poetry

Retells in poetry the daring adventures of the explorer who was the first Englishman to sail around the world; helped to defeat the Spanish Armada; and who, encouraged by Queen Elizabeth I, was a feared pirate in his time.

Presents fourteen paintings created by Russian-French Jewish artist Marc Chagall, accompanied by the poetry of various notable children's writers.

Presents a selection of poems by late nineteenth-century American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson, drawn from seven previously published collections, and includes an introduction by the editor.

The famous narrative poem recreating Paul Revere's midnight ride in 1775 to warn the people of the Boston countryside that the British were coming.

Collection of previously unpublished poems by American poet Carl Sandburg, rejected at the time of their writing for their raw language, bold attitude, and daring politics, expressing the author's views on a variety of topics including a swindling evangelist, the folly of war, and wife abuse.

Presents twenty paintings--mostly of women--by seventeenth-century Dutch artist Jan Vermeer along with poems inspired by them, composed by American writer Marilyn Chandler McEntyre.

A poem relating the dedicated efforts of Harriet Tubman to lead her fellow slaves to freedom.

An abridgement of the epic poem describing the life and deeds of a legendary Indian brave.

A narrative poem relating the life of Marian Anderson, who despite her humble beginnings in Philadelphia, became a world-renowned singer.