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Acts of Light Acts of Light
by Emily Dickinson

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Originally published in 1980 and nominated for a National Book Award, Acts of Light includes Dickinson's best-loved poems as well as an extensive essay on the poet's life in Amherst, Massachusetts. Color paintings.... (read more)

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Letters on Cezanne Letters on Cezanne
by Rainer Maria Rilke

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Includes bibliographical references.... (read more)

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Women and the Men Women and the Men
by Nikki Giovanni

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From Harlem rooftops to the drumbeats of the Congo, the poems in The Women and the Men display in full measure the gifts that have made Nikki Giovanni one of the most important, appealing, and broad-reaching American poets:her warmth, her conciseness... (read more)

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Aggregate of Disturbances (Iowa Poetry Prize) Aggregate of Disturbances (Iowa Poetry Prize)
by Michele Glazer

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IN "Aggregate of Disturbances, Michele Glazer confronts the slipperiness of language and perception as she probes natural processes--the lives of insects, the uncertainty of love, and the deaths of human beings. Nature's beauty interests Glazer less than... (read more)

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Owls and Other Fantasies (03 Edition) Owls and Other Fantasies (03 Edition)
by Mary Oliver

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Within these pages Mary Oliver collects twenty-six of her poems about the birds that have been such an important part of her life--hawks, hummingbirds, and herons; kingfishers, catbirds, and crows; swans, swallows, and, of course, the snowy owl; among a... (read more)

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Selected Poems Dover Thrift Edition Selected Poems Dover Thrift Edition
by Alfred Tennyson

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Treasury of verse by the great Victorian poet includes the famous long narrative poem, Enoch Arden, plus "The Lady of Shalott," "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "Break, break, break," "Flower in the crannied Wall" and more. Also included are excerpts... (read more)

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The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake
by William Blake

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Since its first publication in 1965, this edition has been widely hailed as the best available text of Blake's poetry and prose. Now revised, if includes up-to-date work on variants, chronology of poems and critical commentary by Harold Bloom. An... (read more)

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Dear Darkness Dear Darkness
by Kevin Young

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Las Vegas, Nashville, despair, the Midwest, "Bar-B-Q Heaven" and his family’s Louisiana home: these are the American places that Kevin Young visits in his powerful, heartfelt sixth book of poetry. Begun as a reflection on family and memory, Dear... (read more)

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Want: Poems Want: Poems
by Rick Barot

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andldquo;Barotandrsquo;s Wantis dexterous and thrilling, and his capacious and generous vision shows us how the eye survives andlsquo;to correct the heart.andrsquo;andrdquo;andmdash;Michael Collier andldquo;In Rick Barotandrsquo;s hands every poem casts... (read more)

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The Last Night of the Earth Poems The Last Night of the Earth Poems
by Charles Bukowski

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Poems deal with writing, death and immortality, literature, city life, illness, war, and the past.... (read more)

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Crossing Unmarked Snow: Further Views on the Writer's Vocation (Poets on Poetry) Crossing Unmarked Snow: Further Views on the Writer's Vocation (Poets on Poetry)
by William Stafford

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Essays, interviews, and poetry by revered poet and teacher William Stafford... (read more)

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Knopf Poetry Series #0025: Gold Cell Knopf Poetry Series #0025: Gold Cell
by Sharon Olds

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A new collection by the much praised poet whose second book THE DEAD AND THE LIVING, was both the Lamont Poetry Selection for 1983 and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.... (read more)

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The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Vintage Classics) The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Vintage Classics)
by Langston Hughes

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"The ultimate book for both the dabbler and serious scholar--. [Hughes] is sumptuous and sharp, playful and sparse, grounded in an earthy music--. This book is a glorious revelation."--Boston Globe <BR>Spanning five decades and comprising 868 poems... (read more)

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The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes
by Seamus Heaney

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The Cure at Troy is Seamus Heaney's version of Sophocles' Philoctetes. Written in the fifth century BC, this play concerns the predicament of the outcast hero, Philoctetes, whom the Greeks marooned on the island of Lemnos and forgot about until the... (read more)

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No Nature: New and Selected Poems No Nature: New and Selected Poems
by Gary Snyder

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"The greatest of living nature poets. . . . It helps us to go on, having Gary Snyder in our midst."--Los Angeles Times. Snyder is the author of many volumes of poetry and prose, including The Practice of the Wild and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Turtle... (read more)

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Poems New and Collected, 1957-1997 (98 Edition) Poems New and Collected, 1957-1997 (98 Edition)
by Wistawa Szymborska

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Described by Robert Hass as "unquestionably one of the great living European poets" and by Charles Simic as "one of the finest poets living today," Szymborska mesmerizes her readers with poetry that captivates their minds and captures their hearts. This... (read more)

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Robert Frosts Poems Robert Frosts Poems
by Robert Frost

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A proven bestseller time and time again, Robert Frost's Poems contains all of Robert Frost's best-known poems-and dozens more-in a portable anthology. Here are "Birches," "Mending Wall," "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," "Two Tramps at Mudtime... (read more)

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Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
by Miguel Algarin

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Compiled by poets who have been at the center of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City, Aloud! showcases the work of the most innovative and accomplished word artists from around America.... (read more)

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Times Alone: Selected Poems of Antonio Machado Times Alone: Selected Poems of Antonio Machado
by Antonio Machado

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A new translation of poetry that enhances the ordinary.... (read more)

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Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon: Selected Poems of Pablo Neruda Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon: Selected Poems of Pablo Neruda
by Pablo Neruda

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< p> Praise for Stephen Mitchell& #39; s translation of Rilke: < blockquote> < I> Perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has produced.< /I> & #160; < br> -- Chicago Tribune<... (read more)

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