Carl. Sandburg

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Michigan

A Love Poem

With great difficulty a young man brings his sweetheart an aurora borealis for a birthday present to show his love for her.

Not Everyday an Aurora Borealis for Your Birthday

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Arkansas

And Other Poems by Dogs (Animal Lovers Book, Gift Book, Humor Poetry)

A New York Times bestseller? Oh, you know the dogs weren't going to let the cats get away with that! This canine companion to I Could Pee on This, the beloved volume of poems by cats, I Could Chew on This will have dog lovers laughing out loud. Doggie laureates not only chew on quite a lot of things, they also reveal their creativity, their hidden motives, and their eternal (and sometimes misguided) effervescence through such musings as "I Dropped a Ball," "I Lose My Mind When You Leave the House," and "Can You Smell That?" Accompanied throughout by portraits of the canine poets in all their magnificence, I Could Chew on This is a work of unbridled enthusiasm, insatiable appetite, and, yes, creative genius.

♻️ I Could Chew on This

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Gail Harvey

#hardcover #poetry #livingbook #livingbooks #poems #poet #children #kids #morningtime #childrensbooks 

Oregon

New Poetry

A collection of poems about children features works by Blake, Longfellow, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and others

Poems of Childhood

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#hardcover #religion #poetry #new #leatherbound #poems #religious #christianity #american #america 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Library of America Special Publication

No more profound and intimate expression of America's spiritual life can be found than the work of its poets. From Anne Bradstreet to the Beats, from Native American chant and Shaker hymnody to Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, religion and spirituality have always been central to American poetry. In this unique anthology, world-renowned scholar Harold Bloom weaves a tapestry from the many strands of American religious experience and practice: the searching meditations of Puritan pioneers, the evangelical fervor of the Great Awakenings, the mystical currents of Transcendentalism, the diverse influences of the world religions that have taken root in modern America.

Spanning four centuries and more than 200 poets, American Religious Poems is a bountiful and moving gathering of voices that offers countless moments of inspiration, solace, meditation, and transcendence. The poems in this unprecedented volume are a lasting testimony to the American spirit and its unremitting quest for ultimate truth and meaning.

This deluxe collector's edition features:

   * an introduction by Harold Bloom;
   * a reader's guide to significant topics and themes in the poems;
   * Smyth-sewn binding and flexible, leatherette covers; and
   * a ribbon page-marker.

American Religious Poems: an Anthology by Harold Bloom

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Arizona

New and Selected Poems

In an illuminating collection of selected poems over thirty-five years, one of our most essential American poets casts a clear eye on our politics, our places, and our heart's hidden stories.

D. Nurkse's immigrant parents met on a boat out of Europe in 1940; he was a child of the generation whose anxieties were forged in the shadow of Hiroshima and the aftermath of WWII. His poems extend that child's dignified ignorance into an open encounter with the cataclysms of the latter twentieth century and with family structures.
 
Whispers of the old country of Estonia provide the backdrop for the boy's baseballs, thrown in the fading twilight of the 1950s ("Secretly, I was proudest of my skill / at standing alone in the darkness"). The young man explores sexual passion and the arrival of a child in a young marriage ("We showed her daylight in our cupped hands"), while the mature poet writes of loneliness and community in our cities ("but on the streets / there was no one"), and the urgent need for us to keep expressing our will as citizens.
 
Throughout this matchless career, over eleven books, Nurkse has crafted visceral lines that celebrate the fragility of what simply exists--birdsong, moonrise, illness, water towers--and the complexity of human perception, our stumble forward through it toward understanding. 

A Country of Strangers

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Caroline Kaufman

New Hampshire

In the vein of poetry collections like Milk and Honey and Adultolescence, this compilation of short, powerful poems from teen Instagram sensation @poeticpoison perfectly captures the human experience. In Light Filters In, Caroline Kaufman—known as @poeticpoison—does what she does best: reflects our own experiences back at us and makes us feel less alone, one exquisite and insightful piece at a time. She writes about giving up too much of yourself to someone else, not fitting in, endlessly Googling “how to be happy,” and ultimately figuring out who you are. This hardcover collection features completely new material plus some fan favorites from Caroline's account. Filled with haunting, spare pieces of original art, Light Filters In will thrill existing fans and newcomers alike. it’s okay if some things are always out of reach. if you could carry all the stars in the palm of your hand, they wouldn’t be half as breathtaking

Light Filters in: Poems

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Indiana

Joyce Rupp

Mary Southard

Missouri

An Invitation to Experience Our Oneness

The bestselling author of May I Have This Dance? joins with the artist of the popular Earth Calendar in an inspiring book affirming life's goodness.

The Cosmic Dance

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Colorado

This treasury celebrates the human experience and the capacity to dream and achieve. A gift book, in its own matching gift box.

To See a World in a Grain of Sand

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Twenty-three light poems with bouncing rhythms.

Blackberry Ink

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#hardcover #poetry #kids #children #childrens #poetryteatime #homeschool #livingbook #poems #classroom 

Illus. in full color. "These nonsense verses combine the domestic and the gross, deadpan and slapstick, with a lilting rhythm and satisfying rhyme. The poets are well-known contemporaries including Prelutsky, Silverstein, Kuskin, Lobel, Viorst, and many more. The design is ebullient. Start or end story hour with these verses, and kids will know reading's a pleasure."--(starred) Booklist.

