Best Short Poems Of All Time - April 2024

Short: An International Anthology of Five Centuries of Short-Short Stories, Prose Poems, Brief Essays, and Other Short Prose Forms

Short offers the tradition and glorious present of these popular forms that stretch and defy genre. From 1500 to present, hundreds of pieces. Inventive, entertaining, and addictive.Short offers the tradition and glorious present of these popular forms that stretch and defy genre. From 1500 to present, hundreds of pieces. Inventive, entertaining, and addictive.Short prose forms are elusive to define--one writer's prose poem is another's flash fiction or brief essay. Rather than quibble, Short opts for inclusiveness. Here is a dazzling array: 100s of pieces (under 1250 words) from 24 Western cou... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00HUXQ7ES
• ASIN: B00HUXQ7ES
• Manufacturer: Persea

365 Bedtime Stories and Rhymes

Snuggle up with your favorite nursery rhymes and drift into the magical worlds of all your most treasured fairy-tale characters. This beautiful story-time treasury brings together the talents of illustrators from around the world, with well-loved stories and rhymes to delight and excite children. Find new stories and adventures to fill your imagination every night before bedtime with 365 Bedtime Stories and Rhymes. Sweet Dreams! Quick and short stories or rhymes allows adults to adjust how many stories and how much time to spend reading every day Bond with your child through family story time... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1680524046
• ASIN: 1680524046
• ISBN: 1680524046
• Brand: Cottage Door Press
• Manufacturer: Cottage Door Press

The Wonderful Things You Will Be

The New York Times bestseller that celebrates the dreams, acceptance, and love that parents have for their children . . . now and forever!  From brave and bold to creative and clever, Emily Winfield Martin's rhythmic rhyme expresses all the loving things that parents think of when they look at their children. With beautiful, and sometimes humorous, illustrations, and a clever gatefold with kids in costumes, this is a book grown-ups will love reading over and over to kids-both young and old. A great gift for any occasion, but a special stand-out for baby showers, birthdays, and g... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00QE1A76Q
• ASIN: B00QE1A76Q
• Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers

The Giving Tree

• ASIN: 0060256656
• UPC: 038332606249
• ASIN: 0060256656
• ISBN: 0060256656
• Brand: Silverstein, Shel
• Manufacturer: Harper & Row

Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays

The “dazzling” and essential portrayal of 1960s America from the author of South and West and The Year of Magical Thinking (The New York Times). Capturing the tumultuous landscape of the United States, and in particular California, during a pivotal era of social change, the first work of nonfiction from one of American literature’s most distinctive prose stylists is a modern classic.   In twenty razor-sharp essays that redefined the art of journalism, National Book Award–winning author Joan Didion reports on a society gripped by a deep generational divide, from the “misplaced childr... [Read More]

• ASIN: B06XRSTBMN
• ASIN: B06XRSTBMN
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Open Road Media

Long Way Down

“An intense snapshot of the chain reaction caused by pulling a trigger.” —Booklist (starred review) “Astonishing.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A tour de force.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) A Newbery Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Honor Book A Printz Honor Book A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner for Young Adult Literature Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award An Edgar Award Winner for Best Young Adult Fiction Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner An Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of 2017 ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B06ZZLYTK9
• ASIN: B06ZZLYTK9
• Manufacturer: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books

The Screwtape Letters

The Screwtape Letters by C.S.  Lewis is a classic masterpiece of religious satire that entertains readers with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to "Our Father Below." At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging account of temptation—and triumph over it—ever written. 

• ASIN: 0060652934
• ASIN: 0060652934
• ISBN: 0060652934
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Size: 0.58" H x 8.03" L x 5.44" W (0.4 lbs) 160 pages
• Manufacturer: HarperOne

The Sun and Her Flowers

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

Where the Sidewalk Ends Special Edition with 12 Extra Poems: Poems and Drawings

Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, has created a poetry collection that is outrageously funny and deeply profound. Come in...for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. This special edition contains 12 extra poems. 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 sh... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0060572345
• UPC: 884365429405
• ASIN: 0060572345
• ISBN: 0060572345
• Brand: Harper Collins
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins

Weight of Glory

• ASIN: B002BY77D6
• ASIN: B002BY77D6
• Manufacturer: HarperOne

The Cat in the Hat

• ASIN: 039480001X
• UPC: 000394800019
• ASIN: 039480001X
• ISBN: 039480001X
• Brand: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
• Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers

What Is the Bible?: How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything

