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Good Poems by Garrison Keillor Publisher Comments Every day people tune in to The Writer's Almanac on public radio and hear Garrison Keillor read them a poem. And here, for the first time, is an anthology of poems from the show, chosen by Keillor for their wit, their frankness, their passion, their... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Haiku Mind: 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart by Patricia Donegan Publisher Comments Haiku, the Japanese form of poetry written in three short lines, is celebrated for its ability to express a simple moment in a profound way. The “haiku moment,” as it is called, refers to a heightened awareness of the world around us and how,... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Hardcover
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A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry / by Czeslaw Milosz Staff Pick A fine collection of Milosz's favorite poems, A Book of Luminous Things casts a wide net over time and place. It's at once an excellent book for novice readers of poetry and long-time admirers.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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World War One British Poets Brooke Ow by Candace Ward Publisher Comments Rich selection of powerful, moving verse includes Brooke's "The Soldier," Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth," "In the Pink" by Sassoon, "In Flanders Fields" by Lieut. Col. McCrae, Thomas Hardy's "In Time of the Breaking of Nations," many more by Kipling... (read more) List Price $2.50 Your price: $0.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Good Poems, American Places by Garrison Keillor Publisher Comments P> Another wonderful poetry anthology from Garrison Keillor-rooted in the American landscape. Greatness comes in many forms, and as Garrison Keillor demonstrates daily on The Writer's Almanac, the most affecting poems in the canon are in plain English.... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Norton Anthology of Poetry by Margaret Ferguson Publisher Comments The Fifth Edition retains the flexibility and breadth of selection that has defined this classic anthology, while improved and expanded editorial apparatus make it an even more useful teaching tool.... (read more) List Price $76.70 Your price: $71.75 New - Trade Paper
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Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West by Daniel Ladinsky Publisher Comments Sacred poetry from twelve mystics and saints, rendered brilliantly by Daniel Ladinsky, beloved interpreter of verses by the fourteenth-century Persian poet Hafiz In this luminous collection, Daniel Ladinsky—best known for his gifted and... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Best American Poetry (Best American Poetry) by Mark Doty Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry by Billy Collins Publisher Comments Collecting 180 poems by the most exciting poets at work today, "Poetry 180" is the perfect anthology for poetry lovers who appreciate engaging, thoughtful poems that are an immediate pleasure to read.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Poems for the Millennium #04: Poems for the Millennium, Volume Four: The University of California Book of North African Literature by Pierre Joris Publisher Comments In this fourth volume of the landmark Poems for the Millennium series, Pierre Joris and Habib Tengour present a comprehensive anthology of the written and oral literatures of the Maghreb, the region of North Africa that spans the modern nation states of... (read more) List Price $45.50 Your price: $39.95 New - Trade Paper
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She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems by Caroline Kennedy Publisher Comments In She Walks in Beauty, Caroline Kennedy has once again marshaled the gifts of our greatest poets to pay a very personal tribute to the human experience, this time to the complex and fascinating subject of womanhood. Inspired by her own reflections on... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Into the Garden: A Wedding Anthology: Poetry and Prose on Love and Marriage by Robert Hass and Stephen Mitchell Staff Pick The best collection of wedding-related poetry I found. The editors also include an useful primer on wedding service scripts (in case you're writing your own), presenting standard examples from Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and Zen traditions.... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Committed To Memory (03 Edition) by John Hollander Publisher Comments Poetry. "Poet John Hollander has divided the poems into Tales, Sonnets, Songs, Meditations, and Counsels. COMMITTED TO MEMORY is a wonderful gathering of poems for memorization"--Harold Bloom.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Hardcover
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Soul Is Here for Its Own Joy by Robert Bly Publisher Comments Robert Bly's ground-breaking anthology of spiritual poems, the result of over a decade of personal research, celebrates the ongoing role of the divine in literature. For as long as people have lived together in communities and built enduring cultures... (read more) Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Good Poems for Hard Times by Garrison Keillor Publisher Comments Chosen by Garison Keillor for his readings on public radio's The Writer's Almanac, the 185 poems in this follow-up to his acclaimed anthology Good Poems are perfect for our troubled times. Here, readers will find solace in works that are bracing and... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Poems That Touch the Heart by A L Alexander Publisher Comments With over 650,000 copies in print, Poems That Touch The Heart is America's most popular collection of inspirational verse.... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Songs for the Open Road: Poems of Travel and Adventure (Dover Thrift Editions) by American Poetry & Literacy Project Publisher Comments Collection of more than 80 poems by 50 American and British masters celebrates travel, adventure and the many real and metaphorical journeys each of us take in the course of our lives. Works by Whitman, Byron, Millay, Sandburg, Service, Bliss Carman... (read more) Your price: $2.50 New - Trade Paper
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Words of Protest, Words of Freedom: Poetry of the American Civil Rights Movement and Era by Jeffrey Lamar Coleman Publisher Comments Poetry is an ideal artistic medium for expressing the fear, sorrow, and triumph of revolutionary times. Words of Protest, Words of Freedom is the first comprehensive collection of poems written during and in response to the American civil rights struggle... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 1 (03 Edition) by Francis James Child Publisher Comments Published between 1882 and 1898, this definitive collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentary for each work. Volume 1 includes Parts I and II of the original set ballads 1-53... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Poetry in English : an Anthology (87 Edition) by Macha L. Rosenthal Publisher Comments This authoritative, handsomely designed anthology of poetry from the Anglo-Saxon to the contemporary stresses major figures without neglecting minor ones of quality. Meant for survey and genre courses (and for all interested readers), it offers... (read more) List Price $79.95 Your price: $60.50 Used - Trade Paper
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