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The ghost of Louis XIV reflects on life and loves in Versailles.

इश्क रजा है इश्क सजा है इश्क है दीन ईमानइश्क खुशी, इश्क सकूँ है इश्क गमों की खानइश्क इबादत इश्क इनायत इश्क कयामत बरपाएइश्क गज़ल है इश्क नज़्म है इश्क अल्फाजों की खानइश्क मय है इश्क नशा है इश्क में शायर बदनामइश्क में छिपा है महोब्बत का खज़ाना इश्क हीरों की खानइश्क उड़े तो आज़ाद पक्षी इश्क में बन्धन हज़ारइश्क अगर खुदा का दर है इश्क है जन्नत की खान My collection of verses contains forgotten and lost words; it is the flight of my own imagination! In this book, every aspect has its own charm. Wherever my emotions felt something, I began writing with my pen.The desire to write must have been inherited, as the atmosphere at home was such. Some hidden moments of life, which settle in your mind and keep teasing your thoughts, compelling you to write. Something similar happened to me too. Sometimes when my heart felt sad, and at other times when it experienced happiness, some mischievous childhood tales, and stories of youth, which forced me to write.Everything I wrote contains my feelings - the emotions I experienced! Since the beginning, I had an interest in art, music, and writing; I felt great when my programs aired on the radio and television. But the writings that I penned were all in my possession, and I thought, why not preserve them in the form of a book! This is just a small attempt of mine that I wish to present before everyone, and I hope that whoever reads it, will appreciate it.In this way, my courage will keep getting acknowledged, and I will keep writing further!Yours, Vrinda MahajanAbout the Author: Varinda Mahajan is a Homemaker who has always had a keen interest in Music, Art and Poetry.Married to an Agriprenuer and Mother of 2 and Grandmother of 3 beautiful children, Varinda always kept herself busy with hobbies relating to art and music.A Postgraduate in Music from Jammu University, she was a gifted Sitara player with her shows being frequently aired on Radio and TV.Now with kids all settled in life, Varinda decided to give her love for poetry writing a go and hence came out with her book titled Bhule Bisare Alfaaz.She hopes that her penned down emotions and experiences make a pleasant read for all!

The Longing For A Glance" is a book of Verses written in the path of Love and Light. It's very difficult to understand a poet, because he uses different kinds of poetic devices in reconciliation of Beloved. What he writes means something different. There is depth in every line. Talking of Salivation, submission, Might and Mercy. Oppression, Separation and thirst of wine of Love. Since love is the elixir of life and drink of soul, without love a life is incomplete, it's unproductive and poor. The essence of soul is Love, because the form of Search of pain and when rightly understood the nature of pain, it's in truth a way to get close to God (Beloved). Therefore can be said, pain is a gift of Love.

Step into a world of poetic metamorphosis, where the power of words becomes a beacon of hope and healing. In this captivating collection, the journey of a courageous soul unfolds through verses that echo with the raw emotions of childhood trauma, physical violence, and the shackles of domestic turmoil. Meet the brilliant mind behind this masterpiece, a soul that has faced life's darkest storms but has emerged stronger, like a phoenix rising from ashes.In the depths of pain lies the birth of resilience, and within the chaos, the seeds of transformation are sown. "Metamorphosis" is an awe-inspiring poetry book that delves into the life of an individual who has weathered a storm of trials, facing hardships that could have broken the spirit of most. Yet, through the power of the written word, a path to redemption was found.Raw, unapologetic, and profound, each poem in this collection serves as a powerful reminder of the human spirit's capacity to endure and thrive. With an unerring sense of honesty, the poet bares their soul, unveiling their struggles with childhood trauma, the scars of physical violence, and the torment of enduring domestic struggles. Through verse after verse, the shadows of the past are explored, but they are not allowed to suffocate the hope that springs eternal.As you turn the pages, you'll embark on an unforgettable journey through the depths of despair and the heights of triumph. The verses are not merely words but fragments of a soul laid bare, woven together with the strength to heal and the desire to enlighten others.The metamorphosis is palpable in each poem, an ever-evolving transformation like a butterfly breaking free from its cocoon. This poetic odyssey celebrates the beauty of the human spirit's capacity to adapt, learn, and grow.With every line, readers will find themselves drawn into the poet's world, connecting with the emotions that bind us all as human beings. It is a testament to the resilience that can be found even in the most shattered hearts, and it reminds us all that we are works in progress.Metamorphosis: Embracing the Shadows, Illuminating the Soul is not just a collection of poems; it's an exploration of the human experience in all its complexity. For those who have faced their own trials and tribulations, this book will serve as a beacon of hope, a reminder that they are not alone and that healing is possible. And for those who have been fortunate enough to escape such hardships, these verses will provide an empathetic window into the lives of others, fostering a deeper understanding and compassion.Discover the transformative power of poetry, as one soul's journey through darkness ignites a light of inspiration for all. Open these pages and let the healing words of Metamorphosis touch your heart, forever changing the way you view the power of resilience and the beauty of the human spirit.

