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1) Read a rhyme, write a rhyme

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

2005.

Language

English

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2005.	Alfred A. Knopf	23 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm	English	Available Aurora Hills - Kids Nonfiction J 811 READA Central - Kids Nonfiction has 2 J 811 READA Glencarlyn - Kids Nonfiction J 811 READA Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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The author provides poemstarts (opening lines, suggestions and rhyming words) and invites you to finish the poem as you please. You too can become a poet.

2) The prelude: the four texts (1798, 1799, 1805, 1850)

Author

Wordsworth, William

Publisher

Penguin Books

Pub. Date

1995.

Language

English

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821 WORDS

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1995.	Penguin Books	lxvi, 667 pages ; 20 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 821 WORDS	More Info Place Hold

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First published in July 1850, shortly after Wordsworth's death, The Prelude was the culmination of over fifty years of creative work. The great Romantic poem of human consciousness, it takes as its theme 'the growth of a poet's mind': leading the reader back to Wordsworth's formative moments of childhood and youth, and detailing his experiences as a radical undergraduate in France at the time of the Revolution. Initially inspired by Coleridge's exhortation...

3) Pizza, pigs, and poetry: How to Write a Poem

Author

Prelutsky, Jack

Publisher

Greenwillow Books

Language

English

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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[2008]	Greenwillow Books	191 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm	English	Available Aurora Hills - Kids Nonfiction J 808.02 PRELU Central - Kids Nonfiction J 808.02 PRELU	More Info Place Hold

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Have you ever tried to write a poem about a pizza? How about a pig? How about a pigeon, penguin, potato, Ping-Pong, parrot, puppy, pelican, porcupine, pie, pachyderm, or your parents?

Jack Prelutsky has written more than a thousand poems about all of these things — and many others. In this book he gives you the inside scoop on writing poetry and shows you how you can turn your own experiences and stories about your family, your pets, and your

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4) The prelude: 1805

Author

Wordsworth, William

Publisher

David R. Godine, Publisher

Pub. Date

2016.

Language

English

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821 WORDS

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2016.	David R. Godine, Publisher	xvii, 281 pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 31 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 821 WORDS	More Info Place Hold

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The Prelude', William Wordsworth?s masterful autobiographical work, composed in blank verse, is generally considered the poem at the heart of the Romantic movement and one of the great poems in the English language. In this fully illustrated and annotated edition, it finally receives the treatment it deserves. Inspired by his dear friend, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the poem charts the development of the author?s mind, from childhood to Cambridge, London,...

5) Something sure smells around here: limericks

Author

Cleary, Brian P

Series

Poetry adventures

Publisher

Millbrook Press

Pub. Date

[2015]

Language

English

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J 811 CLEAR

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[2015]	Millbrook Press	32 pages : color ; 24 cm.	English	Available Central - Kids Nonfiction has 4 J 811 CLEAR Glencarlyn - Kids Nonfiction J 811 CLEAR Westover - Kids Nonfiction J 811 CLEAR	More Info Place Hold

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"What do you get when you combine a poem and a joke? A limerick. These five-line rhyming poems are funny, silly, and sly. Award-winning author Brian P. Cleary explains how limericks work--and shows how these little poems can trigger big laughs"--Dust jacket flap.

6) The poetry home repair manual: practical advice for beginning poets

Author

Kooser, Ted

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

Pub. Date

[2005]

Language

English

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808.1 KOOSE

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[2005]	University of Nebraska Press	xii, 163 pages ; 23 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 808.1 KOOSE	More Info Place Hold

7) A free life: A Novel

Author

Jin, Ha

Series

Vintage International

Pub. Date

2007.

Language

English

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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F JIN

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2007.	Pantheon Books	659 pages ; 24 cm	English	Available Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction F JIN	More Info Place Hold

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2007	OverDrive	Unabridged	Blackstone Publishing	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview Part 1

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A New York Times Notable Book

One of the Best Books of the Year: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Entertainment Weekly, Slate

In A Free Life, Ha Jin follows the Wu family — father Nan, mother Pingping, and son Taotao — as they sever their ties with China in the aftermath of the 1989 massacre at Tiananmen Square and begin a new life in the United States. As Nan takes on a number of

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8) Singing school: learning to write (and read) poetry by studying with the masters

Author

Pinsky, Robert

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Pub. Date

Language

English

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©2013.	First edition.	W. W. Norton & Company	pages	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction has 2 808.1 PINSK Westover - Adult Nonfiction 808.1 PINSK	More Info Place Hold

9) Writing poetry from the inside out: finding your voice through the craft of poetry

Author

Lyne, Sandford

Publisher

Sourcebooks

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

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808.1 LYNE

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808.1 LYNE

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[2007]	Sourcebooks	xii, 276 pages ; 21 cm	English	Available Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction has 2 808.1 LYNE Westover - Adult Nonfiction 808.1 LYNE	More Info Place Hold

10) Immersed in verse: an informative, slightly irreverent & totally tremendous guide to living the poet's life

Author

Wolf, Allan

Publisher

Lark Books

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

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Y 808.1 WOLF

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[2006]	Lark Books	112 pages : color ; 24 cm	English	Available Central - Teen Nonfiction Y 808.1 WOLF	More Info Place Hold

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Contains advice, ideas, writing activities, and encouragement from a working poet for aspiring poets. Includes poems by a variety of poets from the unknown to the famous, including Langston Hughes, e.e. cummings, Eve Merriam, and more.

