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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... and Tomorrow Thomas Campion ( 1567 - 1619 ) Integer Vitae Sir Henry Wotton ( 1568 - 1639 ) Upon the Death of Sir Albert Morton's Wife John Donne ( 1572-1631 ) Community Confined Love Death The Computation The Curse William Drummond ...
... and Tomorrow Thomas Campion ( 1567 - 1619 ) Integer Vitae Sir Henry Wotton ( 1568 - 1639 ) Upon the Death of Sir Albert Morton's Wife John Donne ( 1572-1631 ) Community Confined Love Death The Computation The Curse William Drummond ...
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... circle Rudyard Kipling ( 1865-1930 ) 294 295 If 295 The Way Through the Woods 296 We and They A Dream of Death 297 William Butler Yeats ( 1865-1939 ) 298 298 Politics 298 The Ballad of Father Gilligan 299 The Indian upon God 301 The ...
... circle Rudyard Kipling ( 1865-1930 ) 294 295 If 295 The Way Through the Woods 296 We and They A Dream of Death 297 William Butler Yeats ( 1865-1939 ) 298 298 Politics 298 The Ballad of Father Gilligan 299 The Indian upon God 301 The ...
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... Bats Next Day 449 449 450 William Stafford ( 1914-1993 ) The Death of the Ball 15 Table of Contents.
... Bats Next Day 449 449 450 William Stafford ( 1914-1993 ) The Death of the Ball 15 Table of Contents.
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William Stafford ( 1914-1993 ) The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner Traveling Through the Dark 452 453 453 Dylan Thomas ( 1914-1953 ) 453 Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night 453 Robert Lax ( 1915-2000 ) 454 Alley Violinist 454 ...
William Stafford ( 1914-1993 ) The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner Traveling Through the Dark 452 453 453 Dylan Thomas ( 1914-1953 ) 453 Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night 453 Robert Lax ( 1915-2000 ) 454 Alley Violinist 454 ...
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1931 ) A Rudimentary Explanation of an Ideal Poem from With Silence My Companion From My Father's Death The Naif Adrian Mitchell ( b . 1932 ) A Puppy Called Puberty Heberto Padilla ( 1932-2000 ) Landscapes Alden Nowlan ( 1933-1983 ) An ...
1931 ) A Rudimentary Explanation of an Ideal Poem from With Silence My Companion From My Father's Death The Naif Adrian Mitchell ( b . 1932 ) A Puppy Called Puberty Heberto Padilla ( 1932-2000 ) Landscapes Alden Nowlan ( 1933-1983 ) An ...
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Contents
Table of Contents 5 | 25 |
Poems | 31 |
Robert Greene 1560 1592 | 42 |
William Drummond 15851649 | 55 |
Ryusui 1691 1758 | 61 |
William Wordsworth 17701850 | 70 |
Robert Southey 17741843 | 96 |
George Gordon Lord Byron 17881824 | 102 |
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 |
Robert Phillips b 1938 | 529 |
Margaret Atwood b 1939 | 533 |
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 18741946 | 390 |
Marjorie Allen Seiffert 18811968 | 396 |
Sara Teasdale 1884 1933 | 404 |
Ezra Pound 18851972 | 410 |
Robinson Jeffers 18871962 | 416 |
Archibald MacLeish 1892 1982 | 427 |
Edna St Vincent Millay 18921950 | 429 |
May Swenson 1913 1989 | 448 |
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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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Giant Book of Poetry |
| Author | William Roetzheim |
| Editor | William Roetzheim |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Level4Press Inc, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0976800128, 9780976800125 |
| Length | 748 pages |
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