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Adamson, Brandon Beatnik Fascism 2016 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1140096. ISBN #1365231348 / 9781365231346. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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A collection of way out poetry for the non-conformists of today.

Akmakjian, Hiag Snow Falling from a Bamboo Leaf: The Art of Haiku Capra Press 1979 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1116083. ISBN #0884960951 / 9780884960959. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Many lovers of poetry consider haiku to be literature's most subtle art form. The whole of life seems effortlessly expressed in only a few words and images. The book presents readers with sixty of the more famous classical haiku in the original romanized Japanese along with their interlinear transliterations. This unique combination becomes a great help in understanding how they were made. An introductory essay tells how haiku can just as easily be written in English and as a help to readers creating their own haiku, it explains to them the elegant but rigorous structure of what appears to be an easy art form. This charming and informative book is tastefully illustrated with the author's own lovely ink drawings.

Allen, Steve Flash Of Swallows 1969 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1104345. ISBN #0837567343 / 9780837567341. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Book by William Christopher Stevens, Steve Allen

Alonso, Jesse An Electrotreatment For Monoemoticide CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2013 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1059575. ISBN #1484145879 / 9781484145876. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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This second collection of poetry and drawings was compiled between 2006-2012. If you like the chaotic crackling of strangeness, if you want to see a train wreck of words, if you, by your very nature are ethereally perturbed, you might find these enjoyable.

Alonso, Jesse St Op Kcu Em 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1058881. ISBN #1484133323 / 9781484133323. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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This collection of poems was written when i was nineteen. Some are written in angst, others in romantic stupor. But looking back i think they contained some powerful personal revelations as well. It is my hope that you might feel something true of yourself in these awkward reflections.

Ammons, A.R. Garbage: A Poem 1993 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135798. ISBN #0393035425 / 9780393035421. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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The subject of garbage serves as the inspiration for a new collection of poetry, by the award-winning author of Sumerian Vistas, that explores the themes of nature and mutability.

Baudelaire, Charles Les Fleurs Du Mal David R. Godine 1985 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1146658. ISBN #0879234628 / 9780879234621. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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This translation of Baudelaire's magnum opus perhaps the most powerful and influential book of verse from the 19th century - won the American Book Award for Translation. And the honor was well-deserved, for this is one of Richard Howard's greatest efforts. It's all here: a timeless translation, the complete French text, and Mazur's striking black and white monotypes in one elegant edition.

Benton, Walter This Is My Beloved hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1033190. ISBN #0394404580 / 9780394404585. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Born in Austria of Russian parents, Walter Benton lived most of his life in the United States. After working on a farm, in a steel mill, as a window washer, as a salesman, and at various other jobs, he entered Ohio University in 1931, and in due course was graduated. He then spent five years as a social investigator in New York. During the second World War he served in the United States Army, being commissioned a lieutenant of the Signal Corps in the autumn of 1942 and later being promoted to a captaincy. After the war he returned to New York and devoted his time to writing. This Is My Beloved, the remarkable diary in verse that has become one of the most popular books of poetry, was his first published volume, though his work was already familiar to readers of Poetry, Fantasy, the Yale Review, and the New Republic. Never a Greater Need, a second selection of his poems, was issued in 1948. Walter Benton died in 1976.

Bernritter, Stefanie She: Poems Seven Locks Press 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or794143. ISBN #1931643687 / 9781931643689. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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A fresh debut by a precocious new voice, She is a collection of intimate verse that covers the full spectrum of the emotional landscape. Whether pondering love, contemplating the meaning of life or bubbling with sexual exuberance, She reflects our eternal yearning to thrive in an illusive world. In poems marked by striking images and a sophisticated voice, Bernritter examines the self with a brave and raw vulnerability that speaks not only to the poet, but to us all.

Betjeman, John; Guest, John (edited by) Best of Betjeman PENGUIN 1978 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1116861. ISBN #0140047719 / 9780140047714. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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John Betjeman was one of the most obstinately uncategorizable writers of the twentieth century. This acclaimed selection of his work contains both poetry and prose, as well as a slightly abbreviated version of Metro-land.

BLAKE; Selincourt, Basil De William Blake Cooper Square Publishers 1971 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1101239. ISBN #0815403895 / 9780815403890. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Blanding, Don Pilot Bails out 1943 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1137328. ISBN #1122692609 / 9781122692601. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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A selection of poems written by Don Blanding in the hope that their message might contribute to building and maintaining morale and hope in these trying years. A tribute to the Winged Youth of today and tomorrow.

Bloom, Harold The Art of Reading Poetry Harper Perennial 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Notes and marking. Book #or1144598. ISBN #0060769661 / 9780060769666. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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A paperback original, Bloom's stand alone introduction to The Best Poems of the English Language . A notable feature of Harold Bloom's poetry anthology The Best Poems English Language is his lengthy introductory essay, here reprinted as a separate book. For the first time Bloom gives his readers an elegant guide to reading poetry a master critic's distillation of a lifetime of teaching and criticism. He tackles such subjects as poetic voice, the nature of metaphor and allusion, and the nature of poetic value itself. Bloom writes "the work of great poetry is to aid us to become free artists of ourselves." This essay is an invaluable guide to poetry. This edition will also include a recommended reading list of poems.

Browne, Heather M. Directions Of Folding Red Dashboard LLC 2014 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1132045. ISBN #1503007499 / 9781503007499. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Most of us tend to live our lives day to day. We approach this shared journey as a linear progression from beginning to end from our first steps and words to our last breath and touch. Still, there are those spaces in time when we perceive life to be more than today more than just a string of all our yesterdays. We become profoundly aware of a vertical axis intersecting the plane of our existence. Below the surface and beyond the horizon we become profoundly aware of the sacred and the eternal. The author explores these realms in this collection.

BROWNING; Smalley, Donald (Editor) Poems Of Robert Browning 1956 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1073828. ISBN #0395051037 / 9780395051030. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts 1 We have not used OCR Optical Character Recognition , as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. 2 In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Buckley, Christopher Blue Autumn 1990 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1067539. ISBN #0914278533 / 9780914278535. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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First edition. Presentation from author on half-title, a laid in presentation letter, and an inscription. Table of contents. A collection of poems. 71 pages. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo..

Cardona, Helene Dreaming My Animal Selves: Le Songe de mes Ames Animales (Bilingual Collection in French and English) Salmon Poetry 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135765. ISBN #1908836393 / 9781908836397. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Dreaming My Animal Selves is an intriguingly surreal journey through myth, legend, fantasy, and more - all guided by a shape-shifting narrator searching far and wide for cosmic unity within the discontinuous landscape of dream and the dreamy, fragmented quality of the everyday world. The dual-language text English and French works to heighten the narrator's shifting perceptions, symbol by symbol, vision by vision. -Brian Turner USA Best Book Award in Poetry, Pinnacle Book Award for Best Bilingual Poetry Book and Readers' Favorite Book Award in Poetry. International Book Awards and Julie Suk Award in Poetry Finalist.

