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This Same Sky

A poetry anthology in which 129 poets from sixty-eight different countries celebrate the natural world and its human and animal inhabitants.

Children's poetry, Collections, Poetry, Translations into English

808.81
THI

Talking to the Sun

Poems from various time periods and many countries are organized by theme and illustrated with reproductions of art works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Art, Children's poetry, Collections, Juvenile literature, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

808.81
TAL

My Alexandria

Mark Doty

A collection of poems "in which ordinary human experience becomes music" --Cover.

Collections, Poetry

FIC
DOT

American Dragons

Includes short stories, poems, and excerpts from plays that relate what it is like growing up Asian-American.

Asian Americans, Children's literature, Collections, Literary collections, Literature

810.9
AME

Seeing the Blue Between

Several American poets offer advice to young people who are interested in writing poetry. There are also several examples of each poet's work.

American poetry, Authorship, Children's poetry, American, Collections, Creative writing

811
SEE

Truth & Lies

A collection of poems which reveals the many shades of being true and telling lies.

Children's poetry, Collections, Honesty, Juvenile poetry, Poetry

808.81
TRU

What If-- ?

Contains sixteen science fiction and fantasy poems and stories by a variety of Canadian authors.

Canadian poetry, Children's poetry, Canadian, Children's stories, Canadian, Collections, Fantasy

810.8
WHA

American poet Naomi Shihab Nye collects poems on all kinds of loss by 140 writers--some well-known and some never-before-published--including William Stafford and Lucille Clifton, and provides biograp

Collections, Juvenile poetry, Loss (Psychology), Poetry, Young adult poetry

808.81
WHA

Wherever Home Begins

A collection of poetry concerning place and its importance to human beings.

American poetry, Children's poetry, American, Collections, Home, Juvenile poetry

811
WHE

Step Lightly

A collection of poems celebrating the ordinary in an unordinary way, by such authors as Emily Dickinson, Theodore Roethke, and D. H. Lawrence.

American poetry, Collections, English poetry, Young adult poetry, American, Young adult poetry, English

811.008
STE