The 100 Best Love Poems of All Time

Author: Leslie Pockell
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446511935
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
Here in this portable treasury are the 100 most moving and memorable love poems of all time, each accompanied by an illuminating introduction. Words of Love...and seduction, heartbreak, adoration, and passion. Revisit the Classics: "He Is More Than a Hero" by Sappho Sonnet 18 ("Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds") by William Shakespeare "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron Enjoy Old Favorites: "To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet "The Owl and the Pussycat" by Edward Lear "When I Was One and Twenty" by A. E. Housman Make Surprising Discoveries: "Your Catfish Friend" by Richard Brautigan "To Alice B. Toklas" by Gertrude Stein "Valentine" by Donald Hall "True Love" by Judith Viorst Carry this book wherever you go. It's a perfect companion to read alone or to share with that special person in your life. The 100 Best Love Poems of all Time.

Falling Hard

Author: Betsy Franco
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763634377
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
A collection of one hundred love poems written by teens.

The Best Love Poems Ever

Author: David Rohlfing
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780439573900
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
An anthology of love poems features the works of such notable poets as William Shakespeare, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Lord Byron, and Robert Browning.

Lacunae

Author: Daniel Nadler
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374182698
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
"A sequence of short, startling poems of imagined translations"--

Love Poems

Author: Peter Washington
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN: 0679429069
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description
A gorgeously jacketed hardcover anthology of passionate love poems from around the world and through the ages. It has often been said that love, both sacred and profane, is the only true subject of the lyric poem. Nothing better justifies this claim than the splendid poems in this volume, which range from the writings of ancient China to those of modern-day America and represent, at its most piercing, a universal experience of the human soul. This collection includes poems by John Donne, Christina Rossetti, W. H. Auden, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Robert Graves, e. e. cummings, Dorothy Parker, William Shakespeare, Sappho, Bhartrhari, Anna Akhmatova, and W. B. Yeats, among many others." Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket

The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson

Author: Emily Dickinson
Publisher: Rock Point Gift & Stationery
ISBN: 1631068415
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
Share in Dickinson’s admiration of language, nature, and life and death, with The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson.

Love Poem Collection

Author: George Chityil
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781469961439
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
Whether you are thinking about ways to convey your feelings to your love, or trying to find words to say how that other person touched your heart, then this book is for you.

100 Best Poems of All Time

Author: Leslie M. Pockell
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613510608
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This compact volume features the greatest hits collection of the 100 best poems ever written. The authors are each represented by one of his or her best-known and best-loved works. Each poem is introduced by a brief head note which details the poet's life history as well as the poem's significance.

100 Great Poems for Girls

Author: Celia Johnson
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 9780446563840
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Reading any great poem for the first time is always a thrilling discovery, even if it's only four lines long, and this collection brings together some of the best ever to read, memorize, or recite. Girls of all ages will enjoy reading poems catered specifically to them, whether it means envisioning adventures with princesses and witches, or laughing at the antics of mischievous little girls. The book is divided into eight sections: Nature, Imagination, Love & Friendship, Inspiration, Animals, Nursery Rhymes, Limericks & Tongue Twisters, and Fun & Nonsense. 100 GREAT POEMS FOR GIRLS is a perfect introduction for those encountering poetry for the first time, but readers who grew up with poems will also cherish this treasury of classics.

The 100 Best African American Poems

Author: Nikki Giovanni
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402221118
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
Discover the voices of a culture from legendary New York Timesbestselling author Nikki Giovanni HEAR: Langston Hughes Gwendolyn Brooks Countee Cullen Paul Laurence Dunbar Robert Hayden Etheridge Knight READ: Rita Dove Sonia Sanchez Richard Wright Tupac Shukar Lucille Clifton Mari Evans Kevin Young Including one audio CD featuring many of the poems read by the poets themselves, 100 Best African-American Poems is at once strikingly original and a perfect fit for the original poetry anthologies from Sourcebooks, including Poetry Speaks, The Spoken Word Revolution, Poetry Speaks to Children, and the Nikki Giovanni-edited Hip Hop Speaks to Children. Award-winning poet and writer Nikki Giovanni takes on the difficult task of selecting the 100 best African-American works from classic and contemporary poets. This startlingly vibrant collection spans from historic to modern, from structured to free-form, and reflects the rich roots and visionary future of African-American verse in American culture. The resulting selections prove to be an exciting mix of most-loved chestnuts and daring new writing. Most of all, the voice of a culture comes through in this collection, one that is as talented, diverse, and varied as its people.