Chapman, Robin Way In 1999 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1040579. ISBN #1893670082 / 9781893670082. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Poetry. The author of three previous poetry collections continues her luminous and bittersweet narrative style. Robin Chapman is a poetic voice you can settle into, learn from, come to know and trust. Whether she is writing of her childhood in a nuclear boom town or her now grown children or the passions and pleasures of nature, Chapman draws you into her world with the deftest of gestures and the surest of language. THE WAY IN is a generous book, full of life, and a true pleasure to read -- Jesse Lee Kercheval.

Chin, Marilyn Phoenix Gone, The Terrace Empty 1994 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1038615. ISBN #0915943875 / 9780915943876. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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In the 15 years since this book came out, Marilyn Chin has been widely recognized as a consummate poet of the hybrid experience, blending East and West, popular and high culture, personal and political. Praised for its streetwise lyricism, this groundbreaking volume captures a young immigrant woman s perspective as she encounters the nexus of tradition and commercialism in modern, diverse, and urban California. With this new edition, a modern classic is reintroduced to a new generation of readers.

Clampitt, Amy What The Light Was Like 1986 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1138225. ISBN #0571138144 / 9780571138142. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Forty poems deal with the people, plants and animals of New England, the English poet John Keats, and the landscape of New York City

Clark, louis V. III How To Be An Indian in The 21st Century 2017 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1123012. ISBN #0870208152 / 9780870208157. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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In deceptively simple prose and verse, Louis V. "Two Shoes" Clark III shares his life story, from childhood on the Rez, through school and into the working world, and ultimately as an elder, grandfather, and published poet. How to Be an Indian in the 21st Century explores Clark s deeply personal and profound take on a wide range of subjects, from schoolyard bullying to workplace racism to falling in love. Warm, plainspoken, and wryly funny, Clark s is a unique voice talking frankly about a culture s struggle to maintain its heritage. His poetic storytelling style matches the rhythm of the life he recounts, what he calls "the heartbeat of my nation."

Collier, Michael The Ledge: Poems Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2000 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1125646. ISBN #0618050140 / 9780618050147. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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A new collection of poetry by the director of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, which celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary in 2000. "Dark splendor" are the words Edward Hirsch uses to describe the poems of the award-winning author Michael Collier. Collier's new work balances on the ledge between the everyday and the unknown, revealing the hidden depths of relationships. The poems in THE LEDGE are narrative and colloquial, musical and crystalline, at once intimate and sharp-edged. They render the world beautifully mysterious as they slide into unexpected emotional territory. A son loses his father's favorite hammer, and with it his trust. In "The Wave," the enthusiastic crowd at a baseball game rises and sits in frightening unison, belying their hopeful cheering. In "Fathom and League," a dive two miles deep in the Pacific reveals the submerged volcanoes of the ocean and the soul. In many of the poems, the familiar animal world - of dogs and sparrows and possums in the yard - transfigures the view through a window. As director of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Collier has reinvigorated one of America's most important literary institutions. The artistry and directness of THE LEDGE confirm his place among the most significant poets of his generation.

Collom, Jack; Noethe, Sheryl Poetry Everywhere: Teaching Poetry Writing in School and in the Community Teachers & Writers Collaborative 1994 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1129983. ISBN #0915924986 / 9780915924981. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Sixty five alphabetically ordered entries on poetry, each more than two pages, offering exercises, examples and student samples. Also includes seven essays pertaining to teaching poetry, several suggestions on how to use the book, and an appendix showing exercises by school subject A collection of entries pertaining to virtually all the different forms of poetry. Includes entries on acrostics, definition poems, list poems, odes, used to but now poems, and other innovative forms designed to bolster creative writing. Collom and Noethe truly understand their audience, for they have also addressed the need for ideas on how to integrate poetry into the English core curriculum in a section at the back of the book, filled with essays that guide you through the entire poetry teaching process. There are 11 essays in all, in addition to an appendix of exercises arranged by school subject.

Cope, Wendy Making Cocoa For Kingsley Amis 1986 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1107595. ISBN #0571137474 / 9780571137473. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Offers parodies of William Wordsworth, T.S. Eliot, and Emily Dickinson, and humorous sonnets, haiku, and love poems.

Czuchajowski, Leszek Hello Devil! 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1074186. ISBN #8360940061 / 9788360940068. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Davison, Peter Poems Of Peter Davison 1995 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1110525. ISBN #0679441808 / 9780679441809. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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The poetry of Peter Davison, of which this is the ninth volume, covers a broad range of subject matter. Musical and supple, with rewards for the eye, the ear, and the mind, concerned as much with country as with city matters, Davison's poems move past personality. They open questions of identity, explorations of the natural world, personal and religious conflict, and the mysterious workings of memory. His poetry, such as the long poem "The Great Ledge," is especially moving and powerful when read aloud. Though Davison is perhaps most widely known as an editor of poetry, his poems are neither academic nor exclusive. John Hall Wheelock wrote, after Davison's earliest book won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award in 1963, "With Peter Davison, feeling has come back into poetry." May Swenson, reviewing his second book, said: "There is a savage self-revelation and deep understanding of the hearts and minds of others." Alfred Kazin spoke of "the bone-sharp integrity of Davison's poetry, with its notable openness to difficulties, both personal and historic." When Davison's fourth book was published in Great Britain, John Fuller wrote, "What an assured talent is here revealed It is a splendidly accessible body of work," and Robert Penn Warren concurred: "He has found a new depth and force...He has splendidly found himself...himself and his way." Vernon Young called him, in Parnassus, "one of the few poets of the first order writing in English today," and James Dickey said, Peter Davison's quiet, deep poems are among the best being written. Any thoughtful reader will be moved by his clear, unpretentious writing, his imaginative participation in life, his passionate balance." Jay Parini, in Virginia Quarterly, called Davison "one of America's finest contemporary poets, whose sharpness of vision and candor leave the reader breathless," and Phoebe Pettingell, in The New Leader, said, "Peter Davison's verse illuminates the commonplace with a mystical sense of the divine revealed in nature." This volume, combining Davison's most recent work with all the earlier poems he wishes to preserve, reveals a poet in his late middle age writing out of the midst of a life both active and contemplative, yet given over to poetry. He is a worthy heir to the passionate poetic tradition of Thomas Hardy and Robert Frost.

Dean, Debra Kang Precipitates 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1040996. ISBN #1929918437 / 9781929918430. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Employing some of the link-and-shift techniques of the Japanese renku, these poems repeatedly allude to -major themes in Ecclesiastes , while speaking, under the influence of the Buddhist "Heart Sutra," to the hunger for perfection or the desire to forestall change that keeps us attached to the world. Weather serves as a metaphor for our headlong fall into aging and death. Debra Kang Dean has published two collections of poetry: Back to Back NCWN, 1997 , which won the Harperprints Poetry Chapbook Competition; and News of Home BOA, 1998 , which won the New England Poetry Club s Sheila Margaret Motton Award. A contributing editor for Tar River Poetry , she lives in West Peterborough, New Hampshire, with her husband Brad and two cats.

