that was "exploring the mystery of union with the divine." Some descriptions of sexA sample of Native North American song-poems, including an Inuit's song about the first airplane he ever saw, Navajo chantaways,…
hunting songs, and lullabies. The introduction and notes provide background information and sourcesGod's story
Par Jan Mark. 1997
Twelve Bible stories from the Old Testament retold for modern readers. Includes the story of the Creation, Cain and Abel,…
Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, Moses, Joseph, the parting of the Red Sea, and others. For grades 6-9Run to the mountain: the story of a vocation
Par Thomas Merton. 1995
This volume of Merton's diaries recalls events as America stands on the brink of war and the author, on the…
threshold of a religious vocation. Entries describe the intellectual and quotidian life of the young writer and college instructor, and his spiritual journey from the secular world to monastic seclusionBirthday letters
Par Ted Hughes. 1998
Thirty-five years after Sylvia Plath's suicide, her husband, Ted Hughes, responds with eighty-eight poems. Arranged chronologically, the poems depict their…
courtship, marriage, and an imagined sixtieth birthday reunion in her honor. BestsellerHollander and an eleven-member advisory committee selected favorite poems for memorization or, at least, careful reading. The poems--generally short, rhythmic,…
and with intense imagery--are categorized as sonnets, songs, counsels, tales, and meditations. They include works by poets ranging from Shakespeare to Yeats to FrostOtherwise: new and selected poems
Par Jane Kenyon. 1996
Kenyon made these selections to be included in her last book shortly before her death. They include twenty of her…
more recent poems and favorite choices from four earlier collections. She imparts a special meaning to the everyday objects and events she describes. Donald Hall, her husband, writes an afterwordThe science of God: the convergence of scientific and biblical wisdom
Par Gerald Schroeder. 1997
Argues that modern scientific discoveries corroborate, rather than conflict with, biblical revelation. Observes, for example, that the Bible's account of…
the creation of the universe is consistent with Einstein's theory of relativity and with "big bang" cosmologyAn international selection of more than forty poets presented in chronological order. Includes Sappho of Ancient Greece, Charles Baudelaire of…
France, Pablo Neruda of Chile, and J.E. Wei of Taiwan. Editor chose poems the "shook" her. For junior and senior high schoolApril twilights (1903): poems
Par Willa Cather. 1976
Originally published in 1903, this volume of poetry is renowned novelist Willa Cather's first book. These thirty-seven poems contain some…
lines that became well known, such as "I sought the wood in winter/When every leaf was dead" and "Grandmother, think not I forget . . ." Many poems reflect Cather's interest in nature. This edition contains an introduction by Bernice SloteA search for solitude: pursuing the monk's true life
Par Thomas Merton. 1996
In these diaries the author reflects on the monastic life, his spiritual and intellectual interests, and his personal struggles to…
balance solitude with social action outside the monastery. Offers observations on nature, religion, and philosophyWest wind: poems and prose poems
Par Mary Oliver. 1997
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award presents forty pieces. In "Seven White Butterflies," "Pilot Snake," "Sand…
Dabs, Three," and "Black Snake This Time," among others, Oliver celebrates particular features of nature. In other selections, she ponders love and death while encouraging appreciation of the natural worldSelected poems, 1960-1990
Par Maxine Kumin. 1997
The 1973 Pulitzer Prize winner presents pieces from nine volumes spanning thirty years. Her poems speak of nature, animals, and…
people both dead and alive. Kumin also broaches topics of the soul and religionShaker hearts
Par Ann Turner. 1997
Describes how the Shakers, founded by Ann Lee and her followers who came to America from England in 1774, centered…
their sect around the theme of "Hands to work, hearts to God." The author portrays their daily life, showing how they dedicated themselves to God while building practical, self-sufficient communities. For grades 3-6 and older readersIn this anniversary anthology, editor Sam Hamill has selected nearly 300 poems by Copper Canyon Press poets. The sampling is…
arranged alphabetically by poet's name and includes Hayden Carruth, Carolyn Kizer, and Pablo Neruda. Hamill's introduction covers the history of the press and its "commitment to publishing poetry exclusively."The complete poems to solve
Par May Swenson. 1993
A collection of seventy-two poems celebrating the natural world, including such topics as cats, birds, water, sound, space and flight,…
and creatures. The first group of poems are riddles that challenge the reader to figure out what the poet is describing. For grades 5-8 and older readers