Poetry Speaks Who I Am: Poems of Discovery, Inspiration, Independence, and

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EAN
9781402210747
UPC
9781402210747
ISBN
9781402210747
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Book Title
Poetry Speaks Who I am : Poems of Discovery, Inspiration, Independence, and Everything Else
Book Series
A Poetry Speaks Experience Ser.
Publisher
Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Item Length
8.7 in
Publication Year
2010
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Elise Paschen
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Topic
Social Topics / Adolescence, Poetry / General
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Item Width
6.3 in
Number of Pages
176 Pages

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Publisher
Sourcebooks, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1402210744
ISBN-13
9781402210747
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102829578

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Book Title
Poetry Speaks Who I am : Poems of Discovery, Inspiration, Independence, and Everything Else
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Social Topics / Adolescence, Poetry / General
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Author
Elise Paschen
Book Series
A Poetry Speaks Experience Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Item Length
8.7 in
Item Width
6.3 in

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Juvenile Audience
Reviews
"Elise Paschen: poetry for teens caters to the rebel in each of us... So what if that happens to be written by some fancy-sounding napoetryme such as Percy Shelley or Paul Muldoon? So much the better." -- Chicago Tribune, " Poetry Speaks Who I Am is the perfect book to introduce tweens & teens to Poetry... [ Poetry Speaks Who I Am ] also features blank pages in the back, where teens can write their own poetry. The book's design also speaks to younger readers -- with the pages created to look like they belong in a teenager's notebook, with scribbles and doodles around the edges...This adds yet another dimension to the experience of poetry, which is sometimes considered a performance art more than anything else." -- Portland Examiner, "Poet Elise Paschen is turning her attention to yet another most universal of human experiences: awkward adolescence...[Paschen] can turn this subject into something that we can laugh about now." " -- NPR, ""Humorous, biting, tender, angry, confused--the range of moods and voices reflect those of young people themselves as they make and lose friends, fall in love, worry about school, hug (and hurt) parents and try to figure out their place in the world."" - Washington Parent, ""The greatest contemporary poets speak to our youth and to us all. This marvelous anthology contains over 100 poems that matter, by such luminaries as Langston Hughes, Robert Frost and Edgar Allan Poe, to the greatest of our own lifetime: Nikki Grimes, Joy Harjo, Richard Wilbur, Jason Shinder, Nancy Willard, N. Scott Momaday and scores more. A rich experiential collection is featured on the included CD with 47 new, recent and archived recordings of the poets and editors reading their work! The look, feel and design of this volume is cool and relevant 'e" just like the poetry. This gem is a gift of a lifetime." - National Parenting Publications Awards" - NAPPA, ""The power of spoken poetry is at the heart of Poetry Speaks. Poetry is a vocal art, an art meant to be read aloud. Listening to a poem read aloud can be a transforming experience. Poetry Speaks not only introduces the finest work from some of the greatest poets who ever lived, it reintroduces the oral tradition of poetry, of poetry performed."" - Powells Books, "This volume of verse is aimed at teenagers and is, not surprisingly, full of strong emotion... It's a standout collection, packaged with a CD of the poems read aloud, many by the poets themselves." -- The New York Times, "Teen readers will find much to enjoy in "Poetry Speaks: Who I am"(Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky, $19.99). Editor Elise Paschen asked poets to send poems either that were important to them as teenagers, or poems they had written themselves about being teenagers. The result is a highly eclectic collection of 100 poems about everything from valentines to being black to mowing the lawn." -- The Seattle Times, "The greatest contemporary poets speak to our youth and to us all. This marvelous anthology contains over 100 poems that matter, by such luminaries as Langston Hughes, Robert Frost and Edgar Allan Poe, to the greatest of our own lifetime: Nikki Grimes, Joy Harjo, Richard Wilbur, Jason Shinder, Nancy Willard, N. Scott Momaday and scores more. A rich experiential collection is featured on the included CD with 47 new, recent and archived recordings of the poets and editors reading their work! The look, feel and design of this volume is cool