100 Best Poems of All Time

100 Best Poems of All Time PDF 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

100 Great Poems for Girls PDF 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.

100 Great Poems for Boys

100 Great Poems for Boys PDF Author: Leslie Pockell
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 9780446563826
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. Boys of all ages will enjoy reading poems catered specifically to them, whether it means discovering great heroes and dangerous animals, or simply laughing at pure nonsense and hilarious rhymes. The book is divided into seven sections: Animals, Fun to Read Aloud, Battlefields and Heroes, Things to Think About, Limericks, Tongue Twisters, Just for Laughs. 100 BEST POEMS FOR BOYS 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.

100 Great Poems of the Twentieth Century

100 Great Poems of the Twentieth Century PDF Author: Mark Strand
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0393058948
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The last century's 100 most enduring poems, selected and introduced by former Poet Laureate Mark Strand. Accounting for the great range of style and content with which poets such as W. H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Federico García Lorca, Rainer Maria Rilke, William Butler Yeats, Pablo Neruda, and Jorge Luis Borges responded to the changes and challenges of the twentieth century, 100 Great Poems of the Twentieth Century is intended as both a unique compendium for the already well-versed and as an engaging introduction for those new to the expansive world of poetry. Alan Ginsberg's struggle—"What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman....In my hungry fatigue, and shopping for images, I went into the neon fruit supermarket, dreaming of your enumerations!"—is echoed by other remarkable poets in this international collection of exciting and moving poems that are alike not in their length or for their status as seminal texts but because they are impossible to forget.

100 Best Poems for Children

100 Best Poems for Children PDF Author: Roger McGough
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780141310589
Category : Children's poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
A collection of the very best poems for children, edited by Roger McGough A wonderful collection of contemporary and classic poems chosen by children from schools around the UK. Roger McGough made the final selection and wrote the introduction. Roger McGough was born in Liverpool and educated at the University of Hull. He came to prominence in the 1960s with the publication of THE MERSEY SOUND, and is one of today's most popular poets. He writes for children and adults and performs his poetry all over the world. He was honoured with an OBE in 1997, and won the Signal Poetry Award in 1998. Roger now lives in London. Sheila Moxley is gaining a powerful reputation for her multi-cultural illustration. She lives in London.

The 100 Best Love Poems of All Time

The 100 Best Love Poems of All Time PDF Author: Leslie Pockell
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446511935
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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.

The One Hundred Best Poems of All Time

The One Hundred Best Poems of All Time PDF Author: Leslie Pockell
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780756905903
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Favorite poems and also poems from around the world by poets such as Pablo Neruda and Rainer Maria Rilke.
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