Author: Edward Hirsch
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 159853727X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 367
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An acclaimed poet and our greatest champion for poetry offers an inspiring and insightful new reading of the American tradition We live in unsettled times. What is America and who are we as a people? How do we understand the dreams and betrayals that have shaped the American experience? For poet and critic Edward Hirsch, poetry opens up new ways of answering these questions, of reconnecting with one another and with what’s best in us. In this landmark new book from Library of America, Hirsch offers deeply personal readings of forty essential American poems we thought we knew—from Anne Bradstreet’s “The Author to Her Book” and Phillis Wheatley’s “To S.M. a Young African Painter, on seeing his Works” to Garrett Hongo’s “Ancestral Graves, Kahuku” and Joy Harjo’s “Rabbit Is Up to Tricks”—exploring how these poems have sustained his own life and how they might uplift our diverse but divided nation. “This is a personal book about American poetry,” writes Hirsch, “but I hope it is more than a personal selection. I have chosen forty poems from our extensive archive and songbook that have been meaningful to me, part of my affective life, my critical consideration, but I have also tried to be cognizant of the changing playbook in American poetry, which is not fixed but fluctuating, ever in flow, to pay attention to the wider consideration, the appreciable reach of our literature. This is a book of encounters and realizations.”
Author: Andrew Motion
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241971624
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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Poetry by Heart - based on the hugely successful nationwide schools competition, 200 magical poems to learn by heart 'The poems we learn stay with us for the rest of our lives. They become personal and invaluable, and what's more they are free gifts - there for the taking' Simon Armitage Two years ago former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion had the idea of setting up Poetry by Heart - a nationwide annual competition for secondary schools which asked contestants to learn two or three poems and be judged on their recitations, first at school level, then regional, then in a national final held at London's National Portrait Gallery. It's proved a huge success, with hundreds of schools participating in the first year, and numbers up by 20% in the second. Coinciding with the start of the third year of competition, and published on National Poetry Day whose theme coincidentally in 2014 is Recitation, this Poetry by Heart anthology brings together the pool of poems - 200 altogether - from which contestants make their choices. Specially picked by Motion and his three co-editors, these poems make up a treasure house - of almost-unknown poems and familiar poems from the mainstream; love poems and war poems; funny poems and heartbroken poems; poems that recreate the world we know and poems written on the dark side of the moon. And all chosen with a view to their being recited out loud. From William Wordsworth to Wilfred Owen, Emily Brontë to Elizabeth Bishop this wonderfully enjoyable anthology will be enjoyed by all ages and includes the best poets from the past to the present day. In a groundbreaking feature, the book includes QR codes which allow readers to use their mobile phones to listen to recordings of the poems - many of them specially recorded by the poets themselves. Sir Andrew Motion was Poet Laureate from 1999 till 2009, and is Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway College, London. Jean Sprackland'sTilt won the Costa Poetry award in 2008. She is a Reader in Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University. Julie Blake is co-Founder and Director of The Full English, an organization based in Bristol which provides support to teachers of English Literature. Mike Dixon is an educational consultant specializing in English in the classroom.
Author: E. e. cummings
Publisher: Cameron
ISBN: 9781944903206
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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I CARRY YOUR HEART WITH ME, rereleased as a board book, is a children's adaptation of the beloved E. E. Cummings poem, beautifully illustrated by Mati Rose McDonough. Showing the strong bond of love between mother and child, within nature and throughout life, Cummings' heartfelt words expressed through McDonough's lovely illustrations combine to create a fresh, yet classic, portrayal of love.
Author: Georgia Heard
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, p, e, i, s, t.
Author: Georgia Heard
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN: 9780325074498
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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How do we get students to "ache with caring" about their writing instead of mechanically stringing words together? We spend a lot of time teaching the craft of writing but we also need to devote time to helping students write with purpose and meaning. For decades, Georgia Heard has guided students into more authentic writing experiences by using heart maps to explore what we all hold inside: feelings, passions, vulnerabilities, and wonderings. In Heart Maps, Georgia shares 20 unique, multi-genre heart maps to help your students write from the heart, such as the First Time Heart Map, Family Quilt Heart Map, and People I Admire Heart Map. You'll also find extensive support for using heart maps, including: tips for getting started with heart maps writing ideas to jumpstart student writing in multiple genres from heart maps suggested mentor texts to provide additional inspiration. Filled with full-color student heart maps, examples of the resulting writing, along with online access to 20 different uniquely designed reproducible heart map templates, Heart Maps will be a practical tool for awakening new writing possibilities and engaging and motivating your students' writing throughout the year.
Author: Andrea Gibson
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452177406
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 135
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How can a poem transform a life? Could poetry change the world? In this accessible volume, spoken-word stars Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley roll out the welcome mat and prove that poetry is for everyone. Whether lapsed poetry lovers, aspiring poets, or total novices, readers will learn to uncover verse in unexpected places, find their way through a poem when they don't quite "get it," and discover just how transformative poetry can be. This is a gorgeous and inspiring gift for any fan of the written word.
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781903434277
Category : Children's poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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This thought-provoking anthology of best-loved poetry is intended to encourage children to enjoy and remember their favourite poems. Poetry by heart begins with poems that are short and easy to learn, and ends with a selection of longer classics which once learnt, will last a lifetime.
Author: Davida Adedjouma
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780606156691
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This dazzling collection of poetry celebrates the beauty of African-American culture. Written by 20 inner-city children, these moving and powerful poems represent little-heard and often overlooked voices. Full color. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author: Christina M. Sorrentino
Publisher: Blurb
ISBN: 9781388811761
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Called to Love A Listening Heart is a book of Catholic poetry on faith and discernment that shares the experience of a young woman's Catholic faith journey of discerning the consecrated life as a religious sister. It includes poems that reflect on the beauty of Catholicism and the path of discernment. The ultimate goal is to inspire others to delve deeper into their faith and to listen with their hearts so that they can not only know their calling from God, but also have the courage to respond to that call.
Author: Wesley McNair
Publisher: Carnegie-Mellon University Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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A collection of essays by poet Wesley McNair.
