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This digital document is an article from Poetry, published by Modern Poetry Association on August 1, 2001. The length of the article is 4220 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: MY GRANDFATHER'S TACKLE BOX: THE LIMITS OF MEMORY-DRIVEN POETRY.
Author: Billy Collins
Publication: Poetry (Refereed)
Date: August 1, 2001
Publisher: Modern Poetry Association
Volume: 178Issue: 5Page: 278

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Back cover lists ISBN as 0965038780 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Poetry, published by Modern Poetry Association on June 1, 1999. The length of the article is 1049 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: HERE, THERE, AND ELSEWHERE.(Poem)
Author: Billy Collins
Publication: Poetry (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 1999
Publisher: Modern Poetry Association
Volume: 174Issue: 3Page: 132

Article Type: Poem

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A journey of love, awareness and transformation

The poems in Love's Thrilling Dimensions are written to stir the heart and soul. They seek to search for a connection between memory, thoughts, feelings, sensory experience and reality. They explore such universal themes as the longing for love, the awakening of wonder, the magic of encounters, the uniqueness of journeys, the ambiguity of a few existential questions and the different changes that can occur in the inner and outer landscapes. The readers witness mostly the alchemy, power and triumph of love in a transforming and spiritual journey of discovery and are invited to contemplate its significance in their own lives. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (20)

Simply beautiful!
This book mad me aware of many precious moments in life. The topics breathe and pulsate with love's different energies.
Simply beautiful! A great read!

Become thrilled with Love's Thrilling Dimensions
Love's Thrilling Dimensions by Joyce Akesson is a beautiful collection of poetry. The over-reaching theme is that of love in all its churning complexity. The work is a map, an experience and a journey. There is here a poem for everyone. I myself savored each of these poems.
This is a very special and yet accessible work.

Poems radiating with sensuality and sensitivity
These poems radiate with sensuality, sensitivity, emotionalism and intellectualism. The clearness of the feelings and thoughts summon the reader to examine his/her own feelings and thoughts.
This is a great collection of poems. More, please!!

A thrilling reflection on choices in life and love
Love's Thrilling Dimensions
Through a variety of poems Joyce Åkesson manages to bring the different aspects of love into light. She observes the mechanisms and feelings of first love, separations, longings, passion; "This heartless thief named passion." (Passion); memories of an old love, love secrets. Moments of tenderness in a marriage; "Life is beautiful and it is warm outside." (At the Harbor Restaurant)are contrasted with memories of war, tragedies barely touched, only hinted at; "They say that the first floors are safer than second floors." (Moving backwards in time)"

And, another very moving refection on war and love and family ties:

"And I already feel sad
For the disappointment
That I shall see in your eyes
When you will figure out
That the one you miss the most
Has chosen not to return with us" (The Disappointment)

The poems move back and forth in time; recollected, tasted, relived, recreated, reconstructed in the labyrinth of memories, connected in mysterious ways, beyond time, beyond reason.

What makes a particular memory stand out and glow; what makes it so special?
Why do we make the choices we make; in love; in life?
Joyce Åkesson gives no answers, only clues; clues that will make you keep thinking ... I promise!

"Love's Thrilling Dimensions" is a fascinating collection of poems; a deep reflection on life, war, love, and the subtle mechanisms of memory and I strongly recommend it!

L. Holm,author

Lovely and passionate!
In the two days since I bought this book, I've read each of the poems several times. The author is deep, insightful, emotional, intellectual, wise and passionate. l gained a new appreciation for feelings and for life.

I loved this book and I'll read it over and over. It has a voice that makes it all real for the reader. ... Read more

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Beginning in February 1952, Dylan Thomas made a series of memorable and historic recordings for a new record label called Caedmon. In fact, Dylan Thomas was the first to record for this new label, started by two 22–year–old women, Marianne Roney and Barbara Cohen. Little did they know that in addition to capturing a part of history they also launched an industry of spoken–word recording.

This collection not only contains the incredible Caedmon recording sessions, but also recordings from the BBC, CBC, and other archival material Caedmon originally published in the 1950s and 1960s.

Highlights include: "A Child's Christmas in Wales" and "Five Poems"; "Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night", his prose: Adventures in the Skin Trade and Quite Early One Morning, and his final work – Under Milk Wood, a play.

With stunning original album cover art, and an introduction read by former poet laureate Billy Collins, this unique collection includes not only Dylan Thomas reading his finest works, but also rare recordings of Thomas reading his favorite writers, including W.H. Auden and William Shakespeare.

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Wow...lotsa CDs!
When you open the box pictured, you get three folders of CDs 1-4, 5-8, and 9-11 respectively. The pictures on the CD folders are the "album covers" reproduced from the records. There is a little pamphlet with info about recording Dylan Thomas written by Marianne Roney, one of the founders of Caedmon. Each CD opens with a spoken intro by Billy Collins.

