National Poetry Month - Adults | Montville Township

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A collection of over four hundred poems written in many parts of the English-speaking world in the twentieth century, including works by Rudyard Kipling, James Joyce, Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, Langston Hughes, Chinua Achebe, Bob Dylan, Sylvia Plath, and John Updike, with brief biographies of each poet represented.

3) The Aeneid

Author

Virgil

Series

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition

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Book, CD + Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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"For two thousand years, the epic tale of Aeneas' dramatic flight from Troy, his doomed love affair with Dido, his descent into the underworld, and the bloody story behind the establishment of Rome has electrified audiences around the world. In Vergil's telling, Aeneas' heroic journey not only gave Romans and Italians a thrilling origin story, it established many of the fundamental themes of Western life and literature--the role of duty and self-sacrifice,...

4) American folk poetry: an anthology

Author

Emrich, Duncan

5) American religious poems: an anthology

6) Beautiful & pointless: a guide to modern poetry

Author

Orr, David

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"David Orr is no starry-eyed cheerleader for contemporary poetry; Orr's a critic, and a good one. . . . Beautiful & Pointless is a clear-eyed, opinionated, and idiosyncratic guide to a vibrant but endangered art form, essential reading for anyone who loves poetry, and also for those of us who mostly just admire it from afar." -Tom Perrotta Award-winning New York Times Book Review poetry columnist David Orr delivers an engaging, amusing, and stimulating...

7) The best poems of the English language: from Chaucer through Robert Frost

8) Byron's poetry: authoritative texts, letters and journals, criticism, images of Byron

Author

Byron, George Gordon Byron

Series

Norton critical edition

9) Call us what we carry: poems

Author

Gorman, Amanda

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, Large Print

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The presidential inaugural poet--and unforgettable new voice in American poetry--presents a collection of poems that includes the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States.

10) The Columbia anthology of American poetry

11) The Columbia book of Civil War poetry

12) The divine comedy

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Embark on an awe-inspiring journey through the depths of the human soul in "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. This timeless masterpiece of Italian literature takes readers on an epic odyssey, weaving together themes of redemption, love, and the intricate tapestry of the afterlife. In this meticulously crafted work, Dante Alighieri guides us through the realms of Hell, Purgatory, and ultimately, Heaven. As we accompany the protagonist, Dante himself,...

13) E. E. Cummings: an introduction to the poetry

Author

Kidder, Rushworth M

Series

Columbia introductions to twentieth-century American poetry

14) Edmund Spenser's poetry: authoritative texts, criticism

Author

Spenser, Edmund

15) The essential haiku: versions of Bashō, Buson, and Issa

Series

Essential poets volume 20

16) The essential June Jordan

Author

Jordan, June

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"A collection drawn from June Jordan's previous books"-- This collection of poems-- some previously unpublished-- provides a distillation of Jordan's very best works over a long career. Her poems arose out of the crises of their eras, but timelessly address subjects such as police brutality, systemic racism, and the struggle for global solidarity among marginalized people. -- adapted from back cover