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Famous for his nostalgic poems invoking the people and places of rural Indiana, James Whitcomb Riley (1849—1916) earned himself the nickname "the Hoosier poet." His verse also earned him election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the gold medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and several honorary degrees.
This volume contains a rich selection of his best and most familiar poems - filled with the warmth, humor, and picturesque...
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"Known as the wittiest woman in America and a founder of the fabled Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker was also one of the Jazz Age's most beloved poets. Her verbal dexterity and cynical humor were on full display in the many poems she published in Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Life and collected in her first book in 1926. Now available as a stand-alone edition, the famous humorist's debut collection--a runaway bestseller in 1926--ranges from...
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In this first-ever anthology, more than 80 acrostics show the versatility of a storied poetic form that dates back to ancient times. In standard acrostics, the initial letters of successive lines spell out words when read vertically. Highlights include Lewis Carroll's acrostic about the namesake of his Alice character, Edward Lear's humorous alphabet poem, Edgar Allan Poe's sonnet with a name arranged diagonally, and a forty-stanza poem spelling out...
5) Copper Sun
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Countee Cullen (1903–46) was an African American poet, playwright, and novelist and a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Copper Sun, a collection of over fifty poems, is his second book of poetry. Cullen explores the emotional consequences of race, religion, and sexuality in Jazz Age America. His lyrics are moving, eloquent, and poignant and are as powerful today as when they were first published nearly a century ago. Accompanied by seventeen...
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