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1 Cool Dozen Art and Poetry Gift Books

A book with great art and great poetry is one of those feel-good deals that most people take for granted until something ugly happens that makes them grab one like a lifeboat or something. This list includes books for enjoying any time on a regular basis and I like the wide range of names plus the time span, from centuries ago up until right now. When putting this list together I did some research just to throw some objectivity into the mix and found out the official name for poetry based on a work of art is ekphrastic. The picture you see here is by Eric Drooker done for a poem by Allen Ginsberg.
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    One Song: A New Illuminated Rumi by Michael Green

    This is the second book of poetry by Rumi illustrated by Michael Green. A lot of artists paint what they feel about Rumi these days but Green seems to have a special knack for it almost like what you would expect if Rumi had been a painter.
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    ELEMENTAL, The Power of Illuminated Love - Luther E. Vann, Aberjhani

    Not a lot of artists and poets around who are as original as Vann and Aberjhani but at the same have links to writers and artists from the jazz age. Vann has just been named the 2011 Heritage Days Artist at Penn Center in South Carolina so that means he gets to move up a notch or two.
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    I Live in Music by Ntozake Shange and Romare Bearden

    2011 is the 100th anniversary of Bearden's birth. A lot of critics say he painted poetry so this team up with the "For Colored Girls" author Ntozake Shange is a good one.
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    Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth Century American Art by Jan Greenberg

    Great great book.
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    The Gazer's Spirit: Poems Speaking to Silent Works of Art by John Hollander

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    1. Konnoisseur411
      ELEMENTAL, The Power of Illuminated Love - Luther E. Vann, Aberjhani at 11/08/2011 3:31 PM
      The artist for this book has a major show coming up in South Carolina so I'd say that made this choice a good one.
    2. Ariel Kana
      1 Cool Dozen Art and Poetry Gift Books at 4/18/2011 11:48 AM
      Poetry and art go hand in hand like vanilla ice cream and chocolate fudge. Perfect pairing!
      1. Konnoisseur411
        1 Cool Dozen Art and Poetry Gift Books at 4/20/2011 1:26 PM
        thanx! couldn't have put it better myself.

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