Deming, Richard Let's Not Call It Consequence Shearsman Books 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135751. ISBN #1905700660 / 9781905700660. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Poetry. In LET'S NOT CALL IT CONSEQUENCE, Richard Deming's first full-length collection of poems, the poet brings together abstraction and precise images to explore the intensities and reversals of lyric thinking, that "infinitely stuttering thing." These poems searchingly engage the content and form of anger, violence, intimacy, and the poetics of proximity, exploring the intricacies of language use to find the ways that "to ache, so to speak, is human." "'If only this thinking thing thought thoughts only.' Richard Deming restlessly calculates the split between promised and actual experience. The poems in his impressive new collection balance at an edge of danger syntax can only shadow. Urgency of the day. Argument of the ordinary. 'Each comma ticks like sleet against a windowpane. In the cold dawn.'"--Susan Howe.

Doran, Geri Resin: Poems 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1147555. ISBN #0807130761 / 9780807130766. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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In poems of quiet force, Geri Doran maps the fragility of human connection and the irreducible fact of grief. From the communal ruptures of Chechnya and Rwanda to the personal dislocations that attend great loss, Resin weighs frailty against responsibility, damage against the desires of the heart. For the poet, a factory fire in late-nineteenth-century Portland becomes a tool for precise knowing: "The phases of wood are a means of dead reckoning: burn what is built and gauge your passage by what is lost." Even in so quotidian an act as the planting of potatoes, Doran's sure, meticulous, and carefully calibrated lines reveal the intensity of our yearnings: "What carried us from year to year was yield: potatoes in, potatoes out, like rowing." Variously plaintive, passionate, intuitive, and serious, the voice in Resin tells how the natural world, in both its wildness and regularity, expresses and mediates human longing. You entered me like migraine, left like migraine a private vacancy. The darkness outside is great and wild. Blue plums falling from an old tree demand we believe in wildness, fallingness. What's the matter is memory, shrivel and tart. How in this sweet aftermath of everything the mind should settle on plums blue plums is one of the mysteries. That God and my window-blinds should conspire to refract the light to look like plums. Out in the wild nothing. -- from "Blue Plums"

Doyle, James Bending Under The Yellow Police Tapes: Poems 2007 paperback. Inscribed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082715. ISBN #097432647X / 9780974326474. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Bending Under the Yellow Police Tapes is the fourth full-length collection by Doyle, a prolific poet whose work appears in a nearly every issue of nearly every journal nowadays. It is the follow-up to his critically acclaimed Einstein Considers a Sand Dune, which was selected by David Kirby as the winner of the 2003 Steel Toe Books Prize in Poetry.

Drouet, Minou First Poems 1956 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126876. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Eiseley, Loren C. Notes of an Alchemist Macmillan Pub Co 1978 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122507. ISBN #0684136937 / 9780684136936. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Fiction; General; Poetry

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ELIOT; Sackton, Alexander T.S. Eliot Collection Of The University Of Texas At Austin 1975 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1023334. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Issued as number nine in the Tower Bibliographical Series. The aim of this work is to describe distinctive features of the items held at Austin. Published materials are numbered as in the revised edition of Donald Gallup's T.S. Eliot: A Biblilography 1969 . Illustrated with a frontispiece drawing by Wyndham Lewis, 1949, and fourteen facsimile inscriptions, notes, and title pages in text. 407 1 pages. cloth, clear acetate jacket.. 8vo..

Emanuel, Lynn Noose and Hook (Pitt Poetry Series) University of Pittsburgh Press 2010 paperback. Inscribed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135753. ISBN #0822960591 / 9780822960591. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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I have long believed that Lynn Emanuel is one of the most innovative and subversive poets now writing in America. Her aesthetic and artistic choices consistently invoke a complex hybrid poetics that radically reimagines the shape of our poetic discourse. The brilliant, shattering, and disturbing poems of Noose and Hook are not only wry critiques of recent poetic and cultural activity in this country but also compelling signposts to what yet might be possible in our future. This is Lynn Emanuel's most exquisite and powerful book yet. David St. John

Fleischman, Paul Joyful Noise: Poems For Two Voices 1988 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1087196. ISBN #0060218525 / 9780060218522. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Written to be read aloud by two voices sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous--here is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrate the insect world, from the short life of the mayfly to the love song of the book louse. Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise. In this remarkable volume of poetry for two voices, Paul Fleischman verbally re-creates the "Booming boisterious joyful noise" of insects. The poems resound with the pulse of the cicada and the drone of the honeybee. Eric Beddows s vibrant drawings send each insect soaring, spinning, or creeping off the page in its own unique way. Paul Fleischman has created not only a clear and fascinating guide to the insect world from chrysalid butterflies to whirligig beetles but an exultant celebration of life. Supports Common Core State Standards

Fontaine, Jean De La Selected Fables 1968 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092380. ISBN #0486218783 / 9780486218786. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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All the imagination, whimsy, and invention that have made Alexander Calder's mobiles and stabiles so popular. 36 fables in rhymed translation by Eunice Clark with a Calder drawing for each fable and 12 additional vignettes. Includes "The Lion in Love" and "The Hen That Laid the Golden Eggs." Contains mature content.

Gunn, Thom The Occasions of Poetry: Essays in Criticism and Autobiography (Poets on Poetry) University of Michigan Press 1999 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135759. ISBN #0472085832 / 9780472085835. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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"For me the act of writing is an exploration, a reaching out, an act of trusting search for the correct incantation that will return me certain feelings whenever I want them. And of course I have never completely succeeded in finding the correct incantations." --Thom Gunn Thom Gunn is well-known as a poet, and increasingly as a literary critic. The Occasions of Poetry includes insightful critical pieces on writers ranging from William Carlos Williams and Gary Snyder to Thomas Hardy and Robert Duncan. "The occasion in all cases," writes Gunn, "is the starting point, only, of a poem, but it should be a starting point to which the poet must in some sense stay true." The first loyalty of a writer who is "true to his occasions," he writes, must be to the facts of experience. The book includes five autobiographical essays, which combine to form an engaging account of the author's development as a poet and to chronicle some of the most significant literary currents of recent decades, both in England and America. Thom Gunn, born in England in 1929, has lived in America since 1954. His books include Shelf Life: Essays, Memoirs, and an Interview ; The Man with Night Sweats ; Collected Poems ; and The Passages of Joy . The Occasions of Poetry was originally published by Faber and Faber.

Halfe, Louise Bernice Blue Marrow: Poems 1998 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1123889. ISBN #0771037775 / 9780771037771. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Hall, Donald Their Ancient Glittering Eyes: Remembering Poets And More Poets 1992 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136933. ISBN #0899199798 / 9780899199795. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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A poet recalls his personal encounters with some famous literary figures

Hewett, Greg Red Suburb Coffee House Press 2002 paperback. Stamp to title page. Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1130042. ISBN #1566891299 / 9781566891295. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Red Suburb portrays the neurotic beauty of a generation squeezed between the Baby Boomers and Generation X. These poems ripe with love and wistfulness scope the garish Kodak colors of suburbia, then twist like a kaleidoscope to reveal a distorted American Dream. Thoughtful and at times urgent, Greg Hewett writes of coming-of-age as a seer, a dreamer, a gay man, and a social iconoclast amidst the abject development of cul-de-sacs and two car garages. Marketing Plans Co-op available National author tour to include New York, Minneapolis, and San Francisco National print advertising in Poet s Writer s, The Advocate, Harvard Gay Lesbian Review Greg Hewett was born in Elmira, New York in 1958. His first collection of poetry, To Collect the Flesh was published by New Rivers. Hewett has lived in California, France, Japan, Denmark, and Norway, and is assistant professor of English at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.

