Little poems / edited by Michael Hennessy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hennessy, Michael John, 1949- editor.

Series:

Everyman's library pocket poets

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

256 pages ; 17 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.

Summary:

Short poems have been popular for centuries, from the famous fragments of Sappho in ancient Greece to the traditional haiku of Japan, from the Imagist poems of Ezra Pound and H. D. to the witty couplets of Dorothy Parker and Ogden Nash, from lyrical gems by Shakespeare and Rumi to modern classics by W. H. Auden and Margaret Atwood. This collection brings together brief poems--defined as fewer than fourteen lines--from a wide range of poetic traditions. Together they make for enjoyable reading and easy memorizing and provide a wealth of appropriate lines ready-made to copy into a card or an email. For any poetry lover--and anyone short on reading time--Little Poems offers a generous supply of verses that surprise, amuse, move, and delight.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book."

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Garrison fund bookplate.

ISBN:

0593536304

9780593536308

OCLC:

1331706365