Poetry Picks
 
 







  
Perfectly Said: when words become art6 reviews
Brian Douthit

PublishAmerica, 2004

Love in Charming Language

+ wow
+ A keeper
+ "All love expressed is divine"
+ Perfectly Said by Brian Douthit Why aren't allmen this lovin
  
  











  



  
Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing6 reviews
Coleman Barks

HarperOne, 2003

There Is Some Kiss We Want

+ Perfect
+ Soul delicacy
+ Like trying to condense the ocean into a review form......
+ Beautiful
  
  











  



  
The Oxford Book of English Verse10 reviews

Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

A Wonderful Collection of Great Breadth and Scope

+ Excellent Introduction to 'British' Poetry.
+ great of course-- but just one thing...

What a wonderful treasure this book is! Certainly one could debate what has been left out and why what is included here was chosen over some other verse, but there is a lot of beauty included here. For me, it is a wonderful place to visit again and again to dip into this and that and to notice ...
  
  











  



  
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Modern Library Classics)16 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Modern Library, 2000

Nietzsche's Mentor

+ Excellent essays, but poorly edited
+ Eye Opening Essays
+ One of the absolute classics
+ Hail o American sage!!!
  
  











  



  
Leaves of Grass Part One69 reviews
Walt Whitman

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2005

What book will you get when you order this?

+ The original lean, bursting on the scene, Whitman
+ Excellent edition of Whitman's Masterwork

There seems to be some confusion, both in the editorial reviews and the customer reviews, about what edition is being referred to in this listing. the first editorial review correctly discusses the first edition as shorter and "less bloated" than the deathbed edition. however, the rest of the ...
  
  











  



  
Edgar Allan Poe : Poetry and Tales (Library of America)6 reviews
Edgar Allan Poe

Library of America, 1984

For the SERIOUS Poe lover.

+ STOP YOUR SEARCH- You've found the definitive Poe collection
+ Quoth the raven
+ The Ultimate Edition for Poe
+ Fine job
  
  











  



  
The Practice of the Presence of God87 reviews
Brother Lawrence

Shambhala, 2005

great read!

+ Advice for any age
+ Worth Reading
+ For Working People Looking for a Deeper Spiritual (Everyday) Life
  
  











  



  
Passionate Hearts: The Poetry of Sexual Love9 reviews
Molly Peacock

New World Library, 2000

Rich in content - Worth Keeping

+ Passionate Hearts: Poerty of Sexual Love
+ Only for the ones who know what true love feels like.
+ Finally ! A book about sex as fulfilling as it is enticing
+ Positive Images of Sexual Love
  
  











  



  
Emily Dickinson: Selected Letters3 reviews
Emily Dickinson

Belknap Press, 2006

Essential Piece of the Dickinson Puzzle

+ Precious surviving fragments of a great oeuvre.
+ A letter like immortality

An appraisal of this great figure's work is incomplete without a good look at these selected letters. As fascinating to the Dickinson scholar as they are to the casual enthusiast, Dickinson's letters -- along with those of Keats or Hopkins -- prove that this is every bit as legitimate a genre as ...
  
  











  



  
The Poetry of Pope John Paul II Roman Triptych Meditations10 reviews
Joannes Paulus II

USCCB Publishing, 2003

A Wonderful Book

+ The deep inner perspectives of John Paul II
+ A beautiful book . . .
+ Looking Back - You Will Be Grateful For Buying This Book
+ Not the Originals
  
  











  



  
The Poetry of Robert Frost: The Collected Poems, Complete and Unabridged19 reviews
Robert Frost

Henry Holt and Co., 1969

Frost's treasure

+ America's greatest poet
+ Wonderful and Enriching
+ Robert Frost, the poet for poetry lovers
+ North Country Simple?
  
  











  



  
Perfectly Said: when words become art6 reviews
Brian Douthit

PublishAmerica, 2004

Love in Charming Language

+ wow
+ A keeper
+ "All love expressed is divine"
+ Perfectly Said by Brian Douthit Why aren't allmen this lovin
  
  











  



  
The Oxford Book of English Verse10 reviews

Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

A Wonderful Collection of Great Breadth and Scope

+ Excellent Introduction to 'British' Poetry.
+ great of course-- but just one thing...

What a wonderful treasure this book is! Certainly one could debate what has been left out and why what is included here was chosen over some other verse, but there is a lot of beauty included here. For me, it is a wonderful place to visit again and again to dip into this and that and to notice ...
  
  











  



  
The Poetry of Pope John Paul II Roman Triptych Meditations10 reviews
Joannes Paulus II

USCCB Publishing, 2003

A Wonderful Book

+ The deep inner perspectives of John Paul II
+ A beautiful book . . .
+ Looking Back - You Will Be Grateful For Buying This Book
+ Not the Originals
  
  











  



  
Passionate Hearts: The Poetry of Sexual Love9 reviews
Molly Peacock

New World Library, 2000

Rich in content - Worth Keeping

+ Passionate Hearts: Poerty of Sexual Love
+ Only for the ones who know what true love feels like.
+ Finally ! A book about sex as fulfilling as it is enticing
+ Positive Images of Sexual Love
  
  











  



  
Emily Dickinson: Selected Letters3 reviews
Emily Dickinson

Belknap Press, 2006

Essential Piece of the Dickinson Puzzle

+ Precious surviving fragments of a great oeuvre.
+ A letter like immortality

An appraisal of this great figure's work is incomplete without a good look at these selected letters. As fascinating to the Dickinson scholar as they are to the casual enthusiast, Dickinson's letters -- along with those of Keats or Hopkins -- prove that this is every bit as legitimate a genre as ...
  
  











  



  
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Modern Library Classics)16 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Modern Library, 2000

Nietzsche's Mentor

+ Excellent essays, but poorly edited
+ Eye Opening Essays
+ One of the absolute classics
+ Hail o American sage!!!
  
  











  



  
Edgar Allan Poe : Poetry and Tales (Library of America)6 reviews
Edgar Allan Poe

Library of America, 1984

For the SERIOUS Poe lover.

+ STOP YOUR SEARCH- You've found the definitive Poe collection
+ Quoth the raven
+ The Ultimate Edition for Poe
+ Fine job
  
  











  



  
The Poetry of Robert Frost: The Collected Poems, Complete and Unabridged19 reviews
Robert Frost

Henry Holt and Co., 1969

Frost's treasure

+ America's greatest poet
+ Wonderful and Enriching
+ Robert Frost, the poet for poetry lovers
+ North Country Simple?
  
  











  



  
The Practice of the Presence of God87 reviews
Brother Lawrence

Shambhala, 2005

great read!

+ Advice for any age
+ Worth Reading
+ For Working People Looking for a Deeper Spiritual (Everyday) Life
  
  











  






   



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