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Read, Recite, and Write List PoemsList poetry includes a number of forms that rely on parallel structure, repetition, and line breaks. This fascinating book gives readers useful instructions for writing a variety of list poems, including acrostics, biopoems, and riddle poems.Author: JoAnn Early MackenPublisher: Crabtree Publishing CompanyPublished: 03/31/2015Pages: 32Binding...
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The Voices of Medieval English Lyric: An Anthology of Poems CA 1150-1530What was the medieval English lyric? Moving beyond the received understanding of the genre, The Voices of Medieval English Lyric explores, through analysis, discussion, and demonstration, what the term lyric most meaningfully implies in a Middle English context. A critical edition of 131 poems...
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The Crescent MoonThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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One Hundred Poems of KabirThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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In-Between ThingsDive in between the covers of a whimsical, wonderful debut and discover that everything in the world is relative -- including you. Look over there -- the cat is between a table and a chair with a tear. But now look again: the cat...
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Jump Back, Paul: The Life and Poems of Paul Laurence DunbarDiscover the breadth and depth of Paul Laurence Dunbar's poetry--and learn how it reflects his singular life as a late-nineteenth-century black man. Did you know that Paul Laurence Dunbar originated such famous lines as "I know why the caged bird sings" and "We wear...
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Hoop KingsWith pumping, energetic, rap-inspired wordplay, Charles R. Smith Jr. profiles the distinctive styles of the best players in basketball Tim Duncan cashes in double-digit points by banking it off the backboard. Kevin Garnett makes his new-and-improved moves in 3-D. As for Shaquille O'Neal, just...
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Shakespeare Bats CleanupThis funny and poignant novel celebrates the power of writing to help young people make sense of their lives and unlock and confront their problems. -- School Library Journal (starred review) When MVP Kevin Boland gets the news that he has mono and won't...
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Poems of the Great War: An Anthology 1914-1918This collection featuring nearly 50 memorable poems from some of the best writers of the time: Rupert Brooke, Siegried Sasson, Wilfred Owen, Ivan Gurney, Isaac Rosenberg, Richard Aldington, Edward Thomas, and many more. Vividly expressing the ravages of war fought on the front lines,...
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Humpty Dumpty and Other RhymesEvery rhyme is accompanied by the incomparable art of Rosemary Wells, illustrations that the New York Times Book Review called irresistible. Large letters and sturdy board pages make these treasures indispensable for any nursery. These bright board books based on My Very First Mother...
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The Pretend Series: Children's PoetryAuthor: Joanna LeighPublisher: 1st Book LibraryPublished: 07/01/2001Pages: 132Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 9.04h x 6.04w x 0.36dISBN: 9780759633582This title is not returnable
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The Poetics of Impersonality: T. S. Eliot and Ezra PoundIn this classic work, Maud Ellmann examines T. S. Eliot's and Ezra Pound's criticism in terms of what she calls the 'poetics of impersonality'. She convincingly shows that Eliot's and Pound's attempts to overcome personality merely reinstated it in a new guise. And her...
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Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway...and MoreThis upbeat, one-of-a-kind collection brings the Def poets -- as featured in the Tony Award-winning Broadway show and popular HBO television program -- to life on the page. Among them: Suheir Hammad, Beau Sia, Steve Colman, Stacyann Chin, Mayda del Valle, Georgia Me, Poetri,...
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Rumi Revealed: Selected Poems from the Divan of ShamsArtist, mystic, and poet Rassouli has taken the inspiration and traditions of his Sufi origins and created visionary interpretations of Rumi's most powerful poems. Just one verse of these moving works can open a direct experience of the infinite divine, revealing the richness and...
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IslandOver the past 20 years, Kenneth Steven has become one of the country's most popular poets. Drawing on a quiet Celtic spirituality and a love of wild Scotland, his engaging poetry offers us something beautiful, evocative, moving and captivating. In Island, Kenneth Steven has...
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An Open BookAn Open Book celebrates the power of poetry and reaffirms David Malouf as one of Australia's most celebrated and beloved writers. This is only David Malouf's third new poetry volume in nearly 40 years, so it is a significant publishing event. As one of...
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The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Poems in Honor of Our Lady of SorrowsDevotion to Our Lady's Seven Sorrows has its roots deep in Sacred Scripture, Catholic tradition, and the revelations of Jesus and his Blessed Mother to St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373). The Blessed Mother not only suffered interiorly throughout her Son's life on earth, but...
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The Healing Tree: A book of poetry, prose, meditations & affirmations"There is a reason in every season." Dr. Tytianna Ringstaff offers a collection of personal writings in The Healing Tree: A book of poetry, prose, meditations & affirmations. This book of selected writings is a testimony of her journey towards healing over the past...
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Dante Hafiz: Readings on the Sigh, the Gaze, and BeautySix essays on Dante and Hafiz. CONTENTS: I. SIGH: Nicola Masciandaro, "Miracle of the Sigh." Franco Masciandaro, "Dante's Sighs/Sigh." Peter Booth, "Sigh." II. GAZE: Nicola Masciandaro, "On the Gaze." Franco Masciandaro, "Dante's Gaze." Peter Booth, "Gaze." III. BEAUTY: Franco Masciandaro, "Beauty in Dante's Divine...
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Vigil: The Poetry of PresenceVigil: The Poetry of Presence, a collection of sixty-five poems written from the perspective of a seasoned hospice volunteer sitting with others in the last days and moments of their life, is the author's processing of her many and varied experiences while being present...
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