The Gardeners Book of Verse - Volume 1
Poems for Five Seasons
selected and edited by Helen Van Pelt Wilson
M.Barrows & Company, 1966
former library book
hardcover- fair condition
former library book - 128 pages
a few of the pages have wrinkles and small scuff marks
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Horses Make A Landscape Look More Beautiful
Poems By Alice Walker
Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1984
softcover- good condition
80 pages
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The 100 * Best African American Poems
* (but I cheated)
edited by Nikki Giovanni
Sourcebooks, 2010
hardcover, 228 pages
INCLUDES AUDIO CD
NEW BOOK (three copies are available)
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Longfellow’s Poems including Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha, The Courtship of Miles
Standish and Tales of a Wayside Inn
The Home Library - collector’s item
A.L. Burt Company, Publishers, 1901
vintage hardcover - good condition, 399 pages
written gift inscription - inside cover
Biographical sketches and notes by Henry Ketcham
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A Controversy of Poets - An Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry
edited by Paris Leary and Robert Kelly
Anchor Books, 1965, 567 pages, 1st edition
softcover- fair condition
cover shows wear with creases
writing inside both front and back covers and on title page - rest of interior free of writing and intact
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A Concise Treasury of Great Poems - English
and American
437 poems by 121 poets
edited by Louis Untermeyer
Pocket Books, 1964, 557 pages
softcover- fairly good condition
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The Pocket Book of Verse - Great English and American Poems
edited by M.E. Speare
Harper & Row, 1986
softcover- good condition- 393 pages
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Native Guard
by Natasha Trethewey
Includes a CD of Poems read by the author
Houghton Mifflin, 2006
hardcover- 56 pages
NEW BOOK & NEW CD
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The Song of Roland
translated with an introduction by Glyn Burgess
Penguin Classics, 1990
softcover- good condition, 219 pages
no writing inside book, all pages intact
some “used book” stickers on back cover
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New York Street Cries in Rhyme
by Mahlon Day
facsimile of the “Copyright 1825” Edition with a new introduction by Leonard S. Marcus
Dover Publications, 1977, 31 pages
softcover- fair condition - cover is creased
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The Golden Treasury of Poetry
Selected and with a commentary by Louis Untermeyer
Golden Press, 1959
vintage hardcover - 324 pages
good condition - cover edges are bumped and spine
shows wear
interior pages are all intact without markings
former owner’s name on first page
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A Night Without Armor - Poems
by Jewel Kilcher
Harper Entertainment
softcover - 142 pages
like new condition
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Work, Distances/Poems
by Ken Smith
The Swallow Press, 1972
hardcover - 98 pages
very good condition
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Tennyson’s Poetry - A Norton Critical Edition
Authoritative Texts - Juvenilia and Early Responses-
Criticism
selected and edited by Robert W. Hill, Jr.,
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1971
softcover - 684 pages
fairly good condition - cover shows some wear and creases
some markings
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Disappearing Ink - Poetry at the End of Print Culture
Essays by Dana Gioia
Graywolf Press, 2004
softcover - 271 pages
NEW BOOK
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The Poetry Home Repair Manual - Practical Advice for Beginning Poets
by Ted Kooser (Poet Laureate of the United States)
University of Nebraska Press, 2005
hardcover - 163 pages
like new condition
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American Poetry - Wildness and Domesticity
by Robert Bly
Harper Perennial, 1990
softcover - 341 pages
fairly good condition - light foxing on some pages
no writing and all pages are intact
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The Best Loved Poems of the American People
selected by Hazel Felleman
Garden City Publishing, 1936
antique hardcover - 670 pages
book is in good condition (dustjacket shows much wear)
some foxing due to the age of the book
all pages are intact and without markings
former owner’s name inside front cover
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Modern American Poetry - Revised Edition
by Brother Thomas Corbett, S.M. and Reverend
William Boldt
Macmillan Company, 1961
softcover, 186 pages
fairly good condition - cover is soiled
no writing in book and pages are intact
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Kids’ Magnetic Poetry and Creativity Kit
by Dave Kapell and Sally Steenland
Workman Publishing Company, 1998
54-page book and 177 word tiles and shapes, and magnetic poetry board in a kit
good condition
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Guide to Poets Corner - Westminister Abbey
photos by Martin Stevens and A.F. Kersting
English Counties Periodicals Limited
softcover - 32 pages
fair condition - pages are slightly wrinkled and stained
and cover shows some wear
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The McGraw Hill Book of Poetry
by Robert DiYanni and Kraft Rompf
McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1993
softcover - 1228 pages - no markings and all
pages are intact
fairly good condition - cover shows some creasing
“free copy” appears printed on several pages
and on the back cover with the words, “provided free to instructors for consideration for classroom use.”
