We British: The Poetry of a People

We British: The Poetry of a People PDF Author: Andrew Marr
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008130914
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 672

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‘This book includes some of the greatest of our poetry. I hope that it adds up to a new way of thinking about who we have been, and who we are now.’

We British: The Poetry of a People

We British: The Poetry of a People PDF Author: Andrew Marr
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008130914
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 672

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Book Description
‘This book includes some of the greatest of our poetry. I hope that it adds up to a new way of thinking about who we have been, and who we are now.’

The Penguin Book of Contemporary British Poetry

The Penguin Book of Contemporary British Poetry PDF Author: Blake Morrison
Publisher: Penguin Uk
ISBN: 9780140585520
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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People Need People

People Need People PDF Author: Benjamin Zephaniah
Publisher: Orchard Books
ISBN: 9781408368169
Category : Children's poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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To walk to To talk to To cry and rely on, People will always need people . . . From the creators of Nature Trail comes an uplifting picture book about the power of people, and the importance of connecting with others. This timely poem reminds us all to be kind to one another. Written by legendary poet, Benjamin Zephaniah, one of The Times' top 50 British post-war writers. Beautifully illustrated by Nila Aye. Praise for Nature Trail: A joy to read with small children - Independent

Call Us What We Carry

Call Us What We Carry PDF Author: Amanda Gorman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593465083
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 257

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The instant #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller, now available in paperback and with bonus content! This luminous poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman captures a shipwrecked moment in time and transforms it into a lyric of hope and healing. In Call Us What We Carry, Gorman explores history, language, identity, and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, this beautifully designed volume features poems in many inventive styles and structures and shines a light on a moment of reckoning. Now in paperback and featuring an interview with the author and a discussion guide, Call Us What We Carry reveals that Gorman has become our messenger from the past, our voice for the future.

We Are Britain!

We Are Britain! PDF Author: Benjamin Zephaniah
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 9781845071431
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A new poetry collection from renowned performance poet Benjamin Zephaniah, celebrating the diversity of British society. A unique portrait of British children, Benjamin has written 12 poems, each one about a child in his or her home environment. The children are from a range of backgrounds and cultures and the book challenges traditional perceptions of the way children live. It shows that despite their differences, children have many similar preoccupations whatever their cultural background. We Are Britain springs from the rich interaction between many peoples which characterises modern Britain. Illustrated with Prodeepta Das' vibrant photographs, this is a fascinating and fun collection which children will love.

We Brits

We Brits PDF Author: John Agard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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John Agard has been subverting British poetry for the past 30 years with his mischievous, satirical fables which overturn all our expectations. In "We Brits", the Guyanese-born word magician gives an outsider's inside view of British life in poems which both challenge and cherish our peculiar culture and hallowed institutions. Some explore hidden connections in British history, while others are wildly inventive forays into comic territory: Shakespeare addresses the tabloids, Jesus, Buddha and Mohammed arrive in Britain at Gatwick, Heathrow and Dover, and all the foreign words flee the English dictionary.

We Were There, Too!

We Were There, Too! PDF Author: Phillip Hoose
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374382522
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Book Description
THE STORY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE PLAYED IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

And Everything Will Be Glad to See You

And Everything Will Be Glad to See You PDF Author: Ella Risbridger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788009218
Category : Children's poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A forceful, passionate and uplifting collection of poems by women and girls that is guaranteed to inspire, delight and empower.

The Penguin Book of Poetry from Britain and Ireland Since 1945

The Penguin Book of Poetry from Britain and Ireland Since 1945 PDF Author: Simon Armitage
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 486

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Book Description
A collection of poetry written in the second half of the century. Includes English, Irish, Welsh and Scots poets, as well as other nationalities living here and writing in English.

Slang

Slang PDF Author: Michael Adams
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199986533
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Slang, writes Michael Adams, is poetry on the down low, and sometimes lowdown poetry on the down low, but rarely, if ever, merely lowdown. It is the poetry of everyday speech, the people's poetry, and it deserves attention as language playing on the cusp of art. In Slang: The People's Poetry, Adams covers this perennially interesting subject in a serious but highly engaging way, illuminating the fundamental question "What is Slang" and defending slang--and all forms of nonstandard English--as integral parts of the American language. Why is an expression like "bed head" lost in a lexical limbo, found neither in slang nor standard dictionaries? Why are snow-boarding terms such as "fakie," "goofy foot," "ollie" and "nollie" not considered slang? As he addresses these and other lexical curiosities, Adams reveals that slang is used in part to define groups, distinguishing those who are "down with it" from those who are "out of it." Slang is also a rebellion against the mainstream. It often irritates those who color within the lines--indeed, slang is meant to irritate, sometimes even to shock. But slang is also inventive language, both fun to make and fun to use. Rather than complain about slang as "bad" language, Adams urges us to celebrate slang's playful resistance to the commonplace and to see it as the expression of an innate human capacity, not only for language, but for poetry.