Something of the spirit of Virgil's poem has been transposed to southern England in1959. All of the major and most of the minor events and characters are here, the events refracted through modernity or new narratives, the characters thinly disguised (Laocoön is Loud Colin; the harpies are Mrs Harpic; Pallas is Patsy), and the relocations easy to spot (Troy is in Richmond; Carthage is a village in Wiltshire; the games are in Weymouth; the nascent Rome is Bristol). But readers need to know nothing of The Aeneid (or even to have heard of it) to enjoy this freewheeling, humorous, and socially reflective verse novel. In an addendum, Virgil's founding myth of the Roman Empire becomes the founding myth of the digital world.

Over the course of a year, U. G. Világos awoke every night half an hour before midnight and left home. On these long, nightly walks he would venture into the desolate, remote wildnerness around his tent and write.

"Debudaderrah takes a concrete hard science future and layers it with myth and spirits and other core elements of humanity; those symbolic leaps that separate us from logic machines ...This is SF poetry with a sense of mystery, of actions unseen like dark planets whose gravitational pulls warp motives in actions seen, but whose reality and orbits must be deduced without firsthand observation.Imagine that the chapters of this book are a disorganized line of sake cups filled randomly with sake or plum wine. And just when you find a proper altitude within which to navigate the astral plane, the next cup is full of single-malt scotch, the kind that's *supposed* to burn."-Herb Kauderer, author of FLYING SOLO--Debudaderrah, far colony, receives a surprise: a sentient robot from some Earth which does not yet exist. The robot has orders to eliminate all life it finds; but the robot is also human, with a troubled conscience. Science fiction poetry by Robin Wyatt Dunn.

From award-winning writer Johanna Skibsrud, Mediumshares the lives and perspectives of women who--in their roles as biological, physical, or spiritual mediums--have helped to shape the course of history.Helen of Troy, Anne Boleyn, Shakuntala Devi, Hypatia of Alexandria, Marie Curie: Medium interprets the voices of women vilified over time, silenced by famous husbands, forced into sex work, or wrongly accused. Reckoning with the dominant historical narratives of each woman's era, Skibsrud underscores the power of poetry to bring about new formulations for understanding the relationship between past and present, self and other.These deeply resonant and performative poems use language as a bridge across experience, sensibility, and time. Each exploration begins with a brief vignette inspired by the "vidas" that once began manuscripts of the troubadours. Both vidas and poems provide lyrical reinterpretations of real and imagined elements in the lives of scholars, scientists, computer engineers, mystics, entrepreneurs, artists, nurses, and other leaders.

The latest poetry collection from S. H. Miah. An evocative voyage through marriage, from one heartfelt poem to the next. Told from anonymous him and her perspectives, this collection of 200+ poems encapsulates marriage from beginning to end. The sparks, the fights, the glimpses of paradise.Holistic in its scope, S. H. Miah leaves no stone unturned as he explores the journey of a Muslim marriage with lyrical prowess.Both heart-wrenching yet soothing, allow a poetic journey to lead you through the high, lows, and everything in between. Rhythmic poetry through half your deen, in a manner never before seen. An inspirational and poetic tale of Muslim marriage. And a narrative that will wrench your soul.