and relevant - just like the poetry. This gem is a gift of a lifetime." -- National Parenting Publications Awards" -- NAPPA, "The power of spoken poetry is at the heart of Poetry Speaks. Poetry is a vocal art, an art meant to be read aloud. Listening to a poem read aloud can be a transforming experience. Poetry Speaks not only introduces the finest work from some of the greatest poets who ever lived, it reintroduces the oral tradition of poetry, of poetry performed." -- Powells Books, ""These clear and powerful readings add a welcome dimension and will no doubt enhance readers' enjoyment of the collection. The design of the volume, with its funky typefaces and brightly colored cover, will also appeal to young teens. The final pages provide space for readers to add their own poems--a good idea, because after paging through this eclectic and powerful anthology many will indeed be inspired to take up the pen."" - Kirkus Reviews, ""Poet Elise Paschen is turning her attention to yet another most universal of human experiences: awkward adolescence...[Paschen] can turn this subject into something that we can laugh about now." " - NPR, "Humorous, biting, tender, angry, confused--the range of moods and voices reflect those of young people themselves as they make and lose friends, fall in love, worry about school, hug (and hurt) parents and try to figure out their place in the world." -- Washington Parent, ""Teen readers will find much to enjoy in "Poetry Speaks: Who I am"(Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky, $19.99). Editor Elise Paschen asked poets to send poems either that were important to them as teenagers, or poems they had written themselves about being teenagers. The result is a highly eclectic collection of 100 poems about everything from valentines to being black to mowing the lawn."" - The Seattle Times, ""Teen readers will find much to enjoy in "Poetry Speaks: Who I am...a highly eclectic collection of 100 poems about everything from valentines to being black to mowing the lawn."" - Scripps News, ""Elise Paschen: poetry for teens caters to the rebel in each of us... So what if that happens to be written by some fancy-sounding napoetryme such as Percy Shelley or Paul Muldoon? So much the better."" - Chicago Tribune, "An added bonus to Poetry Speaks Who I Am is that is comes with a CD of 47 poems being read by their authors or others. There's something hypnotic about listening to poems being read, especially by the author, who knows where she intended emphasis and can add tone." -- Reading Local: Portland, "" Poetry Speaks Who I Am is the perfect book to introduce tweens & teens to Poetry... [ Poetry Speaks Who I Am ] also features blank pages in the back, where teens can write their own poetry. The book's design also speaks to younger readers -- with the pages created to look like they belong in a teenager's notebook, with scribbles and doodles around the edges...This adds yet another dimension to the experience of poetry, which is sometimes considered a performance art more than anything else."" - Portland Examiner, ""An added bonus to Poetry Speaks Who I Am is that is comes with a CD of 47 poems being read by their authors or others. There's something hypnotic about listening to poems being read, especially by the author, who knows where she intended emphasis and can add tone."" - Reading Local: Portland, "These clear and powerful readings add a welcome dimension and will no doubt enhance readers' enjoyment of the collection. The design of the volume, with its funky typefaces and brightly colored cover, will also appeal to young teens. The final pages provide space for readers to add their own poems--a good idea, because after paging through this eclectic and powerful anthology many will indeed be inspired to take up the pen." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Teen readers will find much to enjoy in "Poetry Speaks: Who I am...a highly eclectic collection of 100 poems about everything from valentines to being black to mowing the lawn." -- Scripps News, ""This volume of verse is aimed at teenagers and is, not surprisingly, full of strong emotion... It's a standout collection, packaged with a CD of the poems read aloud, many by the poets themselves."" - The New York Times
Grade From
Seventh Grade
Series Volume Number
0
Grade To
Twelfth Grade
Table Of Content