There is a great mish-mash of selections here. That might be my only criticism, the organization. It's hard to discern the order just from looking at it...why not put an entire album on the same CD, rather than breaking it up? For example, they put some poems from "Dylan Thomas Reading Over Sir John's Hill and Other Poems" on CD 1 and others on CD 2, and I'm curious why.

Still, the collection is great--I'm not sure if it is supposed to be complete or not (I don't see anything on it that claims that), but there is a good plenty here to keep a person listening for a long while at any rate. His voice is wonderful and it's easy to understand why they recorded so much of him.

When i was a Windy Boy. . .
What an absolute delight.

Forget learning tongue twisters for superior elocution; learn and read Thomas' poetry the way he himself does.

A large array of recordings all in neat little covers, which are minatures of the original LP covers. Extra little treats such as Edith Sitwell speaking from her superior mountain-top make this an unmissable event!

Do not go gently. . .

Adds a lot to the poems
my favorites are fern hill, do not go, death by fire, craft and sullen art, no dominion.Also child's christmas.Do not expect to like or even tolerate every entry.But the ones that you do like, there is nothing else in the world like Dylan Thomas reading aloud.

I also found somewhere him reading To My Son Aged Eight by John Betjeman, which is a great, heartbreaking poem, read wonderfully, and an interesting counterpoint to do not go.

These have been on my ipods for years and I still love to hear them.

I also like the Voice of the Poet series with T.S. Eliot reading his poems aloud.Wish I could find someone reading aloud Tennyson and Matthew Arnold.

Pictures in my mind
The richness of his words create wonderfully clear pictures in your mind.He takes you "there", wherever "there" is, with effortless ease.

A Stunning Collection!
What a great treasure! Here you have Dylan Thomas and that incomparable voice of his all together in one spectacularly priced collection.

Never have I heard anyone able to express emotion and feeling with their voice like Dylan Thomas does. The only one who comes close is Richard Burton.

Buy it. Sit back. Relax and be carried away by the sheer beauty and power of one man's words and voice. ... Read more

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Excellent!
The back issue of Poets & Writers was received in excellent condition and in a timely manner.I will gladly do business with the seller again. ... Read more

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Term paper due tomorrow? Need to cram for a test? Or just looking for the best information about a favorite literary work?

Turn to "Poetry for Students" to get your research done in record time. Brought to you by Thomson Gale--the world's leading source of literary criticism and analysis--this e-doc contains: author biography; poem summary; poem text (if available); discussion of the work's themes, style, and historical context; a compendium of in-depth critical material; study questions; suggestions for further reading; and much more.

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We’re about to take you off the road you expected to be on when you heard the word "poetry." Sandburg, Kerouac, Whitman, and Millay were all radicals in their early days. They outraged the status quo. The poets you’ll experience in this book and audio CD travel on that same track. The Spoken Word Revolution is a continuation and rebirth of the oral tradition in our country, and in countries around the world, where the power of poetry performed out loud compels an audience to listen.

The Spoken Word Revolution brings to life the written and performed works of more than 40 of the most influential slam, hip hop, performance art and contemporary poets in the world today.

This defining collection of spoken word poetry captures today’s electrifying words and voices, in text and immediately live on one audio CD.

Hear the innovative poetry styles of:
--Slam
--Nuyorican
--Performance art
--Taos
--Youth poetry
--Hip hop

Includes poems by:
--Sherman Alexie
--Billy Collins
--Regie Gibson
--Celena Glenn
--Edward Hirsch
--Jean Howard
--Taylor Mali
--Viggo Mortensen
--Beau Sia
--Patricia Smith
--Saul Williams ... Read more

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Spoken Word
I didn't like the audio CD. The book and the cd should be for $5.

Great book, with a great CD
This book showcases a great variety of poetry styles, and includes a CD with about 40 tracks of authors reading their work.I use it to introduce poetry in my high school English classes.These poems evoke a wide range of emotions.

Spin poetry spin
This is really an amazing book. The poets featured are some of the best in the genre, and though annoying to hear on the CD the commentary is really informativeand enlightening.

A must have for any poet or musician that has any soul

Great for the classroom
This book was a great resource for teaching poetry.It has good auditory poems but also has great poems in the book and a few good articles for journal reflections.My students loved it and it made poetry easy and exciting for them.I used it with Hip Hop Poetry and the Classroom and basically had a whole unit!A must get for Language Arts teachers.

Be ready to learn about radical new styles of spoken word which blend poetry with social insights
Poetry has moved into a new world, as The Spoken Word Revolution (Slam, Hip Hop & The Poetry Of A New Generation) reveals. An audio cd accompanying written word captures some of the nuances of this world, focusing on the power of poetry performed out loud around the world. From new styles such as slam and Taos to poems by Regie Gibson, Viggo Mortensen and Saul Williams, be ready to learn about radical new styles of spoken word which blend poetry with social insights.
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