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Lots of classic poetry and art starring Mother Nature as herself.
Check it out here !
"To be or not to be... that is the question." Find poetic thoughts
that rhymed here !
Even tough old poets and rough old painters had a lighter side. Find
out here !
For your reading pleasure:
"CPP Buy Now! Award™" books and general poetry recommendations!
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Love
in Verse : Classic Poems of the Heart
by Kathleen Blease (Compiler)
Price: $8.00
Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours.
Avg. customer rating: 5 stars
We, here at poetry pages, had a very hard time deciding which
great collection deserves the famous "CPP Buy Now! Award™" in this category. So
we decided not to decide. Both books at the top of this list deserve this award
and a place on your bookshelf. "Love in Verse" is the perfect poetic valentine
with 100+ poems by authors we all know and treasure, making this bundle a
heartwarming collection to cuddle up with.
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Book of Love Poetry
by Jon Stallworthy (Editor)
Price: $11.96
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Avg. customer rating: 5 stars
Another "CPP Buy Now! Award™" winner for the category romance, "Book of Love Poetry"
surely deserves it. Stallworthy handpicked the poetry that bring out the most
powerful emotions associated with falling and being in love. More than 190
poets are represented in this landmark bundle, and are aranged thematically (starting with
young love).
"Stallworthy's book of love poetry, ranging across more than twenty centuries of
writing about love 'till the stars have run away' establishes beyond the eye-shadow
of a doubt that love is, has been and always will be blind."--Christian Science Monitor
"A very thorough job...eccentric and entertaining."--Times Literary Supplement (London)
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Classic Love Poems
Price: $9.60
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Avg customer rating: 5 stars
Love and being loved... Subjects that have fascinated poets, writers, and other artists for centuries.
From both the Brownings to Shakespeare, this collection of 101 are 101 of the best
in traditional love sonnets to free verse.
The poetry is aged, classic and recommended for the bookshelves of all those with
a tender heart and a romantic sense.
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Love
Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets)
by Sheila Kohler, Peter Washington (Editor)
Price: $10.00
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Avg. customer rating: 5 stars
The human experience of love and being loved varies from culture to culture,
but across borders people always realize its power. This bundle of poetry
speaks volumes of such cross cultural experiences, with entries from
ancient China all the way up to modern-day America. Kohler and Washington
have packed this book full of tender tales of romance which makes this a
perfect book to cuddle up with on the couch.
"Includes poems by John Donne, Christina Rossetti, W. H. Auden, Edna St. Vincent Millay,
Robert Graves, e. e. cummings, Dorothy Parker, William Shakespeare, Sappho, Bhartrhari,
Anna Akhmatova, and W. B. Yeats, among many others. "
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Famous
Love Poems Explained (Famous Poems Explained Series)
Price: $12.95
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Avg. customer rating: 5 stars
After you gave him "The
Internet For DummiesŪ" for Christmas, now give him the
"Famous Love Poems Explained" book for your anniversary. He'll get
the insight into love poems he's always wanted (and been missing). This book
delivers on it's promise: all the poems are complemented with commentary and
interpretations.
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Love Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Shane Weller (Editor)
Price: $0.90
Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours.
Avg customer rating: 4.5 stars
Yep that's right, the price of this book is a whopping 90 cents! Don't let the price fool
you though: this little treasure packs a powerful punch for a thrift edition. It has all the classic
love poems and then some. And, as one Amazon customer reviewer mentioned, "there is even a
drinking song inside."
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Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems (Reading Rainbow Series)
by Eloise Greenfield, Leo D. Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
Price: $5.35
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Avg customer rating: 5 stars
A collection of poetry that will become a family favorite, written for and meant to be
enjoyed by both children and adults. Greenfield's experiences are a goldmine of inspiration
from which she drew to write the poetry of this book. From the heroic poem "Harriet Tubman" to
poems of family members who are described in hilarious and touchingly memorable detail, this collection
is a must have.
"Abounds with that special tenderness surrounding the everyday experiences
in a child's life. These poems beg to be read aloud."
"[Touches] the important aspects of a child's life, the people and things [a child]
loves and laughs, cries, or wonders about . . . Fully imagined graphics [by the winners
of the 1976 and 1977 Caldecott Medals]."
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Sonnets
from the Portuguese : And Other Love Poems
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Margaret Armstrong (Illustrator)
Priced at: $4.99
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Avg. customer rating: 5 stars
This wonderful new gift edition was originally published in 1850 and contains the poetry by
Elizabeth Browning which she wrote for her husband, Robert Browning. Browning is known
world-wide for her passionate poetry and beautiful lyrical style. The words of Browning
are joined with the artistic grace of Margaret Armstrong who did the illustrations in thsi edition.
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Love
Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
Price: $11.96
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Avg customer rating 5 stars
Filled from cover to cover with Shakespeare's classics, this book is a treasure
for William's fans. It's a wonderful bundle of love poems and sonnets which will
sweep you off your feet Shakespearian style. Obsessive love, unforgetable love,
lost love, love at first sight, forbidden love, and more... for all those who had
nightmares about Shakespeare after being force fed Romeo and Juliet in High School, this
collection would be the perfect way to rediscover the beautiful literary classics
of good ole' Bill.
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Into
the Garden : A Wedding Anthology
by Robert Hass (Editor), Stephen Mitchell (Editor)
Price: $10.80
Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours.
Avg. customer rating: 4 stars
The perfect wedding gift is this collection of poetry and prose, edited by
two well-known poet-translators. Hass and Mitchell have done their best to
create a bundle of poetry about love, being loved, and marriage. Another aspect that
makes this book unique are the passages about traditional wedding ceremonies from different
cultures.
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