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Thomson/Gale Group, 2003. — 301 p. — ISBN: 078766037X — ISBN: 9780787660376.
Each entry contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Table of contents: 60 by Rabindranath Tagore. Address to the angels by Maxine Kumin. The Afterlife by Billy Collins. The Continuous life by Mark Strand. The Country without a post office by Agha Shahid Ali. The Darkling thrush by Thomas Hardy. Duration by Octavio Paz. The Garden Shukkei-en by Carolyn Forché. The Greatest grandeur by Pattiann Rogers. The Last question by Dorothy Parker. Midnight verses by Anna Akhmatova. New rule by Anne Carson. Song of reasons by Robert Pinsky. Spring-watching pavilion by Ho Xuan Huong. Temple bells die out by Matsuo Bashō. To an unknown poet by Carolyn Kizer.
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National Advisory Board Susan Allison: Head Librarian, Lewiston High School, Lewiston, Maine. Standards Committee Chairperson for Maine School Library (MASL) Programs. Board member, Julia Adams Morse Memorial Library, Greene, Maine. Advisor to Lewiston Public Library Planning Process. Jennifer Hood: Young Adult/Reference Librarian, Cumberland Public Library, Cumberland, Rhode Island. Certified teacher, Rhode Island. Member of the New England Library Association, Rhode Island Library Association, and the Rhode Island Educational Media Association. Ann Kearney: Head Librarian and Media Specialist, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida, 1982–2002. Thirty-two years as Librarian in various educational institutions ranging from grade schools through graduate programs. Library positions at Miami-Dade Community College, the University of Miami’s Medical School Library, and Carrollton School in Coconut Grove, Florida. B.A. from Univer-
sity of Detroit, 1967 (magna cum laude); M.L.S., University of Missouri–Columbia, l974. Volunteer Project Leader for a school in rural Jamaica; volunteer with Adult Literacy programs. Laurie St. Laurent: Head of Adult and Children’s Services, East Lansing Public Library, East Lansing, Michigan, 1994–. M.L.S. from Western Michigan University. Chair of Michigan Library Association’s 1998 Michigan Summer Reading Program; Chair of the Children’s Services Division in 2000–2001; and VicePresident of the Association in 2002–2003. Board member of several regional early childhood literacy organizations and member of the Library of Michigan Youth Services Advisory Committee. Heidi Stohs: Instructor in Language Arts, grades 10–12, Solomon High School, Solomon, Kansas. Received B.S. from Kansas State University; M.A. from Fort Hays State University.
Table of Contents Guest Foreword “Just a Few Lines on a Page” by David J. Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Literary Chronology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix 60 (by Rabindranath Tagore) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Author Biography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Poem Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Poem Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Historical Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Critical Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Criticism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Further Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Address to the Angels (by Maxine Kumin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Author Bi