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The author examines the meta-criticism approach evident in the poetry collection "Observations" by American poet and critic Marianne Moore. Topics include comments on Moore's tendency to borrow quotations from unexpected sources such as from the diaries of Russian author Leo Tolstoy, a definition of resistance in "Observations," the manifestation of Moore's moral views on human nature, judgment and criticism in her work, and the implication of her engagement with criticism in the collection.

This document is a selection of poems titled "Seasons At The Patch" by Kerry Shawn Keys. The poems explore themes of nature, solitude, and reflection. The poet describes his experiences in a lettuce patch, his interactions with birds and animals, and his musings on life and mortality. The poems evoke a sense of tranquility and contemplation. [Extracted from the article]

This article discusses the continued impact and legacy of Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska, a Polish poet. It mentions the publication of several collections of her poems posthumously, as well as the release of three biographies about her life. The article also highlights the publication of her complete poetic works, which includes recovered manuscripts. It provides a brief analysis of three of her poems, emphasizing their themes and the challenges of translating them into English. The article concludes by celebrating the abundance of Szymborska's poems in her centennial year. [Extracted from the article]

This article examines the concept of "joining" in the works of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle. Cavendish believed in combining her texts into bound volumes, creating composite collections that required readers to engage with different disciplines and genres. The article discusses the presence of these bound collections, known as Sammelbände, in various European libraries, including the Antwerp Public Library, the Bibliothèque Mazarine in Paris, and the Cambridge University Library. The author suggests that further study of these collections would be valuable. The article also explores Cavendish's philosophy of joining and its relationship to her atomic philosophy, highlighting the importance of interdisciplinary reading practices. [Extracted from the article]

This article examines the reclamation of forgotten roots in Puerto Rican diaspora poetry, focusing on three poems from the post-Nuyorican migration period. The analysis highlights the presence of indigenous and African roots in these poems, demonstrating a progression in navigating historically marginalized aspects of Puerto Rican identity. The article discusses the themes and perspectives presented in the poems, which explore the poets' connections to their Taíno and African heritage, their complex feelings about their identity, and their experiences as Puerto Ricans in the United States. The text emphasizes the importance of embracing diverse cultural influences and calls for representation and recognition of the Puerto Rican community in the broader Caribbean literary canon. [Extracted from the article]

