Best Poets And Poems - April 2024

The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost

This comprehensive anthology attempts to give the common reader possession of six centuries of great British and American poetry. The book features a large introductory essay by Harold Bloom called "The Art of Reading Poetry," which presents his critical reflections of more than half a century devoted to the reading, teaching, and writing about the literary achievement he loves most. In the case of all major poets in the language, this volume offers either the entire range of what is most valuable in their work, or vital selections that illuminate each figure′s contribution. There are also h... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0060540427
• ASIN: 0060540427
• ISBN: 0060540427
• Brand: Harper Perennial
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

Best American Poetry 2017 (The Best American Poetry series)

Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winner and nineteenth US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, The Best American Poetry 2017 brings together the most notable poems of the year in the series that offers “a vivid snapshot of what a distinguished poet finds exciting, fresh, and memorable” (Robert Pinsky).Librarian of Congress James Billington says Natasha Trethewey “consistently and dramatically expanded the power” of the role of US Poet Laureate, holding office hours with the public, traveling the country, and reaching millions through her innovative PBS NewsHour segment “Where Poetry Lives.” Ma... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501127756
• ASIN: 1501127756
• ISBN: 1501127756
• Manufacturer: Scribner

Poems

A Boston Globe Best Poetry Book of 2011This is the definitive edition of the work of one of America's greatest poets, increasingly recognized as one of the greatest English-language poets of the twentieth century, loved by readers and poets alike. Bishop's poems combine humor and sadness, pain and acceptance, and observe nature and lives in perfect miniaturist close-up. The themes central to her poetry are geography and landscape—from New England, where she grew up, to Brazil and Florida, where she later lived—human connection with the natural world, questions of knowledge and perception, ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00R6DRWDC
• ASIN: B00R6DRWDC
• Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

101 Great American Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)

Focusing on popular verse from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this treasury of great American poems offers a taste of the nation's rich poetic legacy. Selected for both popularity and literary quality, the compilation includes Robert Frost's "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening," Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing," and Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Concord Hymn," as well as poems by Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, and many other notables.Chosen by the non-profit organization American Poetry & Literacy Project, these much-loved verses include 13 sele... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0486401588
• UPC: 800759401581
• ASIN: 0486401588
• ISBN: 0486401588
• Brand: Dover Publications
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

The Poet X (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Honorable Mention)

Winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpré Award!Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.But Xiomara has plenty she wants to ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0727TNBDH
• ASIN: B0727TNBDH
• Manufacturer: HarperTeen

Committed to Memory: 100 Best Poems to Memorize

Poet John Hollander has divided the poems into tales, sonnets, songs, meditations and counsels. Published in partnership with The Academy of American Poets.

• ASIN: 1885983158
• ASIN: 1885983158
• ISBN: 1885983158
• Brand: Brand: Books Co.
• Manufacturer: Turtle Point Press / Books & Co

101 Famous Poems

Fully indexed by title, author, and first line, this much-loved collection, in print since 1916, is a wide-ranging collection of the best-known English language poets, from William Shakespeare Robert Frost, from Percy Bysshe Shelley to Edna St. Vincent Millay.

• ASIN: 0071419306
• UPC: 639785413967
• ASIN: 0071419306
• ISBN: 9780071419307
• Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education

Best New Poets 2018: 50 Poems from Emerging Writers

"[A] reminder that contemporary poetry is not only alive and well but continuing to grow."-- Publishers Weekly"This collection stands out among the crowd claiming to represent emergent poets. Much of the editing and preliminary reading was done by emerging poets themselves, which results in an anthology that's fresh and eclectic, and may actually represent a significant portion of the best new poetry being written by the next generation."-- Virginia Quarterly ReviewEntering its fourteenth year, Best New Poets has established itself as a crucial venue for rising poets and a valuable resource fo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0997562323
• ASIN: 0997562323
• ISBN: 0997562323
• Manufacturer: Samovar Press/Meridian