11) Fooling with words: a celebration of poets and their craft

Publisher

Morrow

Pub. Date

1999.

Language

English

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808.1 F686w

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1999.	First edition.	Morrow	xxiv, 230 pages ; 19 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 808.1 F686w	More Info Place Hold

12) A poem in your pocket

Author

McNamara, Margaret

Publisher

Schwartz & Wade Books

Pub. Date

[2015]

Language

English

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[2015]	First edition.	Schwartz & Wade Books	1 volume (unpaged) : color ; 28 cm	English	Available Aurora Hills - Kids Picture Books JP MCNAM Central - Kids Picture Books has 2 JP MCNAM Westover - Kids Picture Books JP MCNAM	More Info Place Hold

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Elinor is used to doing very well in school, but as Poem in Your Pocket Day approaches, bringing an opportunity to meet a real poet, her struggle to write a perfect poem causes Elinor's confidence to falter, despite Mr. Tiffin's guidance and reassurance. Learn devices used to create different kinds of poems such as simile, metaphors, haiku, acrostics, and more.

13) The ode less travelled: unlocking the poet within

Author

Fry, Stephen

Publisher

Gotham Books

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

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[2006]	Gotham Books	xxv, 357 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 808.1 FRY	More Info Place Hold

14) Poems from homeroom: a writer's place to start

Author

Appelt, Kathi

Publisher

Henry Holt

Pub. Date

2002.

Language

English

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Y 811 APPEL

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2002.	First edition.	Henry Holt	xii, 114 pages ; 22 cm	English	Available Central - Teen Nonfiction Y 811 APPEL	More Info Place Hold

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A collection of poems about the experiences of young people and a section with information about how each poem was written to enable readers to create their own original poems.

15) Come, thief: poems

Author

Hirshfield, Jane

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

2011.

Language

English

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811 HIRSH

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2011.	First edition.	Alfred A. Knopf	x, 93 pages ; 20 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 811 HIRSH	More Info Place Hold

16) A poet's guide to poetry

Author

Kinzie, Mary

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Pub. Date

2013.

Language

English

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808.1 KINZI 2013 2nd ed.

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808.1 KINZI 2013 2nd ed.

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2013.	Second edition.	The University of Chicago Press	568 pages ; 23 cm	English	Available Aurora Hills - Adult Nonfiction 808.1 KINZI 2013 2nd ed. Central - Adult Nonfiction 808.1 KINZI 2013 2nd ed. Westover - Adult Nonfiction 808.1 KINZI 2013 2nd ed.	More Info Place Hold

17) Out of wonder: poems celebrating poets

Author

Alexander, Kwame

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

Language

English

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2019 Graded Reading Lists: Grade 5 & 6
Coretta Scott King Award Winners

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J 811.08 ALEXA

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©017.	First edition.	Candlewick Press	40 pages : color ; 30 cm	English	Available Central - Kids Nonfiction has 2 J 811.08 ALEXA Cherrydale - Kids Nonfiction J 811.08 ALEXA	More Info Place Hold

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Presents a collection of twenty poems written in tribute to well-known poets from around the world.

18) Madness, rack, and honey: collected lectures

Author

Ruefle, Mary

Publisher

Wave Books

Pub. Date

[2012]

Language

English

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[2012]	First edition.	Wave Books	viii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 809.1 RUEFL	More Info Place Hold

19) The Poet, the Lion, Talking Pictures, El Farolito, a Wedding in St. Roch, the Big Box Store, the Warp in the Mirror, Spring, Midnights, Fire & All

Author

Wright, C. D

Publisher

Copper Canyon Press

Pub. Date

Language

English

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814 WRIGH

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©2016.	Copper Canyon Press	xiii, 135 pages ; 23 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 814 WRIGH	More Info Place Hold

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"A companion to her astonishing collection of prose Cooling Time, C.D. Wright argues for poetry as a way of being and seeing"--

20) Jabberwalking

Author

Herrera, Juan Felipe

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

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J 808.1 HERRE

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2018.	First edition.	Candlewick Press	137 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm	English	Available Central - Kids Nonfiction has 2 J 808.1 HERRE	More Info Place Hold

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A former United States Poet Laureate shares secrets about viewing the world from a poet's perspective, explaining how "jabberwalking" poets draw inspiration from everything they experience to express themselves in creative ways.

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