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This study focuses on the principal stylistic characteristics of metrical formation and rhyme in the poetry collection of Taysīr Subūl Aḥzān Ṣaḥrāwiyyah ‘Desert Sorrows’. It explores the impact of traditional Arabic metrical forms on articulating the poet's real-life and psychological experiences. The research also delves into the importance of rhyme in fostering a unified emotional flow, maintaining the continuity of events, and culminating the poet's conceptual thoughts. The study concludes that Subūl's selection of classical Arabic meters (Buhur) and their metrical variations significantly contribute to the freedom and fluidity of his expression, enriching the rhythmic and semantic depth of his poetry. The varied application of softened rhyme schemes emerges as a prominent stylistic feature, encouraging readers to ponder over the implications and meanings of his poetic lines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Jayanta Mahapatra's literary corpus is versatile and reflective to the windows of the world. His Door of Paper: Essays and Memoirs (2007) is the finest flowering ever written by an Indian English poet compared to the theory of poetry of Wordsworth, Shelley and T. S. Eliot. He is the only Indian English poet who wrote the issues related to poetry about how to write poetry, the freedom of poetry, the silence of poetry and the timeframe of poetry and the significance of poetry. His pioneering book Door of Paper: Essays and Memoirs (2007) encompasses his autobiographical strain as well his ideas of poetry as felt during his composition of poetry. What Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Arnold and T. S. Eliot highlighted in their theory of poetry is also reflected in his ideas of poetry. So, this article attempts to highlight how Mahapatra's book Door Of Paper signifies his ideas about the freedom of poetry, process of poetic composition, the silence of poetry, the timeframe of poetry and the significance of poetry as compared to Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Arnold and T. S. Eliot's theory of poetry and how his ideas reflects to his own poetry also. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Known for her black-and-white miniatures embedded with Arabic writing, Laure Ghorayeb is a fascinating if understudied figure of Beirut’s cultural modernism. Her work occupied a liminal position between French and Arabic and intersected literature and visual art. This article argues that it is precisely this marginality, manifested in Ghorayeb’s multifaceted cultural identity, that allowed her to move deftly across mediums, practices, languages, and genres, resulting in a uniquely inter-semiotic oeuvre. Close reading selections from her collections of poems, Noir … les bleus (Black … the Blues), 1960 and prose, Iklīl shawk ḥawla qadamayhi (A Crown of Thorns Around His Feet), 1965, in relation to her civil war drawings Témoignages (Testimonies), 1985, this article reveals an inter-semiotic exchange on the page. It offers an interdisciplinary rereading of the modern cultural history of Beirut, revealing an interplay between literature and visual art, which allowed Ghorayeb to maneuver between aesthetic experimentation and political engagement at a time when nationalist and ideological divisions were being sown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"Words Like Daggers: The Political Poetry of the Negev Bedouin" is a curated collection of Negev Bedouin poetry that expresses dissent, resilience, and resistance to occupation, forced settlement, and exile. The editor, Kobi Peled, explores the political and historical context of the Bedouin society in the Negev, highlighting the impact of systematic colonial settlement. The collection provides valuable insights into daily life, settler practices, and colonial influences in the region. However, it acknowledges the limitations of the collection, including biases in the selection process and the exclusion of women's poetry. The book is divided into five parts, covering different periods and themes, and includes detailed annotations and interpretations of the poems. It is a valuable resource for researchers interested in war studies, poetry, territorial history, social memory, and refugee studies. [Extracted from the article]

Sage Ravenwood's collection of poems, "Everything That Hurt Us Becomes a Ghost," sheds light on marginalized cultures and raises awareness for Indigenous Deaf perspectives. Divided into six sections, the poems address topics such as domestic violence, animal abuse, cultural conflicts, and the intersection of Indigenous and Deaf identities. Ravenwood's powerful and passionate poetry draws inspiration from fellow Indigenous poets and aims to bring Deaf activism to the forefront of the literary canon. The collection also explores themes of Indigenous beliefs, native lands, and the importance of ecological equality. Overall, "Everything That Hurt Us Becomes a Ghost" is a transformative work that celebrates survival, sacrifice, and the power of storytelling. [Extracted from the article]