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver has touched countless readers with her brilliantly crafted verse, expounding on her love for the physical world and the powerful bonds between all living things. Identified as "far and away, this country's best selling poet" by Dwight Garner, she now returns with a stunning and definitive collection of her writing from the last fifty years.Carefully curated, these 200 pl... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MZHR2P7
• ASIN: B01MZHR2P7
• Brand: PENGUIN PRESS
• Manufacturer: Penguin Press

Love Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

It has often been said that love, both sacred and profane, is the only true subject of the lyric poem. Nothing better justifies this claim than the splendid poems in this volume, which range from the writings of ancient China to those of modern-day America and represent, at its most piercing, a universal experience of the human soul.Includes poems by John Donne, Christina Rossetti, W. H. Auden, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Robert Graves, e. e. cummings, Dorothy Parker, William Shakespeare, Sappho, Bhartrhari, Anna Akhmatova, and W. B. Yeats, among many others.

• ASIN: 0679429069
• ASIN: 0679429069
• ISBN: 0679429069
• Manufacturer: Everyman's Library

The Best Loved Poems of the American People

More than 1,500,000 copies in print! Over 575  traditional favorites to be read and reread.  Categorized by theme, and indexed by author and first  line, this is a collection that will be treasured.

• ASIN: 0385000197
• ASIN: 0385000197
• ISBN: 0385000197
• Manufacturer: Doubleday

Milk and Honey

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.

• ASIN: B015X5KBJG
• ASIN: B015X5KBJG
• Brand: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Poems, Poets, Poetry: An Introduction and Anthology

Many students today are puzzled by the meaning and purpose of poetry. Poems, Poets, Poetry demystifies the form and introduces students to its artistry and pleasures, using methods that Helen Vendler has successfully used herself over her long, celebrated career. Guided by Vendler’s erudite yet down-to-earth approach, students at all levels can benefit from her authoritative instruction. Her blend of new and canonical poets includes the broadest selection of new and multi-racial poets offered by any introductory text. Comprehensive and astute, this text engages students in effective ways of ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0312463197
• ASIN: 0312463197
• ISBN: 0312463197
• Manufacturer: Bedford/St. Martin's

Keats: Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

These Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover editions are popular for their compact size and reasonable price which do not compromise content. Poems: Keats contains a full selection of Keats's work, including his lyric poems, narrative poems, letters, and an index of first lines.

• ASIN: 0679433198
• ASIN: 0679433198
• ISBN: 0679433198
• Brand: Brand: Everyman's Library
• Manufacturer: Everyman's Library

The Sun and Her Flowers

• ASIN: B073VTX3TW
• ASIN: B073VTX3TW
• Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing

2 Antique Poetry Books 100 Best Poems for Boys and Girls & The Poet's Craft

• UPC: 254279799633
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 7 USD

America At The Millennium Best Poems and Poets of 20th Century

• UPC: 254305761275
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 9 USD

The Best Poems and Poets of 2013

• UPC: 303106360328
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 5 USD

A Library of Poetry and Song: Best Poets,William Cullen Bryant 1876 Illustrated

• UPC: 113715618680
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 18 USD

Best Poets and Poems Of 2011 : Volume 2

• UPC: 143247006236
• Category: Other Books
• Price: 37 USD

Best Poets and Poems III

• UPC: 143058835290
• Category: Other Books
• Price: 20 USD

Best Poets and Poems 2012 Vol. 6 by Eber & Wein: New

• UPC: 401796940386
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 73 USD

Best New Poets 2012: 50 Poems from Emerging Writers Dickman, Matthew and Jazzy D

• UPC: 372631807742
• Category: Belletristik
• Price: 5 EUR

Best Poets and Poems 2012 Vol. 6 (English) Hardcover Book Free Shipping!

• UPC: 391835512041
• Category: School Textbooks & Study Guides
• Price: 98 USD

Best New Poets: 50 Poems from Emerging Writers. Trethewey, Natasha and Jeb Livin

• UPC: 372630216273
• Category: Belletristik
• Price: 5 EUR