Author: Emily Dickinson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426310099
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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Full-color photographs accompany two hundred poems about animals.

Author: Onno Oerlemans
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231547420
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 227

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Why do poets write about animals? What can poetry do for animals and what can animals do for poetry? In some cases, poetry inscribes meaning on animals, turning them into symbols or caricatures and bringing them into the confines of human culture. It also reveals and revels in the complexity of animals. Poetry, through its great variety and its inherently experimental nature, has embraced the multifaceted nature of animals to cross, blur, and reimagine the boundaries between human and animal. In Poetry and Animals, Onno Oerlemans explores a broad range of English-language poetry about animals from the Middle Ages to the contemporary world. He presents a taxonomy of kinds of animal poems, breaking down the categories and binary oppositions at the root of human thinking about animals. The book considers several different types of poetry: allegorical poems, poems about “the animal” broadly conceived, poems about species of animal, poems about individual animals or the animal as individual, and poems about hybrids and hybridity. Through careful readings of dozens of poems that reveal generous and often sympathetic approaches to recognizing and valuing animals’ difference and similarity, Oerlemans demonstrates how the forms and modes of poetry can sensitize us to the moral standing of animals and give us new ways to think through the problems of the human-animal divide.

Author: David L. Harrison
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1629797170
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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This collection of twenty-two poems explores the fascinating lives of North American nocturnal animals. When the sun goes down, many animals come out. Crickets chirp their crickety song hoping to attract a mate. Cougars bury their leftovers for later, leaving few clues for others to follow. Armadillos emerge from their dens to dig for worms, leaving holes in the lawns they disturb. This collection of poetry from acclaimed children's author and poet David L. Harrison explores the lives of animals who are awake after dark. Stephanie Laberis's beautifully atmospheric illustrations will draw in readers, and extensive back matter offers more information about each animal.

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Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
ISBN: 1558965580
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Collects animal poems and blessings from a variety of cultures.

Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1512482013
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Eek, you reek, You make a funk. Where you have been Things stink, stank, stunk. You've left a path, A swath of smell, And--yuk! You did it very well. Readers will be delighted by the malodorous melodies of poems calling out the different pungent attributes of a full cast of foul-smelling creatures.

Author: Marilyn Singer
Publisher: words & pictures
ISBN: 0711241708
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 51

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This beautifully illustrated book pairs poetry with nonfiction, telling the fascinating stories of the animals who have found homes in our city landscapes across the world, from the pythons traveling Singapore's sewers to the monkeys living in India's temples. Humans may have built towns and cities, but we aren’t the only ones who live in them. Given the smallest chance—a park, a garden, a window box; a basement, a subway tunnel, a bridge—wildlife manages to survive in the city. Among colorful illustrated pages buzzing with city life and animal activity, you'll discover the host of wild animals who live among humans: butterflies, bats, spiders, honeybees, coyotes, and more. Each animal’s story is told through a short poem accompanied by an informational paragraph. Some poems are comical, some poignant, and all make the reader see the world in a different way. After a rousing exploration of animal life, find definitions of the various types of poetry forms used in the book: haiku, cinquain, sonnet, terza rima, villanelle, triolet, reverso, acrostic, and free verse. Look around—you may discover neighbors you didn't know you had!

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Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805038170
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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An illustrated collection of children's poetry which celebrates the lives of a wide variety of animals.

Author: T. S. Eliot
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0358380154
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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The inspiration for the iconic musical Cats, T. S. Eliot's classic and delightful collection of poetry about cats. These lovable cat poems were written by T. S. Eliot for his godchildren and continue to delight children and adults alike. This collection is a curious and artful homage to felines young and old, merry and fierce, small and unmistakably round. This is the ultimate gift for cat and poetry lovers.

Author: Kristen Wixted
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998317212
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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A collection of never-before-seen poetry and art, by an assortment of authors and illustrators. From a shoe-shopping centipede to an endearing baby flamingo to a stealthy barracuda, the characters dazzle. Three seek and find activities in the back matter makes this book a great addition for teachers, librarians, and families for poetry month!

Author: Stephen Mitchell
Publisher: Frog Limited
ISBN: 9781883319489
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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In Bestiary, Stephen Mitchell has collected animal poems from many ages and many cultures. He includes excerpts from ancient masterpieces like “The Hymn to the Sun” by Pharaoh Amen-hotep IV, The Book of Job, and The Book of Psalms; haiku by Basho, Buson, and Issa; poems by Milton and Smart, Blake and Burns, Whitman and Emily Dickenson, Hardy and Hopkins... This is a gook of passionate and humorous encounters with the vibrant world of animals.