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Favorite Poems For Children
edited by Holly Pell McConnaughy
Barnes & Noble, 1993
hardcover - 206 pages
gift inscription written on inside of front cover
very good condition - no writing inside and
al pages are clean and intact
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Romantic Poets - Blake to Poe
edited by W.H. Auden and Norman Holmes Pearson
Viking Press, 1968
vintage softcover - 540 pages
cover shows some wear but pages are all intact
without markings
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The Best Poetry of Our Times - The Book and The CD set in box
The Book Great Modern Poets book includes more than 150 famous poems from 50 great poets. It is a 224-page softcover and it is in excellent condition. It was published by Quercus. It was edited by Michael Schmidt.
The CD features W.B. Yeats, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, E.E. Cummings, W.H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Allen Ginsberg, Sylvia Plath and many other poets reading their own work.
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Great Love Poems
edited by Shane Weller
Dover Thrift Editions
Dover Publications, 1992
120 pages - NEW BOOK
softcover
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Kids Pick The Funniest Poems
selected by Bruce Lansky
Meadowbrook Press, 1991
hardcover, very good condition
pages are clean, crisp, intact
115 pages
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John Keat’s Porridge - Favorite Recipes of American Poets
edited by Victoria McCabe
University of Iowa Press, 1975
vintage softcover, good condition
collector’s item
115 pages - no markings or highlighting
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Paul Simon - Lyrics 1964-2008
by Paul Simon
Simon & Schuster, 2008
hardcover- very good condition
378 pages - no highlighting or markings
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Blow Me A Song (Cold Winter Wind)
by Norma Gaylord Griffith
Vantage Press, 2009
First Edition stated
softcover, 117 pages
NEW BOOK!
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Flames of Feeling - Poetry and Short Stories
for Young People
by Christine M. Ricci-McNamee
illustrated by: Denise L. Augusta-Torres
softcover - very good condition
front cover has slight crease
115 pages
$3.95 plus media mail shipping
The Random House Book of Poetry for Children - A Treasury of 572 Poems for Today’s Child
Selected by Jack Prelutsky
Illustrated by Arnold Lobel
Random House, 1983
softcover - good condition
248 pages
$6.50 plus media mail shipping
Phenomenal Woman
Four Poems Celebrating Women
Maya Angelou
Random House, 1994
hardcover - very good condition
24 pages - no markings, all pages are intact
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Carver - A Life in Poems
Scholastic, 2001
hardcover, 103 pages
NEW BOOK!!!!!
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Our Western World’s Greatest Poems
edited and published by John Campbell
World of Poetry Press, 1983
vintage hardcover - good condition
dark grey cover with gilded letters and interior pages
are in excellent condition
dustjacket on back of book had tears that have been
repaired with new blank white stickers
illustrated in many black and white photographs
oversized hardcover - 431 pages
good condition
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A Song Flung Up To Heaven
by Maya Angelou
Random House, 2002
First Edition stated
hardcover- NEW BOOK!!!
