{"product_id":"poetry-says-it-better-poems-to-help-you-wake-up","title":"Poetry Says It Better: Poems to Help You Wake Up","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Burstyn's tender, graceful selections serve as ample evidence that a poem may inspire 'our day-to-day, moment-by-moment intention to be kind and to be conscious.' A generous, heartfelt gift.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus (STARRED review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"From Rumi to Wordsworth to Angelou, the poetry Burstyn celebrates here might save your life, too.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A thoughtfully curated walk through the heart-gallery of a creative titan. Reading \u003ci\u003ePoetry Says It Better\u003c\/i\u003e, one feels brighter, warmly accompanied, and better made.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaveh Akbar, New York Times bestselling author of Martyr!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ellen is a poem, and Ellen has filled my life with poetry. I treasure every collection she sent me over the years because they always change me. Now to have an entire book on her inspirations! What a gift to the world.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDarren Aronofsky, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ellen has done it again... This book is just what we need right now... when a collective numbing is at work in society--to be controlled... We must turn to free thinkers, history, artists... We must not allow the washing away of our hopes and dreams... We desperately need art... I'm so in love with this book.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePamela Anderson, actress, model, and New York Times bestselling author of Love, Pamela\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Indeed! Poetry does say it better! Ellen Burstyn reminds us that poetry is not merely read, it is lived. In these pages, her reflections feel like the warm recognition of an old friend who somehow knows the secret language of the heart... This book will accompany me everywhere!\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarcia Gay Harden, Academy Award-winning actress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In\u003ci\u003e Poetry Says It Better\u003c\/i\u003e, Ellen Burstyn has assembled a thoughtful and passionate biographical anthology of poems that have shaped her life and given it depth and meaning... An invitation to readers to investigate poetry for themselves, and to recognize, in these dark times, just how central poetry is to cultivating awe and understanding in our own lives.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTodd Colby, poet and author of Splash State\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A generous, heartfelt gift.\" -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003e(STARRED review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe legendary Academy Award-winning actress reflects on her love affair with poetry and makes us all believers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe all want inspiration. We want to feel connected to something universal. And we want to be able to share that wonder with friends and loved ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this beautiful volume, Ellen Burstyn celebrates poetic magic and shares her favorite works. Now into her nineties, Ellen reveals she had an evangelical response to learning poetry even as a child and would memorize and recite the works of Edna St Vincent Millay to envelope herself in the poet's deeper emotional landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Burstyn continued her epic rise through film and theater--eventually winning an Oscar, a Tony, a BAFTA, and an Emmy--poetry gave voice to her experience as no other literary art form could. She never went anywhere without her curated \"poetry pack.\" While waiting on set, in rehearsal, on a train, or just relaxing, she found comfort in verse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor nearly nine decades, poetry has led Ellen on a life of adventure, from a pilgrimage to Rumi's birthplace to a friendship with Maya Angelou, during which the poet read her work in Ellen's movie trailer, to selecting the poems to join her in love, in motherhood and in grief. \u003ci\u003ePoetry Says It Better \u003c\/i\u003etakes us on our own adventure, featuring work by: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eW.B. Yeats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdna St. Vincent Millay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRainer Maria Rilke\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMary Oliver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKaveh Akbar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam Wordsworth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRumi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdgar Allen Poe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoetry Says It Better \u003c\/i\u003eis a perfect daily companion for everyone looking to deepen and add meaning to their life experience. Throughout, Burstyn's charming voice and luminous insights help readers meet her in this poetic celebration--soul to soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/15\/2026 (EAN 9780063387683, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eBurstyn, Ellen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEllen Burstyn\u003c\/strong\u003e won a Tony Award for her role in \u003cem\u003eSame Time, Next Year\u003c\/em\u003e (1974), is a six-time Oscar nominee, winning the Best Actress Award for \u003cem\u003eAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore\u003c\/em\u003e (1974), and a six-time Emmy nominee, with one win for her guest role on \u003cem\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Order: SVU\u003c\/em\u003e (2008-09). She has appeared on Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatre for more than five decades. Ellen is the co-president of the famed Actors Studio. In 2006, her memoir, \u003cem\u003eLessons in Becoming Myself\u003c\/em\u003e, became a national bestseller. She also lectures around the country on a wide variety of topics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496154595606,"sku":"9780063387683","price":32.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780063387683.jpg?v=1783054258","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/poetry-says-it-better-poems-to-help-you-wake-up","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}