American poetry

Voices & visions

Helen Hennessy Vendler

American poetry, History and criticism

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Keats, Shakespeare, and Other Wordsmiths

Jennifer Fandel

Discusses the poetry of notable wordsmiths, such as Shakespeare, Keats, Whitman, Dickinson, and many more.

American poetry, History and criticism, Juvenile literature

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Inspired by his teacher, eleven-year-old Lonnie begins to write about his life in a series of poems in which he discusses his feelings about his friends, his foster mom, his little sister Lili, and th

African Americans, American poetry, Foster home care, Orphans, Poetry

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The Norton Anthology of Poetry

A compilation of 1,600 poems written in English by more than 355 authors from around the world, representing the work of poets from medieval times through the twentieth century.

American poetry, Collections, English poetry

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The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry

An anthology of over 1580 poems by 180 British and American poets, from Walt Whitman through the 1980s.

American poetry, English poetry

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Falling Up

Shel Silverstein

A collection of poems by American poet and humorist, Shel Silverstein including the poems My nose garden, Little Hoarse, Strange Restaurant, Sharing, Noise Day, and many more.

American poetry, Humorous poetry

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