Instant New York Times BestsellerRob Bell, the beloved author of Love Wins and What We Talk About When We Talk About God, goes deep into the Bible to show how it is more revelatory, revolutionary, and relevant than we ever imagined—and offers a cogent argument for why we need to look at it in a fresh, new way.In Love Wins, Rob Bell confronted the troubling questions that many people of faith were afraid to ask about heaven, hell, fate, and faith. Using the same inspired, inquisitive approach, he now turns to our most sacred book, the Bible. What Is the Bible? provides insights and answers th... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01KT0GN7O
• ASIN: B01KT0GN7O
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: HarperOne

Moo Baa La La La

This raucous story about the sounds animals make—including three pigs who say "la la la!"—is just right for reading aloud.Serious silliness for all ages. Artist Sandra Boynton is back and better than ever with completely redrawn versions of her multi-million selling board books. These whimsical and hilarious books, featuring nontraditional texts and her famous animal characters, have been printed on thick board pages, and are sure to educate and entertain children of all ages.

• ASIN: 067144901X
• UPC: 642688055561
• ASIN: 067144901X
• ISBN: 067144901X
• Brand: Little Simon
• Manufacturer: Little Simon

Her Favorite Color Was Yellow

Her Favorite Color Was Yellow is Edgar Holmes' debut collection of poetry. It is an ode to his muse, his all-consuming love, his everything- how it feels to find love, lose it, and get it back. Pour yourself some coffee and curl up with this book to let yourself feel something beautiful and true.

• ASIN: B077Q2NKDC
• ASIN: B077Q2NKDC

If Animals Kissed Good Night

The bestselling book in Ann Whitford Paul and David Walker's adorable animal series―and don't miss the follow-up, If Animals Said I Love You!If animals kissedlike we kiss good night,Giraffe and his calfwould stretch their necks highand kiss just beneaththe top of the sky.In a cozy bedtime chat with her mom, a young girl wonders how animal families might say good night. Would Wolf and his pup "kiss and then HOWL"? Would Bear and her cub "kiss and then GROWL"? But what about Sloth and her baby? They move soooo slooowwwww . . . they're sure to be kissing from early evening until long after ever... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0374300216
• ASIN: 0374300216
• ISBN: 0374300216
• Brand: Paul, Ann Whitford/ Walker, David (ILT)
• Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Best Loved Poems of American People

Collection of the most popular American poems grouped by subject including Love and friendship, Inspiration, and Faith and

• UPC: 461703
• Rating: 4.667

The 100 Best Poems of All Time

An anthology of poetry from around the world includes works by Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Keats, Poe, both Brownings, Dickinson, Eliot, Neruda, Plath, and Angelou, as well as poems and songs that have entered popular

• UPC: 1071285
• Rating: 4.0

Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe : Poems, Tales, Criticism

The classic poems and spine-tingling stories of a Gothic American master collected in one volume.Of all the American masters, Edgar Allan Poe staked out perhaps the most unique and vivid reputation, as a master of

• UPC: 25955212

The Complete Works of O. Henry: Short Stories, Poems and Letters (Best Navigation, Active TOC) (Cronos Classics) - eBook

This collection gathers together the works by O. Henry in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume! This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a

• UPC: 176426087

The Complete Works of O. Henry: Short Stories, Poems and Letters (Best Navigation, Active TOC) (Prometheus Classics) - eBook

This collection gathers together the works by O. Henry in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume! This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a

• UPC: 887432046

Short Poems of Walt Whitman

A collection of shorter poems by the father of American Poetry Walt Whitman

• UPC: 426586968

The 100 Best Love Poems of All Time

A collection of love poems by top writers includes pieces by Sappho, Shakespeare, Keats, Frost, Poe, and Whitman, and features accompanying introductions and biographical

• UPC: 1886607

The Midnight Hour’s Muse: A Collection of Short Stories and Poems In Prose - eBook

A young girl loses herself in the green forest of virgins. A woman imagines an affair, but lacks the courage to pursue her beloved. Lost boys fall from stars, from tears, from bridges. They go

• UPC: 805299484

Observations: A Collection of Short Poems - eBook

It is only when we step back to observe life objectively that we finally learn that each moment experienced comes with its own challenges and joys. In her third poetry collection, Colleen Adele Kelly draws

• UPC: 638695290

A Collection of Poems & Short Stories - eBook

A Collection of Poems & Short Stories was written by The Worthing Wordsmiths, a creative writing group based in Worthing, West Sussex.Compiled by Pammy Long, the groups tutor, there is a variety of different styles

• UPC: 290356708