• The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms

    "Concise, learned, revisionary... should enrich the passionate conversation about poetic forms for years to come."― Edward Hirsch, author of How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry Two of our foremost poets provide here a lucid, straightforward primer that "looks squarely at some of the headaches and mysteries of poetic form": a book for readers who have always felt that an understanding of form (sonnet, ballad, villanelle, sestina, among others) would enhance their appreciation of poetry. Tracing "the exuberant history of forms," they devote one chapter to each form, offering explan... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0393321789
    • ASIN: 0393321789
    • ISBN: 0393321789
    • Brand: Strand, Mark (EDT)/ Boland, Eavan (EDT)
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

  • Looking for Poetry: Poems by Carlos Drummond de Andrade and Rafael Alberti and Songs from the Quechua

    A uniquely appealing collection that reflects the variety and richness of South American poetry.Carlos Drummond de Andrade, a native-born Brazilian, is universally recognized as the finest and most accessible modern Portugese-language poet and, along with Pablo Neruda, a poet of the common man, writing of home, family, friends, and love.Rafael Alberti--an elegist primarily--came to Argentina (where he wrote many of his poems) in exile from Spain during the Spanish Civil War. The effects of that experience wind through the poet's work in poems about the survival of the spirit in the face of per... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0375709886
    • ASIN: 0375709886
    • ISBN: 0375709886
    • Brand: Strand, Mark (EDT)/ De Andrade, Carlos Drummond/ Alberti, Rafael/ Strand, Mark (TRN)
    • Manufacturer: Knopf

  • Hopper

    Now in rich color, thirty of American painter Edward Hopper’s masterpieces with critiques from acclaimed poet Mark Strand. Strand deftly illuminates the work of the frequently misunderstood American painter, whose enigmatic paintings—of gas stations, storefronts, cafeterias, and hotel rooms—number among the most powerful of our time.   In brief but wonderfully compelling comments accompanying each painting, the elegant expressiveness of Strand’s language is put to the service of Hopper’s visual world. The result is a singularly illuminating presentation of the work of one of America... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0307701247
    • ASIN: 0307701247
    • ISBN: 0307701247
    • Manufacturer: Knopf

  • "Usually a life turned into a poem is..." quote by Mark Strand, laser engraved on wooden plaque - Size: 8"x10"

    "Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented." quote by Mark Strand Motivation and inspiration are what gets us out of bed every morning. To give you that drive and touch of magic that you need in your life, why not add some wise words to your home or office today. With the finest thoughts of the greatest minds laser engraved into premium quality beechwood, the words that move you will decorate beautifully your home for years. Perfect for remembering what life is all about. A suitable gift for colleagues, friends and family. Also, it is a fantastic decoration item for shelves and table... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B06XZG1SKN
    • ASIN: B06XZG1SKN
    • Brand: Mundus Souvenirs
    • Size: Large - 8''x10''
    • Manufacturer: Mundus Souvenirs

  • Eat This Poem: A Literary Feast of Recipes Inspired by Poetry

    Literary cookbook Eat This Poem celebrates food and poetry, two of life's essential ingredients.I want to remember us this way--late September sun streaming throughthe window, bread loaves and goldenbunches of grapes on the table,spoonfuls of hot soup risingto our lips, filling uswith what endures.--Peter Pereira, from "A Pot of Red Lentils"Food and poetry are two of life's essential ingredients. In the same way that salt seasons ingredients to bring out their flavors, poetry seasons our lives; when celebrated together, our everyday moments and meals are richer and more meaningful. The twen... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1611804019
    • ASIN: 1611804019
    • ISBN: 1611804019
    • Brand: ROOST
    • Manufacturer: Roost Books

  • Love Found: 50 Classic Poems of Desire, Longing, and Devotion

    For new sweethearts and long-wed couples alike, poetry is the ultimate gift of love. The classic love poems gathered in this elegant volume capture the full spectrum of romance—desire, longing, passion, and partnership. From Emily Dickinson's steamy declaration that "were I with thee / wild nights should be / our luxury!" to Langston Hughes's gorgeous image of love as "a ripe plum / growing on a purple tree," this is an exquisite collection of swoon-worthy love poems for the ages. Curated by authors Jessica Strand and Leslie Jonath, with illustrations by Jennifer Orkin Lewis, Love Found is p... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1452155992
    • ASIN: 1452155992
    • ISBN: 1452155992
    • Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

  • Best New Poets 2008: 50 Poems from Emerging Writers

    The only publication of its kind, this annual anthology is made up exclusively of work by writers who have not yet published a full-length book. The poems included in this eclectic sampling represent the best from the many that have been nominated by the country’s top literary magazines and writing programs, as well as some two thousand additional poems submitted through an open online competition. The work of the fifty writers represented here provides the best perspective available on the continuing vitality of poetry as it’s being practiced today. Distributed for the Samovar Press in co... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0976629631
    • ASIN: 0976629631
    • ISBN: 0976629631
    • Manufacturer: Samovar Press/Meridian

  • Hopper

    Now in rich color, thirty of American painter Edward Hopper’s masterpieces with critiques from acclaimed poet Mark Strand. Strand deftly illuminates the work of the frequently misunderstood American painter, whose enigmatic paintings—of gas stations, storefronts, cafeterias, and hotel rooms—number among the most powerful of our time.   In brief but wonderfully compelling comments accompanying each painting, the elegant expressiveness of Strand’s language is put to the service of Hopper’s visual world. The result is a singularly illuminating presentation of the work of one of America... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0375709711
    • ASIN: 0375709711
    • ISBN: 0375709711
    • Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf

  • The Best American Poetry 1991

    An anthology of contemporary poets presents works that reflect the diversity in American poetry

