Helen Steiner Rice

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Oklahoma

Poems of Love and Friendship

Everyone Needs Someone

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New York

Poems You Can Use

Motherless Child

Hunter Summerall

Read once. Also the book looks worn because it’s just how the cover is made, I promise

South Carolina

In his poetry collection, It's a Lonely Love, writer Hunter Summerall honestly reflects on the feelings of heartbreak and isolation before, during, and after a doomed relationship.

Cataloguing the rise and fall of an ill-fated relationship, It's a Lonely Love explores the vulnerability one must feel before moving on from a lost love. Styled as  entries from a journal, Hunter Summerall's poetry takes the personal and constructs a universal story about unrequited love and anguish. 

It's a Lonely Love

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Gabbie Hanna

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Virginia

Comedian Gabbie Hanna brings levity to the twists and turns of modern adulthood in this exhilarating debut collection of illustrated poetry. In poems ranging from the singsong rhythms of children’s verses to a sophisticated confessional style, Gabbie explores what it means to feel like a kid and an adult all at once, revealing her own longings, obsessions, and insecurities along the way. Adultolescence announces the arrival of a brilliant new voice with a magical ability to connect through alienation, cut to the profound with internet slang, and detonate wickedly funny jokes between moments of existential dread. You’ll turn to the last page because you get her, and you’ll return to the first because she gets you.

Adultolescence

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Rhode Island

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Allen Mandelbaum

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Ohio

A comprehensive overview of America's vast poetic heritage,Three Centuries of American Poetryfeatures the work of some 150 of our nation's finest writers. It includes selections from Anne Bradstreet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, e. e. cummings, Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, and Gertrude Stein, as well as significant works of lesser-known American poets. From the Revolutionary and Civil Wars to the Romantic Era and the Gilded and Modern Ages, this unrivaled anthology also presents a memorable array of rare ballads, songs, hymns, spirituals, and carols that echo through our nation's history. Highlights include Native American poems, African American writings, and the works of Quakers, colonists, Huguenots, transcendentalists, scholars, slaves, politicians, journalists, and clergymen. These discerning selections demonstrate that the American canon of poetry is as diverse as the nation itself, and constantly evolving as we pass through time. Most important, this collection strongly reflects the peerless stylings that mark the American poetic experience as unique. Here, in one distinguished volume, are the many voices of the New World.

Three Centuries of American Poetry

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Illinois

Virginia J. Ruehlmann

Hardcover and book itself is good condition. The dust jacket is ripped I top left corner 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Texas

Poems exploring different types of love are complemented by Scripture verses and literary passages on the theme of love

Gifts of Love

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Walt. Whitman

Sculley Bradley

Harold W. Blodgett

Authoritative Texts, Prefaces, Whitman on His Art, Criticism

Leaves of Grass

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

Oregon

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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Nikki Grimes

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Nebraska

Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance

"One Last Word is the work of a master poet." --Kwame Alexander, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Crossover

From the New York Times bestselling and Coretta Scott King award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes an emotional, special new collection of poetry inspired by the Harlem Renaissance--paired with full-color, original art from today's most exciting African-American illustrators.

Inspired by the writers of the Harlem Renaissance, bestselling author Nikki Grimes uses "The Golden Shovel" poetic method to create wholly original poems based on the works of master poets like Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Jean Toomer, and others who enriched history during this era.

Each poem is paired with one-of-a-kind art from today's most exciting African American illustrators--including Pat Cummings, Brian Pinkney, Sean Qualls, James Ransome, Javaka Steptoe, and many more--to create an emotional and thought-provoking book with timely themes for today's readers.

A foreword, an introduction to the history of the Harlem Renaissance, author's note, poet biographies, and index makes this not only a book to cherish, but a wonderful resource and reference as well.

A 2017 New York Public Library Best Kids Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017, Middle Grade
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017, Nonfiction

One Last Word

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South Dakota

To a Very Special Mom 

Kentucky

These elegantly designed poetry chapbooks are essential reading for lovers of classic literature and collectible editions in their own right. They make perfect keepsakes to own and to share with others. This elegantly designed chapbook collects several dozen poems by the world's greatest poets on friendship, companionship, camaraderie, and intimacy. All aspects of friendship are covered: best friends, dear friends, romantic friends, even fair-weather friends. The poets represented include Walt Whitman, Ben Jonson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Lord Byron, Emily Dickinson, Henry David Thoreau, William Shakespeare, and Rudyard Kipling. A dedication page make this anthology suitable for gift giving.

