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Just had a look around online, you can get it on Amazon here (UK and US). Apparently it's a collection of poems that "riffs on a Frank Ocean song, paying homage to the man but also investigating oceans, The Ocean, and the similarity between heartbreak and break beats by blending Frank Ocean's musical catalogue with personal narrative and social critique."
Amanda Gorman has a new poetry book coming out named after her poem, The Hill We Climb. https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0593465067/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?dchild=1&qid=1611172894&refinements=p_27%3AAmanda+Gorman&s=books&sr=1-2&text=Amanda+Gorman
First off, look up the podcast Sweetbitter, because if you're interested in a book of her poetry you'd definitely be interested in a fantastic Sappho podcast.
Second, this is the copy I've had my eyes on for months. I love Anne Carson's translations, and I think there's just something significant about reading a translation done by a woman.
I am a supermarket cashier who had gotten very fed up with customers so in an effort to regain empathy for the masses I wrote a poetry book of vignettes about all my customers giving them a backstory. It’s on sale on amazon for $5.
I have two books but everyone’s favorite seems to be Supermarket Diaries. It’s a book of poems/vignettes about my customers that I’ve had over the years basically giving everyone a backstory so I could regain empathy for the masses. There are a few random ones in there also, one about bottle deposits, an open letter to the pope asking for a saint for customer service reps, a love poem for a boy who worked in produce and an open letter to Nabisco about Oreos.
Anyway if it sounds interesting here’s the link.supermarket diaries
TW: abuse
Bella Thorne was >!molested!< her whole childhood….and due to that she’s opened up about struggling with that especially right after Disney. It explains why she is so sexually vulgar in tweets/behavior and inappropriate, she is dealing with the trauma, she said that in her memoir
There is only one copy of my book of poems “Supermarket Diaries” left on amazon!
https://www.amazon.com/Supermarket-Diaries-Nina-Bel%C3%A9n-Robins/dp/0983227527
You can watch a video of me performing one of the poems here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA-GKYPOWsU&feature=share
It basically humanizes the masses because as a cashier I had lost faith in humanity and needed to regain empathy.
There are only two copies of my book of vignettes about my supermarket customers on Amazon. I gave everyone a backstory to regain empathy for the masses. There’s also a ridiculous poem about Oreo cookies and a love poem for a guy who worked in produce. You might even find yourself in there! It’s 4.99 on kindle or free on ku. It’s a quick read but everyone says I make them care about strangers. It’s 10$ for paperback.
https://www.amazon.com/Supermarket-Diaries-Nina-Bel%C3%A9n-Robins/dp/0983227527
My favorite book is If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho which is a collection of Sappho poems translated by Anne Carson! For anyone who is interested, Anne Carson translates Sappho beautifully Amazon Link Goodreads Link.
I posted my tattoo that includes Taylor Swift lyrics on here a few weeks back. My other tattoo, which you can't see in that photo, is a fragment of a Sappho poem! You can imagine how excited I am to see this post - two of of my favorite things colliding!!! lol
Thank you for the thoughtful comparison!
The poet/Classicist Anne Carson did a translation with facing Greek text:
https://www.amazon.com/If-Not-Winter-Fragments-Sappho/dp/0375724516
If I recall correctly, it's not a scholarly text (i.e., there's no app crit, and it's cleaned up a bit). I don't know if that matters to you.
This doesn't have the "Brothers Poem" from P.Obbink (but that may be a forgery anyhow).
Yes, it appears they had a relationship. I hate that historians have minimized that. I love the chemistry too. I agree, in a room filled with people, they seem to be only ones and really know each other. They see the other person.
Check out this book. It not typed out like a typical book. It’s “how she intended them to be read.”
Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them https://www.amazon.com/dp/0674737962/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_NR9E5XWPJVD5K7SN4G49
It was an objectively bad poem, filled with clichés and neoliberal clap-trap about American exceptionalism, unity, etc. I've spoken to a few friends about this. They all agree, but are too afraid to say anything on social media for fear of backlash.
But Gorman has a pretty sweet grift going on. She just started a preorder for a forthcoming book of poetry that's gonna come out in September 2021. Gotta strike while the iron is hot...
Here's the link to the Canadian amazon for the book as it's in stock there and I'm also Canadian and it defaulted to the .ca : https://www.amazon.ca/Emily-Dickinsons-Poems-Preserved-Them/dp/0674737962
Unanswerable Questions contains a series of poems that dive into some of the most important and most neglected questions we can ask ourselves: What is compassion? How do we show it? Who am I? What is real? What is true? What does it mean to be present? You will find that these poems speak to your soul. They are the words that we all hear deep within, if only we should listen. This book is your chance to pay attention. Inviting you in to your existence, these poems are the siren of your Being. Answer her call. She awaits your opening.
eBook: $2.99 (or free with Kindle Unlimited) Paperback: $9.99
Unanswerable Questions contains a series of poems that dive into some of the most important and most neglected questions we can ask ourselves: What is compassion? How do we show it? Who am I? What is real? What is true? What does it mean to be present? You will find that these poems speak to your soul. They are the words that we all hear deep within, if only we should listen. This book is your chance to pay attention. Inviting you in to your existence, these poems are the siren of your Being. Answer her call. She awaits your opening.
eBook: $2.99
paperback: $9.99
Unanswerable Questions is an anthology of poetry that takes a deep dive into questions of compassion, identity, and presence. Free eBook through 5/31.
My book “Supermarket Diaries” is poems/vignettes about my various customers at my supermarket job that I have had since 2002. I had lost faith in humanity which is what retail does and I wrote the book to regain empathy. It’s on kindle unlimited and a quick read. Everyone gets a backstory. It helped me, maybe it will help you too.supermarket diaries
This book is about humanizing all the strangers in life. About everyone’s pain.
Water in a Wineglass Shameless self plug for my poetry book. It's full of poetry about the spaces between people, soul kissing, and other angsty stuff. Check it out :)
There is quite a big market for it actually.
Have you seen this?
It's sold over 1,000,000 copies....
Poem from Supermarket Diaries, poetry about retail by Nina Robins http://www.amazon.com/Supermarket-Diaries-Nina-Bel%C3%A9n-Robins/dp/0983227527/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438994258&sr=8-1&keywords=supermarket+diaries+robins