About this title: From the thousands chosen by Garrison Keillor to read on his NPR program A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, this selection of 350 poems is sorted by subject: "Day's Work," "Sons and Daughters," "Resurrection," and more. The authors range from William Shakespeare to Robert Haas.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780670031269ISBN:0670031267
Description: Very Good+/Very Good + DJ/Very Good. 0-670-03126-7 Prevs. owners inscription on FEP. Text is clean of markings. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780670031269ISBN:0670031267
Description: Fine in Very Good + jacket. This 6 x 9 hardcover has 476 pages. Includes poems about lovers, work, failure, sow, everyday life, beasts, trips, elders death and transendence, and the color yellow. read more
Edition: First edition. First printing w/ full numberline.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780670031269ISBN:0670031267
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Near-fine. Square, tight, clean. Gift inscription and prev owner name on ffep. Unclipped DJ shows one chip at spine and one 1/2 inch closed tear. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 504 p. Audience: General/trade. Near-fine First/First in unclipped DJ. As heard on The Writer s Almanac. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780142003442ISBN:0142003441
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author. As new. No edgewear, markings or creasing. First printing Penguin Books edition. Signed by author on WETA card on first page. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 476 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 2002-09-30
ISBN-13:9780670031269ISBN:0670031267
Description: New in Like New jacket. Book has slight shelf wear from storage(Similar to what you see at retail chains); otherwise the book is in excellent condition. Free tracking information available. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 2003-09-01
ISBN-13:9780142003442ISBN:0142003441
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780142003442. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780142003442ISBN:0142003441
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Brand New! Support Independent Pacific Northwest Booksellers! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 476 p. Audience: General/trade. Poetry is a regular feature on Garrison Keillor's NPR radio show A Prairie Home Companion, but for the last five years, it has formed the core of The Writer's Almanac, a daily, five-minute, 7 a.m. show on which Keillor reads a poem. Good Poems selects 350 pieces of verse from among the thousands that have been read on the Almanac for ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780142003442ISBN:0142003441
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 2003
Description: SIGNED. Fine and bright gatefold wraps with crisp bright text throughout. Signed by contributor Bob Arnold on his poem "No Tool No Rope No Pail" read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Pr
Date Published: 2002-09-01
ISBN-13:9780670031269ISBN:0670031267
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780670031269. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780670031269ISBN:0670031267
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
"I am so not a Garrison Keillor fan--While his radio show contains some good nuggets, more often than not the stories ramble for an eternity before reaching a mediocre punchline. However, I love this anthology of poems selected by Keillor. I recommend it to anyone who thinks that poetry doesn't resonate with them--these poems are accessible, easy to read and many of them, in Keillor tradition, tell stories."
""This is not Introduction to Poetry (MWF 9am Chemistry 150, 3 cr) and I am not the Maud Hill Hallowell Professor of American Lit, and your name isn't Daphne Foxcroft. It's simply a book of poems... that somehow stuck with me...." from Keillor's intro to this book. Recommended."
"I've been reading this one off and on for four or five months; it's not to be digested all at once! The poems Keillor chooses are, on average, sentimental and accessible, and I mean that in the best way. They are poems that bridge the gap between your heart and the poet's, rather than separating you. They are also, very largely, twentieth-century poems written by people I've never heard of; these are mostly not the endlessly anthologized poems found in most volumes like this one. A really excellent read."
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