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Publisher
Stephen Daye Press
Pub. Date
[1955]
Edition
Enlarged ed.
Physical Desc
208 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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"Here is the Vermont that has captured the affections of Americans everywhere. To this ever-popular volume Walter Hard has added some of his best new poems--storytelling at its best, rich in genuine humor and friendly characterization..." -- Book flap.
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English
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A series of compelling free-verse monologues in which former citizens of a mythical Midwestern town speak, from the grave, of the thwarted hopes and dreams of their lives. Originally published in book form in 1915, this is a landmark of 20th-century American literature.
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Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
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An introduction to the writings of nineteenth-century American poet Emily Dickinson for young people, featuring over thirty-five poems characteristic of her style, and including illustrations and a biographical profile.
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English
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"A funny, over-the-top new spin on the classic Christmas poem! A hysterical new version of "The Night Before Christmas"! David Ercolini's over-the-top illustrations will have readers saying, "Ho! Ho! Ho!" Creatures of all shapes and all sizes will be stirring with laughter in this overly decked out, Christmas-splendored illustrated picture book! Ercolini breathes new life into an unrivaled classic with his vibrant illustrations featuring fun, accessible...
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English
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Begun as an ambitious project by the versatile English courtier, diplomat, philosopher, and author Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century, The Canterbury Tales follows a group of people on their pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Saint Thomas Becket. The Prologue introduces all of the pilgrims in great detail, and through these descriptions Chaucer provides the entire spectrum of social classes and professions of his time. When the group stops at an inn...
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English
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"Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, the luminous poetry collection by presidential inaugural poet, Amanda Gorman, captures a shipwrecked moment in time and transforms it into a lyric of hope and healing. In Call Us What We Carry, Gorman explores history, language, identity, and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, this beautifully designed volume features poems in...
11) Selected poems
Author
Publisher
Gramercy Books
Pub. Date
[1992]
Physical Desc
224 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems by the four-time Pulitzer Prize winner, taken from his first three books published between 1913 and 1915, and including eighteen early works that have never appeared in any of Frost's books of poetry.
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Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Celebrate the little moments that make each month special in this beautiful picture book featuring twelve poems about a family and the turn of the seasons. From the short, frozen days of January, through the light of summer, to the first snowflakes of December, Updike's poems rejoices in the familiar, wondrous qualities that make each part of the year unique. Hyman's award-winning paintings--modeled after her own daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren--depict...
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English
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"Whether memorized by schoolchildren or used to eulogize a president, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," written in 1922 and published in 1923, has found a place as one of the best-loved and best-known American poems of the last hundred years. Now, six decades after the passing of its author, Robert Frost, celebrated artist P.J. Lynch brings this classic to new life with exquisitely detailed illustrations, evoking its iconic moments and wintry...
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Publisher
Horsethief Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustration ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Far from the madding crowd, but keenly aware of the dangerous and uncertain world we live in, Kristina Stykos’s poems from rural Vermont uncover 'a joy shining through cracked prisms of love, loss and letting go,' exploring from the ground up, what it is to be human. Working as a landscape gardener, while trying to eke out a living as a musician, Stykos’s persistent voice is as singular as it is unsentimental, musing on a hardscrabble existence...
17) The Iliad
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Language
English
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When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)--critics lauded it as "a revelation" (Susan Chira, New York Times) and "a cultural landmark" (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer's other...
18) Now we are six
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English
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A collection of poems reflecting the experiences of a little English boy growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.
Nonsense verses about people, animals, and situations. There is a beetle who is mistaken for a match, and a knight whose armour doesn't squeak.
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