This article showcases the fruitfulness of cross-fertilizing geographical and literary methods to address the complexities of women's poems being compiled into an anthology – a process of negotiation compounded by male domination of the canon. Inspired by Gilles Clément's reflections on the 'planetary garden', we radically posit female-edited poetry anthologies as a prism for rethinking ecosystem management. Focussing on three landmark collections of French-language women's writings, we illustrate how a wide variety of cultural production is essential for a flourishing future, just as greater biodiversity enhances an ecoregion's resilience in the face of stressors like air pollution or heat shock. Within this experimental interdisciplinary framework, two main questions are explored: first, how an appreciation of anthologies through ecopoetics propels scalar thinking about issues to do with the climate crisis and social justice; second, what happens when a poem is transplanted into an anthological milieu, where a plurality of distributed agencies gives a collective sense of becoming more than just a sum of distinctive parts. Proposing an innovative model whereby a 'poem-flower' takes root in an 'anthology-garden', our article ultimately argues that paying attention to female-led anthologizations' diversifying role can enhance thinking about ecological sustainability as much as social inclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The new historicism theory propounds that history is inherently textual, is composed of texts, and thus no such thing as absolute truth is possible while recounting the past. As a form of text, poetry stands out as a tool to reflect the society of which it is a product. As the first female poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy encapsulates both fictional and nonfictional women from history and successfully manipulates what has already been narrated by men into something novel to give voice to women's concerns in her poetry. This study, employing a new historicist approach, examines "Mrs Aesop" and "Eurydice" from Duffy's poetry collection The World's Wife to explore the prevailing sense of misandry among women in the late-twentieth-century Britain with the potential motivations behind the social dynamics that might have resulted in hostility towards men. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes how the poetry collection Susy, secretos del corazón (1989) by the Argentinian poet, playwright and cultural manager Susana Villalba (Buenos Aires, 1956) establishes a critical dialogue with the comic strip of the same name, published in the sixties and seventies in Latin America. The collection of poems also engages in dialogue with other cultural references through an enunciative process that reveals the social constructs aiming to define and establish femininity. The critical stance of the text becomes evident as it illuminates how the experience of romantic love in women is codified. At the discursive level, from the use of textual mechanisms related to collage and pastiche, an open, mobile, multiple, playful poetic voice is generated-it unfolds to reveal the role of social factors in the construction of subjectivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The translation of Catalan poetry into Chinese began during the1990s, after the event known as Reform and Opening Up. Until 2023, two anthologies of Catalan poetry had been published in China: Antologia de la poesia catalana contemporània (1991), translated by Wang Yangle, and Semàntica i nutrició (2018), a work by Gemma Gorga translated by Jesús Sayols. This article focuses on the two versions and analyzes a series of issues related to them: the origins and causes of their publication, their aims and their characteristics in the selection of poems. It has been discovered that the translation activities of Catalan poetry into Chinese have been influenced by multiple factors, related both to literary systems and to sociohistorical and sociocultural circumstances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews Saroj Parmar's poetry collection Let Me a Participatory Flow, focusing on themes of nature, the female experience, and existential reflection. Topics include human interconnectedness with nature, the role of the physical body (sthula-sharira), and women's struggles in a patriarchal society.

The article explores the novelty of ideas in C. L. Khatri's poetry, focusing on his latest collection For You To Decide and how it showcases the evolution of his poetic expression. Topics include human values and spirituality, satirical undertones, and Khatri's unique craftsmanship in portraying ordinary subjects with imaginative flair.

The article discusses the poetic achievements of R.K. Singh, focusing on his mastery of haiku as analyzed through Longinus's theory of sublimity. Topics include the grandeur of thought in Singh's haiku, the use of sensuous and spiritual themes, and the balance of poetic technique and emotional depth.

The aim of this paper is to investigate the assertion of gender difference and gender identity in contemporary Romanian feminist poetry, taking the works of Medeea Iancu, Iuliana Lungu, Mădălina Oprea, and Nóra Ugron as its starting point. This study will underline recurring thematic patterns, highlighting the priority awarded, within these poetry collections, to matters pertaining to textuality, as well as to the peripheral position of women writers within the literary field. As a result of the uneven development of Eastern Europe's women's movement(s) during the postcommunist transition, Romanian feminism can be described as a synthesis between Second- and Third Wave feminist themes (Miroiu), namely as having haphazardly imported both issues pertaining to "difference-" and to intersectional feminism. The emphasis local feminist poets place on positing difference, as well as on embracing a fluid identity, has motivated the usage of a theoretical framework based on the concepts of "sexual/gender difference", and justified the attempt of linking these literary projects to the tradition of so-called "French post-structuralist feminism". Lastly, this study proposes an overview of the possible political relevance that "neomaterialist" (Braidotti) strands of feminism may hold today, as well as an outline of some of the limitations that they pose. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Learning of poetry and drama in English literature has been an essential element to the student of literature. With the coming up of National Education Policy an effort has been made to intermingle dance and literature. Dance can be considered as one of the finest art forms prevalent in India from the very ancient times. Therefore it can be taken as one of the important features in the teaching of English drama and poetry in an active teacher-centered classroom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the use of metaphors in understanding and describing transformation. Metaphors, such as the caterpillar becoming a butterfly or the phoenix rising from the ashes, help us comprehend and communicate the process of transformation. However, these metaphors also have limitations and may misrepresent certain aspects of transformation. The article discusses various metaphors, including those from living things, myths, and physical objects, and highlights their strengths and weaknesses in capturing the complexity of transformation. The analysis has implications for research, theory, and practice in transformative learning, urging us to question our assumptions and consider the role of external influences and individual agency in the process of transformation. [Extracted from the article]