214 pages -
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A Garland of Irish Verse
edited by Gwynn Hayes
Gramercy Books, 1993
hardcover - 92 pages
very good condition
gift inscription on inside of front cover
no markings on interior pages
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Poetry - February 2015 - Vol. CCV (205) No. 5
featuring Elizabeth Willis, Sally Wen Mao, Cate Marvin
Poetry Foundation, 2015
softcover
good condition
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Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
by T.S. Eliot
Drawings by Edward Gorey
Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1982
hardcover, 56 pages
good condition
$5.95 plus media mail shipping
American Indian Poetry
An Anthology of Songs and Chants
with a new Foreword by Kenneth Lincoln
Fawcett Columbine, 1991
softcover, very good like new condition
294 pages
$6.95 plus media mail shipping
Robert Frost
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
Dutton’s Childrens Books, 1978
hardcover - very good condition
interior pages are crisp and clean
dustjacket is slightly worn
pages
$5.95 plus media mail shipping
Maya Angelou - Wouldn’t Take Nothing For My Journey Now
by Maya Angelou
essays by poet Maya Angelou on various subjects
Random House, 1993
hardcover, very good condition
no dustjacket
143 pages
$3.50 plus media mail shipping
East of the Bay - A Chester River Anthology
edited by Maggie Newsome Scheck
published by Chester River Writers with a grant by
the Kent County Arts Council, 1999
wirebound softcover - like new condition
125 pages
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William Butler Yeats - Selected Poems and Three Plays
edited and introduction by M.L. Rosenthal
Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986
softcover, 252 pages
pages are unmarked and intact
front cover has crease as shown in photo
pages are tanned due to age of book
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The Earth is Painted Green - A Garden of Poems About Our Planet
edited by Barbara Brenner
illustrated by S.D. Schindler
Scholastic, 1994
softcover, 82 pages
like new condition
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I Am Phoenix - Poems for Two Voices
by Paul Fleischman
illustrated by Ken Nutt
Harper & Row Publishers, 1985
vintage hardcover- 52 pages
like new condition
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Rough Cradle
by Betsy Sholl
Alice James Books
Farmington, Maine
SIGNED BY AUTHOR
softcover, 78 pages
very good like new condition
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A Brighter Garden
A celebration of Emily Dickinson’s poetry illustrated by Tasha Tudor
Philomel Books, 1990, second impression
hardcover - good condition
beautiful water color color illustrations
former library book - library markings have been hidden
63 pages - pages are intact and without notes
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The Llama Who Had No Pajama
100 Favorite Poems
by Mary Ann Hoberman
illustrated by Betty Fraser
Harcourt, Inc., 1998
softcover, 68 pages
very good condition
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The Pocket Book of Robert Frosts’s Poems
With an Introduction & Commentary by Louis Untermeyer
An Original Pocket Book Edition
Pocket Books, 1946
vintage softcover, 264 pages
good condition considering age of book
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Robert Frost - In The Clearing
by Robert Frost
Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1964
sixth printing
vintage hardcover - 101 pages
interior pages are crisp and clean
dustjacket is slightly worn
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You Come Too - Robert Frost
Favorite Poems For Young Readers
Foreword by Hyde Cox
With Wood Engravings by Thomas W. Nason
Henry Holt & Company, 1975
vintage softcover - 94 pages
(three pages have highlighting)
small tear along binding
$4.50 plus media mail shipping
I Hear America Singing
by Walt Whitman
illustrated by Robert Sabuda
hardcover - 32 pages
Philomel Books, 1991
former library book
$3.95 plus media mail shipping
Robert Frost
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
stunning illustrations by Susan Jeffers
Dutton’s Children’s Books, 2001
hardcover - excellent condition
interior pages are crisp and clean
32 pages
$5.95 plus media mail shipping
Art & Nature
An Illustrated Anthology of Nature Poetry
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992
selected by Kate Farrell
extraordinary photographs of stunning artwork
hardcover - excellent condition
interior pages are crisp and clean
175 pages
$5.95 plus media mail shipping
Soundings East
Vol. 11 No. 1 Spring/Summer 1988
Students of Salem State College
Salem, Massachusetts
vintage softcover, 71 pages
very good condition
