Summary: This book invites the reader to jump into a selection of action poems written by people from different places and times. It gives the reader the keys needed to unlock poems. It equips the reader to explore the meanings that a poem has, and it explains the techniques poets use to create their effects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2014
Summary: Ordinary. Typical. Routine. NORMAL. These are the words we often use to describe our lives, until… the accident, the diagnosis, the discovery, the death. Until The Thing That Changed Everything. Only then do we understand what we thought was normal was in fact Before, and we are now living After. The true stories and poems collected here are stories about life after loss—but these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barnwood Books 0000
Summary: Mackinac Island Community Foundation published a poetry anthology in June 2015 through the Lorabeth Fitzgerald Fund. Enjoy the poetry of Mackinac residents and others in this anthology edited by Glen Young.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mackinac Island Community Foundation 0000
Summary: The Best American Poetry is not just another anthology; it serves as a guide to who’s who and what’s happening in American poetry and is an eagerly awaited publishing event each year. With Trethewey’s insightful touch and genius for plumbing the depths of history and personal experience to shape striking verse, The Best American Poetry 2017 is another brilliant addition to the series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner Poetry 2017
Summary: For Angela, it came on the basketball court--while playing on the boys' team. For Penny, it came on a school field trip to the lake (making for some cringeworthy moments of humor). And to Layla's disappointment, it came at the start of her first fasting Ramadan, meaning that she won't be able to fast after all. Whether it spurs silence or celebration, whether the subjects are well prepared or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
Summary: A new collection of familiar poetry. Includes: The owl and the pussy-cat, Monday's child, Who has seen the wind, and A visit from St. Nicholas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Platt & Munk 1967
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: During the early days of COVID, the Oscar nominee set himself the challenge of committing Four Quartets to memory, and in 2021 he brought it to the London stage followed by a tour of theaters across the UK. Written by Nobel Prize winner Eliot in the shadow of the Second World War, the poem is a searching examination of who and what we are. This celebrated meditation on human experience, time,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Summary: "In our tumultuous cultural and political climate, many Americans are finding hope and meaning in poetry and inspirational quotes, as noted by numerous media outlets such as The Atlantic, The Guardian, and NPR, and as evidenced by the frequent posting of poetry online. Like many of us, the editors at Spiegel & Grau were inspired by the shared poems, and put together this collection of poems and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2017
Summary: This is one of the most popular collections of funny poetry for kids ever published. It's a classic because it's the first collection of poems selected by kids! It includes clever creations from some of the most popular names in children's poetry, including Bill Dodds, Timothy Tocher, Joyce Armor, Robert Pottle, Bruce Lansky, and Kenn Nesbitt. Humorous illustrations by Stephen Carpenter make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Meadowbrook Press 1991
Summary: Provides a comprehensive reference for those interested in the history of poetry or in any aspect of the technique or criticism of poetry. Provides surveys of national poetries; descriptions of poetic forms and genres; detailed explanations of the devices of prosody and rhetoric; and overviews of all major schools of poetry ancient and modern, Western and Eastern.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 1993
Summary: If you laid 50 artists end to end, would they reach a conclusion? That’s not exactly the question this collection of work raises, but it does reflect the spirit of what happens when four dozen artists, both visual artists and writers, all focus upon one theme, in this case the well-known “Peaceable Kingdom” paintings of Edward Hicks, who lived the irony of being both an American folk artist and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margin Release Books 0000
Summary: The Poetry Hall of Fame showcases more than 130 of the world’s best-known poems cleverly performed and artistically interpreted by The First Poetry Quartet and celebrity guests. Simply an incredible collection of great writers and a wonderful journey through great poems. Within these words one may find all the love, joy, hope, fear, enchantment, and humor that is the human spirit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1993
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Summary: Local poetry contest chapbooks containing work of Northern Michigan authors. Contest is held annually by Traverse Area District Library and volunteers. There was no chapbook published in 2013; the submission date changed from October to April in that year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copy Central 1997