American poetry
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The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies
$18.00 Add to cartA much-awaited collection of prose and poetry from one of the great cosmic masters of the supernatural
Not just any fantasy, horror, and science fiction author could impress H. P. Lovecraft into calli- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Smith, Clark Ashton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 25 2014
- ISBN10: 0143107380
- Language: English
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Leaves of Grass
$6.95 Add to cartOne of the great innovative figures in American letters, Walt Whitman created a daringly new kind of poetry that became a major force in world literature. Leaves Of Grass is his one book. First publis… [more below]
- Series: Bantam Classics
- Author: Whitman, Walt
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: June 01 1983
- ISBN10: 0553211161
- Language: English
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A Pizza the Size of the Sun
$14.99 Add to cartFrom the best-selling team of Jack Prelutsky and James Stevenson, here is another collection of wondrously rich, clever, funny, and delectable poems and black-and-white drawings destined to become fav
- Author: Prelutsky, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 26 2013
- ISBN10: 0062239511
- Language: English
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Floaters: Poems
$26.95 Read moreMart? Espada is a poet who “stirs in us an undeniable social consciousness,” says Richard Blanco. Floaters offers exuberant odes and defiant elegies, songs of protest and songs of love from one of the
- Author: Espada, Martín
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0393541037
- Language: English
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Poem in Your Pocket: 200 Poems to Read and Carry
$14.95 Read moreHelps to select a poem you love, then carry it with you to share with co-workers, family, and friends. Whether you’re a fan of Sylvia Plath or Emily Dickinson, Frank O’Hara or Walt Whitman, this title… [more below]
- Author: Academy of American Poets
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0810906368
- Language: English
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The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded: Poems
$17.00 Add to cartHaunted by the voices of those committed to the notorious Virginia State Colony, epicenter of the American eugenics movement in the first half of the twentieth century, this evocative debut marks the … [more below]
- Author: Brown, Molly McCully
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: March 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0892554789
- Language: English
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Sail Away
$19.99 Read moreA celebration of mermaids, wildernesses of waves, and the creatures of the deep through poems by Langston Hughes and cut-paper collage illustrations by multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley … [more below]
- Author: Hughes, Langston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1481430858
- Language: English
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Ode to a Commode: Concrete Poems
$8.99 Read moreIs that a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a poem Concrete poems are shaped like their subjects. They can look like objects, animals, or even people. You won’t find many straight lines here Award-winni
- Series: Poetry Adventures
- Author: Cleary, Brian P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1467744549
- Language: English
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Twice Alive
$16.95 Read moreIn the searing poems of his new collection, Twice Alive, the Pulitzer Prize-winner Forrest Gander addresses the exigencies of our historical moment and the intimacies, personal and environmental, that… [more below]
- Author: Gander, Forrest
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 0811230295
- Language: English
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Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems
$18.99 Read moreEverything that happens when you go camping can be an adventure, from getting dressed inside your sleeping bag on a chilly morning to meeting a moose to sharing secrets in a tent at night. Kristine O’
- Author: George, Kristine O’Connell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 28 2001
- ISBN10: 061804597X
- Language: English
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Stag’s Leap
$20.00 Add to cartPULITZER PRIZE WINNER – From one of today’s best poets–a stunningly poignant sequence of poems that tells the story of a divorce, embracing strands of love, sex, sorrow, memory, and new freedom.
In th… [more below]- Author: Olds, Sharon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 04 2012
- ISBN10: 0375712259
- Language: English
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A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms
$9.99 Read more“Readers will have the good fortune to experience poetry as art, game, joke, list, song, story, statement, question, memory. A primer like no other.” — School Library Journal (starred review)
In this … [more below]- Author: Janeczko, Paul B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: March 10 2009
- ISBN10: 0763641324
- Language: English
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A Hatful of Dragons: And More Than 13.8 Billion Other Funny Poems
$17.99 Read moreIdeal for fans of Jack Prelutsky and Shel Silverstein, this collection of hilarious poems is perfect for any young reader who likes to read — and laugh!
This funny poetry book is full of unusual char- Author: Madan, Vikram
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: March 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1684371503
- Language: English
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This Is the Earth
$17.99 Read moreYoung readers learn how they can create a greener, healthier world in this powerful nonfiction picture book from authors Diane Z. Shore and Jessica Alexander, with art by award-winning illustrator Wen
- Author: Shore, Diane Z.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 23 2016
- ISBN10: 0060555262
- Language: English
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Sinners Welcome
$17.99 Add to cart“What gives Sinners Welcome its sharp edge is the poet’s eloquently passionate struggle at the junction of doubt and devotion.” —Washington Post
From Mary Karr, the prize-winning and New York Times be
- Author: Karr, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 03 2009
- ISBN10: 60776560
- Language: English
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The 20th Century Children’s Poetry Treasury
$21.99 Read more“Until this century, most children’s poetry was either syrupy sweet or overblown and didactic, and tended to talk down to its readers. Contemporary children’s poets have thrown all that condescension … [more below]
- Series: Treasured Gifts for the Holidays
- Author: Prelutsky, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 28 1999
- ISBN10: 0679893148
- Language: English
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Visiting Langston
$11.99 Read moreA wonderful picture book introduction to a legendary American writer
It’s a special day when a little girl and her father go to visit the house where the great poet Langston Hughes lived–especially- Author: Perdomo, Willie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0805078819
- Language: English
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Read! Read! Read!
$18.99 Read moreCapture the joys of reading in this amazing poetry collection!
From that thrilling moment when a child first learns to decipher words, to the excitement that follows in reading everything from road si… [more below]- Author: Ludwig Vanderwater, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 19 2017
- ISBN10: 159078975X
- Language: English
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No More Poems!: A Book in Verse That Just Gets Worse
$17.99 Add to cartAcclaimed singer-songwriter Rhett Miller teams up with Caldecott Medalist and bestselling artist Dan Santat in a riotous collection of irreverent poems for modern families.
In the tradition of Shel S- Author: Miller, Rhett
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0316416525
- Language: English
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Oculus: Poems
$16.00 Read moreFINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR POETRY
A brilliant second collection by Sally Wen Mao on the violence of the spectacle–starring the film legend Anna May Wong In Oculus, Sally Wen Ma- Author: Mao, Sally Wen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1555978258
- Language: English
