A Picnic of Poems

A Picnic of Poems

Author: Dawud Wharnsby

Publisher: Kube Publishing Ltd

Published: 2018-02-08

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 0860376842

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"The chatty informal rhythms and the mix of everyday detail with the universals make this picture book a great family read-aloud." —Booklist "Dawud's latest book A Picnic of Poems is another masterpiece of poetry that captures the essence of every child's hopes, dreams, and fears, in the most colorful and imaginative way. It is a delectable treat for the whole family, filled with beautiful illustrations. Every part has a wonderful lesson to draw from and will provide all, young and old, with great guidance for generations to come." —Zain Bhikha, South African singer/songwriter A collection of thirty poems to keep the young and young-at-heart entertained for hours. These poems cover a number of topics including motherhood, daily prayer, baby siblings, life on a farm, the animal kingdom, bullying, mosques, Ramadan, appreciating nature, and more. The book comes with an audio CD to sing along to these joyful yet educational poems. "A Picnic of Poems" I've packed some poems for lunch, some rhymes for us to chew, a simple, sippy, soup of songs, to stir and sing and stew. Like all good meals to munch, it would be very rude not to begin with bismillah, to bless our poetry food. Canadian-born Dawud Wharnsby began writing poetry, composing music, and performing in his teens. Since then he has become a voice for socially conscious and spiritually minded individuals in the twenty-first century.


Picnic, Lightning

Picnic, Lightning

Author: Billy Collins

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 1998-01-15

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 0822991055

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Winner of the 1999 Paterson Poetry Prize Over the past decade, Billy Collins has emerged as the most beloved American poet since Robert Frost, garnering critical acclaim and broad popular appeal. Annie Proulx admits, "I have never before felt possessive about a poet, but I am fiercely glad that Billy Collins is ours." John Updike proclaims his poems "consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides." This special, limited edition celebrates Billy Collins's years as U.S. Poet Laureate. Picnic, Lightning—one of the books that helped establish and secure his reputation and popularity during the 1990s—combines humor and seriousness, wit and sublimity. His poems touch on a wide range of subjects, from jazz to death, from weather to sex, but share common ground where the mind and heart can meet. Whether reading him for the first time or the fiftieth, this collector's edition is a must-have for anyone interested in the poet the New York Times calls simply "the real thing."


Night Picnic

Night Picnic

Author: Charles Simic

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2012-08-23

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 0544102428

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The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet “illuminates the shadow side of life in poems as perfectly formed and directed as the beam of a flashlight” (Booklist). The poems in Charles Simic’s new collection evoke a variety of settings and images, from New York City to small New England towns; from crowds spilling onto the sidewalk on a hot summer night to an abandoned wooden church and a car graveyard overgrown with weeds. His subjects range from a bakery early in the morning to the fingerprints on a stranger’s front door; from waiters in an empty restaurant to the decorations in a window of a funeral home; from a dog tied to a chain to a homeless man sleeping at the foot of a skyscraper; and other moments of solitude and clear vision. “What is beautiful,’ he writes in one poem, “is found accidentally and not sought after. What is beautiful is easily lost.” Simic is the metaphysician of the ordinary, a poet who reminds us of the mysteries of our daily lives. “This first book of poems since 1999’s Jackstraws continues Simic’s familiar, unsettling methods and extends them into the terrain of older age . . . Simic remains a powerful, and funny, chronicler of an individual world one where pastry, omelets and queen-size beds offer their ambiguous pleasures, and where, inseparably, ‘the butchery of the innocent/ Never stops.’ It is a world that should be familiar.” —Publishers Weekly “Nabokovian in his caustic charm and sexy intelligence, Simic perceives the mythic in the mundane and pinpoints the perpetual suffering that infuses human life with both agony and bliss.” —Booklist


If You Go Down to the Woods Today

If You Go Down to the Woods Today

Author: Rachel Piercey

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2021-03-16

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 1647004608

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Journey through a magical woodland, with poems to read and things to find My woodland’s full of animals, of every different kind. So shall we stay here for a while and see what we can find? Experience the everyday wonder of nature in this first book of poetry, exploring a magical woodland year. With poems by acclaimed writer Rachel Piercey, join Bear on his journey from spring to winter with lots of friends to meet, places to explore, and things to spot along the way.


Picnic on the Moon

Picnic on the Moon

Author: Charles Coe

Publisher: Leapfrog Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780965457828

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The debut collection of an award-winning Black poet with an unusually warm and compassionate voice


Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

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Publisher: Dragonfly Books

Published: 2016-03-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 0399553576

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This long beloved poetry treasury from acclaimed anthologist Jack Prelutsky is now available in paperback for the very first time! America's favorite children's poet and anthologist, Jack Prelutsky has selected more than 200 poems for every occasion, every event, every experience that a young child encounters, from waking up in the morning to going to bed at night, all written by popular and well-known twentieth century poets. Each poem is artfully brought to life in the bright, playful illustrations of award-winning artist Marc Brown. From cover to cover, this fantastic anthology is filled with timeless fun that will open young minds to the magic and meaning of words and enchant both parents and children for generations to come. "A spirited collection, covering the day from dawn to dusk. Exuberantly illustrated." —The New York Times Book Review


A Child's Book of Poems

A Child's Book of Poems

Author:

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781402750618

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A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood.


Picnic on the Fault Line

Picnic on the Fault Line

Author: Julia E. Tanner

Publisher: Crippled Beagle Publishing

Published: 2018-10

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9781732155596

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Julia Tanner was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1949. Though a cellist by profession, she has been writing poetry most of her adult life. This collection of poems includes musings on life, love, music, faith, and what makes us human. She presently lives in Nashville, Tennessee.


Chicago Poems

Chicago Poems

Author: Carl Sandburg

Publisher:

Published: 1916

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13:

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Written in the poet's unique personal idiom, these early poems include "Chicago," "Fog," "Who Am I?" "Under the Harvest Moon," plus more on war, love, death, loneliness and the beauty of nature.