Memoir Poetry

Learn how the life of this Lebanese immigrant has positioned him to artistically capture the hearts, minds, and souls of readers for generations, making him one of the world’s best-selling poets. In the collected works of poetry, poet, author, artist, and philosopher, Kahlil Gibran, shares his spiritual and moral views of life, purpose, love, and pain.

Emily came to Los Angeles, like everyone else, with a hope and a dream. She left Los Angeles 15 years later with a new husband and two beautiful children, and headed to Boise, Idaho. The contents of this audiobook are glimpses into what transpired in the in-between time. From her first apartment in Beverly Hills, to her rented room in West Hollywood and finally her bungalow apartment on Ridgeley Drive, when she met her love and began a new life.

A deep personal expression of life, love, and pain that's torn my heart over the years before stitching it back together again. Witness me find the strength to live through the heart slashes of life.

This audiobook contains prayers and thoughts that I’ve had throughout my life, and which I think address most of the situations that we go through during our everyday lives. Listen to poems such as “The Hell-Bound Train”, “Easier Done Than Said”, and “The Corner Stone”. Sharing some visions and dreams I’ve had throughout my life, these poems also contain some observations about the stages we go through during our lifespan, some humorous and some serious.

A deathbed request inspires an army nurse to tell the truth about the war. He Called Me Lieutenant Angel speaks to you with the insistent voice of love, hope and redemption, from the intensive care ward of a Vietnam hospital. It is a story of strength and enlightenment, a tribute to all the extraordinary young soldiers and nurses who share the intimate, final moments of life.

Aus dem Briefwechsel zwischen Heinrich Heine und seinem Verleger Julius Campe.

Als der junge Verleger Julius Campe 1826 dem damals noch recht unbekannten Dichter Heine die Veröffentlichung der "Harzreise" anbietet, ist das der Beginn einer lebenslangen "Literarischen Ehe", die von inniger Zuneigung, aber ebenso von heftigen Kämpfen um Honorare, Manuskriptlieferungszeiten und die Zensurfrage geprägt war.

These are a collection of new poems and some poems taken from the vault of Timothy Paul Brown. As usual they express the trials and tribulations, the glory and the pain, the grandiosity and obsession, the paranoid deluded thinking that come with having a paranoid schizophrenic disability. There is so much intensity and passion exhibited in this work of art. The author will take you to places you have never been in mind and spirit. You will feel empathy and compassion probably some sympathy. But these poems are not meant to make its listeners feel sorry for the author.

Part poetry, part memoir, and all authentic, Heavy Light documents a three-year journey of what it means to come into your own. Whether navigating difficult relationships, understanding life’s purpose, or searching for self-worth, Heavy Light presents a lyrical tour de force that is both a reflection and celebration of womanhood. Told as poetic diary entries from 2020 to 2022, Foots’ poems capture the rhythm, elegance, and strength of her own transformation in a voice that will resonate long after the audiobook ends.

Through entrancing narration of essay and poetry accompanied by soothing sound effects, Nora Nneka (Dr. Nora Ekeanya) details some of the traumatic events that led to her estrangement from her mother and decision to pursue a career in psychiatry.

I am continuing with a genre of poetry that I created that I call schizoetry. It is a literary work fusing poetry with the thoughts, feelings, and perceptions of one who lives with a schizophrenic or schizoaffective disorder. I have been writing poetry since the age of 10. My poems go deep into my mind, emotions, and my spirit. They are very revealing to say the least. I wish to reach those living with this illness.

Schizoetry by definition means: a literary work fusing poetry with the mind of a schizophrenic. This is a genre that I created. All my work revolves around the life and times of a paranoid schizophrenic. My work is very educational and inspiring to those in the system of mental health as well as those outside of the system. It gives insight as to how we think, feel, perceive, and process information.

Twisted Rage is a compilation of thoughts coming from the mind of a man who lives with schizophrenia. It exhibits confusion between good and evil, right and wrong, and all other extremes. The confusion brings the listener down a path of empathy for the writer, sympathy for the writer, hope for the writer, and ultimately love for the writer.

Genius or Lunatic goes deeper into the mind of a paranoid schizophrenic. There is so much confusion in there. So much contradiction. So much religiosity. And there is much desire to know, understand, and find the truth. Along the ride you will find yourself saying, "But in this poem didn't he just say this"? It will bring out emotions that you won't expect. This brings you into his pain and lets you experience it firsthand.

Poetic Madman showcases and celebrates the creativity and the ability to express my innermost thoughts, ideas, emotions, philosophies, and raw experiences that come with having paranoid schizophrenic disorder. Poetic Madman is sure to open the minds of those who don't understand mental illness and hopefully help to dispel some of the stigmas. The purpose is to give the listener a different take on what they understand to be true about the illness. You may even identify with some of the experiences expressed throughout this work of art.

Primal desires of human beings drive us to imagine and create. Economic barriers are nonexistent with the creative process. Do not stifle the pioneer attitude. In all fields, it is important to express one's ideas as an individual. The healthy growth of a civilization depends on a society that supports unlimited free expression to explore all avenues of invention. Ideas blossom when a community encourages independent and collaborative research and education.

Pretending to Be Me is an intimate, acerbic, and occasionally scurrilous show about the poet, jazz aficionado, and Hull University librarian Philip Larkin. Larkin has moved home; surrounded by packing cases, playing selections from his favourite jazz LPs, and making himself cups of tea, and later whiskies, he reflects wryly on writing and life.

This contemporary poetry book outlines the journey the author took to find her true love - self-love. This memoir is candid and transparent. The author covers all relationships including the loss of her mom and her daddy issues.

A book of short stories coupled with contemporary poetry in different forms.

A child born into a dysfunctional family is trying to find out how she fits into the world, by watching the mistakes of others; she has to learn to love the skin she is in, while not letting her family define who she is capable of becoming. This poetry will pierce your soul and the images will remain with you for years to come. This book was written to help all those who feel they've been left behind. There is hope.

What if the dreaded world of Alzheimer's was also a world of emotional discovery? Eugenia Zukerman's poetry and simple prose, both heartbreaking and ultimately inspirational, ushers the listener into her world as she unflinchingly examines familial loyalties, moments from her past and present, and the need to face an uncertain future due to the diagnosis of a condition that she truly hopes "will remain unnamed."