poetry

Poems and stories inspire the imagination and explore the wonderful magic of Africa.

A modern English translation of the epic of Gilgamesh, written in the third millennium B.C., telling of the great king of Uruk and his doomed friend.

Ted Rand's moonlit vision captures the swift, rhythmic gait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's words and the drama of Paul Revere's brave ride.

An illustrated collection of poems for children that celebrates the beauty of the American southwest.

Text in Spanish. Contains poems, riddles, and songs about boats and ships.

A portrait in poems of Juan Francisco Manzano, the poet who was born a slave in Cuba in 1797.

A selection from the "Canterbury Tales," in which members of a company of pilgrims discuss their lives and adventures while on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas at Canterbury.

A company of thirty-one pilgrims tell their stories on the way to the shrine of St. Thomas at Canterbury. Includes an introduction and notes.

Presents a collection of poems by twentieth-century American poet Anthony Piccione.