Hughes, Ted Wolfwatching Faber &andaber 1989 hardcover. First Edition. First British Edition. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or979191. ISBN #0571141668 / 9780571141661. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Wolfwatching, Hughes' 14th collection of poetry contains many poems in which nature is the subject as well as a number of intimate family poems.

Inada, Lawson Fusao Legends from Camp Coffee House Press 1992 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1046736. ISBN #1566890047 / 9781566890045. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Winner, 1994 American Book Award. Los Angeles Times Book Award for Poetry finalist. "Recommended for classroom and library use, this book will add a fresh dimension to a growing body of literature that remembers, humanizes, and shares the Japanese-American internment experience for new generations."-- Choice

Johnson, Peter Miracles & Mortifications 2001 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1063793. ISBN #1893996182 / 9781893996182. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Long neglected or scoffed at by poetry "purists," the prose poem is now taking its rightful place as a distinct and accepted genre in American letters. Johnson s work as founder and editor of The Prose Poem: An International Journal did much to garner acceptance and respect for the genre among both poets and critics alike. This book, his second collection, is filled with the mystery, humor, and pathos that make this form so appealing and so accessible. Peter Johnson lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife and son. He teaches at Providence College.

Jonson, Ben Complete Poems 1988 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136207. ISBN #0140422773 / 9780140422771. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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His adoption of classical ideals was combined with a vigorous interest in contemporary life and a strong faith in native idiom. Within the urbane elegance of his verse forms he contrived a directness and energy of statement clearly related to colloquial speech, and this characteristic fusion of restraint and vitality gave to the seventeenth-century lyric its most distinctive quality. As well as the entire body of Jonson's non-dramatic verse, extensively annotated, this edition contains many of the songs from his plays and masques and his translation of 'Horace, of the Art of Poetry'. His 'Conversations with Drummond', which adds much to our sense of the man, appears as an Appendix, as does 'Discoveries'; together they shed valuable light on Jonson's poetic theory and practice. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Kennedy, Sarah A Witch's Dictionary Elixir Press 2008 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1093318. ISBN #193241827X / 9781932418279. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Poetry. A WITCH'S DICTIONARY is Sarah Kennedy's fifth book of poetry. Kevin Prufer called it "...one of the most unsettling, timely, and technically marvelous new books I've read in a long, long time. Sarah Kennedy is unafraid to tackle the enormous crises of our time--war, terror, official lies--and she does so with skill, macabre wit, energy and, most of all, complexity. Sarah Kennedy has always been a poet of great skill and subtlety. This is her best book yet." Sarah Kennedy is a contributing editor to Shenandoah and West Branch. Her work has appeared in such publications as Prairie Schooner, Arts Letters, and Pleiades. She is an associate professor at Mary Baldwin College.

Keyes, Sidney Cruel Solstice 1944 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1138693. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Kirsch, Adam Wounded Surgeon: Confession And Transformation in Six American Poets 2005 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1054060. ISBN #0393051978 / 9780393051971. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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"One of the most promising young poet-critics in America" Los Angeles Times examines a revolutionary generation of poets. Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, John Berryman, Randall Jarrell, and Delmore Schwartz formed one of the great constellations of talent in American literature. In the decades after World War II, they changed American poetry forever by putting themselves at risk in their poems in a new and provocative way. Their daring work helped to inspire the popular style of poetry now known as "confessional." But partly as a result of their openness, they have become better known for their tumultuous lives afflicted by mental illness, alcoholism, and suicide than for their work. This book reclaims their achievement by offering critical "biographies of the poetry" tracing the development of each poet's work, exploring their major themes and techniques, and examining how they transformed life into art. An ideal introduction for readers coming to these major American poets for the first time, it will also help veteran readers to appreciate their work in a new light. 6 illustrations

Kuusisto, Stephen Letters to Borges Copper Canyon Press 2013 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1043153. ISBN #1556593864 / 9781556593864. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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" Kuusisto is a powerful writer with a musical ear for language and a gift for emotional candor." The New York Times "A talented writer judged against any standard." USA Today Best-selling memoirist Stephen Kuusisto uses the themes of travel, place, religion, music, art, and loneliness to explore the relationship between seeing, blindness, and being. In poems addressed to Jorge Luis Borges another poet who lived with blindness Kuusisto leverages seeing as negative capability, creating intimacy with deep imagination and uncommon perceptions. "Alone" Today I understood While drinking tea hearing rain That the word for birth the one for sin Come from a single root In Finnish that tongue they Spoke when I was small. Synnty , untranslatable, Original sin nearly, But softer, Like water Carried a long way In a jar In May. Stephen Kuusisto is a poet, essayist, and memoirist. He is the author of two collections of poetry and two memoirs, including the best-selling Planet of the Blind W. W. Norton Company, 1998 . A graduate from and former teacher at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Kuusisto now teaches at Syracuse University in New York State.

Lear, Edward The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear Dover Publications 1951 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1025940. ISBN #0486201678 / 9780486201672. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Every line of every nonsense book written by the celebrated humorist, illustrated by more than 500 of his quirky drawings. Poems range from "The Owl and the Pussycat" to lesser-known delights, including "The Jumblies," "The Nutcrackers and the Sugar Tongs," and "The History of the Seven Young Owls," plus more than 200 limericks. Includes 2 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: "The Owl and the Pussycat" and "The Jumblies."

Little, Janet Hecate The Bandicoot 1980 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1130244. ISBN #0396078931 / 9780396078937. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Livingston, Myra Cohn Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Poems About Small Things Harpercollins Childrens Books 1994 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088801. ISBN #0060230088 / 9780060230081. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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A collection of poems about some things that usually go unnoticed, but are worth looking for, by such authors as Arnold Adoff, Karla Kuskin, John Ciardi, and Charlotte Zolotow.

Livingstone, Myra Cohn I Like You, If You Like Me: Poems of Friendship Margaret K. McElderry 1987 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1101358. ISBN #068950408X / 9780689504082. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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A collection of ninety poems about friendship by both contemporary and traditional poets, divided into nine sections reflecting the diversity of feelings and thoughts on the subject.

Maier, Jennifer Now, Now University of Pittsburgh Press 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1147556. ISBN #0822962632 / 9780822962632. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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In Now, Now , Jennifer Maier's second poetry collection, time is of the essence. Moving with quantum ease through the porous membranes of the past, present, and future, the speaker wonders: What is each moment but the swirling confluence or shy first meeting of past and future of what happened , and what-has-not-yet-happened but will? Such phenomenological questions are sparked by ordinary events: a friend's passion for jigsaw puzzles; an imagined conversation with a neighbor's dog; a meditation on the uses of modern poetry. Here, in language at once elegant and agile, intimate and universal, the author probes beneath the surface of happenstance, moving with depth, humor, and compassion into the heart of our shared predicament: that of loving what we cannot keep. But if time in these poems is relative, it bends toward grace even, as the title suggests, towards consolation. Taken together, the poems invite us to raise a glass to the way we're each "held light and golden in Time's mouth," and to savor something of the eternal distilled, sparkling, already lost inside every now .