For Laughing Out Loud: Poems to Tickle Your Funnybone

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Prayers and Poems for Children

This delightful collection of poems and prayers offers children and their parents a personal way to draw closer to God and one another. Selections include tuneless verses by Robert Browning and -Ralph Waldo Emerson and modern reflections from Madeleine L'Engle and Nikki Grimes. The innocent prayers of children and the endearing works of new poets are also included. The carefully chosen words help children express their thanks joys, and concerns as the enchanting artwork shows that you can pray about what is in your heart and on your mind -- anytime at all.

⭐ Amazing Graces

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#hardcover #paperback #devotions #mom #love #poems #gift

Pennsylvania

Thanks for Being a Mom; Woman of God -25 Devotions; Poems for Christmas

Love you Mom Bundle

#hardcover #poetry #lindabierds #nonfiction #poems

Georgia

Inspired by Roget's explanation of the optical illusion that causes spinning wheels to appear to run backward, a lyrical collection by the award-winning poet explores the human pursuit to articulate the world and the perception that words hold greater meaning than their definitions.

Roget's Illusion

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Every Child's Book of Poems

Sing a Song of Popcorn

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Rhode Island

10 at Night

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Poetry for Holidays 

#paperback #poems #poetry #dover #classic #american #america #modernism #modern #americanstudies 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

One of the most original and widely imitated poets of the twentieth century, William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) wrote verse firmly rooted in concrete experience and the particulars of everyday life. A practicing physician for more than 40 years, Williams worked in the idiom of modern American speech ― unlike his friend and mentor, Ezra Pound ― and his poems are redolent with a warmth and generosity of spirit. The Beat poets were particularly impressed with the accessibility of his language, and Williams's widely quoted dictum, "No ideas but in things," influenced a generation of American poets.
This fine selection offers readers the opportunity to study and enjoy the richness and variety of Williams's early work. More than 70 poems, published between 1917 and 1921, include "Peace on Earth," "Tract," "El Hombre," "Danse Russe," "Keller Gegen Dom," "Willow Poem," "Queen-Anne's-Lace," "Portrait of a Lady," "The Widow's Lament in Springtime," and many others.

Early Poems

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RH Disney Staff

Wisconsin

This leatherbound anthology of 250 love poetry includes verse by Shakespeare, Shelley, Dorothy Parker, and Langston Hughes, among others. Original.

The Random House Treasury of Favorite Love Poems

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Marilyn Singer

Ohio

A Book of Reverso Poems

With 6 starred reviews, 8 best of the year lists, and over 20 state award nominations, everyone is raving about Mirror Mirror!

"Remarkable."--The Washington Post

"This mind-bending poetry is accompanied by Masse's equally intelligent, equally amusing art."--Time Out New York for Kids

What's brewing when two favorites--poetry and fairy tales--are turned (literally) on their heads? It's a revolutionary recipe: an infectious new genre of poetry and a lovably modern take on classic stories.

First, read the poems forward (how old-fashioned!), then reverse the lines and read again to give familiar tales, from Sleeping Beauty to that Charming Prince, a delicious new spin. Witty, irreverent, and warm, this gorgeously illustrated and utterly unique offering holds a mirror up to language and fairy tales, and renews the fun and magic of both.

Mirror Mirror

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North Carolina

#hardcover #fiction #Christmas #Christian #historical #poems #shortstories Library book from small church library

Tennessee

This anthology points readers to the real meaning of Christmas. The book contains a varied selection of extracts, stories and poetry, suitable for the family to read together at Christmas and for classroom use. It is designed to show both the fun and the real meaning of Christmas.

Star of Wonder

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An illustrated collection of poems, each a prayer by one of the animals in Noah's ark.

Prayers from the Ark

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Walt. Whitman

Texas

Walt Whitman experienced the agonies of the Civil War firsthand as a volunteer in Washington's military hospitals. This superb selection of poems, letters, and prose from that era includes "O Captain! My Captain!" "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," "Adieu to a Soldier," and many other moving works.

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Carl. Sandburg

Not Everyday an Aurora Borealis for Your Birthday

Francesco Marciuliano

♻️ I Could Chew on This

Gail Harvey; Random House Value Publishing Staff

Poems of Childhood

Harold Bloom

American Religious Poems: an Anthology by Harold Bloom

D. Nurkse

A Country of Strangers

Caroline Kaufman

Light Filters in: Poems

Caroline Kaufman

Light Filters in: Poems

Joyce Rupp; Mary Southard

The Cosmic Dance

Caesar Johnson (Compiled by); Edward Richardson (Illustrator)

To See a World in a Grain of Sand

Eve Merriam; Hans Wilhelm (Illustrator)

Blackberry Ink

Jack Prelutsky (Selected by); Marjorie Priceman (Illustrator)

For Laughing Out Loud: Poems to Tickle Your Funnybone

June Cotner; Jan Palmer (Illustrator)

⭐ Amazing Graces

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Love you Mom Bundle

Linda Bierds

Roget's Illusion

Beatrice Schenk De Regniers; Eva Moore (Editor); Mary Michaels White; Jan Carr (Editor); Nine Caldecott (Illustrator); Ed Moore

Sing a Song of Popcorn

Laurie Sheck

10 at Night

Nancy Larrick

Poetry for Holidays

William Carlos Williams

Early Poems

RH Disney Staff

The Random House Treasury of Favorite Love Poems

Marilyn Singer

Mirror Mirror

Linda Bierds

Roget's Illusion

Bob Hartman; Tim Jonke (Illustrator)

Star of Wonder

Carmen Bernos de Gasztold; Rumer Godden (Translator); Barry Moser (Illustrator)

Prayers from the Ark

Walt. Whitman

Civil War Poetry and Prose