This article, titled "Hydropolitical Textualities," explores the concept of the Black aquatic and its relationship to bodies of water. The author, Rinaldo Walcott, discusses the historical significance of water in the lives of Black people, particularly in relation to Atlantic slavery and its ongoing impact on Black lives. The article also includes four papers that examine water in different African contexts, including the toxic effects of colonial modernity in Zimbabwe, the use of water spirits in Mozambican literature, the plight of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, and the displacement caused by the construction of the Kariba Dam in colonial Rhodesia. The article highlights the interconnectedness of these issues and the ongoing struggles faced by Black communities. [Extracted from the article]

This article analyzes the significance of Khaled Mattawa's collection of poems, Mare Nostrum (2019), a lyrical documentation of illegal migration. Mattawa's poetry integrates information and poetic form to bear witness to the plight of migrants and confront the issue of indifference and forgetfulness. The article argues that poetry can serve as a powerful tool to humanize the migrant experience, raising awareness and mobilizing global consciousness. By examining the political and aesthetic dimensions of Mattawa's poetic documentation, the article demonstrates that literature has the potential to inspire free thought, challenge indifference and confront injustices surrounding migration. Overall, the article highlights the capacity of poetry to give voice to those whose epistemic agency is damaged and promote empathy and understanding among readers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Drawing on research highlighting the disruptive potential of migratory (e.g. Ahmed, S., 2000. Strange Encounters. Embodied Others in Post-Coloniality. London: Routledge, Heimböckel, D., and Weinberg, M., 2014. Interkulturalität als Projekt. Zeitschrift für interkulturelle Germanistik, 5 (2), 119–144) and urban encounters (e.g. Closs Stephens, A., 2013. The Persistence of Nationalism. From Imagined Communities to Urban Encounters. London: Taylor & Francis), this paper examines the everyday encounters in Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç's debut poetry collection Prinzenbad (2022). More specifically, the analysis focuses on the question of how the depicted encounters unsettle a nationalist imaginary characterised by homogeneity, linearity and unity. The speaker of Keskinkılıç's largely autobiographical poems navigates a distinctly transnational, intersectional identity – he is gay, Muslim, a third-generation immigrant from an Arab Turkish family and a German national. The poems detail casual discriminations at airport security checks and intimate encounters with men in urban cruising spots, like Berlin's outdoor pool Prinzenbad. While the poems highlight the ubiquity of the nationalist imaginary, e.g. in personal relationships and language, they ultimately disrupt it by exploring alternative models of community and belonging in the speaker's queer encounters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Osmanlı döneminde 15. yüzyıldan itibaren görülmeye başlayan şiir mecmuaları, tanınan yahut pek tanınmayan şairlerin şiirlerini bir araya getiren önemli kaynaklardır. Divanlarda bulunmayan birçok şiiri tespit etmede faydalı veriler sunan şiir mecmuaları, klasik edebiyat araştırmalarını destekleyen örneklerdir. El yazması kütüphanelerinde sayısız şiir mecmuası bulunmaktadır. Bu mecmuaların birçoğu mecmua-i eş'âr gibi genel başlık taşımaktadır. Son yıllarda şiir mecmualarına dair çalışmaların arttığı gözlemlenmektedir. Bilhassa MESTAP projesi çerçevesinde yapılan MESTAP Tablosu çalışmaları, el yazması kütüphanelerinde yahut tez sayfalarında dağınık durumda kalmış birçok bilgiyi sistematik biçimde bir araya getirmesiyle önemli bir işlevi üstlenmektedir. Sayısı gittikçe artan MESTAP çalışmaları, araştırmacılar için önemli veriler sunmakta, kıyıda köşede kalmış şiirleri gün yüzüne çıkarmaktadır. Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi Fatih Koleksiyonu 4078 numarada kayıtlı şiir mecmuası da bir nazire mecmuası olduğu için incelenmeye değer niteliktedir. Bu çalışmada, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi Fatih Koleksiyonu 4078 numarada kayıtlı nazire mecmuası hakkında kısaca bilgi verildikten sonra mecmuanın 51a-100b varakları arasının MESTAP Tablosu yapılmış, ilgili tablo araştırmacıların istifadesine sunulmuştur. Poetry collections (mecmuas), which began to appear in the Ottoman period from the 15th century onwards, are important sources that bring together the poems of well-known or unknown poets. Poetry collections, which provide useful data in identifying many poems that are not found in divans, are examples that support classical literature research. There are countless poetry collections in manuscript libraries. Many of these collections have general titles such as "mecmua-i eş'âr". It has been observed that studies on poetry magazines have increased in recent years. In particular, the MESTAP Table studies carried out within the framework of the MESTAP project undertake an important function by systematically bringing together a lot of information that remains scattered in manuscript libraries or thesis pages. MESTAP studies, the number of which is increasing, provide important data for researchers and bring to light poems that have remained hidden in the corners. The poetry collection registered at Suleymaniye Library Fatih Collection number 4078 is also worth examining as it is a nazire collection. In this study, after giving brief information about the nazire collection registered in Suleymaniye Library Fatih Collection number 4078, the MESTAP Table of the magazine's pages 51a-100b was made and the relevant table was presented to the use of researchers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The First World War blurred the lines between "ordinary" and "literary" writing practices. Many sources corroborate this: necrologies written about poets who died in the act of writing not a poem but rather a letter, or introductions to poetry collections where bereaved families and friends admit they had no knowledge of their loved one's writing practices until they found a journal full of poems after the author's death, which they only published as a posthumous tribute. This article uses examples of French poetry of the Great War to explore this permeability between what is considered war poetry and what is considered war ephemera. The main question it addresses is what changes when we look at the war poems that were initially ephemera or ordinary writing. Whose stories get told when poetry is studied not as literature to be judged as accomplished or failed art but as a way of writing to make sense of the world? It argues that when we choose to read poems as ephemera and from the point of view of a larger anthropology of writing practices, diverse histories emerge and communities who write poetry not only as an artistic pursuit but also as a means of organizing experience and leaving traces behind reclaim ownership over their own narratives. This can challenge the false equivalence between the cultural history of warfare and an intellectual history of the elites at war and includes poetry within paradigmatic shifts that place objects at the centre of mediations of the experience of war. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is an effective and safe treatment for achalasia, but often leads to posttreatment gastroesophageal reflux disease. The aim of this study was to examine the incidence and severity of reflux esophagitis after POEM and to identify associated predictive factors. Methods: Patients who underwent POEM between August 2011 and December 2022 were included. Multivariate logistic regression was used to assess predictive factors for reflux esophagitis after POEM. Key Results: In total, 252 patients were included; of which, 46% were female and age ranged between 18 and 87 years. Reflux esophagitis within 1 year after POEM was observed in 131 patients (52%), which was severe in 29 patients (LA grade C/D, 12%). Length of full‐thickness myotomy (cm; OR 1.11, 95% CI 1.02–1.21), Eckardt scores before POEM (OR 0.84, 95% CI 0.74–0.96), previous pneumatic dilation (OR 0.51, 95% CI 0.29–0.91), and previous laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM; OR 0.44, 95% CI 0.23–0.86) were associated with reflux esophagitis after POEM. Alcohol use (none vs > 7 units per week; OR 3.51, 95% CI 1.35–9.11) and overweight (BMI ≥25 kg/m2; OR 2.67, 95% CI 1.17–6.09) were positive predictive factors and previous LHM (OR 0.13, 95% CI 0.02–0.95) was a negative predictive factor for severe reflux esophagitis after POEM (LA grade C/D). Conclusion: About half of the patients develop reflux esophagitis after POEM and 12% is graded as severe. Recognizing predictive factors of reflux esophagitis after POEM treatment leads to better patient selection before POEM and provides an opportunity to take preventive measures or start preemptive treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This document titled "Abstracts, Keywords and Biographies" provides summaries and biographies of various articles related to Ibn ʿArabī and his works. The first article, written by Pablo Beneito and Stephen Hirtenstein, analyzes the structure and ordering of Ibn ʿArabī's Fihrist, focusing on the use of the alpha-numeric abjad system. The second article, by Faris Abdel-hadi, examines the twelfth poem from Ibn ʿArabī's Tarjumān al-ashwāq, exploring the use of the Trinity as a poetic conceit. The third article, by Peter Coates, delves into the metaphysics of self-knowledge in the writings of Ibn ʿArabī, Rudolph Otto, and Friedrich Nietzsche. The fourth article, by Mohammed Rustom, discusses Ibn ʿArabī's views on translation and how it relates to embodying his principles. [Extracted from the article]

