english poetry

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english poetry

The Columbia Granger's index to poetry in anthologies

2007
Locates seventy thousand poems published in anthologies, including anthologies of translations, listing them in three indexes: title, first line, and last line; author; and subject.

Dirty beasts

2002
A collection of humorous poems about amazing or nasty creatures, including a flying cow, a pig who turns the tables on a farmer, and crocodiles, lions, and anteaters who delight in devouring people.

Poetry speaks to children

2005
Presents a collection of ninety-five children's poems written by seventy-three poets including Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Roald Dahl, Lewis Carroll, and many more; and includes an audio CD featuring fifty-two poems.

The tree that time built

a celebration of nature, science, and imagination
2009
Collects over one hundred poems from various authors that explore the worlds of nature, science, and the imagination, and includes an audio CD of poets performing their own work.

The waste land

and other poems
1962
Contains the title piece, first published in 1922, and includes "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "Gerontion," "Ash-Wednesday," and other poems from the author's early and middle work.

Good poems

2002
A collection of 294 poems, chosen and introduced by Garrison Keillor, host of National Public Radio's "The Writer's Almanac," including selections from classic and contemporary poets, grouped by topic.

Who's been sleeping in my porridge?

a book of wacky poems and pictures
1998
A collection of poems that take a look at the grosser, weirder, funnier side of life, including "A Giant Gorilla Came Up to Me," "Itchy Feet," and "If Ever Aliens.".

Earthways, earthwise

poems on conservation
1998
A collection of poems that instruct people to be gentle to the environment and appreciate, not destroy, nature.

Revolting rhymes

2003
Presents humorous retellings of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.

Edward Lear's A was once an apple pie

2005
Presents an adaptation of an Edward Lear alphabet poem, in simple text with illustrations, as various animals are characterized by words that rhyme with their name.

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