A Note from the Publisher xi Introduction xiii Poem titles/authors Eternity Jason Shinder 1 Perhaps the World Ends Here Joy Harjo 2 Still I Rise Maya Angelou 4 Cinderella's Diary Ron Koertge 6 Vampire's Serenade Dana Gioia 7 Alone Edgar Allan Poe 8 Alone Siegfried Sassoon 9 Caroline Allison Joseph 10 "What are friends for... Rosellen Brown 12 I Loved My Friend Langston Hughes 13 In the Fifth-Grade Locker Room Rebecca Lauren 14 Bra Shopping Parneshia Jones 16 Blood Charm Annie Finch 18 Pause Nikki Grimes 19 The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee N Scott Momaday 20 Indian Education Sherman Alexie 21 One Art Elizabeth Bishop 22 Here Arthur Sze 23 Haiku Sonia Sanchez 24 Good Girl Molly Peacock 25 Bad Boats Laura Jensen 26 No Images Waring Cuney 27 won't you celebrate with me Lucille Clifton 28 What I'm telling you Elizabeth Alexander 29 How I Learned to Sweep Julia Alvarez 30 Sonnet 130 William Shakespeare 32 Litany Billy Collins 33 A Teenage Couple Brad Leithauser 35 Free Period David Yezzi 36 Zodiac Elizabeth Alexander 38 The Skokie Theatre Edward Hirsch 39 Valentine Wendy Cope 41 An Angry Valentine Myra Cohn Livingston 42 What Great Grief Has Made the Empress Mute June Jordan 43 Mad Girl's Love Song Sylvia Plath 45 How We Heard the Name Alan Dugan 46 The Gladiator Kevin Prufer 47 Worth Marilyn Nelson 48 I Am A Black Gwendolyn Brooks 49 Lost Sister Cathy Song 51 Flash Cards Rita Dove 54 Arithmetic Carl Sandburg 55 Dream Variations Langston Hughes 56 Dreams Langston Hughes 57 Blackberry-picking Seamus Heaney 58 Manners Elizabeth Bishop 59 Mascara Elizabeth Spires 61 from For a Girl Becoming Joy Harjo 62 Every Day It Is Always There Rainy Ortiz 64 Dear Mama (4) Wanda Coleman 65 A Boy in a Bed in the Dark Brad Sachs 67 The Talk Sharon Olds 68 A Small Poem Calvin Forbes 69 Fears of the Eighth Grade Toi Derricotte 70 When I have fears that I may cease to be John Keats 71 Death of a Snowman Vernon Scannell 72 Oatmeal Galway Kinnell 73 Eating Poetry Mark Strand 75 The Bagel David Ignatow 76 Hope Is the Thing with Feathers Emily Dickinson77 If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking Emily Dickinson 78 The Duke's castle John Fuller 79 Ozymandias Percy Bysshe Shelley 80 The Sacred Stephen Dunn 81 The Road Not Taken Robert Frost 82 Prowess Samuel Menashe 83 What We Might Be, What We Are X J Kennedy 84 Sideman Paul Muldoon 85 XVIII Oh, when I was in love with you A E Housman 87 Sometimes with One I Love Walt Whitman 88 In the Desert Stephen Crane 89 Annabel Lee Edgar Allan Poe 90 The Summer of Black Widows Sherman Alexie 92 Permanently Kenneth Koch 94 A Dog on His Master Billy Collins 95 Mowing Midge Goldberg 96 Seal William Jay Smith 97 Seahorses Brad Leithauser 98 So Far Naomi Shihab Nye 101 The Germ Ogden Nash 102 Baseball Bill Zavatsky 103 Poetry Slalom Mary Jo Salter 106 How I Discovered Poetry Marilyn Nelson 107 Used Book Shop X J Kennedy 108 The Survivor Marilyn Chin 110 New Clothes Kay Ryan 111 Mediation Kim Stafford 112 A Fable Louise Glück 113 Houses Nancy Willard 114 Snowmen Agha Shahid Ali 115 The Floral Apron Marilyn Chin 116 Abuelito Who Sandra Cisneros 117 Legacies Nikki Giovanni 118 Instead of Her Own Molly Peacock 119 Tia Chucha Luis J Rodriguez 120 The Adversary Phyllis McGinley 122 What Your Mother Tells You Now Mitsuy
Synopsis
Poetry Speaks Who I Am is filled with more than 100 remarkable selections for ages 12-14 from a wide variety of poets., From the creators of the New York Times bestseller Poetry Speaks to Children, comes this inspirational anthology book of poems for middle grade readers. Poetry Speaks Who I Am is filled with more than 100 remarkable poems for teen boys and girls, making it the perfect addition to any classroom. With poems about who teens are and who they are becoming, they'll find poems that make them laugh, that make them angry, or poems that speak directly to them. Poetry can be life altering. It can be gritty and difficult. It can be hilarious or heart-breaking. And it's meant to be experienced, so we've included a CD on which you'll hear 44 poems, 39 of which are original recordings-you'll only find them here. You'll hear poets both classic and contemporary, well-known and refreshingly new., From the creators of the New York Times bestseller Poetry Speaks to Children , comes this inspirational anthology book of poems for middle grade readers. Poetry Speaks Who I Am is filled with more than 100 remarkable poems for teen boys and girls, making it the perfect addition to any classroom. With poems about who teens are and who they are becoming, they'll find poems that make them laugh, that make them angry, or poems that speak directly to them. Poetry can be life altering. It can be gritty and difficult. It can be hilarious or heart-breaking. And it's meant to be experienced, so we've included a CD on which you'll hear 44 poems, 39 of which are original recordings--you'll only find them here. You'll hear poets both classic and contemporary, well-known and refreshingly new, including: Dana Gioia expresses the hunger of a "Vampire's Serenade" Elizabeth Alexander waits for that second kiss in "Zodiac" Langston Hughes flings his arms wide in "Dream Variations" Marilyn Nelson reads to her class in "How I Discovered Poetry" Paul Muldoon's poem "Sideman," brought loudly to life by the band Rackett And 39 more! Poetry Speaks Who I Am is dynamic, accessible, challenging, classic, edgy, and ultimately...not quite perfect. Just like you.
LC Classification Number
PS584.P63 2010

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