Poems on Friendship

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John Ciardi

Archibald T. MacAllister

Small inscription in inside cover. Otherwise it is clear of any notes. 

Dante's epic narrative poem of a man's journey through hell, purgatory and heaven.

The Inferno

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#paperback #poetry #daughter #family #encouragement

Pennsylvania

For You, My Daughter

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#paperback #poetry #langstonhughes #diverse #black #africanamerican #classic #livingbook #poems #harlemrenaissance 

The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

Billy Chapata

Iowa

Social media sensation Billy Chapata shares insight and advice into the powerful world of love, heartbreak, and what comes next. This collection of poetry and prose will justify heartache and inspire the fortitude to survive and prosper. From Chameleon Aura author Billy Chapata comes his second major poetry collection, Flowers on the Moon. Chapata presents his signature blend of experience and advice through a chaptered series of prose and poetry. Filled with the familiar themes of love, loss, resilience, and growth From Chameleon Aura but with fresh poems and new advice, his touching narrative celebrates humanity for its undeniable worth, and this collection will leave readers warm with hope for growth, rebirth, and, most prominently, self-acceptance.

Flowers on the Moon

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Nancy Whittier

Presents a collection of over one hundred of the world's best-known love poems, written by a variety of authors including Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Shakespeare, Dorothy Parker, Emily Dickinson, and others.

One Hundred and One Classic Love Poems

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Jack Prelutsky

How to Write a Poem





Have you ever tried to write a poem about a pizza How about a pig How about a pigeon, penguin, potato, Ping-Pong, parrot, puppy, pelican, porcupine, pie, pachyderm, or your parents

Jack Prelutsky has written more than a thousand poems about all of these things--and many others. In this book he gives you the inside scoop on writing poetry and shows you how you can turn your own experiences and stories about your family, your pets, and your friends into poems. He offers tips, advice, and secrets about writing and provides some fun exercises to help you get started (or unstuck). You'll also get a behind-the-scenes look at the ingredients of some of his most popular poems. If you are a poet, want to be a poet, or if you have to write a poem for homework and you just need some help, this is the book for you!

Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry

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Rupi Kaur

"A collection of poetry and prose about survival, about the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity"--Amazon.com.

Milk and Honey

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Tyler Kent White

New Jersey

A collection of Tyler Kent White's powerful poems about love, loss, depression, and resilience. "Never apologize for burning too brightly, or for collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made." - Tyler Kent White Many of the poems included here are short and uplifting, with messages such as "be yourself," "you are beautiful," and "this too shall pass." They combine the appeal of short, shareable poems with inspiration and encouragement. Also included are some of White's lengthier prose pieces, which address his childhood, his relationship with his father, and past romantic relationships, among other things. Whatever the form, White takes inspiration from the everyday, writing about abstract topics like love, loss, depression, and resilience using concrete, relatable details and scenes.

Songs with Our Eyes Closed

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Wislawa Szymborska

There are underlining and notes present on many poems. 

Selected Poems

A collection by the Nobel Prize winner reflects on the wonders of life in poems featuring a sister's postcard, the discovery of a new star, the ruins of Greece, and a bodybuilding contest

View with a Grain of Sand

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Brett Maddux

Poems by Brett A. Maddux

Regent

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Dreamy Illustrated Poetry

A collection of fourteen poems, including "Calling the Sun," "Showing the Wind," and "Invitation from a Mole."

A Lucky Thing

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Helen Steiner Rice

Everyone Needs Someone

Guy Conner

Motherless Child

Hunter Summerall

It's a Lonely Love

Gabbie Hanna

Adultolescence

Anonymous

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Allen Mandelbaum

Three Centuries of American Poetry

Hunter Summerall

It's a Lonely Love

Helen Steiner Rice; Virginia J. Ruehlmann

Gifts of Love

Walt. Whitman; Sculley Bradley; Harold W. Blodgett

Leaves of Grass

William Carlos Williams

Early Poems

Nikki Grimes

One Last Word

Ltd. Publications International

To a Very Special Mom

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Poems on Friendship

John Ciardi; Archibald T. MacAllister

The Inferno

Susan Polis Schutz (Editor)

For You, My Daughter

Langston Hughes

The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

Billy Chapata

Flowers on the Moon

Nancy Whittier

One Hundred and One Classic Love Poems

Jack Prelutsky

Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry

Rupi Kaur

Milk and Honey

Tyler Kent White

Songs with Our Eyes Closed

Wislawa Szymborska

View with a Grain of Sand

Brett Maddux

Regent

Alice Schertle

A Lucky Thing