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Soundings East
Vol. 12, No. 1 Spring/Summer 1989
Students of Salem State College
Salem, Massachusetts
vintage softcover, 62 pages
very good condition
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Soundings East
Vol. 11, No. 2 Fall/Winter 1988
Students of Salem State College
Salem, Massachusetts
vintage softcover, 72 pages
good condition
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Soundings East
Vol. 10, No. 1 Spring/Summer 1987
Feature Poet: Robert Cooperman
Students of Salem State College
Salem, Massachusetts
vintage softcover, 72 pages
very good condition
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Robert Frost - A Tribute to the Source
Poems by Robert Frost
Photographs by Dewitt Jones
Text by David Bradley
Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1979
vintage hardcover, 165 pages
good condition
dustjacket shows light wear
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Emily Dickinson - Poetry for Young People
edited by Gary D. Schmidt
Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 1994
hardcover, 48 pages
good condition
dustjacket shows light wear
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Robert Frost - Poetry for Young People
edited by Gary D. Schmidt
Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 1994
hardcover, 48 pages
good condition
dustjacket shows light wear
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A Humble Life - Plain Poems
written by Linda Oatman High
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2001
hardcover, 40 pages
former library book
good condition
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The Road Washes Out in Spring
A Poet’s Memoir of Living Off The Grid
by Baron Wormser
University Press of New England, 2006
hardcover, 200 pages
like new condition
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Milton’s Poems
The Poetical Works of John Milton
reprinted from the best editions with biographical
notice, etc.
works by John Milton
Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, circa 1880’s
gift inscription written on second page
vintage hardcover, 562 pages
gilt-decorated clothbound hardcover
gilt-edged pages - all pages have red-lined border
first few pages are partially loose
shows some wear but good considering age of book
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Joni Mitchell
The Complete Poems and Lyrics
by Joni Mitchell
Random House of Canada, 1997
First Canadian Edition stated
hardcover, 323 pages
very good condition
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Searching for the Spring
Poetic Reflections of Maine
by Ken Nye
Freeport, Maine, 2005
Random House of Canada, 1997
softcover, 97 pages
very good condition
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Robert Frost - In The Clearing
by Robert Frost
Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1964
sixth printing
vintage hardcover - 101 pages
no dustjacket
$8.95 plus media mail shipping
Breathe and Be
A Book of Mindfulness Poems
by Kate Coombs
Sounds True, 2017
hardcover - 32 pages
good condition
$8.95 plus media mail shipping
Beowulf - A New Verse Translation
by Seamus Heaney
W.W. Norton & Company, 2000
hardcover - 220 pages
good condition
$6.95 plus media mail shipping
Orchards - ASequence of French Poems
by Rainer Maria Rilke
translated by A. Poulin, Jr.
English and French edition
Graywold Press, First Printing stated, 1982
hardcover - 113 pages
interior pages - good condition
some toning along dustjacket spine
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Into the Dawn
by Mabel Ingalls Wescott
Meador Publishing Company, 1945
vintage hardcover - 62 pages
interior pages - good condition
rare collector’s item
$14.95 plus media mail shipping
The House on the Saco
Poems by P.B. Newman
William L. Bauhan, 1977
vintage softcover - 79 pages
interior pages - good condition
$12.95 plus media mail shipping
The Early Poems of Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow
comprising Voices of the Night and Other Poems, Ballads and Other Poems, Poems on Slavery, and the Spanish Student
Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1885
vintage hardcover - 318 pages
loose binding
corners are bumped
clothbound hardcover with gilt and pages with gilt edges
$18.95 plus media mail shipping
New Poems of Emily Dickinson
edited by William H. Shurr with
Anna Dunlap & Emily Grey Shurr
University of North Carolina Press, 1993
softcover - 126 pages
interior pages - good condition
$6.95 plus media mail shipping
Natural Process
An Anthology of New Black Poetry
edited by Ted Wilentz and Tom Weatherly
Hill and Wang, 1970
vintage softcover - 181 pages
interior pages - good condition
cover shows light wear
$9.95 plus media mail shipping