Mason, Madeline At The Ninth Hour 1958 hardcover. Inscribed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1127285. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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McKuen, Rod In Someones Shadow Random House 1969 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1021436. ISBN #0394403657 / 9780394403656. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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In Someone's Shadow, by McKuen, Rod

McKuen, Rod In Someones Shadow Random House 1969 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126032. ISBN #0394403657 / 9780394403656. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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In Someone's Shadow, by McKuen, Rod

Millar, Joseph Overtime: Poems Eastern Washington University Press 2002 paperback. Signed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092687. ISBN #0910055742 / 9780910055741. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Joseph Millar's poems come out of the American landscape like runaway diesel trucks loaded with miners, electricians, waitresses, ditch diggers, mechanics, factory workers, the homeless, the hopeless, and the lost. These are the voices poetry has classically ignored, finally speaking to us through Millar's expertly detailed lines. Here is the poetry of work, its dignity, pain, pathos, and oppression rendered in poems so tight they tick like clocks, or bombs. Joseph Millar grew up in Pennsylvania and received an MA degree from Johns Hopkins University. He spent 25 years in the San Francisco Bay area, working at a variety of jobs, from telephone repairman to commercial fisherman. His poems have appeared in numerous magazines and he has won fellowships from Montalvo Center for the Arts and from Oregon Literary Arts. He now teaches at Mount Hood Community College, in Oregon.

Miller, Calvin Poems Of Protest And Faith 1968 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1015983. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Mills, Joseph Love And Other Collisions 2010 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1076591. ISBN #0982576080 / 9780982576083. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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"Joseph Mills is a poet who understands that Love's great nemesis isn't Hate but Time. Time and again, the poems in Love and Other Collisions explore the inherent pain created when Love and Time meet. This book stands as a chronicle of the speaker's growth from a hopeful youth to a father carving out the best life he can for his own children to a man who is a helpless witness to his mother's battle with Alzheimer's disease. In the words of one poem, Mills "show s how you can make something of your life if only you can stand enough punishment over the years." Love and Other Collisions is at once ambitious, unflinching, and tender-It is definitely a must-read." - Shaindel Beers, author of A Brief History of Time

Mills, Joseph Somewhere During The Spin Cycle 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1076587. ISBN #0977228363 / 9780977228362. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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The subjects and settings of Joseph Mills' poems range from Laundromats, groceries, and coffee shops, to cemeteries, the stars over the Grand Canyon, and even Purgatory, which is seen as a combination "dry cleaner car wash." These poems, which deal mainly with traveling and motion, explore the simple encounters that can suggest the complexity of human interactions. In everyday language, the narrator considers topics such as how difficult it can be to find a poem to read at a wedding, what happens when a person drives non-stop from Salt Lake to Chicago, and why it would be convenient if people wore labels like wine bottles, so "we would have a better idea who might improve with age and who we should enjoy now."

Milton, John Samson Agonistes And Shorter Poems 1950 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1090015. ISBN #0882950584 / 9780882950587. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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This volume contains the principal English poems of Milton's youth and early manhood, most of the sonnets written during the Puritan Revolution, when he was chiefly engaged in arguing public questions in prose, and Samson Agonistes, published three years before his death. Includes "Comus," "Lycidas," "L'Allegro," "Il Penseroso," "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity," and other shorter poems. With an introduction by Editor A. E. Baker, this edition also contains a list of principal dates in the life of Milton and a selected bibliography.

Milton, John; Arnold, Matthew Milton's Comus, Lycidas and Other Poems And Matthew Arnold's Address On Milton University Press of the Pacific 2003 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1046154. ISBN #1410207994 / 9781410207999. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Included in this edition are several poems to give a proper introduction and conclusion to Comus, and to reveal the element of unity and growth. The notes furnish biographical, historical, and critical material to give an insight into the forces which went to form the mind and art of the great poet. This volume also includes the most significant of the many estimates of Milton's greatness, including Matthew Arnold's address at the unveiling of the Milton Memorial Window in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster.

MILTON; Martz, Louis L. (Editor) Milton: A Collection Of Critical Essays paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1103367. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Monachino, Teresa Words Fail Me Phaidon Press 2006 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1100045. ISBN #071484635X / 9780714846354. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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This lively and informative new title was originally inspired by the author's Italian mother and her struggles with the vagaries of the English language. Over the years the author has tried to correct her attempts and explain why the word she has chosen is incorrect, only to be baffled herself by the lack of logic within those explanations. English is full of contradictions and peculiarities not counting such dull grammatical inconsistencies as 'i before e except after c', which are really no fun at all and hoodwinks us into believing one thing while meaning something quite different. In English, all is not what it seems and with this book the author has brought these illogical oddities to the fore. Questions of spelling, pronunciation or the blatantly nonsensical are illustrated through clever visual representations that are created entirely through artfully manipulated typography. heteronyms and introduces the 'antigram' demonstrating how the swift shuffle of certain letters can create words that entirely contradict the first: honestly becomes on the sly, earliest becomes rise late and, fabulously, Elvis lives . Monachino goes on to demand an explanation from all those tricky little words that are spelt the same and pronounced the same, but yet have utterly different meanings, while highlighting a few of life's petty pleonasms and showing off some quite excellent tautologies. A gaggle of one-word oxymorons shines the spotlight on words that harbour contradictory words within them and the final section provides a note on inadvisable hyphenation, which is a useful disco-very, but perhaps not the best place to beg-in. Because of the linguistic nature of this title there will be a American English edition.

Moorcroft, Ryan Across The Sea And Into: The Unknown 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092141. ISBN #0741445751 / 9780741445759. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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This is what he thought. Positive and Negative. Emotionless and Emotional. Right or Wrong. These are his feelings, views, and emotions on a page. This is his heart, soul, and mind. Past, Present, and Future.

Morton, David All In One Breath: A Book Of Fifty Lyrics 1939 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1072023. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Ex-libris copy with bookplate attached. ; 57 pages; Description: 57 p. ; 18 cm. Genre: Poetry. SIGNED by the author.

Morton, David Journey Into Time 1958 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1072269. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Muldoon, Paul Horse Latitudes: Poems Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1144430. ISBN #0374173052 / 9780374173050. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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The title of Horse Latitudes , Paul Muldoon's tenth collection of poetry, refers to those areas thirty degrees north and south of the equator where sailing ships tend to be becalmed, where stasis if not stagnation is the order of the day. From Bosworth Field to Beijing, the Boyne to Bull Run, from a series of text messages to the nineteenth-century Irish poet Tom Moore to an elegy for Warren Zevon, and from post-Agreement Ireland to George W. Bush's America, this book presents us with fields of battle and fields of debate, in which we often seem to have come to a standstill, but in which language that has been debased may yet be restruck and made current to our predicament. Horse Latitudes is a triumphant new collection by one of the most esteemed poets of our time.