This is the classical epic, glorifying the heroism of Charlemagne in the 778 battle between the Franks and the Moors. Penned by an anonymous poet, it describes in detail the betrayal and slaughter of Charlemagne's army under Roland at Renceavaux and Charlemagne's bitter revenge. Nowhere in literature is the medieval code of chivalry more perfectly expressed than in his masterly and exciting poem.The Song of Roland, as Dorothy Sayers remarks in the introduction to this fine translation, is 'the earliest the most famous, and the greatest of those Old French epics which are called Songs of Deeds.' Writing around the end of the eleventh century, and recalling an actual disaster in 778, the anonymous poet describes in detail the betrayal and slaughter by Saracens of the rearguard of Charlemagne's army under Roland at Renceavaux and Charlemagne's bitter revenge. Nowhere in literature is the medieval code of chivalry more perfectly expressed than in his masterly and exciting poem!

Unique ElementAbout the Author / Historical ContextA COLLECTION OF POEMS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. Kéramos and Other Poems, by AMERICAN author HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882) is a collection of poems first published in 1878 in the UNITED STATES. Longfellow wrote many lyric poems known for their musicality and often presenting stories of mythology and legend. He was among the most popular American poet of his day and had success overseas. This volume contains some original poems by Longfellow, as well as his translations of Virgil, Ovid, and others, including seven sonnets and one canzone by Michelangelo. Included among the poems in this collection are "The Leap of the Roushan Beg," the famous "Haroun Al Raschid" and the sequence "Birds of Passage: Flight the Fifth." "Art is the child of nature," wrote the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his book of poetry, Kéramos and Other Poems. Sneak PeakArt is the child of Nature; yes, Her darling child, in whom we trace The features of the mother's face, Her aspect and her attitude, All her majestic loveliness Chastened and softened and subdued Into a more attractive grace, And with a human sense imbued. Title DetailsOriginally published in 1878

Sound Mind is a collection of poetry inspired by the struggles we face to embrace our true colours. The first half is a short novel written in rhyme and verse. The second half is a collection of poetry written by the author during the creative process."Sound Mind"; Aura, a wolf born of many colours finds himself fighting to live his dreams as a singer/songwriter while maintaining the old traditions of his pack. This narrative epic poem stretches ninety-two pages and includes paintings created by the author.Excerpt from Sound Mind:The ValleyAs the pups tip toe,they notice the rituals of spring.How the ice gives wayand rivers begin to sing.Nature's melody rings out,subtle and everlasting.Birds all in harmonyand never distracting.No puzzles to piece,no forced bindings.One is all, in these surroundings.A pin drop in the snowcould be heard in the valley.The birds lost their voicesand whispered sadly.The signs began to stand out,Luna began to run with force.Her pups struggling to keep upas she was taken by the source.The pack was huddled.Luna was lashed by fear.She at once lost her senses and began to tear."Miscellaneous Poems" fills out the remainder of the collection with a broad series of poems, lyrics and paintings.Excerpt from Miscellaneous Poems:DesignedWe're back together like rain in the water.As we grew older this town grew smaller.Now here we are, drowning with the rest.Together but alone in this mess.We've paced back and forth,we've worn out our shoes.We've bathed in many colours,yet all that remains are the blues.We're both shackled and muzzled.Almost laughing at this struggle.We almost made it out but sank in this sand.A drop of water in this desert, who could withstand?We've paced back and forth,we've worn out our shoes.We've bathed in many colours,yet all that remains are the blues.Like drunks, we have to call it quits.Like drunks, we probably won't remember this.You head your way and I'll head mine.We won't blame each other, just the way we were designed.These poems are recommended for a mature audience due to subject matter. All images have been rendered in greyscale to follow a common theme.

