Poesia

The Flying Change: poems.

Taylor, Henry, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana State Univ, 1985. 7th ptg. VG PB. Poems of unusual power about not only rural scenes, funny stories called snapshots, and meditations on change and death.

Of Sons and Seasons: poems.

Cohen, William S., · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Simon & Schuster, (1978). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. First book of poems by Congressman William S. Cohen of Maine. He writes of the beauty of America, of his New England. childhood, and strong patriotism, of love and death, of the importance of friendship we well as the need fo...

The War Prayer.

Twain, Mark, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Perennial/HarperCollins, (2002). VG PB. Written by Twain during the Philippine-American War tells of a patriotic church service held to send the town's young men off. to war. A stranger enters and tells the crowd that by praying for victory they are also praying for the de...

The Caress and the Hurt: prose and verse.

Grenfell, Clarine Coffin, · 1983 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Orland, ME, Grenfell Reading Center, (1983). 3rd ptg. VG PB. Inscribed by author. Beautiful waterlily cover. Owner sticker ft endpaper.

The Sparrow Bush: rhymes.

Coatsworth, Elizabeth, · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Norton`, (1966). 1st ptg. VG. Fading to top edge of binding.

Black Leaves.

Rosen, Kenneth, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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np, New Rivers Press, 1980. VG PB. Pictorial cover. Rosen's poetry is always a form of dream, nightmares & daydreams.

A Season of Mercy.

Manning, Martha, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Notre Dame, IN, Ave Maria Press, (1988). G PB. A woman's sorrow resulting from miscarriage. Blacked out name ft cover.

The Listening Child: a selection from the stores of English verse, made for the youngest readers and hearers.

Thacher, Lucy W., with introductory note by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, · 1900 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Macmillan, 1900. 2nd ptg. VG. Red binding, gilt lettering, teg, tissue guard edges tanned. owner inscription ft endpaper, lt tanning to endpaper edges.

If Incense.

Lawrence, F., · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Portland, ME, Self-published, 1981. VG PB.

In This Orchard: poetry.

Pratt, Charles W., · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Brentwood, NH, Pomme Press, (1985). New ed. VG PB. Intensely located, sweetly saturated with a send of place. Sinewy, quirky work Owner notations and underlinings. You feel the cold and the heat, you hear apples fall - you almost hear them grow.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

Khayyam, Omar, translated into English verse by Edward FitzgGerald, · 1937 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Garden City Pub, (1937). Deluxe ed. VG in G slipcase. Cream binding w/red/green/gilt decorations, owner bookplate, in pictorial paste down red slipcase with fading and edgewear.

Jurgis Petraskas: poems.

Petrosky, Anthony, · 1983 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana State Univ, 1983. VG PB. Poems centering on the four generations of the poet's Lithuanian-American family - their joy and anger, the scarred. Pennsylvania mining community that is their home, the people they have known and lived among, the fields and for...

Wait for These things.

Abbe, George, · 1940 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Holt, (1940). 1st ed. VG. Brown cloth binding, gilt lettering and decoration. Owner bookplate ft endpaper.

Os Lusiadas de Luiz de Camoes.

Camoes, Luiz de (Luis Vaz de Camoens), · 1889 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Lisboa, Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1889. Fair. Cameos (1524-1580) was Portugal's great national poet and author of the epic poem Os Lusiadas (1572, the Lusiads) which. describes Vasco da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India. Camoes had a permanent and unparalleled impa...

More Selected Verse of Robert Service.

Service, Robert, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd, (1971). G PB. The Man from Eldorado, A Rolling STone, Jean Desprez, Wallflower, Fortitude, Then Enigma, Solitude, Let Us Believe etc. Fading toward binding edges, corner crease.

Searching for the Spring: poetic reflections of Maine.

Nye, Ken, · 2005 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Freeport, ME, TJMF Ptg, 2005. VG PB. Inscribed by the author, "To Mary - thanks for giving up a beautiful summer evening to listen to my poetry" dated 2006. Laid in notice of Nye's poetry reading at the "Browns'" August 5, 2006.

Haiku.

Washington, Peter, selected and edited by, · 2005 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Everyman's Library/Knoopf, (2005). VG in VG DJ. Beautiful little book, gray binding, gilt lettering, ribbon bookmark, gift quality.

A Selection of Poems.

cummings, e. e. with intro by Horace Gregory, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Harcourt, Brace & World, (1965). G. "The two modes of his poetry, lyricism and satire, he joined in a unified vision of the modern world, in this he was unique.". A New England aristocrat, he was in the great tradition of the dissidence of dissent: dissent from all that wa...

A Night without Armor: poems.

Jewel Kilcher, · 1998 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, HarperCollins, (1998). 12th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Writing poems and keeping journals since childhood, Jewel delves into matters of the home, comfort of family, the beauty. of Alaska in this her first collection of poetry.

Best Tales of the Yukon.

Service, Robert W., · 1983 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Philadelphia, PA, Running Press Book Pubs, (1983). 11 ptg. VG lg sz PB. Includes The Shooting of Dan McGrew and The Cremation of Sam McGee.