This article provides a detailed analysis of poem 12 from Ibn 'Arabī's Tarjumān al-ashwāq. The poem explores the theme of romantic fidelity and the possibility of loving multiple beloveds. It is analyzed from three perspectives: as an Arabic love ghazal, as a theological exploration of Trinitarian beliefs, and as a gnostic commentary using symbolism. The article examines the poem's literary dimensions, its main dedicatee, and the different types of beloveds portrayed. It also discusses the use of Greek concepts, Jāhilī tropes, and Christian monasticism in Ibn 'Arabī's poetry. The text delves into the symbolism of the sun, gazelles, and statues in the poem, as well as their connection to beautiful women. It explores the cultural and aesthetic significance of these metaphors and their associations with pre-Islamic and Christian traditions. The article concludes by highlighting the complex themes and interpretations present in the poem, shedding light on Ibn 'Arabī's poetic techniques and philosophical ideas. [Extracted from the article]

In this interview, Bangladeshi Anglophone poet, translator, and critic Kaiser Haq discusses diverse aspects of his writings and concerns. First of all, he talks about his recently published poetry collection, The New Frontier & Other Odds and Ends in Verse and Prose. Then, he dwells upon the charms and challenges of conquering new frontiers during his long poetic journey, his distinguished career as an academician, his role as an essayist and his work as a translator. He gives his opinion about the tradition of Bangladeshi Anglophone poetry and sheds light on his stance as a poet-witness and as a social critic. His representation of aberrant figures, debt to Bengal's rich folk heritage, transformation of mundane observations to socio-political musings, and exploration of issues like identity and the environment come to the fore in course of the conversation. He spells out his poetic standpoint on issues like tradition and modernity, love and sex, religion and ethnicity, and diversity and unity. He takes pains to explain how his poetry testifies to Bangladesh's evolution over the years through all the ups and downs. He points out how exposure to other climes and cultures and love for his own country and country people complement each other to create his poetic credo. Later, he elaborates on his attitude to memory and the media. He reveals his perspectives on poetic craftmanship and stylistic innovation. The interview wraps up with an enduring message from Kaiser Haq the poet for his readers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article summarizes the initial phase of Béla Markó’s career leading up to his first poetry collection, A szavak városában (In the City of Words, 1974). Markó’s first writing attempts were published in local newspapers during his school years in Târgu Secuiesc/Kézdivásárhely, later gaining visibility in national daily and weekly publications. Shortly thereafter, Béla Markó’s poems were introduced in the Megyei Tükör by Árpád Farkas, and in Igaz Szó by János Székely. His notable poem Egyszerû vers (Simple Poem) is often considered a manifesto of his generation. His years at the university in Kolozsvár/Cluj (1970-1974) unfolded in a briefly liberated political and intellectual atmosphere following the “thaw” in Romania after 1968. During this time, in addition to the Echinox student journal, Béla Markó’s works were regularly published in various types of publications. Following his publication in Kapuállító (1982), his work also appeared in the anthology Varázslataink (1974), retaining its title despite censorship cutting Markó’s verse. From 1971 to 1973, he led the Gaál Gábor Circle, a forum for young writers and poets at the university, which served as a valuable platform for public discourse and also attracted the interest of the secret police of the regime, the Securitate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The South-Tyrolean author Sepp Mall, born in 1955, is renowned for his intricate artistic poems. For the writer, composing poetry is a practice of deceleration: an act of both reducing speed and slowing down. Similarly, he describes the process of reading poems as a practice of standing still, of reflecting, and as a highly attentive practice of perceiving and sensing (Mall, 2022). The following article brings Mall's long poem "Unwirkliches Blau (Rondo)" (Unreal blue [Rondo]) from his most recent poetry collection Holz und Haut (Wood and skin) into