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The Lost Land: Poems
Eavan Boland
Format: Book
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Merging private and mythic history, this collection of poems from the acclaimed Irish poet is a private account of her deep feelings for her lost land, Ireland. |
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Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems
Edgar Allan Poe
Format: Paperback
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The life of American writer Edgar Allan Poe was characterized by a dramatic series of successes and failures, breakdowns and recoveries, personal gains and hopes dashed through, despite which he created some of the finest literature the world has ever known. Over time his works |
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The Vintage Book of African American Poetry
Michael S Harper
Format: Paperback
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In The Vintage Book of African American Poetry, editors Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton present the definitive collection of black verse in the United States--200 years of vision, struggle, power, beauty, and triumph from 52 outstanding poets.From the neoclassi |
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The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry
Alan Kaufman
Format: Book
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The outlandish and often controversial verses of bohemians, beatniks, hippies, punks, slackers, and other malcontents is collected in this primer of the dispossessed. |
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Christmas Poems
John Hollander
Format: Book
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Christmas is both a holiday and a holy day, and from the start it has been associated with poetry, from the song of the seraphim above the manger to the cherished carols around the punch bowl. This garland of Christmas poems contains not only the ones you would insist on finding h |
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The Geography Of Home: California's Poetry Of Place
Christopher Buckley
Format: Paperback
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California is home to a wide variety of highly accomplished--in some cases, world-renowned--poets. Ripe with beauty, politics, and an endless diversity of people and cultures, California has nurtured poets born and raised on its soil, and drawn to it established writers from other |
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Fooling with Words: A Celebration of Poets and Their Craft
Bill Moyers - William Morrow; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Fooling with Words is an intimate, inspirational celebration of language in its most exalted form and of the importance of poetry in our lives today. In dozens of poems and a series of fascinating conversations with poets of all stripes gathered for the acclaimed Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry... |
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The 100 Best Love Poems of All Time
Leslie Pockell
Format: Paperback
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Words of Love ...and seduction, heartbreak, adoration, and passion. Here in this portable treasury are the 100 most moving and memorable love poems of all time, each accompanied by an illuminating introduction. Revisit the Classics: "He Is More Than a Hero" by Sappho Son |
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Poems to Read: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology
Robert Pinsky
Format: Book
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A unique anthology by the editors of the bestseller Americans' Favorite Poems.Poems to Read is a welcoming avenue into poetry for readers new to poetry, including high school and college students. It is also meant to be a fresh, valuable collection for readers already devot |
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Cowgirl Poetry : One Hundred Years of Ridin' and Rhymin'
Virginia Bennett
Format: Book
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The heart and soul of the West is seen through the eyes of its women -- cowgirl poets writing about jinglin' the horses home, haymaking time, cowboy courtin', livin' free, July thunderstorms, and real wealth, among other things close to a cowgirl's heart. And, of course, there |
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Beowulf
Anonymous - Barnes & Noble Classics; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Beowulf by Anonymous is part of the Barnes amp Noble Classicsnbspseries which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader including new scholarship thoughtful design and pages of carefully crafted extras Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes... |
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The Iliad
Homer - Viking Adult
Format: Hardcover
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Dating to the ninth century BC, Homers timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned classicist... |
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Gilgamesh
Stephan Grundy - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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An epic adventure from the earliest days of civilization, this is a tale of greatness and glory that has been passed down through untold generations. Stephan Grundy -- whose stunning retellings of timeless legends have earned him resounding international acclaim-now reawakens a peerless... |
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The Poetry of Robert Frost
Robert Frost
Format: Book
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The only comprehensive gathering of Frost's published poetry, this affordable volume offers the entire contents of his eleven books of verse, from A Boy's Will (1913) to In the Clearing (1962) . Frost scholar Lathem, who was also a close friend of the four-time Puli |
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Leaves of Grass: The "Death-Bed" Edition
Walt Whitman
Format: Book
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Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on |
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The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne
John Donne
Format: Paperback
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This Modern Library edition contains all of John Donne's great metaphysical love poetry. Here are such well-known songs and sonnets as "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," "The Extasie," and "A Nocturnall Upon S. Lucies Day," along with the love |
