english poetry

"With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a young girl, who, in the absence of a nurturing guide, makes her own stumbling way towards womanhood. Drawing from her own life and the lives of loved ones, as well as pop culture and news headlines, Shire finds vivid, unique details in the experiences of refugees and immigrants, mothers and daughters, Black women, and teenage girls. In Shire's hands, lives spring into fullness. This is noisy life: full of music and weeping and surahs and sirens and birds. This is fragrant life: full of blood and perfume and shisha smoke and jasmine and incense. This is polychrome life: full of henna and moonlight and lipstick and turmeric and kohl"--Provided by publisher.

Presents William Shakespeare's plays and poems.

Combines poems about a smart pig, a crocodile, a hungry lion, a scorpion, an aunt-eating anteater, and a flying cow with the story of a crocodile who devises secret plans and a few clever tricks to secure his lunch.

Humorous retellings in Spanish verse of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.

A collection of Irish verse written between the 1600s and the 1900s.

Presents the complete poems of nineteenth-century English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and includes a biographical sketch of the poet.

After a courtship voyage of a year and a day, Owl and Pussy finally buy a ring from Piggy and are blissfully married.

A collection of humorous poetry about naughty, ill-mannered, even cruel, boys and girls.

A collection of brief poems about a variety of childhood experiences.