Poetry

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In Such Hard Times: The Poetry of Wei Ying-Wu (Paperback)

By Red Pine (Translator), Yingwu Wei, Red Pine (Translator)
$18.00
ISBN-13: 9781556592799
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Published: Copper Canyon Press, 07/01/2009

Pick a page,
any page
and find yourself
in love with the poetry
of this Chinese man
(737-791 A.D.)
who expresses
so much beauty
in so few words.

This book
will open doors for you,
doors you never
imagined.

Recommended by Olin

Special Orders: Poems (Hardcover)

By Edward Hirsch
$25.00
ISBN-13: 9780307266811
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Knopf, 03/01/2008







 

 

 

It's not National Poetry Month anymore, but that shouldn't stop you from buying this perfect collection of poems. Hirsch's elegiac verse will move you to tears and laughter and will surprise you on each and every page. Read the first poem if you don't believe me.

Recommended by Patrick

Selected Poems (Hardcover)

By Jorge Luis Borges, Alexander Coleman (Editor)
$40.00
ISBN-13: 9780670849413
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Viking Adult, 04/01/1999
The approach that Borges takes in his poetry is not something one would expect from Latin America's most notorious bookworm. His tone is casual yet profound. Each poem is playful and mysterious.
Recommended by Jose
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