Nelson, Gregory R. Half Time hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1002512. ISBN #0972540202 / 9780972540209. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Nicolas, Antonio De Remembering The God To Come Paragon House 1988 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1002470. ISBN #1557780129 / 9781557780126. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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The author of these poems is a philosopher by profession. In these pages, he steps adeptly from the philosophical idea to the concrete image. He proves himself a master in the Symbolist tradition. In the prologue to this collection of poems, William Packard comments on the vision of eternal realities that is evident in de Nicolas' poems: "At its best, this is the kind of poetry that Plato was describing in his dialogues, and the kind of poetry that Nietzsche was calling for in Zarathustra." Remembering the God to Come describes near-mystical experiences, recollections of the soul's true realities, captured in the metaphor of Woman. These poems are meditations on the power of images in our spiritual and sexual lives. They are reminders of the path of memory one must follow to create culture.

Nogues, Collier On the Other Side, Blue Four Way 2011 paperback. Signed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1096477. ISBN #1935536079 / 9781935536079. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Collier Nogues lyrical debut collection, On the Other Side, Blue, shows us a world steeped in loss and rich with the love that survives it. If you think you ll cry, love, let s not both of us, not here, Nogues writes as she explores how to endure grief a grief that nestles into the hearts of these poems and refuses to leave. Everything in this collection exists in terms of its relationship to the deceased: No one loves me like your mother, now that my mother s gone. The speaker, too, struggles with her identity in the wake of such grief: Widow echo there is no proper name for the daughter left without a mother.

Nye, Naomi Shihab; Janeczko, Paul B. I Feel a Little Jumpy Around You : A Book of Her Poems & His Poems Collected in Pairs Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing 1996 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1131685. ISBN #0689805187 / 9780689805189. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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The different perspectives, feelings, and thoughts of men and women are presented in a lively collection of poetry collected in pairs, including works by such authors as Alberto Rios, Grace Paley, Robert Bly, Rita Dove, W. S. Merwin, Paulette Jiles, and Galway Kinnell.

Paris, Anne Jennings Killing George Washington: The American West in Five Voices Ooligan Press 2009 paperback. Inscribed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1041842. ISBN #1932010300 / 9781932010305. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Killing George Washington tells the story of the American frontier as it moves west. Anne Jenning's Paris, in a collection of narrative poems, imagines the voices of the forgotten historical figures of Lewis Wetzel, a notorious Indian killer; York, the slave who accompanied Lewis and Clark; Charity Lamb, Oregon's first convicted murderess; Ing Hay, a Chinese immigrant who made a name for himself as a doctor; and Mary Colter, an architect who helped shaped the western landscape. Exploring the American consciousness, these poems question our shared heritage through the personal stories of legends.

Pastan, Linda The Five Stages of Grief: Poems W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1978 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1078542. ISBN #0393044947 / 9780393044942. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Out of the screams and shouts of women demanding liberation rises the clear, true voice of Linda Pastan, who, seemingly, through love and intelligence and a sure sense of her craft, has been liberated all along. Mona Van Duyn "It is above all her integrity that has made Linda Pastan such a rewarding poet. Nothing is here for effect. There is no self-pity, but in this new book she has reached down to a deeper layer and is letting the darkness in." May Sarton

Pasternak, Boris Poems Of Doctor Zhivago hallmark hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1150528. ISBN #0875291058 / 9780875291055. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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The 25 poems from Pasternak's masterpiece Doctor Zhivago are followed by a masterful critique of their function in the novel and their value as poetry.

Petta, Robert Office Poetry 2007 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1115004. ISBN #0979558506 / 9780979558504. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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With just under 60 hilarious poems and over 40 riotous hand drawn illustrations, Office Poetry by Robert Petta and illustrated by Mark Sean Wilson pokes satirical fun at the very situations, personalities, and trappings of the corporate world that cause work related stress and frustration for millions of office workers around the globe. Filled with outrageous scenarios, witty observations, and colorful descriptions, Office Poetry is sure to entertain and provide side splitting laughter to relieve the most stubborn work related frustration. Office Poetry in 6X9 hardback is made with a Smyth-Sewn binding and a handsome black cloth cover with a silver foil leaf stamp on the side of the title and publisher. The incredibly detailed wrap around dust jacket has over 100 individual office cartoon characters engaged in hilarious antics. To read more about Office Poetry or Office Poetry Live the multi-media performance, please visit Officepoetry.com. 10 of the proceeds from Office Poetry go to selected charities so as you enjoy the poems and cartoons you also are helping out some worthy causes.

Pettet, Simon As A Bee Talisman House, Publishers 2014 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135756. ISBN #158498113X / 9781584981138. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Poetry. The new collection by a poet whose works, in the words of Anselm Berrigan, are "exquisite, irreducible poems that transmit lyrical shape and sense-oriented wonder with a numinous focus and care I find nowhere else in the art. They are among my necessities."

Phillips, Dennis Arena 1991 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1084969. ISBN #1557131279 / 9781557131270. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Phillips, Fred From The Cauldron 2010 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1064755. ISBN #0984480269 / 9780984480265. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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"This is a richly varied assortment, well-crafted and surefooted. Whether recalling the exotic realms of Clark Ashton Smith, the chaos-haunted New England of Lovecraft, or the minstrelsy of the high Middle Ages, Phillips is both lyrical and convincing. His weird nocturnal gardens are populated by very real toads."-Ann K. Schwader, author of The Worms Remember The rich tradition of weird poetry is alive and well in the work of Fred Phillips, whose poems run the gamut from medieval fantasy to sword-and-sorcery to supernatural horror. This substantial collection of his weird verse is the product of decades of work and reflects Phillips's wide-ranging interests in Celtic and Scandinavian myth as well as the exoticism of Clark Ashton Smith and the clutching terror of H. P. Lovecraft. A master of the sonnet, Phillips exhibits an effortless skill at formal verse patterns that brings Smith, Donald Wandrei, and George Sterling to mind. From the Cauldron introduces us to a seasoned poet whose sensitivity to the wonder and terror of the cosmos is unexcelled. Fred Phillips b. 1937 began writing poetry during his senior year of high school. His work has appeared in The Cimmerian, Studies in the Fantastic, Weird Fiction Review and numerous amateur journals. He was the first Poet Laureate of the Eastern Kingdom of the Society for Creative Anachronism. A reader and collector of speculative fiction since the age of sixteen, he is also a founder of a book-collecting association, the Ancient and Honourable Order of the Drowned Rat.

