A collection of favorite poems by such writers as William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Edward Lear, Walt Whitman, and Langston Hughes, with portraits of the poets, brief biographical background, and illustrations. Gr. 6-8. This handsome edition introduces major poets through works accessible to young people. Each section begins with a portrait of the author and a short summary of his or her life, followed by one or two poems or parts of poems. Each...

A book-and-audio set features poems that emphasize the attentive, intuitive, and reflective process of listening to poetry, in a collection that organizes works under such themes as "Short Lines, Frequent Rhymes" and "Odes, Complaints, and Celebrations."

A collection of short poems highlighting different moments of the day by such poets as Eleanor Farjeon, Molly Bang, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Margaret Wise Brown.

An illustrated collection of poems by such authors as Dorothy Aldis, Carl Sandburg, Langston Hughes, and Federico Garcia Lorica.

Corn weaves diverse themes into a living history by using multiple points of view. In doing so, he calls perspective into question, and invites us to see the world in new ways. --Back cover.

For A Book of Luminous Things Nobel laureate poet Czeslaw Milosz has selected 300 of the world's greatest poems written throughout the ages, poems memorable for how they render the realities of the world palpable and immediate. They are organized under eleven headings - including "Epiphany," "Nature," "The Secret of a Thing," "Travel," "Places," and "The Moment." In addition to his introduction, Milosz contributes brief, penetrating commentary on...