The Giant Book of PoetryWinner or finalist in the 'Best Books' National Book Award Poetry Anthology of the Year; Benjamin Franklin Audio Book of the Year; Foreword Magazine Audio Book of the Year; and the Bill Fisher Award for Best New Fiction. Over 750 pages of poetry spanning from 4,000 BC up to the present day and including a broad cross-section of global poetry. Footnotes for each poem specify each poem's form, define unusual or archaic words, and include notes about interpretation. Multiple indexes, including an index by subject, simplify finding exactly the right poem for any situation. The poems were specifically selected to appeal to readers new to poetry, but even experienced poetry readers will find new and enjoyable poems. The poems from the book are also available on audio CD. |
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... Heaven , Like a Tent 240 My life closed twice before its close 241 The Last Night 241 The Props Assist the House 242 The way I read a letter's this 242 There came a wind like a bugle 243 There's a certain slant of light 244 To make a ...
... Heaven , Like a Tent 240 My life closed twice before its close 241 The Last Night 241 The Props Assist the House 242 The way I read a letter's this 242 There came a wind like a bugle 243 There's a certain slant of light 244 To make a ...
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... Heavens for Old Patterns Robert Service ( 1874-1958 ) Just Think ! Lost 350 351 351 352 353 356 356 357 My Madonna 362 On the Wire 362 The Ballad of Pious Pete 365 The Ballad of the Black Fox Skin 370 The Cremation of Sam McGee 377 The ...
... Heavens for Old Patterns Robert Service ( 1874-1958 ) Just Think ! Lost 350 351 351 352 353 356 356 357 My Madonna 362 On the Wire 362 The Ballad of Pious Pete 365 The Ballad of the Black Fox Skin 370 The Cremation of Sam McGee 377 The ...
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... Heaven 401 This is Just to Say 402 Tract 402 Sara Teasdale ( 1884 – 1933 ) There will come soft rains 404 404 D.H. Lawrence ( 1885-1930 ) From The Ship of Death New Year's Eve Snake Ezra Pound ( 1885-1972 ) A Pact 405 405 405 407 410 ...
... Heaven 401 This is Just to Say 402 Tract 402 Sara Teasdale ( 1884 – 1933 ) There will come soft rains 404 404 D.H. Lawrence ( 1885-1930 ) From The Ship of Death New Year's Eve Snake Ezra Pound ( 1885-1972 ) A Pact 405 405 405 407 410 ...
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... Heaven of Animals 467 The Sheep Child 468 Alan Dugan ( 1923-2003 ) 470 How We Heard the Name 470 Love Song : I and Thou 471 Denise Levertov ( 1923 - 1997 ) 472 Consulting the Oracle 472 From a Plane 472 Lisel Mueller ( b . 1924 ) 473 ...
... Heaven of Animals 467 The Sheep Child 468 Alan Dugan ( 1923-2003 ) 470 How We Heard the Name 470 Love Song : I and Thou 471 Denise Levertov ( 1923 - 1997 ) 472 Consulting the Oracle 472 From a Plane 472 Lisel Mueller ( b . 1924 ) 473 ...
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... Heaven I Know a Man I'll Win Old Days Place ( " There's a Way out " ) Thanksgiving's Done Galway Kinnell ( b . 1927 ) 478 478 479 479 480 481 481 482 482 483 483 484 484 St. Francis and the Sow 484 James Wright ( 1927-1980 ) 485 A ...
... Heaven I Know a Man I'll Win Old Days Place ( " There's a Way out " ) Thanksgiving's Done Galway Kinnell ( b . 1927 ) 478 478 479 479 480 481 481 482 482 483 483 484 484 St. Francis and the Sow 484 James Wright ( 1927-1980 ) 485 A ...
Contents
Table of Contents 5 | 25 |
Poems | 31 |
Robert Greene 1560 1592 | 42 |
William Drummond 1585 1649 | 55 |
Ryusui 1691 1758 | 61 |
William Wordsworth 17701850 | 70 |
Robert Southey 17741843 | 96 |
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 1824 | 102 |
Edna St Vincent Millay 18921950 | 429 |
May Swenson 1913 1989 | 448 |
William Stafford 19141993 | 453 |
James Dickey 1923 1997 | 467 |
Carolyn Kizer b 1925 | 479 |
Philip Levine b 1928 | 492 |
Miller Williams b 1930 | 502 |
Amiri Baraka LeRoi Jones b 1934 | 516 |
John Keats 17951821 | 120 |
Thomas Hood 1799 1845 | 141 |
John Greenleaf Whittier 18071892 | 167 |
Edgar Allan Poe 1809 1849 | 170 |
Alfred Lord Tennyson 18091892 | 181 |
Edward Lear 18121888 | 205 |
Charles Baudelaire 18211867 | 218 |
Coventry Patmore 18231896 | 230 |
Thomas Hardy 18401928 | 267 |
William Ernest Henley 18491903 | 283 |
James B Naylor 1860 1902 | 291 |
William Butler Yeats 18651939 | 298 |
Edwin Arlington Robinson 18691935 | 307 |
Robert Frost 18741963 | 320 |
Amy Lowell 18741925 | 351 |
Gertrude Stein 1874 1946 | 390 |
Marjorie Allen Seiffert 18811968 | 396 |
Sara Teasdale 1884 1933 | 404 |
Ezra Pound 18851972 | 410 |
Robinson Jeffers 18871962 | 416 |
Archibald MacLeish 18921982 | 427 |
Robert Phillips b 1938 | 529 |
Margaret Atwood b 1939 | 533 |
David Budbill b 1940 | 542 |
Robert Pinsky b 1940 | 560 |
Toi Derricotte b 1941 | 570 |
Nancy Vieira Couto b 1942 | 575 |
Dave Smith b 1942 | 593 |
Brian Patten b 1946 | 604 |
Robert Hedin b 1949 | 618 |
Timothy Russell b 1951 | 631 |
Mark Irwin b 1953 | 635 |
Mark Turpin b 1953 | 641 |
Kevin Hart b 1954 | 649 |
Mark Cox b 1956 | 656 |
Julia Kasdorf b 1962 | 664 |
David Berman b 1967 | 667 |
687 | |
Index to Translations | 703 |
717 | |
Acknowledgements | 741 |
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