Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

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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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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Maryland

Poems about the Earth

This provocative collection of poems ranges from such lofty subjects as an astronaut’s view of Earth to the burrows of worms and little creatures within the earth, “where I try to tread softly: a quiet giant leaving only footprints on the roof.” Marilyn Singer’s lilting free verse offers visual images that give us fresh new insights and respect for the mighty power of volcanoes, fens, islands, deserts, dunes, and natural disasters. Singer’s easily accessible poems also include some of the lighter moments of childhood, such as sliding on ice and playing in mud. Meilo So’s distinctive india ink drawings on rice paper provide an especially handsome showcase for these buoyant nature poems. From the Hardcover edition.

Footprints on the Roof

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Gail Harvey

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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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Presents four illustrated poems of Edward Lear: "Lines to a Young Lady," "The Jumblies," "The Owl and the Pussycat," and "The Pobble Who Has No Toes."

The Owl and the Pussycat

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Paul Fleischman

Florida

A Newbery Award Winner

Written to be read aloud by two voices -- sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous -- here is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrate the insect world, from the short life of the mayfly to the love song of the book louse. Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise. In this remarkable volume of poetry for two voices, a companion to I Am Phoenix,Paul Fleischman verbally re-creates the "Booming/boisterios/joyful noise" of insects. The poems resound with the pulse of the cicada and the drone of the honeybee. Eric Beddows's vibrant drawings send each insect soaring, spinning, or creeping off the page in its own unique way. Paul Fleischman has created not only a clear and fascinating guide to the insect world -- from chrysalid butterflies to whirligig beetles -- but an exultant celebration of life.

Joyful Noise

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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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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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Twenty-three light poems with bouncing rhythms.

Blackberry Ink

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Cyndy Szekeres

Retired school library book. Previous owner’s information has been blackened out on the inside of the front, back covers, as well as, on this book belongs to page. Interior pages are in excellent condition. 

A collection of short poems by such writers as Margaret Wise Brown, Langston Hughes, Jane Yolen, and Marchette Chute, all illustrated with rabbits, mice, cats, bears, and other animals.

A Small Child's Book of Cozy Poems

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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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Rhode Island

10 at Night

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New York

Poems that Take Shape

Doodle Dandies

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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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Tiger Tales

And Other Favorite Nursery Rhymes

A collection of nursery rhymes featuring the three little kittens, Old Mother Hubbard, the muffin man, and other Mother Goose characters.

Hey, Diddle, Diddle

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Caroline Kaufman

Compilation of poems by teen Instagram sensation Caroline Kaufman

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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Pattiann Rogers

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Selected Poems

One of America's major contemporary poets, Pattiann Rogers is known for her penetrating perception, striking imagery, and intricate sense of the often elusive connections between humankind and their world. For "Firekeeper," Rogers has assembled her best work, deleting some poems from the original edition and adding others. Here are such resonant older poems as "Suppose Your Father Was a Redbird" and "Rolling Naked in the Morning Dew," along with such masterful new poems as "The Dream of the Marsh Wren: Reciprocal Creation," "Born of a Rib," and "Generations."

Firekeeper

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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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Joyce Sidman

Celebrates the animals who hibernate and survive in the cold during the winter months.

Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold

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Published 1990, Metropolitan Museum of Art

New Jersey

An Illustrated Anthology of Love Poetry

Scores of evocative love poems, drawn from the entire range of world literature, are matched with wonderfully vibrant works of art--paintings, sculpture, prints, collages, and stained glass to create an elegant anthology of love peoms and masterpieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 140 color illustrations.

Art and Love

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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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Every Child's Book of Poems

Sing a Song of Popcorn

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Robert Pinsky

California

200 Poems from the Favorite Poem Project with Comments by the People Who Chose Them

The selections in this anthology were chosen form the personal letters of thousands of Americans who responded to Robert Pinsky's invitation to write to him about their favorite poems. Some poems are memories treasured in the mind since childhood; some crystallize the passion of love or recall the trail of loss and sorrow. The poems and poets in this anthology--from Sappho to Lorca, from Shakespeare and Chaucer to Gwendolyn Brooks, Louise Bluck, and Allen Ginsberg--are poems to be read aloud and memorized, poems to be celebrated as part of our nation's cultural inheritance. Accompanying the poems are comments by people who speak not as professional critics but as passionate readers of various ages, professions and regions. This anthology, in a manner unlike any other, discloses the rich and vigorous presence of poetry in American life at the millennium and provides a portrait of the United States through the lens of poetry.

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D. Nurkse

A Country of Strangers

Carl. Sandburg

Not Everyday an Aurora Borealis for Your Birthday

Marilyn Singer

Footprints on the Roof

Gail Harvey; Random House Value Publishing Staff

Poems of Childhood

John W. Ingram (Editor); Charles Reasoner (Illustrator)

The Owl and the Pussycat

Paul Fleischman

Joyful Noise

Joyce Rupp; Mary Southard

The Cosmic Dance

Marilyn Singer

Mirror Mirror

Eve Merriam; Hans Wilhelm (Illustrator)

Blackberry Ink

Cyndy Szekeres

A Small Child's Book of Cozy Poems

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

To See a World in a Grain of Sand

Laurie Sheck

10 at Night

J. Patrick Lewis

Doodle Dandies

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

For Laughing Out Loud: Poems to Tickle Your Funnybone

Tiger Tales

Hey, Diddle, Diddle

Caroline Kaufman

Light Filters in: Poems

Pattiann Rogers

Firekeeper

Linda Bierds

Roget's Illusion

Joyce Sidman

Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold

Kate Farrell

Art and Love

June Cotner; Jan Palmer (Illustrator)

⭐ Amazing Graces

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

Sing a Song of Popcorn

Robert Pinsky

America's Favorite Poems

Nancy Larrick

Poetry for Holidays