#poetry #classics #religious #johnmilton


Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Mississippi

Edited by William Kerrigan, John Rumrich, and Stephen M. Fallon John Milton’s Paradise Lost, an epic poem on the clash between God and his fallen angel, Satan, is a profound meditation on fate, free will, and divinity, and one of the most beautiful works in world literature. Extracted from the Modern Library’s highly acclaimed The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton, this edition reflects up-to-date scholarship and includes a substantial Introduction, fresh commentary, and other features—annotations on Milton’s classical allusions, a chronology of the writer’s life, clean page layouts, and an index—that make it the definitive twenty-first-century presentation of John Milton’s timeless signature work.

Paradise Lost

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Oregon

In alternating chapters, two high school senior girls in Atlanta reveal their thoughts and frustrations as they go through their final semester of high school.

After the Kiss

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Some notes & underlining, not excessive. 

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 #paperback #poetry #fiction #herbert #annotated

Q

Michigan

"This fully annotated edition of the complete English poems of George Herbert provides the text of the reliable first edition of The Temple (1633). Appended are six poems not included in The Temple, three versions of The Elixir to show Herbert's approach to revision, and several secular poems which he intentionally parodied. The edition begins with an outline of the poet's life and ends with a comprehensive twenty-five page bibliography"-- Jacket

⭐ The English Poems of George Herbert

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Aged but solid, readable copy. 

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 #paperback #poetry #rossetti #collection #homeschool #amblesideonline #charlottemason

Q

With an Introduction and Notes by Katherine McGowran.

Christina Rossetti is widely regarded as the most considerable woman poet in England before the twentieth century. No reading of nineteenth century poetry can be complete without attention to this prolific and popular poet. Rosetti's inner life dominates her poetry, exploring loss and unattainable hope.

Her divine poems have a freshness and toughness of thought, while many of her love poems are erotic, and as often express love for women as for men. The varied threads of Rossetti's concerns are drawn together in what is perhaps her greatest poem, the strange and ambiguous 'Goblin Market'.

⭐ Selected Poems of Christina Rosetti

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#milkandhoney #poetry #fiction #modern #hardcover 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Illinois

A hardcover gift edition of Milk and Honey, the #1 New York Times bestselling poetry and prose collection by Rupi Kaur, which has sold over 3 million copies worldwide. Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. This clothbound edition features deckled edge paper, a woven ribbon marker, and a foreword written by the author. The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. Milk and Honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.

Milk and Honey

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#hardcover #oscarwilde #balladofreadinggaol #poetry #classicpoems #wilde 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

California

FIRST EDITION 

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

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#hardcover #jasonreynolds #yapoetry #poetry

Pennsylvania

Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds’s rallying cry to the dreamers of the world. For Every One is just that: for every one. For every one person. For every one dream. But especially for every one kid. The kids who dream of being better than they are. Kids who dream of doing more than they almost dare to dream. Kids who are like Jason Reynolds, a self-professed dreamer. Jason does not claim to know how to make dreams come true; he has, in fact, been fighting on the front line of his own battle to make his own dreams a reality. He expected to make it when he was sixteen. Then eighteen. Then twenty-five. Now, some of those expectations have been realized. But others, the most important ones, lay ahead, and a lot of them involve kids, how to inspire them. All the kids who are scared to dream, or don’t know how to dream, or don’t dare to dream because they’ve NEVER seen a dream come true. Jason wants kids to know that dreams take time. They involve countless struggles. But no matter how many times a dreamer gets beat down, the drive and the passion and the hope never fully extinguish—because just having the dream is the start you need, or you won’t get anywhere anyway, and that is when you have to take a leap of faith. A pitch perfect graduation, baby, or love my kid gift.

For Every One

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Back cover has sticker residue and some tearing. Folding, scratches, and other wear on covers and spine. #paperback #poetry #epic #fiction #geoffreychaucer #chaucer #canterburytales

North Dakota

THE CANTERBURY TALES gathers twenty-nine of literature's most enduring (and endearing) characters in a vivid group portrait that captures the full spectrum of medieval society.

Lively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer's THE CANTERBURY TALES is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. THE TALES gathers twenty-nine of literature's most enduring (and endearing) characters in a vivid group portrait that captures the full spectrum of medieval society, from the exalted Knight to the humble Plowman.This new edition includes a comprehensive introduction that summarizes some of the most important historical events and movements that defined the world of Chaucer and his pilgrims; two additional tales (Reeve's and Shipman's); introductions for each tale designed to prepare the reader for a better understanding and enjoyment of the tale; newly written and conveniently placed explanatory notes; and a new, more easily understood system for learning to pronounce Chaucerian Middle English.

