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100 best poems - Academy of American Poets
100 best poems - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.
Poems for Teaching the Use of Imagery - Academy of American …
From The Selected Poems of Federico García Lorca, translated by William Bryant Logan. Published by New Directions, 1955. Used with permission.
Contemporary Poems - Academy of American Poets
Contemporary Poems - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.
List Poem - Academy of American Poets
A list poem is a deliberately organized poem containing a list of images or adjectives that build up to describe the poem’s subject matter through an inventory of things.
A Brief Guide to Concrete Poetry | Academy of American Poets
2004年5月6日 · While many readers now associate the term “concrete poetry” with poems whose outlines depict a recognizable shape—John Hollander’s collection Types of Shape, for example—the ideas behind concrete poetry are much broader.
Lyric Poetry - Academy of American Poets
Lyric poetry refers to a short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker’s personal emotions and feelings. Historically intended to be sung and accompany musical instrumentation, lyric now describes a broad category of non-narrative poetry, including elegies, odes, and sonnets.
Found Poem - Academy of American Poets
Examples of found poems can be seen in the work of Blaise Cendrars, David Antin, and Charles Reznikoff. In his book Testimony , Reznikoff created poetry from law reports, such as this excerpt: Amelia was just fourteen and out of the orphan asylum;
Pastoral - Academy of American Poets
Viewed alternately as a genre, mode, or convention in poetry (as well as in literature generally, art, and music), the pastoral tradition refers to a lineage of creative works that idealize rural life and landscapes, while the term pastoral refers to individual poems or other works in the tradition.
On Death by Kahlil Gibran - Poems | Academy of American Poets
On Death - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Then Almitra spoke, saying, We would ask now of Death.