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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorOpened Ground: Poems, 1966-1996
Seamus Heaney · 479 pages
Seamus Heaney (winner of the Nobel prize for literature in 1995) gathered over 200 of his best poems in this collection, selected from twelve of his previous books of published poetry. The selection covers the period 1966 - 1996. It also contains his Nobel Lecture, "Crediting Poetry", since, as the author explains, "the ground covered in the lecture is ground originally opened by the poems which h
A Shropshire Lad
A.E. Housman · 95 pages
First published in 1896, this is Housman's first and most widely known collection of poems. Dismal and fatalistic, Housman speaks of the cruelty of life. In contrast to the dreary subject matter, the poetry itself is brisk and lively. Considered by many to be among the finest works of modern British poetry.
When We Were Very Young
A.A. Milne · 102 pages
A collection of poems reflecting the experiences of a little English boy growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems
Robert Frost · 130 pages
"A deluxe edition of Frost's early poems, selected by poet David Orr for the centennial of "The Road Not Taken" For one hundred years, Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" has enchanted and challenged readers with its deceptively simple premise--a person reaches a fork in the road, facing a choice full of doubt and possibility. The Road Not Taken and Other Poems presents Frost's best-loved poem alo
Bilbo's Last Song
J.R.R. Tolkien · 32 pages
Bilbo’s Last Song is considered by many to be Tolkien’s epilogue to his classic work The Lord of the Rings. As Bilbo Baggins takes his final voyage to the Undying Lands, he must say goodbye to Middle-earth. Poignant and lyrical, the song is both a longing to set forth on his ultimate journey and a tender farewell to friends left behind. Pauline Baynes’s jewel-like illustrations lushly depict both
The Simple Truth
Philip Levine · 69 pages
The National Book Award-winning poet presents thirty-three poems that interweave a complex web of myth, public and private history, family, memory, and invention as they explore the timeless truths of human existence.
A Child's Garden of Verses
Robert Louis Stevenson · 69 pages
The Shadow of Sirius
W.S. Merwin · 117 pages
This volume presents a collection of poems reflecting the author's life. Mysteries of light, darkness, temporality, and eternity weave throughout his poetry. His memories are focused and profound, of Pennsylvania miners and neighborhood streetcars, a conversation with a boyhood teacher or parent, the distinct qualities of autumnal light and gentle rain, well-cultivated loves, and "our long evening
The Major Works
William Wordsworth · 752 pages
Offers a collection of Wordsworth's poetry and prose, including all his major poems and selections from his letters, prefaces, and essays.
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda · 996 pages
Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson · 368 pages
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement.
The Real Mother Goose
Blanche Fisher Wright · 128 pages
An illustrated collection of popular nursery rhymes, reprinted from the 1916 original.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Shel Silverstein · 176 pages
If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, A magic bean buyer... Come in ... for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wa
The Best Loved Poems of the American People
Hazel Felleman · 670 pages
An anthology of excellent poetry, much of which is best read aloud
Kaddish and Other Poems
Allen Ginsberg · 104 pages
A Child's Calendar
John Updike · 32 pages
A collection of twelve poems describing the activities in a child's life and the changes in the weather as the year moves from January to December.