Poetry
Explore the best poetry books, including popular collections, English poems about love, war, flowers, and twilight. Discover top-selling poetry titles and the best books to read
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Colossal Words for Kids (Winner of the Clippa Poetry Prize 2025): 75 Tremendous Words: Neatly Defined to Stick in the MindBoost your child's growing vocabulary with 75 hilariously illustrated poems from Colette Hiller, author of the critically acclaimed kids' poetry book The B on Your Thumb. *2024 Good Housekeeping Best Book of the Year**2025 CBC Librarian Favorites Winner**WINNER of the CLiPPA Poetry Prize 2025*...
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Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak: The Outbreak of the Boston Tea Party Told from Multiple Points-Of-View!Follow an errand boy through colonial Boston as he spreads word of rebellion. It's December 16, 1773, and Boston is about to explode! King George has decided to tax the colonists' tea. The Patriots have had enough. Ethan, the printer's errand boy, is running...
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Collected Works of Edgar A. GuestA comprehensive collection of poems by the popular American poet Edgar A. Guest, known for his optimistic and motivational verse. This edition includes over 700 poems covering a wide range of topics including family, love, and patriotism. Fans of classic American poetry will enjoy...
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Bodies of Sound: Becoming a Feminist EarWith contributions from: 'I am concerned with the power of sound! and what it can do to the body and the mind, ' wrote composer Pauline Oliveros. In the body, histories and politics come together with sound and listening, memory and feeling. Bodies of...
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Autumn (Petite Poems): A Picture BookDiscover the power of poetry in this simple, modern introduction to Indigenous poet Alexander Posey, featuring an ode to autumn and the changing seasons Autumn depicts a dreamy fall day full of jaybird songs and scarlet leaves dancing through the air. In this poem,...
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100 Happy PoemsA joyful collection of 100 poems to provide a dose of happiness in times of need. We can all benefit from a portable little nugget of happiness to soothe our weary souls in moments of stress, sadness, and hardship. 100 Happy Poems gives you...
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Zong!: As Told to the Author by Setaey Adamu BoatengA new and expanded edition of one of the essential works of twenty-first-century literature Zong! is a haunting lifeline between archive and memory, law and poetry. In November 1781, the captain of the slave ship Zong ordered that some 150 Africans be murdered by...
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Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an EmergencyWhat happens when everything falls away, when those you call on in times of need are themselves calling out for rescue? In his highly anticipated second collection, Chen Chen continues his investigation of family, both blood and chosen, examining what one inherits and what...
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Women in a Golden StateWomen in a Golden State emerged during a dinnertime brainstorming session between the editors, Diana Raab and Chryss Yost. Diana had recently celebrated her 70th birthday. Chryss, a lifelong Californian, was getting close to 60 and well past identifying as one of the Beach...
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Winter of WorshipSteeped in loss--of climate and childhood, of fathers and friends--Winter of Worship finds survival in our tender human connections.Told through an ever-queer lens, Kayleb Rae Candrilli's fourth collection, Winter of Worship, is a patchwork of the pastoral and the "litter swirled around us"--a pandemic,...
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Wild Brunch: Poems about How Creatures EatYoung wildlife lovers are invited to explore how and why animals eat what they do in this nonfiction poetry picture book collection for kids. Explore how narwhals, jellyfish, hippos, piranhas, and many more species of swimming, land-based, and flying animals satisfy their appetites in...
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The White Orchard: Selected Interviews, Essays, and PoemsA poet's creative process comes to light in this latest book by National Book Award recipient Arthur Sze. Sze has assembled an illuminating selection of seven interviews, three essays, and poems to examine the evolution of his compositions, his decades teaching poetry, and his...
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The SonnetsChiltern are publishers of beautifully crafted editions of the World's finest literature.Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colors of these remarkable covers make these books feel extra special and look...
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The Random House Book of Poetry for ChildrenThe most accessible and joyous introduction to the world of poetry! The Random House Book of Poetry for Children offers both funny and illuminating poems for kids personally selected by the nation's first Children's Poet Laureate, Jack Prelutsky. Featuring a wealth of beloved classic...
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The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets"No other poet seems better suited to represent the United States as its Laureate in this era than Ted Kooser, and The Poetry Home Repair Manual should enhance his grip on our slumbering Republic."--Larry Woiwode, Poet Laureate of North Dakota, in North Dakota QuarterlyMuch...
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The OdysseyThis excellent prose translation of Homer's epic poem of the 9th century BC recounts one of Western civilization's most glorious tales, a treasury of Greek folklore and myth that maintains an ageless appeal for modern readers. A cornerstone of Western literature, The Odyssey narrates...
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The OdysseyThis prose translation of the The Odyssey is so successful that is has taken its place as on the few really outstanding version of Homer's famous epic poem. It is the story of the return of Odysseus from the siege of Troy to his...
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The Natural Order of Things: PoemsAn extraordinary and unexpected book of finding happiness, by the award-winning author of The Renunciations What does a life look like on the other side of survival, and can the one who survived come to recognize that she did? Donika Kelly's poetry is known...
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The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling LifeThe activist, nun, and esteemed spiritual voice who has twice appeared on Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul Sunday sounds the call to create a monastery within ourselves--to cultivate wisdom and resilience so that we may join God in the work of renewal, restoration, and justice...
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The Major WorksPercy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was a Romantic poet of radical imaginings, living in an age of change. His tempestuous life and friendship with Byron, and his tragically early death, at times threatened to overwhelm his legacy as a poet, but today his standing as...
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