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American Song Bag

American Song Bag

by Carl Sandburg

Famous poet Carl Sandburg was also a collector of American folk music. He compiled around 290 songs in this anthology, which contains singable words and music, including harmonies or accompaniment.
Some some titles include:
"No More Booze (Fireman Save My Child)" / "Driving Saw-Logs on the Plover" / 'The Foggy Dew' / 'Barbara Allen' / 'As I Was Walkin' Down Wexford Street' / 'Pretty Polly' / 'The House Carpenter' / 'The E-RI-E' / 'The Ballad Of De Boll Weevil' / 'The Buffalo Skinners' / 'Turkey In... Read more about this item
Native Guard

Native Guard

by Natasha Trethewey

Growing up in the Deep South, Natasha Trethewey was never told that in her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi, black soldiers had played a pivotal role in the Civil War. Off the coast, on Ship Island, stood a fort that had once been a Union prison housing Confederate captives. Protecting the fort was the second regiment of the Louisiana Native Guards -- one of the Union's first official black units. Trethewey's new book of poems pays homage to the soldiers who served and whose voices have echoed through... Read more about this item
Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching

by Lao Tsu

The Tao Te Ching or Dao De Jing, whose authorship has been attributed to Laozi, is a Chinese classic text. Its name comes from the opening words of its two sections: 道 dào "way," Chapter 1, and 德 dé "virtue," Chapter 38, plus 經 jīng "classic. " According to tradition, it was written around the 6th century BC by the sage Laozi (or Lao Tzu, "Old Master"), a record-keeper at the Zhou Dynasty court, by whose name the text is known in China.
The Collected Poems

The Collected Poems

by Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath (1932 – 1963) is an American poet credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry.  She was a peer and friend of fellow poet Anne Sexton.
New and Selected Poems

New and Selected Poems

by Mary Oliver

Vol. 1 originally published 1992; redesigned ed. to accompany the publication of v. 2.

National Book Award for Poetry, 1992
If

If

by Rudyard Kipling

The Temple

The Temple

by George Herbert

101 Famous Poems

101 Famous Poems

by Roy J Cook

Poems, Poets, Poetry

Poems, Poets, Poetry

by Helen Vendler

One Thousand Beautiful Things

One Thousand Beautiful Things

by Marjorie Barrows

Apples Of Gold

Apples Of Gold

by Jo Petty

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The Poet's Companion

by Addonizio- Kim/ Laux- Dorianne

Poetry Books & Ephemera

Sailing Alone Around the Room

Sailing Alone Around the Room

by Collins, Billy

Billy Collins has published six collections of poetry, including Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning, and Picnic, Lightning. He teaches at Lehman College of the City University of New York and at Sarah Lawrence College and was recently appointed named the U.S. Poet Laureate.
Arcadian Ballads

Arcadian Ballads

by Reeves, James

Poems

Poems

by Warner, Rex

The Passing Of the Storm

The Passing Of the Storm

by King, Alfred Castner

More Than Time

More Than Time

by Dickinson, Patric

The Complaint

The Complaint

by Young, Edward

Old Raiger and Other Verse

Old Raiger and Other Verse

by Masefield, John

Fifty One Poems

Fifty One Poems

by Webb, Mary

Maurine

Maurine

by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

Songs From the Slums

Songs From the Slums

by Kagawa, Toyohiko

Bees In Amber

Bees In Amber

by Oxenham, John

God Is Alive

God Is Alive

by Cohen, Leonard