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A collection of poems reflecting the experiences of a little English boy growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.

A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood, including "The land of Counterpane," "My Shadow," "The Swing," "The Moon," and "Looking Forward."

"It is not a coincidence that this book will slide easily into your jacket pocket; you'll want to keep it close for unexpected moments, those gifts of small, beckoning spaciousness amidst all our obligations and necessities. In addition to works written over a span of many years, plus one new poem and one new essay, the book contains David's personal reflections for many of the pieces, providing deeper context to its meaning. In some ways an artistic...

The last major verse written by Eliot and what Eliot himself considered his finest work, Four Quartets is a rich composition that expands the spiritual vision brought out in The Waste Land. Here, in four linked poems, spiritual, philosophical, and personal themes emerge through symbolic allusions and literary and religious references from both Eastern and Western thought. Four Quartets is the culminating achievement by a man considered the greatest...

This beautiful volume of holiday writings is lavishly illustrated with works of art from the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In such holiday favorites as a medieval stained-glass window, a Currier and Ives print, Romare Bearden's The Block, and Victorian greeting cards, every element of the Christmas season is lovingly depicted. The accompanying text includes selections to delight every member of the family, from the traditional to the...

114 selections of modern writers, fresh in approach and contemporary in expression.

"In Flags of Surrender, Tyler Henshaw's life strikes a reef, facing surrender, reappraisal, resurrection, and return. Despite the complexity of these issues, he is poetically true to his journey. When trolling for salmon with an old friend in SE Alaska, he feels rejuvenation when he watches "sea otters floating past, their fussy paws busy." He wakes with "bankers, lawyers, or repo-goons knocking with pistol butts." In Mexico, he shares meeting the...

In this collection of poems, Henshaw recreates pueblo life in a Mexican seaside community with warm, elegant, and lyrical language. His absorbing, vibrant images place you under the glorious sun of Venados, where the waves are green serpent tails. You are there on the Dia de Virgen de Guadalupe when Serita sings lead with a snappy mariachi banda. You will meet the very old man sweeping with his homemade broom the size of his shadow. Your days will...

"Mandy Ross has been listening closely to the trees, from the willow to the eucalyptus, and the sycamore to the oak. These fascinating poems, beautifully illustrated by Juliana Oakley, imagine the songs they are singing to us and the verses they speak."-- Provided by publisher.