Rich treasury of verse from the 19th and 20th centuries includes works by Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, other notables.

A fine collection of one hundred and one poems compiled by Gordon S McCulloch covering a wide range of topics such as love, romance, relationships, religion, prayers, the meaning of life, death and our relationship with God.Some have been written in a manner that will provoke your innermost emotions, while others dig into the amusing side of life.All have been composed under the auspices of the Muse.

Poetry 101 Whether in cities celestial To the reader of this book,Or in towns terrestrial, (Whether it be on shelf or in nook)HIS ideas are superb Of this book I must say,For home and suburb. "There are 101 poems in this way." That Man's title? Yes, it takes a thinking manThat Man's name? To understand the poet's plan:My Lord and My Savior: Words with a magnitudeOne in the same. To inspire awe and gratitude. He was sent to Galilee That poet's name?But I born in Kentucky. That poet's title?This book is in your sight: Some call me Snowflake;Discover its soul and might. Some call me Kendall. This book contains the following features: But I am not the Master Poet1.) Aesthetically pleasing 1.5 spacing Nor the Master Architect;between lines of poetry, HIS ideas (don't you know it?)2.) Chapter divisions between its 5 groups I merely reflect.of poetry, 3.) Preface to those chapters of poetry, In short, this book4.) Table-of-contents of styles of Is a mix of poetry,poetry used in this book, Written to edify and make merry5.) Index of poem titles, People like you and me,6.) Introductory information for each poem of this book [excluding Written to expound"Poetry 101", which is on this The merits of intimacy, page], and a And to glorify and praise7.) Glossary of the terms and obscure The God which be.poetic language used in this book.

What has happened to the lost art of memorising poems? Why do we no longer feel that it is necessary to know the most enduring, beautiful poems in the English language 'by heart'? In his introduction Ted Hughes explains how we can overcome the problem by using a memory system that becomes easier the more frequently it is practised. The collected 101 poems are both personal favourites and particularly well-suited to the method Hughes demonstrates. Spanning four centuries, ranging from Shakespeare and Keats through to Thomas Hardy and Seamus Heaney, By Heart offers the reader a 'mental gymnasium' in which the memory can be exercised and trained in the most pleasurable way. Some poems will be more of a challenge than others, but all will be treasured once they have become part of the memory bank. This edition is part of a series of anthologies edited by poets such as Don Paterson and Simon Armitage and features an attractive new design to complement an anthology of classic poems.

Bruce Weber in the New York Times called Billy Collins “the most popular poet in America.” He is the author of many books of poetry, including, most recently, The Rain in Portugal: Poems. In 1988 the University of Arkansas Press published Billy Collins’s The Apple That Astonished Paris, his “first real book of poems,” as he describes it in a new, delightful preface written expressly for this new printing to help celebrate both the Press’s twenty-fifth anniversary and this book, one of the Press’s all-time best sellers. In his usual witty and dry style, Collins writes, “I gathered together what I considered my best poems and threw them in the mail.” After “what seemed like a very long time” Press director Miller Williams, a poet as well, returned the poems to him in the “familiar self-addressed, stamped envelope.” He told Collins that there was good work here but that there was work to be done before he’d have a real collection he and the Press could be proud of: “Williams’s words were more encouragement than I had ever gotten before and more than enough to inspire me to begin taking my writing more seriously than I had before.” This collection includes some of Collins’s most anthologized poems, including “Introduction to Poetry,” “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House,” and “Advice to Writers.” Its success over the years is testament to Collins’s talent as one of our best poets, and as he writes in the preface, “this new edition . . . is a credit to the sustained vibrancy of the University of Arkansas Press and, I suspect, to the abiding spirit of its former director, my first editorial father.”

Presents a facsimilie of a book the author created after the death of her brother, and includes poetry, family photographs, letters, and sketches that deal with coming to terms with the loss.

Arun Kunjunny's turn toward literature and the arts is not a recent one. As this book of poetry makes clear, his work comes from the heart. His poems deal with a wide variety of topics, from the sublime pleasure of ice cream on a hot day to the challenge and joy of personal motivation. In this book, they are beautifully illustrated by a number of talented and very young artists, children selected from a large number of applicants. With this, Arun has not only presented his first book of poetry to the world, but also created a showcase of creative talent among Indian children. I commend Arun’s decision to publish his work, as well as the published debuts of these young artists. I wish Arun all the best for his poetic career, and look forward to seeing the fruits of his future creativity Mr. Shashi Tharoor Member of Parliament