The Giant Book of PoetryLevel4Press Inc, 2006 - 748 էջ Winner or finalist in the 'Best Books' National Book Award Poetry Anthology of the Year; Benjamin Franklin Audio Book of the Year; Foreword Magazine Audio Book of the Year; and the Bill Fisher Award for Best New Fiction. Over 750 pages of poetry spanning from 4,000 BC up to the present day and including a broad cross-section of global poetry. Footnotes for each poem specify each poem's form, define unusual or archaic words, and include notes about interpretation. Multiple indexes, including an index by subject, simplify finding exactly the right poem for any situation. The poems were specifically selected to appeal to readers new to poetry, but even experienced poetry readers will find new and enjoyable poems. The poems from the book are also available on audio CD. |
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... Dream of Death 297 William Butler Yeats ( 1865-1939 ) 298 298 Politics 298 The Ballad of Father Gilligan 299 The Indian upon God 301 The Sad Shepherd 301 Shiki ( Masaoka Tseunenori ) ( 1867-1902 ) 302 By that fallen house 302 Edgar Lee ...
... Dream of Death 297 William Butler Yeats ( 1865-1939 ) 298 298 Politics 298 The Ballad of Father Gilligan 299 The Indian upon God 301 The Sad Shepherd 301 Shiki ( Masaoka Tseunenori ) ( 1867-1902 ) 302 By that fallen house 302 Edgar Lee ...
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... Dream Pang 321 A Fountain , a Bottle , a Donkey's Ears , and Some Books 322 A Late Walk 327 After Apple - Picking 327 An Old Man's Winter Night 329 Birches 329 Death of the Hired Man 331 Fire and Ice For Once , Then , Something Good ...
... Dream Pang 321 A Fountain , a Bottle , a Donkey's Ears , and Some Books 322 A Late Walk 327 After Apple - Picking 327 An Old Man's Winter Night 329 Birches 329 Death of the Hired Man 331 Fire and Ice For Once , Then , Something Good ...
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... Dream Deferred : Harlem Evil Maybe Suicide's Note Stevie Smith ( 1902-1983 ) Not Waving but Drowning Sunt Leones W.H. Auden ( 1907 – 1973 ) Dichtung and Wahrheit From Selected Shorts Marginalia ( Extracts ) 434 434 435 435 435 435 435 ...
... Dream Deferred : Harlem Evil Maybe Suicide's Note Stevie Smith ( 1902-1983 ) Not Waving but Drowning Sunt Leones W.H. Auden ( 1907 – 1973 ) Dichtung and Wahrheit From Selected Shorts Marginalia ( Extracts ) 434 434 435 435 435 435 435 ...
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... Dream 487 Donald Hall ( b . 1928 ) My mother said Names of Horses The Porcelain Couple Philip Levine ( b . 1928 ) 488 488 489 491 492 Belle Isle , 1949 492 Sweet Will 493 Anne Sexton ( 1928 – 1974 ) 495 Her Kind 495 from The Death of ...
... Dream 487 Donald Hall ( b . 1928 ) My mother said Names of Horses The Porcelain Couple Philip Levine ( b . 1928 ) 488 488 489 491 492 Belle Isle , 1949 492 Sweet Will 493 Anne Sexton ( 1928 – 1974 ) 495 Her Kind 495 from The Death of ...
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... Dream of Jealousy 537 Clearances 538 Punishment 538 Requiem for the Croppies 540 The Haw Lantern ( Dedication ) 540 Ted Kooser ( b . 1939 ) 540 At the Office Early 540 Selecting a Reader 541 David Budbill ( b . 1940 ) 542 Dilemma 542 ...
... Dream of Jealousy 537 Clearances 538 Punishment 538 Requiem for the Croppies 540 The Haw Lantern ( Dedication ) 540 Ted Kooser ( b . 1939 ) 540 At the Office Early 540 Selecting a Reader 541 David Budbill ( b . 1940 ) 542 Dilemma 542 ...
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Table of Contents 5 | 25 |
Poems | 31 |
Robert Greene 1560 1592 | 42 |
William Drummond 1585 1649 | 55 |
Ryusui 1691 1758 | 61 |
William Wordsworth 17701850 | 70 |
Robert Southey 17741843 | 96 |
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 1824 | 102 |
Edna St Vincent Millay 18921950 | 429 |
May Swenson 1913 1989 | 448 |
William Stafford 19141993 | 453 |
James Dickey 1923 1997 | 467 |
Carolyn Kizer b 1925 | 479 |
Philip Levine b 1928 | 492 |
Miller Williams b 1930 | 502 |
Amiri Baraka LeRoi Jones b 1934 | 516 |
John Keats 17951821 | 120 |
Thomas Hood 1799 1845 | 141 |
John Greenleaf Whittier 18071892 | 167 |
Edgar Allan Poe 1809 1849 | 170 |
Alfred Lord Tennyson 18091892 | 181 |
Edward Lear 18121888 | 205 |
Charles Baudelaire 18211867 | 218 |
Coventry Patmore 18231896 | 230 |
Thomas Hardy 18401928 | 267 |
William Ernest Henley 18491903 | 283 |
James B Naylor 1860 1902 | 291 |
William Butler Yeats 18651939 | 298 |
Edwin Arlington Robinson 18691935 | 307 |
Robert Frost 18741963 | 320 |
Amy Lowell 18741925 | 351 |
Gertrude Stein 1874 1946 | 390 |
Marjorie Allen Seiffert 18811968 | 396 |
Sara Teasdale 1884 1933 | 404 |
Ezra Pound 18851972 | 410 |
Robinson Jeffers 18871962 | 416 |
Archibald MacLeish 18921982 | 427 |
Robert Phillips b 1938 | 529 |
Margaret Atwood b 1939 | 533 |
David Budbill b 1940 | 542 |
Robert Pinsky b 1940 | 560 |
Toi Derricotte b 1941 | 570 |
Nancy Vieira Couto b 1942 | 575 |
Dave Smith b 1942 | 593 |
Brian Patten b 1946 | 604 |
Robert Hedin b 1949 | 618 |
Timothy Russell b 1951 | 631 |
Mark Irwin b 1953 | 635 |
Mark Turpin b 1953 | 641 |
Kevin Hart b 1954 | 649 |
Mark Cox b 1956 | 656 |
Julia Kasdorf b 1962 | 664 |
David Berman b 1967 | 667 |
| 687 | |
Index to Translations | 703 |
| 717 | |
Acknowledgements | 741 |
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