The Upside Down House and Other Poems


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"Welcome my friends to the Upside Down House," a topsy-turvy place where anything is possible. Inside its wacky walls you'll meet a girl with a beard, a boy who never gets out of bed, a sword swallower, a pirate, a dinosaur who plays basketball, and the Grunk, who would love to take you to a dance-and maybe even have you for dinner. Find out what really happened to the three little pigs. Dare to ride your sled down Speedwell Street. Have lunch with Solid Stomach Steven, a boy who eats the grossest food imaginable, or watch a show with Jugglin' Joe, who juggles everything from soup, to staplers-to you! Not since Shel Silverstein has there been such an outrageously funny and thought-provoking collection of poems. The Upside Down House is truly a delight for all ages, and is guaranteed to keep you turning the pages!




The Upside Down House


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poetry chapbook




A Jar of Summer and Other Poems


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A Jar of Summer And Other Poems is a collection of poems that was written when Barbara found her inspiration to write when she moved to Martha's Vineyard and became a member of the Oak Bluffs Library Thursday Writing Group.




Upside Down and Inside Out


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Speculates in verse on the many ways the world could be turned upside down, inside out, and otherwise mixed up.




Upside Down


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"This is not last call." "This can't be last call." "One more." "One for the road." "One for the grave." "This can't be last call." Upside Down (One on the House) recounts uncontrollable and unyielding sojourns into surreal worlds of Mad Hatters, rye swilling, untruth-telling gnomes, and literary and religious notables. Spurred by childhood memories, harrowing nightmares, and fractured reflections, Upside Down (One on the House)is one man's attempt to re-establish his purpose for living. Finding himself on a see-saw ride in collided worlds of fantasy, reality, psychosis, and reason, he searches for sanctuary from hell hounds hot on his trail and demons clamoring for his soul. He eventually finds redemption and hope and healing in the unlikeliest of places. Upside Down (One on the House) reveals the madness of alcoholism, drug addiction and encephalopathy, exploring the accepted insanity of a diseased culture. Upside Down (One on the House)is a terrifying, humorous, sad, and joyful tale of one man's journey home and ultimately to himself




The Road Not Taken and Other Poems


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A treasury of Frost's most expressive verse. In addition to the title poem: "An Old Man's Winter Night," "In the Home Stretch," "Meeting and Passing," "Putting in the Seed," many more. All complete and unabridged.




Aurora Leigh and Other Poems


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Aurora Leigh (1856), Elizabeth Barrett Browning's epic novel in blank verse, tells the story of the making of a woman poet, exploring 'the woman question', art and its relation to politics and social oppression. The texts in this selection are based in the main on the earliest printed versions of the poems. What Edgar Allan Poe called 'her wild and magnificent genius' is abundantly in evidence. In addition to Aurora Leigh, this volume contains poetry from the several volumes of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's published poetry from 1826 to 1862, including Casa Guidi Windows (1851), Songs for the Ragged Schools of London (1854) and the British Library manuscript text of the 'Sonnets from the Portuguese' (1846) which records her courtship with Robert Browning.







Follow Follow


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Now one of Booklist's 30 Best Books of the Year! "Genius!" – Wired.com “Marilyn Singer's verse in Follow Follow practically dances down each page . . . the effect is miraculous and pithy.” – The Wall Street Journal Once upon a time, Mirror Mirror, a brilliant book of fairy tale themed reversos–a poetic form in which the poem is presented forward and then backward–became a smashing success. Now a second book is here with more witty double takes on well-loved fairy tales such as Thumbelina and The Little Mermaid. Read these clever poems from top to bottom and they mean one thing. Then reverse the lines and read from bottom to top and they mean something else–it is almost like magic! A celebration of sight, sound, and story, this book is a marvel to read again and again.