focus, and discusses in which ways the poem opens up novel spaces of perception regarding time by seizing alternate temporalities – in other words, non-human-centred temporalities, as suggested by the poem itself. These spaces of perception manifest as utopian niches in the sense of deep, small, and secluded chronotopes of imagination and perception, which brim with transformative potential as they offer a means of widening one's perception of temporalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to investigate the prominent linguistic features in the poetry collection I Feel Different by the poet Ismail Al-Saudi. It seeks to highlight the role of language and grammar in constructing literary texts and uncovering their aesthetic and intended meanings. The study is divided into four main themes: the empty exception and its significance in the poetry collection, prohibition and command and their significance in the poetry collection, interrogation and its significance in the poetry collection, and justification and its significance in the poetry collection. The introduction provides an overview of the importance of language and its role in literary text interpretation. The study employs both descriptive and analytical approaches to explore the linguistic features. It begins by presenting an overview of the linguistic features as mentioned in language and grammar books. Subsequently, the analytical study reveals the purposes and full meanings of these linguistic features in the poetic verses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on the analysis of some contemporary Mexican literary works, in which the southern or northern geographical border of Mexico is represented as a counterhegemonic, violent, and geopolitically vulnerable space. For this purpose, the novels 2666 (2004), by Roberto Bolaño To the other side (2008), by Heriberto Yépez; The Scorched Lands (2015), by Emiliano Monge, and the testimonial collection of poems The Central American Book of the Dead (2018), by Balam Rodrigo will be reviewed in particular. In these texts, the border is configured as a territory of multiple sociocultural relations and economic transactions, in which particular values and interests are conditioned by the laws of the market. In each of these texts, drug trafficking is present directly or indirectly, who controls, manages, or eliminates everything that seems useless. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Simon Jackson's study, "George Herbert and Early Modern Musical Culture," explores the poetry of George Herbert within various contexts that were relevant to him during the early modern period. Jackson examines the relationship between Herbert's work and the cultural milieu in which it emerged, highlighting the implicit dialogue between Herbert and his associates. The study delves into the musical and poetic culture at Wilton House, the seat of William Herbert, Third Earl of Pembroke, and explores the interconnectedness of poets and composers during this time. Jackson also discusses the intertextuality in Herbert's poetry and its connections to the Anglican liturgy, metrical psalm translation, and courtly masques. The book provides a close reading of Herbert's poetry and its musical implications, although it lacks sufficient musical examples. Overall, the study offers valuable insights into the musical culture of Herbert's time and its influence on his poetry. [Extracted from the article]

This paper advocates for a reading of John Scottus Eriugena's Carmina that situates his collection of poems within the genre of devotional poetry. Although the Carmina has recently benefited from scholarship on Eriugena's theology, typologies of his poems consistently overlook the significance of their theological themes. Most instead attribute more significance to their political themes, since Charles the Bald commissioned many of Eriugena's poems for special occasions at his royal court. This paper argues that a textual analysis which compares the significance of theological and political themes in the Carmina reveals several reasons why Eriugena's poems should be read as devotional poetry. First, it explains how typologies of Eriugena's poems overlook the significance of their theological themes by overstating the significance of Charles and his royal court. Then, it offers a close reading of three poems in the Carmina to show how Eriugena uses theological themes to frame political ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]