The Listeners

The Listeners
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Total Pages : 112
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015048709672
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Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis The Listeners by : Walter De la Mare

The Traveller

The Traveller
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 34
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:1318123319
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Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis The Traveller by : Walter John De la Mare

Wheel With a Single Spoke

Wheel With a Single Spoke
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Publisher : Archipelago
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9781935744429
ISBN-13 : 1935744429
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Wheel With a Single Spoke by : Nichita Stanescu

Winner of the Herder Prize, Nichita Stanescu was one of Romania’s most celebrated contemporary poets. This dazzling collection of poems – the most extensive collection of his work to date – reveals a world in which heavenly and mysterious forces converse with the everyday and earthbound, where love and a quest for truth are central, and urgent questions flow. His startling images stretch the boundaries of thought. His poems, at once surreal and corporeal, lead us into new metaphysical and linguistic terrain.

Voices in the Air

Voices in the Air
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : 9780062691866
ISBN-13 : 0062691864
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Voices in the Air by : Naomi Shihab Nye

“Nye once again deftly charts the world through verse.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A beautifully constructed, thoughtful, and inspiring collection.”—School Library Journal (starred review) Young People’s Poet Laureate and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye’s uncommon and unforgettable voice offers readers peace, humor, inspiration, and solace. This volume of almost one hundred original poems is a stunning and engaging tribute to the diverse voices past and present that comfort us, compel us, lead us, and give us hope. “I think the air is full of voices. If we slow down and practice listening, we hear those voices better. They live on in us. Inspiration? We need it every day. We deserve it. It is essential, like food, water, clean air, shelter. Here are some poems celebrating the voices that have changed my life and continue to do so.”—Naomi Shihab Nye, Award-winning poet and author Voices in the Air is a collection of almost one hundred original poems written by the award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye in honor of the artists, writers, poets, historical figures, ordinary people, and diverse luminaries from past and present who inspire her and us. Full of words of encouragement, solace, and hope, this collection offers a message of peace and empathy. Voices in the Air focuses on the inspirational people who strengthen and motivate us to create, to open our hearts, and to live rewarding and graceful lives. With short informational bios about the influential figures behind each poem, and a transcendent introduction by the poet, this is a collection to cherish, read again and again, and share with others. Featuring black-and-white spot art throughout, as well as brief bios of the “voices,” an index, and an introduction by the author.

A Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young

A Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young
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Publisher : Candlewick Press
Total Pages : 28
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ISBN-10 : 9780763623791
ISBN-13 : 0763623792
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis A Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young by : Halfdan Wedel Rasmussen

Presents a collection of humorous poems and illustrations from the Danish poet.

The Listeners and Other Poems

The Listeners and Other Poems
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Total Pages : 116
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ISBN-10 : UCD:31175035237216
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Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis The Listeners and Other Poems by : Walter De la Mare

Reading Walter de la Mare

Reading Walter de la Mare
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Publisher : Faber & Faber
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 9780571347148
ISBN-13 : 0571347142
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Reading Walter de la Mare by : Walter de la Mare

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was one of the best-loved English poets of the twentieth century, his verse admired by contemporaries including Thomas Hardy, Robert Frost, W. H. Auden and T. S. Eliot. This volume presents a new selection of de la Mare's finest poems, including perennial favourites such as 'Napoleon', 'Fare Well' and 'The Listeners', for a twenty-first-century audience. The poems are accompanied by commentaries by William Wootten, which build up a portrait of de la Mare's life, loves and friendships with the likes of Hardy, Rupert Brooke, Edward Thomas and Katherine Mansfield. They also point out the fascinating references to literature, folklore and the natural world that embroider the verse.

Invisible Listeners

Invisible Listeners
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 118
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ISBN-10 : 0691116180
ISBN-13 : 9780691116181
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Invisible Listeners by : Helen Vendler

When a poet addresses a living person, we recognise the intimacy being evoked, but what causes a poet to invoke invisible listeners? Helen Vendler explores this area of poetry, focusing on the works of George Herbert, Walt Whitman and John Ashbery.

Whale Day

Whale Day
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Publisher : Picador
Total Pages : 80
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ISBN-10 : 9781760989644
ISBN-13 : 1760989649
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Whale Day by : Billy Collins

‘Funny but serious, accessible but rich in meaning, consistently surprising – the world looks slightly different after reading a Billy Collins poem. He’s a one-off, an American treasure’ Nick Laird These are poems of whimsy and imaginative acrobatics, but they are grounded in the familiar, common things of everyday experience. Collins takes us for a walk with an impossibly ancient dog, discovers the proper way to eat a banana, meets an Irish spider, and invites us to his own funeral. Facing both the wonders of being alive and the thrill of mortality, these new poems can only solidify Collins’s reputation as one of America’s most durable and interesting poets.

Beautiful & Pointless

Beautiful & Pointless
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 159
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ISBN-10 : 9780062079411
ISBN-13 : 0062079417
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis Beautiful & Pointless by : David Orr

"David Orr is no starry-eyed cheerleader for contemporary poetry; Orr’s a critic, and a good one. . . . Beautiful & Pointless is a clear-eyed, opinionated, and idiosyncratic guide to a vibrant but endangered art form, essential reading for anyone who loves poetry, and also for those of us who mostly just admire it from afar." —Tom Perrotta Award-winning New York Times Book Review poetry columnist David Orr delivers an engaging, amusing, and stimulating tour through the world of poetry. With echoes of Francine Prose’s Reading Like a Writer, Orr’s Beautiful & Pointless offers a smart and funny approach to appreciating an art form that many find difficult to embrace.