    • ASIN: 0020698445
    • ASIN: 0020698445
    • ISBN: 0020698445
    • Manufacturer: Collier Books

  • The Best American Poetry 2012: Series Editor David Lehman

    Mark Doty brings the vitality and imagination that illuminate his own work to his selections for the twenty-fifth volume in the Best American Poetry series. He has chosen poems of high moral earnestness and poems in a comic register; poems that tell stories and poems that test the boundaries of innovative composition. This landmark edition includes David Lehman’s keen look at American poetry in his foreword, Mark Doty’s gorgeous introduction, and notes from the poets revealing the germination of their work. Over the last twenty-five years, The Best American Poetry has become an annual rite... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B0061Q64RK
    • ASIN: B0061Q64RK
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

  • The Cambridge Introduction to Poetic Form (Cambridge Introductions to Literature)

    Michael D. Hurley and Michael O'Neill offer a perceptive and illuminating look into poetic form, a topic that has come back into prominence in recent years. Building on this renewed interest in form, Hurley and O'Neill provide an accessible and comprehensive introduction that will be of help to undergraduates and more advanced readers of poetry alike. The book sees form as neither ornamenting nor mimicking content, but as shaping and animating it, encouraging readers to cultivate techniques to read poems as poems. Lively and wide-ranging, engaging with poems as aesthetic experiences, the book ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B0089NV2WA
    • ASIN: B0089NV2WA
    • Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press

  • "Pain is filtered in a poem so that it..." quote by Mark Strand, laser engraved on wooden plaque - Size: 8"x10"

    "Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure." quote by Mark Strand Motivation and inspiration are what gets us out of bed every morning. To give you that drive and touch of magic that you need in your life, why not add some wise words to your home or office today. With the finest thoughts of the greatest minds laser engraved into premium quality beechwood, the words that move you will decorate beautifully your home for years. Perfect for remembering what life is all about. A suitable gift for colleagues, friends and family. Also, it is a fantastic decoration it... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B06XZGJK5C
    • ASIN: B06XZGJK5C
    • Brand: Mundus Souvenirs
    • Size: Large - 8''x10''
    • Manufacturer: Mundus Souvenirs

  • Chicken, Shadow, Moon & More

    Mark Strand, Former Poet Laureate, Pulitzer and MacArthur recipient "startles with his image evoking language" (Rain Taxi) in these vivid kaleidoscopic one line meditations.

    • ASIN: 188598345X
    • ASIN: 188598345X
    • ISBN: 188598345X
    • Brand: Brand: Turtle Point Press
    • Manufacturer: Turtle Point Press

  • The contemporary American poets; American poetry since 1940

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    • ASIN: B000K08D4A
    • ASIN: B000K08D4A
    • Manufacturer: The World Publishing Co.

  • Poems in the Manner Of

    Poems in the Manner Of is an illuminating journey through centuries of writers who continue to influence new work today, including that of respected poet and series editor of The Best American Poetry David Lehman.“Very few writers can actually shape how you see the world. David Lehman is such a writer,” says Robert Olen Butler. Now the Best American Poetry series editor and New School writing professor channels, translates, and imagines a collection of “poems in the manner of” Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Shakespeare, W.B. Yeats, Rilke, William Carlos Williams, and more. Lehman has b... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1501137395
    • ASIN: 1501137395
    • ISBN: 1501137395
    • Brand: Scribner
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

  • The Making of a Poem

    Provides a detailed explanation of the different forms of poetry--sonnet, ballad, villanelle, sestina--and explains the origin, traces their history, and provides examples for each

    • UPC: 1157836
    • Rating: 3.25

  • Collected Poems

    Longlisted for the 2014 National Book Award Gathered here is a half century's magnificent work by the former poet laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize winner whose haunting and exemplary style has influenced

    • UPC: 47699777
    • Rating: 3.0

  • Collected Poems - eBook

    Longlisted for the 2014 National Book AwardGathered here is a half century’s magnificent work by the former poet laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize winner whose haunting and exemplary style has influenced an

    • UPC: 325594212
    • Rating: 3.0

  • Blizzard of One : Poems

    Former U.S. Poet Laureate Mark Strand writes poems that weave between abstraction and the detailed particulars of actual experience. Filled with leave taking, his Pulitzer Prize-winning collection is also unexpectedly

    • UPC: 25675567

  • New Selected Poems

    From Sleeping with One Eye Open (1964) through the wonderful middle work that includes The Continuous Life (1990) and crowned by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Blizzard of One (1998) and his most recent new collection, Man

    • UPC: 10281573

  • Best New Poets : 50 Poems from Emerging Writers

    BEST NEW POETS 2008

    • UPC: 10164123

  • Looking for Poetry : Poems by Carlos Drummond de Andrade and Rafael Alberti and Songs from the Quechua

    9780375709883

    • UPC: 25244383

  • Selected Poems

    9780679733010

    • UPC: 25669352

  • Strand, Mark and David Lehman (editors) THE BEST AMERICAN POETRY 1991 1st Editi

    • UPC: 133348599407
    • Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
    • Price: 47 USD

  • Best New Poets 2008 : 50 Poems from Emerging Writers by Strand, Mark

    • UPC: 273849498006
    • Category: Fiction & Literature
    • Price: 3 USD

  • The Best American Poetry, 1991 by Strand, Mark

    • UPC: 143564606591
    • Category: Nonfiction
    • Price: 4 USD

  • BEST AMERICAN POETRY 1991 By Mark Strand *Excellent Condition*

    • UPC: 184219165371
    • Category: Nonfiction
    • Price: 11 USD

  • THE POEM OF THE SPANISH POET a poem by Mark Strand

    Mark Strand Poetry Craft Lecture | Sewanee Writers' Conference

    Poetry Everywhere-Mark Strand's Lines for Winter-read by Mary Louise Parker