Poetry Month | Atkinson

1) hickory dickory dock and other favorite nursery rh

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2) Poe: stories and poems: a graphic novel adaptation

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It is true that I am nervous. But why will you say that I am mad? In stories and poems written well over a century ago, Edgar Allan Poe established himself as the original American master of gothic horror. Now, acclaimed artist-adapter Gareth Hinds translates Poe's dark genius into the graphic novel format for Poe fans new and old. Blood, bones, and flickering firelight set the mood for Hinds's vision of Poe's macabre and tragic worlds. In "The Cask...

3) railway rhymes

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4) The weary blues

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Hughes, Langston

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"Nearly ninety years after its first publication, this celebratory edition of The Weary Blues reminds us of the stunning achievement of Langston Hughes, who was just twenty-four at its first appearance. Beginning with the opening "Proem" (prologue poem)--"I am a Negro: / Black as the night is black, / Black like the depths of my Africa"--Hughes spoke directly, intimately, and powerfully of the experiences of African Americans at a time when their...

5) Dearly: new poems

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Atwood, Margaret

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The internationally acclaimed author presents her first collection of poetry in over a decade that addresses themes such as love, loss, the passage of time, nature, and zombies.

6) Locomotion

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Woodson, Jacqueline

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In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school.

7) dyamonde daniel rich

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8) Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold

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Sidman, Joyce

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"In this outstanding picture book collection of poems by Newbery Honor-winning poet, Joyce Sidman ("Song of the Water Boatman," " Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night"), discover how animals stay alive in the wintertime and learn about their secret lives happening under the snow. Paired with stunning linoleum print illustrations by Rick Allen, that celebrate nature's beauty and power."--From the publisher.

9) Twinkle, twinkle, little star and other favorite bedtime rhymes

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Rescek, Sanja

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An illustrated collection of twenty familiar nursery rhymes and lullabies, such as "Are You Sleeping?," "Hey Diddle Diddle," and "All Through the Night."

10) one last word wisdom from the harlem renaissance

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11) MARY HAD A LITTLE JAM AND OTHER SILLY RHYMES

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Lansky, Bruce

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A collection of humorous retellings of classic nursery rhymes by contemporary children's authors.

12) Meet Danitra Brown

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Grimes, Nikki

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Minority. In this collection of thirteen poems, the warm friendship of two unforgettable little girls, is portrayed.

13) Oh, the places you'll go!

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Seuss

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Advice in rhyme for proceeding in life; weathering fear, loneliness, and confusion; and being in charge of your actions.

14) An emotional menagerie: feelings from A-Z

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"Children experience all sorts of emotions: sometimes going through several very different ones before breakfast. Yet they can struggle to put these feelings into words. An inability to understand and communicate their moods can lead to bad behaviour, deep frustration and a whole host of difficulties further down the line. An Emotional Menagerie is an emotional glossary for children. A book of 26 rhyming poems, arranged alphabetically, that bring...

15) One minute till bedtime : 60-second poems to send you off to sleep

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Nesbitt, Kenn

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Book of bedtime poetry.

16) The blacker the berry: poems

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Thomas, Joyce Carol

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Coretta Scott King illustrator award book : 2009. A collection of poems, including "Golden Goodness," "Cranberry Red," and "Biscuit Brown," celebrating individuality and Afro-American identity.

17) The wild iris

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Gluck, Louise

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The Wild Iris was written during a ten-week period in the summer of 1991. Louise Cluck's first four collections consistently returned to the natural world, to the classical and biblical narratives that arose to explain the phenomena of this world, to provide meaning and to console. Ararat, her fifth book, offered a substitution for the received: a demotic, particularized myth of contemporary family. Now in The Wild Iris, her most important and accomplished...

18) Home body

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Kaur, Rupi

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"Rupi Kaur constantly embraces growth, and in home body, she walks readers through a reflective and intimate journey visiting the past, the present, and the potential of the self. home body is a collection of raw, honest conversations with oneself - reminding readers to fill up on love, acceptance, community, family, and embrace change. Illustrated by the author, themes of nature and nurture, light and dark, rest here."--Amazon.com.

19) View with a grain of sand: selected poems

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Szymborska, Wislawa

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From one of Europe's most prominent and celebrated poets, a collection remarkable for its graceful lyricism. With acute irony tempered by a generous curiosity, Szymborska documents life's improbability as well as its transient beauty to capture the wonder of existence. Preface by Mark Strand.

20) Flying at night : poems 1965-1985

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Kooser, Ted

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