The Canterbury Tales

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#poetry #connorfranta #hardcover #autobiography #selfhelp 

In a previous memoir, "Connor Franta shared his journey from small-town Midwestern boy to full-fledged Internet sensation. Exploring his past ... Connor reminded his fans of why they first fell in love with him on YouTube--and revealed to newcomers how he relates to his millions of ... followers. Now, two years later, Connor is ready to bring to light a side of himself he's rarely shown on or off camera. In this diary-like look at his life since A Work In Progress, Connor talks about his battles with clinical depression, social anxiety, self-love, and acceptance; his desire to maintain an authentic self in a world that values shares and likes over true connections; his struggles with love and loss; and his renewed efforts to be in the moment"--Amazon.com.

Note to Self

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Delaware

My first book, "Darling;" was about how life is going to get better. "A Spine Full of Medicine" reminds us that it is alright to not be okay all the time. The poems are divided into sections, so the reader can get the "medicine" they need in that moment. Happy reading and thank you to everyone who has supported me on my journey. **If you have not read my first book, check it out at the link below!**https://goo.gl/3Tud7A

A Spine Full of Medicine

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#poetry #paperback #amandalovelace #love #witches #adult 

New York

the witch doesn't burn in this one

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#hardcover #childrens #fiction #poetry #silverstein #wherethesidewalkends #30anniversaryspecialedition

Maryland

Poems and Drawings

Including 12 New Poems! If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, A magic bean buyer . . . Come in . . . for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist. Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings is at once outrageously funny and profound.

Where the Sidewalk Ends Special Edition with 12 Extra Poems

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Texas

The Glittering Bird REBORN

North Carolina

A Memoir

From a critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author and poet comes "a delightfully hybrid book: part anthology, part critical study, part autobiography" (Chicago Tribune) that is organized around fifty-one remarkable poems by poets such as Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Wallace Stevens, and Sylvia Plath.

For Jill Bialosky, certain poems stand out like signposts at pivotal moments in a life: the death of a father, adolescence, first love, leaving home, the suicide of a sister, marriage, the birth of a child, the day in New York City the Twin Towers fell. As Bialosky narrates these moments, she illuminates the ways in which particular poems offered insight, compassion, and connection, and shows how poetry can be a blueprint for living. In Poetry Will Save Your Life, Bialosky recalls when she encountered each formative poem, and how its importance and meaning evolved over time, allowing new insights and perceptions to emerge.

While Bialosky's personal stories animate each poem, they touch on many universal experiences, from the awkwardness of girlhood, to crises of faith and identity, from braving a new life in a foreign city to enduring the loss of a loved one, from becoming a parent to growing creatively as a poet and artist. Each moment and poem illustrate "not only how to read poetry, but also how to love poetry" (Christian Science Monitor).

"An emotional, sometimes-wrenching account of how lines of poetry can be lifelines" (Kirkus Reviews), Poetry Will Save Your Life is an engaging and entirely original examination of a life while celebrating the enduring value of poetry, not as a purely cerebral activity, but as a means of conveying personal experience and as a source of comfort and intimacy. In doing so the book brilliantly illustrates the ways in which poetry can be an integral part of life itself and can, in fact, save your life.

Poetry Will Save Your Life

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Just an old, but lovely collection of some of our favorite poems since childhood by Shel Silverstein. This is an old vintage cover that was also an old library book. There is some wear and tear, but no pages are missing and binding is in good shape. #shelsilverstien #wjerethesidewalkends #poetry #childrensclassics. #vintage

Collection of poems and drawings 

Where the sidewalk ends 

#hardcover #fiction #children #poetry 

Has a small tear in the front jacket, otherwise in perfect condition.  

More than 550 poems by American, English, and anonymous authors.

John Milton; William Kerrigan (Editor); John Rumrich (Editor); Stephen M. Fallon (Editor)

Paradise Lost

Terra Elan McVoy

After the Kiss

Herbert, edited by C. A. Patrides

⭐ The English Poems of George Herbert

Christina Georgina Rossetti

⭐ Selected Poems of Christina Rosetti

rupi kaur

Milk and Honey

Oscar Wilde; Garrick Palmer (Illustrator); Ian Rogerson (Afterword by)

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

Jason Reynolds

For Every One

Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

Connor Franta

Note to Self

Cameon Wade

A Spine Full of Medicine

Amanda Lovelace, ladybookmad

the witch doesn't burn in this one

Shel Silverstein (Illustrator)

Where the Sidewalk Ends Special Edition with 12 Extra Poems

Barbara Soehner

The Glittering Bird REBORN

Jill Bialosky

Poetry Will Save Your Life

Shel Silverstein

Where the sidewalk ends

Jack Prelutsky; Arnold Lobel (Illustrator)

The Random House Book of Poetry for Children