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Thomson/Gale Group, 2004. — 377 p. — ISBN-10: 078766958X — ISBN-13: 978-0787669584. Profiles approximately twenty poems by such writers as Sandra Cisneros, Michael Ondaatje, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, providing poem texts and summaries, author biographies, criticism excerpts, and discussion of theme, style, and historical context.
And What If I Spoke of Despair by Ellen Bass. The Boy by Marilyn Hacker. Childhood by Rainer Maria Rilke. The Cinnamon Peeler by Michael Ondaatje. The City Limits by A. R. Ammons. His Speed and Strength by Alicia Ostriker. Ithaka by C. P. Cavafy. Once Again I Prove the Theory. of Relativity by Sandra Cisneros. On Location in the Loire Valley by Diane Ackerman. Ordinary Words by Ruth Stone. Perfect Light by Ted Hughes. Proem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Seven Seeds by Jill Bialosky. Social Life by Tony Hoagland. Somewhere I have never travelled,gladly beyond by E. E. Cummings. True Night by Gary Snyder.
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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.
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Volume 19 David Galens, Project Editor Foreword by David Kelly
Poetry for Students, Volume 19
Project Editor David Galens
Research Tracie Richardson
Editorial Anne Marie Hacht, Julie Keppen, Ira Mark Milne, Pam Revitzer, Kathy Sauer, Timothy J. Sisler, Jennifer Smith, Carol Ullmann
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