Broadlake is a tragicomic exploration of family, friendship, love and loss. In this strikingly original debut novel, an epic rhyming narrative is linked to a murder case, forging a unique literary detective story. The deceased narrator has one day left to pinpoint the origins of his downfall. Yet why is he in such a rush and did his demise stem from his childhood, his career, his friends or his doomed relationships? Will he find the answer before it is too late and how will his account of events affect the outcome of the murder investigation? A true labour of love written over the course of two decades, Ed Bingham's work follows in the tradition of long poem connoisseurs, Eliot, Frost, Ginsberg and Seth. 'Bingham has a woozy lyrical style' Mark Liam Piggott, author of Kidology: The pre-cretinous era 'Dirty, wild...trippy and brazen' Ade Kolade , The University of Manchester 'Intricate and intriguing' Kate Rizzo, Greene & Heaton 'Reminiscent of TS Eliot and BS Johnson' David Stephens, author of The Disappeared

The COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown from 01 April 2020 to 31 July 2022 [my dates for the purpose of this book] was for me in a somewhat selfish sense of the word a period of an incredibly enhanced versatile creativity. I produced an enormous amount of reflective writing in both prose and poetry. Although all the thoughts that occurred to me during the Nature-forced quarantine were recorded both in prose and poetry, I have put them into two separate books to avoid confusion-and to preserve the two independent forms of the Literary Arts in their pristine glory. This publication is a compilation of COVID-19 PROSE under the title of Stray Musings. The sister publication is exclusively devoted to COVID-19 POETRY that has been compiled under the title Wayward Verses.Despite the lingering presence of COVID-19, because I am still alive, and in good health, I have every reason to believe and hope that whatever else Corona-forced quarantine worldwide might have done to Humankind, it surely has corroborated my curious credo. Unless every individual human person sits alone to reflect at leisure on the Mystery of Existence vis-à-vis their idiosyncratic encounters with it, there never can be any eternal ecstasy in the Mortal World.With this small dose of my homespun metaphysics, I warmly invite you to my World of COVID-19 Creativity. You will readily figure out that as I had recorded my thoughts as they sprang up within my mind, they follow neither any rational order nor a deliberate plan. However, they have found their mode of expression in prose or poetry as instinctively suited to their bubbly merrymaking spirit as if in the gay-abandon celebration of mortal existence to assert jubilantly that Death never can kill Life-whether it is COVID-19 or any other mass-killer pandemic.About the Author: Founder-Teacher and former Principal, Chandigarh College of Architecture, Dr SS Bhatti is India's most versatile professional-architect, artist, art & literature critic, poet, singer, musicologist, writer, philosopher, and mystic. He has developed and works in 55 disciplines as an abiding tribute to the great all-inclusiove Indian tradition which, according to him, is grounded in "Holistic Humanism". He applies the tools of Theory, Practice, Research, and Pedagogy to the study of four major fields of human endeavour: the Humanities, Art, Science, and Technology besides Culture and Comparative Religion. As the inventor of this novel approach to the study and understanding of human creativity vis-à-vis human predicament he has discovered Spiritual Realities that illuminate the purpose, path, and salvation of human life. He insists that the discovery of one's native creativity and its development lead to God-realisation. This is his Nirman Marg, the Creative Way.

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Iván Argüelles is clearly one of the most unique and authentic poets working in English today, and I dare say one of the most authentic in any language. His uniquely identifiable voice runs throughout his work, but each of his individual books and poems has its own unique timbre, point of view, its own movement, tone, thematic center. Each work is unique. The nature of his engagement over the past 50 years or so has been far more than a desire to write "poetry", rather, poetry is the air he breathes to embody a complex psychic need, the air he needs to be in the life form and time he occupies. When you consider Iván Argüelles' work, you are not looking at a literary career, but at something basic about the being of living things in general. Proof of this is that the intense late poems in this book (Vol. Two written May 2, 2022 to Nov. 20, 2022) are stronger than ever. His work is one of our greatest treasures. -John M. Bennett

An epic poem by Tom Will. Based on Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, a man dies and is resurrected over a weekend in 999 heroic couplets, couplets which have retained all of the end rhymes of the original poem. Through a snow-encrusted town, a snow-encrusted townie walks through Dante's heaven and silent film's hells.