Bleeding Hearts: Love Poems for the Nervous and Highly Strung [Hardcover]

Michelle Lovric (Compiler)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 1998

Bleeding Hearts presents a selection of truly neurotic and tortured love poetry-poems for the mean times, for the broken hearts, for the trampled hopes and for the rare and fragile outbreaks of nervous optimism. This is the Woody Allen School of Love: tragic, fun and surprisingly sexy.

At last, a book for anyone who has binged on the saccharine songs of Love, anyone who has ever waited by the phone, and anyone who plans to somehow survive the angst, agony, and ecstasy of modern love.

Poets included: Anna Akhmatova, Yehuda Amichai, A.R. Ammons, Maya Angelou, James Berry, Nina Cassian, C.P. Cavafy, Wendy Cope, Noel Coward, ee.cummings, Carol Ann Duffy, Robert Creeley, Paul Eluard, Tess Gallagher, Robert Graves, Sophie Hannah, Adrian Henri, June Jordan, D. H. Lawrence, Liz Lochhead, Roger McGough, Pablso Neruda, Dorothy Parker, Brian Patten, Octavio Paz, Alice Walker.

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About the Author

Michelle Lovric has created over twenty anthologies, mostly exploring aspects of love, Her book, Love Letters AN ANTHOLOGY OF PASSION was a New York Times best-seller. She has also written four children's books. Her work has been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Japanese and Korean. She has recently produced her own new translations of Latin and Greek love poetry for her book The Sweetness of Honey and the Sting of Bees, Words of Love from the Ancient Mediterranean.

She is currently researching the writings of John Ruskin and women's letters for forthcoming anthologies. Michelle Lovric lives and works in Covent Garden, London.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books; 1st edition (December 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312191685
• ISBN-13: 978-0312191689
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,328,022 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Insanity, January 26, 2002

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Ngan Le (SLO, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bleeding Hearts: Love Poems for the Nervous and Highly Strung (Hardcover)

This book is perfect for captivating all the foolishness and heartache associated with falling in and out of love. With poetry and quotes by Noel Coward, Pablo Neruda, Robert Frost, and other well known writers, this book is a must have. Perfect Valentines gift for anyone between the ages of 18-35 who are dealing with a heartbreak or appreciate dark humor. ...

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully neurotic!, January 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bleeding Hearts: Love Poems for the Nervous and Highly Strung (Hardcover)

Finally a collection of love poems for those of us not gifted (or plagued) with perfect love lives. This book does not paint love in a bad light altogether. It is a realistic and humorous view of love from the pens of those not afflicted with soppily sweet and cloying views of love. Huzzah!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful, angry, and painful, January 31, 2002

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Molly (Cincinnati, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bleeding Hearts: Love Poems for the Nervous and Highly Strung (Hardcover)

This is an awesome collection of poetry. If you've had enough of cheesy, happy-ending love poems, this book is for you. Some of these poems are so raw they are painful. The poems in this book span the emotions of anger, jealousy, longing, bitterness, desire, and a little bit of love and forgiveness. Another thing I love about this book is that the poems are taken from a wide variety of poets of many different nationalities. I found many of the poems unique, new, and fresh to my eyes (and heart). If you've been searching for a way to express the raw feelings of a broken heart or intense longing, check out this book!