Author : Griff Rhys Jones
Publisher : Random House
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 29,45 MB
Release : 1996
Category : English poetry
ISBN : 0563387823
Contains the top 100 poems from a poll conducted by The Bookworm in 1995.
Author : Christopher Reid
Publisher : Everyman's Library
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 27,9 MB
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0593320204
A beautiful hardcover Pocket Poets anthology of poems inspired by this storied city, from its teeming medieval streets to the multicultural metropolis it is today Poems of London covers a wide range of time and includes not only the pantheon of classic English poets, from Shakespeare to Wordsworth to T. S. Eliot, but also tributes by notable visitors from all over, from Arthur Rimbaud to Samuel Beckett to Sylvia Plath, and contributions by an array of immigrants or the children of immigrants, including Linton Kwesi Johnson, Patience Agbabi, and recent Booker Prize-winner Bernardine Evaristo. All the famous sights of London, from the Thames to the Tower, are touched on in this vibrant collection, and denizens of its busy streets ranging from princes to pubgoers to pickpockets wander through these pages. The result is an enthralling portrait of an endlessly varied and fascinating place. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.
Author : Judith Chernaik
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 33,60 MB
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0141389532
This wonderful new edition of Poems on the Underground is published to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Underground in 2013. Here 230 poems old and new, romantic, comic and sublime explore such diverse topics as love, London, exile, families, dreams, war, music and the seasons, and feature poets from Sappho to Carol Ann Duffy and Wendy Cope, including Chaucer and Shakespeare, Milton, Blake and Shelley, Whitman and Dickinson, Yeats and Auden, Seamus Heaney and Derek Walcott and a host of younger poets. It includes a new foreword and over two dozen poems not included in previous anthologies.
Author : Jane McMorland Hunter
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,94 MB
Release : 2020-11-27
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1849945098
An illustrated anthology of poetry celebrating life in England's capital. 'Earth hath not anything to show more fair' said Wordsworth of London in 1802. Hundreds of years on, the same can still be said of Britain's largest metropolis. Favourite Poems of London is a wonderful anthology of poetry celebrating England's capital and life as a Londoner. Verses from our best-loved authors, such as William Wordsworth, William Blake and John Betjeman among others, are accompanied by beautiful illustrations – often taken from iconic tube posters – of London's famous sights, green parks and Londoners in their daily lives. Epic poems celebrating London's vast and majestic presence sit alongside Cockney ditties about pie, mash and jellied eels in this new collection. Celebrating every aspect of 'the big smoke' – from the Houses of Parliament and the Blitz spirit, through to red double-decker buses and infamous rainy English summers – this is the perfect gift for any Londoner or visitor to the city.
Author : Ben Lerner
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 35,71 MB
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0865478201
"The novelist and poet Ben Lerner argues that our hatred of poetry is ultimately a sign of its nagging relevance"--
Author : William Wordsworth
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 21,17 MB
Release : 1889
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Author : Howard Watson
Publisher : National Trust
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,44 MB
Release : 2015-04-16
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1909881651
A wonderful anthology of poetry celebrating the British coastline and life above and below the deep blue sea. Verses from our best-loved authors – such as WB Yeats, RL Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling – are accompanied by beautiful illustrations of idyllic days at sea, haunted shipwrecks and tempestuous storms. Sea shanties and siren's songs sit alongside the classic song from The Tempest and Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' in this beautiful anthology of the mystical world beneath the waves.
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Publisher : Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 15,18 MB
Release : 1957-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0385076967
"Children are poets before they grow up and they should live with poems. I hope this book will encourage them to do so."—Eleanor Roosevelt Beloved and treasured for over 60 years, here is the only poetry collection your family needs—brimming with favorite, classic poems carefully selected to inspire young readers. Over 700 classic and modern poems written by poets from William Shakespeare to J. R. R. Tolkien, Emily Dickinson to Langston Hughes, and covering a range of favorite topics—pets, playtime, family, nature, and nonsense—ensure that there’s a poem to please every child. A truly comprehensive collection that is the ideal way of introducing children to the joys of reading poetry. "If your children think they don't like poetry, expose them to this collection . . . and I defy them to resist its magic."—Kirkus "A fine book for parents to read aloud to their children."—Library Journal "This volume stands out for the comprehensiveness of its selection."—The Horn Book
Author : Patricia Toht
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 39,1 MB
Release : 2022-05-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0711281084
Come! Board the London Bus and see the London sights with us. At any time, hop off, explore! Then climb back on, and ride some more… As a family of four spend a day exploring London, fun, child-friendly poems introduce readers to our wonderful capital city, and all its secrets. Well-known landmarks like Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and the London Eye, plus inescapable features like rain and taking tea, all get Patty Toht's witty treatment. Non-fiction facts provide more information about the poetry subjects, while rising star Sam Usher brings them to life with his signature style and humour. This gorgeous celebration of London will be loved by both tourists and those who call the city home.
Author : Blake Morrison
Publisher : Penguin Uk
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 23,49 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780140585520