Pindar Odes Penguin Classics 1969 paperback. Crease to front cover.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1145501. ISBN #014044209X / 9780140442090. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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'What Pindar catches is the joy beyond ordinary emotions as it transcends and transforms them' C. M. Bowra Arguably the greatest Greek lyric poet, Pindar 518-438 B.C. was a controversial figure in fifth-century Greece a conservative Boiotian aristocrat who studied in Athens and a writer on physical prowess whose interest in the Games was largely philosophical. Pindar's Epinician Odes choral songs extolling victories in the Games at Olympia, Delphi, Nemea and Korinth cover the whole spectrum of the Greek moral order, from earthly competition to fate and mythology. But in C. M. Bowra's clear translation his one central image stands out the successful athlete transformed and transfigured by the power of the gods. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Pinsky, Robert Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry Princeton University Press 2002 hardcover. Signed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1096481. ISBN #0691096171 / 9780691096179. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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The place of poetry in modern democracy is no place, according to conventional wisdom. The poet, we hear, is a casualty of mass entertainment and prosaic public culture, banished to the artistic sidelines to compose variations on insipid themes for a dwindling audience. Robert Pinsky, however, argues that this gloomy diagnosis is as wrongheaded as it is familiar. Pinsky, whose remarkable career as a poet itself undermines the view, writes that to portray poetry and democracy as enemies is to radically misconstrue both. The voice of poetry, he shows, resonates with profound themes at the very heart of democratic culture. There is no one in America better to write on this topic. One of the country's most accomplished poets, Robert Pinsky served an unprecedented two terms as America's Poet Laureate 1997-2000 and led the immensely popular multimedia Favorite Poem Project, which invited Americans to submit and read aloud their favorite poems. Pinsky draws on his experiences and on characteristically sharp and elegant observations of individual poems to argue that expecting poetry to compete with show business is to mistake its greatest democratic strength--its intimate, human scale--as a weakness. As an expression of individual voice, a poem implicitly allies itself with ideas about individual dignity that are democracy's bedrock, far more than is mass participation. Yet poems also summon up communal life.. Even the most inward-looking work imagines a reader. And in their rhythms and cadences poems carry in their very bones the illusion and dynamic of call and response. Poetry, Pinsky writes, cannot help but mediate between the inner consciousness of the individual reader and the outer world of other people. As part of the entertainment industry, he concludes, poetry will always be small and overlooked. As an art--and one that is inescapably democratic--it is massive and fundamental.

Pope, Alexander Poems Of Alexander Pope 1966 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1068270. ISBN #0300000308 / 9780300000306. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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A splendid presentation of Pope s poems, excluding only his translations of Homer, this is the only one-volume edition that can lay claim to completeness and accuracy of text. It presents the corpus of Pope s poetry as printed in the highly praised Twickenham Edition, except for the 1712 version of The Rape of the Lock and other early versions of phrases preserved in the critical apparatus of the six-volume work. Pope s own notes to his poems are included, as well as a generous selection of the copious annotation in the Twickenham text. This reduced version of the unsurpassed standard edition of Pope will be of great value to all students and teachers of English literature. John Butt, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at Edinburgh University, is general editor of the Twickenham Edition. "The publishers are surely right in claiming that 'this should for long remain the standard one-volume edition of Pope's poems.' The Twichenham edition . . . has been a splendid achievement, and Professor Butt's distillation of the long labours of his fellow-editors is most commendable." Times Literary Supplement.

POPE; Guerinot, J. V. (edited by) Pope: A Collection of Critical Essays Prentice Hall 1972 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1127798. ISBN #0136871291 / 9780136871293. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Pushkin, Alexander Eugene Onegin Oxford University Press 1998 paperback. School price sticker on rear cover. Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1154246. ISBN #0192838997 / 9780192838995. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's verse novel follows the fates of three men and three women. Engaging, full of suspense, and varied in tone, it also portrays a large cast of other characters and offers the reader many literary, philosophical, and autobiographical digressions, often in a highly satirical vein. Eugene Onegin was Pushkin's own favourite work, and this new translation conveys the literal sense and the poetic music of the original.

Ray, David Maharani's New Wall And Other Poems 1989 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1029125. ISBN #081951165X / 9780819511652. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, these poems written in India confront a variety of cultural issues and an American's response to places, rituals, individuals and historical figures. The dramatic title poem, which could serve for a movie script, deals with a Maharani's building a great wall which shuts peasants out of their ancestral territory. "David Ray's depictions and evaluations of Indian life are enthralling," wrote Richard Eberhart.

Reynolds, Elsbery W. Auto Line o'Type 1924 hardcover. Signed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1129548. ISBN #1135696152 / 9781135696153. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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G -, PURPLE COVER, 256 PAGES

Rice, Helen Steiner Gifts Of Love 1993 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1049116. ISBN #0800716779 / 9780800716776. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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A volume of poems designed to convey love to husbands, wives, sweethearts, parents and children. Each poem is accompanied by verses from scripture and excerpts from literature, on the theme of love. They also give the origins of such traditions as engagement rings and wedding rice.

Rice, Helen Steiner Loving Thoughts 1985 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1031262. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Stirring poems that celebrate God's love. This is a collection vibrant poems. Worshipful and joyous, every poem is certain to refresh your faith and draws your attention to God's love, mercy and limitless blessings.

Rice, Helen Steiner Somebody Loves You 1976 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122659. ISBN #0800708180 / 9780800708184. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Offering the timeless message of God's love, this joyous collection shows that whatever adversity life brings, the heavenly Father understands it all. The tender, reverent verse of Helen Steiner Rice combines with the vibrant watercolors of Stan Myers.

ROSSETTI; Kent, David A. (edited by) The Achievement of Christina Rossetti Cornell Univ Pr 1989 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1154804. ISBN #0801496772 / 9780801496776. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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The Achievement of Christina Rossetti Paperback

Sandburg, Carl Rootabaga Stories, Part 2 Harcourt 1983 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Wear from use. Book #or923576. ISBN #0156789019 / 9780156789011. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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A two-volume collection of fanciful, humorous tales introducing such characters as the Potato Face Blind Man, Henry Hagglyhoagly, the Blue Wind Boy, Googler and Gaggler, and others.

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Service, Robert The Best of Robert Service McGraw-Hill Ryerson 2001 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134209. ISBN #0070898073 / 9780070898073. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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More Than 100 Of His Poems From The Yukon Ballads To Bohemian Paris And The World War.

Shafer, Melville Arthur Pemaquid Point and Other Poems with an Essay on the Poet Philosopher of New England: Ralph Waldo Emerson Norwood, Mass.: The Norwood Press, 1941 1941 hardcover. Signed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1071893. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Shange, Ntozake For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf Scribner 1997 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1151139. ISBN #0684843269 / 9780684843261. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and on Broadway, the Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the country. Passionate and fearless, Shange's words reveal what it is to be of color and female in the twentieth century. First published in 1975 when it was praised by The New Yorker for "encompassing...every feeling and experience a woman has ever had," for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf will be read and performed for generations to come. Here is the complete text, with stage directions, of a groundbreaking dramatic prose poem written in vivid and powerful language that resonates with unusual beauty in its fierce message to the world.

Siddiqui, Naim Bal-i-Jibreel 1996 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1095910. ISBN #0965229319 / 9780965229319. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Sidney, Philip Sir Philip Sidney: Selected Prose And Poetry 1983 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1049688. ISBN #0299091341 / 9780299091347. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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An anthology grounded in the historic and aesthetic context of a crucial figure in 16th-century English literature

Smith, Edward The flutes of Gama Litmus 1976 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or961461. ISBN #0915214016 / 9780915214013. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Spender, Stephen World Within World St Martins Pr 1994 paperback. beautiful clean copy. BOOK COND: Used; Like New. Book #or902235. ISBN #0312113587 / 9780312113582. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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While Spender's brilliant autobiography, first published in 1951 and out of print for 12 years, has gained new prominence as a result of its thematic appropriation by David Leavitt in While England Sleeps, the work remains a powerful classic in its own right, recognized as one of the most illuminating literary autobiographies to have emerged from the 1920s and 1930s.