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William Shakespeare: The Complete Works
William Shakespeare
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The second Oxford edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works reconsiders every detail of their text and presentation in the light of modern scholarship. The nature and authority of the early documents are re-examined, and the canon and chronological order of composition freshly estab |
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Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas 1934-1952
Dylan Thomas
Format: Book
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This attractive gift edition of COLLECTED POEMS 1934-53 includes work from DylanThomas's five published volumes of poetry:18 POEMS,TWENTY FIVE POEMS,THE MAP OF LOVE,DEATH AND ENTRANCES and IN COUNTRY SLEEP. |
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems & Other Writings:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Format: Book
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Paying tribute to an American literary icon, this collection of Longfellow's the best work from his poems, novels, and essays reveals the secret behind his enormous popularity in the 19th century. |
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Stephen Crane : Prose and Poetry : Maggie, A Girl of the Streets / The Red Badge of Courage / Stories, Sketches, Journalism / The Black Riders / War Is Kind (Library of America)
Stephen Crane - Library of America; 1st ptg. edition
Format: Hardcover
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"Maggie: A Girl of the Streets," "The Red Badge of Courage," "George's Mother," "The Third Violet," journalism, tales and sketches, poetry. Includes firsthand accounts from Greece, and from Cuba during the Spanish-American war. |
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The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Format: Book
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The most comprehensive English-language collection of work ever by "the greatest poet of the twentieth century - in any language" (Gabriel Garca Mrquez) In his work a continent awakens to consciousness," wrote the Swedish Academy in awarding the N |
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Selected Poems
Allen Ginsberg
Format: Paperback
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Personally selected by Allen Ginsberg, Selected Poems 1947-1995 is the definitive collection of the best works of one of the most influential and revolutionary poets of the twentieth century. Allen Ginsberg, famous for helping catalyze the Beat Generation, wrote poetry for ove |
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Book of Haikus
Jack Kerouac
Format: Paperback
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Highlighting a lesser-known aspect of one of America's most influential authors, this new collection displays Jack Kerouac's interest in and mastery of haiku. Experimenting with this compact poetic genre throughout his career, Kerouac often included haiku in novels, correspondence |
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Even the Stars Look Lonesome
Maya Angelou
Format: Print book
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This wise book is the wonderful continuation of the bestselling Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now. Even the Stars Look Lonesome is Maya Angelou talking of the things she cares about most. In her unique, spellbinding way, she re-creates intimate pe |
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Blues: For All the Changes: New Poems
Nikki Giovanni - William Morrow; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Intimate, edgy, and unapologetic, Blues: For All the Changes bears the mark of Nikki Giovanni's unmistakable voice.In a career that has spanned three decades, Giovanni has created an indispensable body of work and earned a place amoung the nation's most celebrated and controversial... |
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The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps
Charles Bukowski
Format: Book
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This collection of previously unpublished poems offers the author's take on squabbling neighbours, off-kilter lovers, would-be hangers-on, and the loneliness of a man afflicted with acute powers of observation. The tone is gritty and amusing, spiralling out towards a cock-eyed |
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Handwriting: Poems
Michael Ondaatje
Format: Paperback
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A book of new poems by the award-winning novelist and poet. The poems are about love, history and landscape, transporting the reader to the poet's first home, Sri Lanka. |
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The Space Between Our Footsteps: Poems and Paintings from the Middle East
Naomi Shihab Nye
Format: Book
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In an unparalleled collection, honored anthologist Naomi Shihab Nye brings together the work of over 120 poets and artists from 19 countries in the Middle East. In turn compelling, lyrical, tragic and humorous, this rich anthology opens the door to the Middle East and beckons read |
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The Magnetic Poetry Book of Poetry
Dave Kapell
Format: Book
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A combination anthology, primer, and custom Magnetic Poetry set, this handy, spiral-bound book with a magnet-ready inside front cover is a complete portable poetry kit. Taking poetry out of the academy and into the neighborhoods, here are poems from schoolchildren and stockbrokers |
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Why We Ski, Poems for Skiers
Everett Cutler
Format: Paperback
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Over the years many poems have been penned about skiing, but, as far as the author knows, this is the only collection of original poems exclusively about the many facets of our fascinating sport. |
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The Last Lullaby: Poetry from the Holocaust
Aaron Kramer
Format: Book
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The Last Lullaby is the culmination of Aaron Kramer's fifty years devoted to translating poetry spawned by the Holocaust. The full horror of the genocide and the sublime spirit of those who resisted are given voice on these pages. These poets -- originally writing in Yiddish -- sp |
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