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1	Prophet more books like this by Kahlil Gibran Kahlil Gibran worked on the manuscript for "The Prophet"--his second work in English after "The Madman"--for several years before it was published in October 1923. Both the author and the world consider this his masterpiece, and it has been translated into dozens of languages. "The Prophet" concerns Almustafa, "the chosen one," who, after exile on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems & Drawings more books like this by Shel Silverstein By the early 1970s, the outlandish, outrageous Shel Silverstein was already a prolific folksinger/songwriter, cartoonist, and author of a widely known, much discussed classic children's book, THE GIVING TREE. His popular 1973 album, FREAKIN' AT THE FREAKERS BALL, with Dr. Hook and the Medicine Band, contained a song about Sarah Cynthia Sylvia ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.49! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty more books like this by A N Roquelaure In the traditional folk tale of "Sleeping Beauty, " the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. It is an ancient story, one that originally emerged from and still deeply disturbs the mind's unconscious. Now Anne Rice's retelling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.02! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Light in the Attic more books like this by Silverstein A collection of humorous poems and drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.49! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs more books like this by Leonard Cohen An extensive collection of the poems and lyrics of the masterly Canadian poet, writer, and musician, STRANGER MUSIC incorporates material from four decades of Leonard Cohen's work. Combining his fascination for women with his ongoing explorations of Zen Buddhism and Judaism, poems like "Letter" ("How you murdered your family/Means nothing to me/As ... see all copies from $5.19! new only from $8.81! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Falling Up more books like this by Shel Silverstein A collection of humorous light verse illustrated with line drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.25! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Polar bear, polar bear, what do you hear? more books like this by Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illustrator) An exploration of sound in a zoo setting. A polar bear hears a lion roaring, who hears a hippopotamus snorting, and so on. Collage illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Leaves of Grass more books like this by Walt Whitman LEAVES OF GRASS, Whitman's monumental and enormously influential book, was his life's work, going through nine different editions from its first publication in 1855 to the famous "deathbed edition" published the year he died (1892). Influenced by Eastern religions, his years as a journalist, the Civil War, 19th-century expansionism, Nature, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Night Before Christmas more books like this by Clement Clarke Moore An illustrated version of the classic Christmas poem about a visit from St. Nick. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	archy and mehitabel more books like this by Don Marquis The now classic tale of Archy the cockroach and Mehitabel the cat in her ninth life. First published in 1927, this free verse poem has become an esseantial part of American literature. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices more books like this by Paul Fleischman This is a collection of 14 poems about insects. Included are poems about mayflies, lice, fireflies, and honeybees, all of which were written to be read aloud in antiphonal voices, sometimes separate, sometimes together or overlapping. Fleischman evokes both humor and pathos in this innovative collection. Winner of the 1989 Newbery Medal. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems more books like this by Billy Collins This selected volume presents 20 new poems and draws on four of Collins previous books, THE APPLE THAT ASTONISHED PARIS; QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS; THE BEST CIGARETTE; and PICNIC, LIGHTNING. Collins was named the 2001-2002 United States Poet Laureate. This collection was named a Notable Book by the New York Times in 2001. see all copies from $3.90! new only from $6.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Rose That Grew from Concrete more books like this by Tupac Shakur By the time of his murder at the age of 25, Tupac Shakur was a major force in rap music, with a dozen albums and six movies under his belt. But this collection of poems, written in a poetry workshop by the future star at the age of 19, shows that Shakur possessed both a poet's disarming simplicity and a writer's raw talent well before the start of ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $6.95! \| SVS
14 view cover	The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories more books like this by Tim Burton Dark stories by the filmmaker Tim Burton, illustrated by himself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The complete poems 1927-1979 more books like this by Elizabeth Bishop The edition of Bishop's complete poems published in 1968 won the National Book Award. This is a more complete, updated collection, published after her death in 1979. see all copies from $6.29! new only from $8.84! \| SVS
16 view cover	A Poetry Handbook more books like this by Mary Oliver With passion, wit, and good common sense, the celebrated poet Mary Oliver tells of the basic ways a poem is built--meter and rhyme, form and diction, sound and sense. Drawing on poems from Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and others, the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner imparts an extraordinary amount of information in a short space. see all copies from $3.99! new only from $10.27! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	100 Best-Loved Poems more books like this by Philip Smith (Editor) "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" "Death, be not proud," "The Raven," "The Road Not Taken," plus works by Blake, Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats, many others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young more books like this by Jack Prelutsky A collection of more than 200 short poems specially selected for young children. Selections include "Covers" by Nikki Giovanni, "Little Seeds" by Else Holmelund Minarik, "Winter Sweetness" by Langston Hughes, and "The More it Snows" by A.A. Milne, as well as a number of verses written by anonymous poets. Color illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $7.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Song of Hiawatha more books like this by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow A picture-book version of a section of Longfellow's epic poem. The illustrations were created by using fine-line pen with color ink and dyes. This book contains only the sections of the poem that deal with the boyhood of Hiawatha, who is actually a composite character created, in part, by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Poetry of Robert Frost: The Collected Poems, Complete and Unabridged more books like this by Robert Frost This is the republication of four editions of Frost's most beloved work for a new generation of poets and readers. The only comprehensive volume of Frost's verse available, comprising all 11 volumes of his poems, this collection has been the standard Frost compendium since its first publication in 1969. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.91! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Push more books like this by Sapphire Claireece Precious Jones is an overweight, illiterate black teenager pregnant with her second child--both the result of incest by her father--and infected with the AIDS virus--also thanks to her father. This first novel by the poet and performance artist Sapphire tells the story of how Precious miraculously finds redemption and deliverance through ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Norton Anthology of Poetry more books like this by Margaret Ferguson (Editor) Beginning with Anglo-Saxon verse in translation and continuing to the present day, "The Norton Anthology of Poetry" includes over 1800 poems by over 300 poets, with 650 poems and 120 poets new to this edition. Many classic poets--from Shakespeare to Dickinson to Larkin--have been reselected. In addition, selections by women, by Postcolonial and ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $30.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson more books like this by Emily Dickinson Thomas Wentworth Higginson, the man of letters to whom Emily Dickinson first entrusted her poems, was dumbfounded by them, and asked, "What place ought to be assigned in literature to what is so remarkable, yet so elusive of criticism?" His question was answered only after Dickinson's death in 1886: she is now considered one of America's greatest ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $9.68! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry more books like this by Laurence Perrine see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| first editions
25 view cover	For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf more books like this by Ntozake Shange From its inception in 1974 to its critical success on Broadway, this work has excited and inspired audiences all over the country. Passionate and fearless, Shange's words reveal what it means to be of color and female in the 20th century. Here is the complete text, with stage directions, of a groundbreaking dramatic prose poem written in vivid and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.51! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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