Spenser, Edmund Edmund Spenser's Poetry W W Norton & Co Inc (Np) 1969 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or921919. ISBN #039309569X / 9780393095692. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Building on the strengths of two previous editions, this revised and enlarged Third Edition continues to offer more of Spenser's poetry than any other comparable volume. All selections are based on early and established texts, fully glossed and precisely annotated, with an Editor's Note following each section. To facilitate discussion of the place of the body and of pastoral elements in Spenser's epic, the Third Edition includes more of The Faerie Queene : from Book II, canto ix the House of Alma , and from Book VI, the remainder of canto x and all of cantos xi-xii. The Shepheardes Calender is represented by six eclogues, including the much-discussed "Februarie." Colin Clouts Come Home Againe , increasingly a focus of critical attention, is an important addition, and Amoretti is offered in its entirety. Seventeen critical essays, judiciously chosen from the many published since 1982, have been added to supplement eleven earlier commentaries. New to the Third Edition are the perspectives of Spenser's contemporary William Camden, Virginia Woolf, William Nelson, A. Bartlett Giamatti, Donald Cheney, Judith Anderson, Richard Helgerson, Louis Adrian Montrose, and David Lee Miller. The critical essays on the House of Busyrane , Spenser's pastoral, Muiopotmos , and Amoretti are grouped to "speak" to each other in ways sure to stimulate classroom discussion. This class-tested feature is back by popular demand along with essays by D. C. Allen, Robert A. Brinkley, Ronald P. Bond, Anne Lake Prescott, Andrew D. Weiner, Susanne Lindgren Wofford, Harry Berger, Jr., and Paul Alpers. A Chronology of Spenser's life and an extensive Bibliography are also included.

Starbuck, Lois Journey Through Sun And Shadow: Poems 2001 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1109234. ISBN #0595191045 / 9780595191048. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Journey Through Sun and Shadow is a dramatic insight into the author's journey through life-the loves, ambitions, disappointments, and achievements. It ranges from celebration of life to the specter of death. Much of the setting is the beautiful golden coast of Southern Calfornia and relects a deep love of nature. The poetry is set against the broader background of Western civilization and a lifetime spent as a Shakespeare scholar and teacher of Western European literature.The poems are basically lyric in form and are in stanzaic and rhythmic patterns that have long endured in English literature.

Stepanek, Mattie J.T. Loving Through Heartsongs 2003 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1080384. ISBN #0786869461 / 9780786869466. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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attie J.T. Stepanek has won the hearts of millions with his inspiring poems from his first two New York Times bestsellers. Now he's ready to spread a little love with Loving Through Heartsongs, a beautiful collection of poems written about innocence and trusting love from a child's perspective. Mattie's struggle with muscular dystrophy has never kept him from feeling deep love for his family, friends, country, and faith-heartfelt emotions that are reflected throughout these pages.

Stevenson, Robert Louis A Child's Garden of Verses CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2016 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1128455. ISBN #1530282861 / 9781530282869. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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A child's garden of verses by robert louis stevenson is a famous novel . Stevenson poetry is the ideal field for the Grown-Up's harvester. It stands alone. There is nothing like it, so intimate, so simply truthful, in our language, in any language. Herein the poet at last one may use the words "poet" and "poetry" with no reservations has accomplished that most difficult of feats: he has recaptured in maturity the thoughts, ambitions, purposes, hopes, fears, philosophy of the child. It is our joy, as we listen, to recapture them too. "I also hunted behind the sofa back." The man of genius who can draw from his charmed reader a genuine "I also," is assured of a niche in the heart. Stevenson School appear in this novel which is one of those books which inspire the feeling almost the passion of gratitude. As we read our eyes are a little moist with satisfaction; and now, when the words have the sympathetic alliance of Charles Robinson's pencil, more so than ever. Never were author and artist in closer accord. It adds matter to our grief for Mr. Stevenson's early death that he could not see these winsome pictures, especially perhaps the last. As we read, years fall away, wrinkles are smoothed out, the envious crow removes his foot, world-knowledge so bitterly acquired evanesces, and once again the man is a child at play, and a bird is singing in his heart as of old. In reading these verses, we can exclaim: We also. But this is a slight exaggeration. Only a very few readers could honestly say that, for the Stevenson child is a child of genius, removed from the ordinary child by a wide gulf. It is true that a philosopher has recorded his belief that every child has genius; but, even if that be so, there are degrees. It is given to few to possess the wisdom and imaginings of this little gardener. The difference between the child of genius and the ordinary child may be illustrated by quotation. A child's garden of verses hardcover is a great book highly recommended to read ..

Tate, James Worshipful Company of Fletchers Ecco 1995 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1137592. ISBN #0880014318 / 9780880014311. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Masterfully drawing on a variety of voices and characters, James Tate joyfully offers his first book since winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for his "Selected Poems."

TAYLOR INC Psalms5150 Taylor Inc RAZORWIRE 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1030196. ISBN #0972549005 / 9780972549004. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Tennyson, Alfred Lord Charge Of The Light Brigade And Other Poems 1992 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1104417. ISBN #0486272826 / 9780486272825. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Considered by Victorians as the finest contemporary poet, Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1809 1892 gained much critical favor for his mastery of poetic technique, high-mindedness, and superb natural description. This volume contains a representative selection of his best works, including the famous long narrative poem "Enoch Arden," as well as a number of important lyrics, monologues, ballads, and other typical pieces. Among these are "The Lady of Shalott," "The Beggar Maid," "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "Break, break, break," "Flower in the Crannied Wall," and "Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington." Also here are carefully chosen, uncut excerpts from three longer works: The Princess , "Maud," and "The Brook." With this inexpensive volume at their fingertips, students and lovers of poetry can enjoy a substantial sampling of Tennyson's still-admired, widely quoted verse.

Viorst, Judith If I Were in Charge Of The World And Other Worries: Poems For Children And Their Parents 1984 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1074644. ISBN #0689707703 / 9780689707704. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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If you've ever had trouble apologizing or keeping a secret, had a crush or a broken heart, there's a poem here for you Written with humor and understanding, Judith Viorst's poems are certain to delight children and adults alike -- and be read again and again.

Voznesensky, Andrei Arrow in The Wall: Selected Poetry And Prose 1987 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1010182. ISBN #080500100X / 9780805001006. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Vuong-Riddick, Thuong Two Shores / Deux rives Ronsdale Press 1995 paperback. Inscribed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1146757. ISBN #0921870353 / 9780921870357. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Two Shores is the first collection of poetry in English by Thuong Vuong-Riddick, a Vietnamese immigrant to the West. Vuong-Riddick recounts life in Vietnam under the influence of the Japanese, the Chinese, the Vietminh, the French, and the Americans, as well as the difficulties of living through "the Big Hunger." In the second part of the book, she deals with her second shore, her life as an immigrant, first in France and then in Canada. Two Shores is a dual language edition. Vuong-Riddick wrote the poems first in English and then recreated them in French. The poems appear en face.

Warren, Robert Penn Chief Joseph Of The Nez Perce 1983 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1067034. ISBN #0394530195 / 9780394530192. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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Blue paper over boards backed with purple cloth, gilt letters. 64 pp.

Watson, George Coleridge the Poet 1966 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1090126. (filed under: Poetry ) *

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