| 单词 | poetry |
| 例句 | I would’ve told him to write poetry about space rocks and impact craters. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The student was cheerful and efficient and enjoyed Beat poetry. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Orff developed the concept of elemental music based on the synthesis of the arts of the Greek Muses, which combined tone, dance, poetry, image, design, and theatrical gesture. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I’m not smart enough to be writing poetry in the first place, though Mr. Ward says I’m smarter than I know. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I never thought about writing poetry before, but Mr. Ward said he’s going to start videotaping our Friday sessions. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Apollo was god of poetry as well as archery, and I’d heard him recite in person. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The greatest poetry in Greece, and among the greatest in the world, was written for Dionysus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His untidy hair and rumpled clothes and dramatic poetry put her at ease. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The poetry had come from Browning as well as being written by her. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Aureliano expressed it in poetry that had no beginning or end. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The kings and priests of ancient Sumer wanted writing to be used by professional scribes to record numbers of sheep owed in taxes, not by the masses to write poetry and hatch plots. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As Lina reported, the visit usually started with Trujillo reciting some poetry to her, then saying he had some surprise on his person she had to find. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But whether or not there actually is such a look, Seanie and I just had an intense and wordless conversation about Japanese poetry, his balls, and our gay friend, Joey Cosentino. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She too had poetry at her command, knew words that sang and were spells and beat drums. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Esteban put his hands in his pockets and pulled them inside out to show us the money you can’t get from writing poetry. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The only thing I’ve ever felt that way about is writing poetry, and that can never go anywhere. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z All the poetry of war had left me upon my first scenting of decaying flesh. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He told me to see poetry as a puzzle. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Or whispering poetry into her ear as she slept. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Two archers ran by, chased by an angry Ares kid who was yelling in poetry: “Curse me, eh? I’ll make you pay! / I don’t want to rhyme all day!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I'd caught glimpses of old poetry books stacked on his desk. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z That is exactly where I am tired of poetry. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Someday Ml have a poetry reading and a one-man show at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe on the Lower East Side. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And honestly, there is no better way to explore your emotions than with poetry. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The poetry you could write about Rufus helping me out of my grave isn’t lost on me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “You can be cynical all you want, but many a life can be saved by poetry,” he says. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The fact that most of the poetry I’d ever read came off tombstones didn’t stop me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine myself in this place, getting dressed for class, walking with my new friends to the dining hall, joining the poetry club. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He remembered hearing his illiterate mother reciting poetry and speaking in a tongue that sounded like Latin when she was very ill with typhoid fever. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “But no one cares about poetry,” Mal said with a rueful laugh. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “By the way, have you seen my hook of poetry?” she asked. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I imagine it’s someone I haven’t met yet, someone I somehow missed while I was hiding out in the ornithology stacks and they were tearing through poetry and memorizing lines. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I don’t know how Daddy feels about the library and me reading poetry and me being smart like Mama. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The whole poetry project got me into reading Langston Hughes poems, so when Mr. Shephard walks by again, I ask if he’s ever heard of him. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “But just ’cause you can make some words rhyme doesn’t make poetry good. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z At the first mention of poetry, you knew this one was about you. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It may not be great poetry, but it gives you a feel for how impressed the scientific world was with Boyle’s discoveries. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Besides, she personally found poetry very interesting, and since her students were more or less blank slates when it came to literature, she felt she might as well do what she liked. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “I found this in the library. A book of poetry by a man named Langston Hughes. He’s a colored poet.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The sonnet form allowed me to make my poems look and feel like real poetry without being as distant as some of the other British poetry I had read. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Some of the kids I work with are doing a poetry slam to raise money for juvenile justice care packages. You...uhh...” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Vincent sees art and poetry in the storms of life and in the storms of nature, unlike his parents. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The church supper is the grandfather of the country club, just as the Thursday poetry reading in the basement under the vestry sired the little theater. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I guess it’s probably the same gift as the water colors, but I really think that everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a harmonica. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I grab the poetry anthology and flip to an Emily Dickinson poem and read the title out loud: “Hope is the thing with feathers.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He took to pacing with the baby from the swamp, past the workshop, past the castle ruin, and back again, reciting poetry as he did so. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z And remember: sometimes life’s answers are hidden in poetry. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But she adds, “Since hip-hop is poetry, your grades should never drop again.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I went on a bit about the doctor’s unparalleled ability to turn simple language into poetry, and for my big finale I read his story of the elephant and the Who-inhabited dust speck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The night before we left Oakland she had told me how she found poetry. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Together we would not be ashamed of being bright or liking poetry. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She is the guidance counselor/social worker/lover of poetry who has been our advisor since my freshman year. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “These are for poetry research. I have a ton of new ideas for my club this afternoon, and I want to share them with my crew.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z They were not admiring the Giddy-Yap, Rainbow! books, nor were they browsing in the poetry section. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Meandering, non-narrative prose or poetry, like musical symphonies, would not find their literary equivalents until James Joyce’s Ulysses or T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, both published in 1922. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z "No, he goes to Latin. We met at a poetry slam." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z According to Minerva, those truly in love spoke poetry to their beloved. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But I did like the unit on poetry. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Driving a friend’s car up to San Francisco, standing around in the poetry sections of bookstores worrying about my application to Hampden. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And one voice, with sublime disregard for the situation, read poetry aloud in the fiery study, until all the film spools burned, until all the wires withered and the circuits cracked. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z One is the world of the thing they study: the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop, the development of language in children, the Taiping Rebellion in China. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “That’s too bad. I am so in the mood for poetry. Do you have anything memorized?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z They loved stories and poetry even if none of this was any good for getting a job. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z "You have no soul. No poetry of the spirit." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Well, I’ve had a lot of time to think about them. And dolphins too. And photography and poetry and archeology and parallel dimensions and all sorts of stuff.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Me and Angel have to present our poetry project, and even though it only has to be three minutes long, that seems like forever to me! Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I would walk out into the city and find other searchers at lectures, book signings, and poetry readings. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Real men didn’t read poetry—and God forbid they should ever write it! The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I know in my heart, Tiago whispered, the language we like to speak is music and poetry and even cold, sweet piraguas on hot, hot summer days. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z That is the story of the mead of poetry and how it was given to the world. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “I would never criticize our Spirit Medium,” said the elder who had told the baboon story, “but he has never been good at poetry.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z —Well, believe it or not, the words to those songs are poetry. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And even though we both love poetry and theater, we weren’t getting the support for the kind of creative and activist work we wanted to do.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z It was smart and beautiful—poetry from a midget Shakespeare. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “Oh,” said Robin, “you have made it look like poetry with red capitals!” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z “Spare us the poetry,” snapped the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z One is a poetry book and that’s the one she loves. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I got an email from your poetry teacher.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Her husband is with Sonia, listening to their youngest recite poetry in that beautiful lilting voice of hers: "I wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o'er vales and hills..." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Do you want to hear a poem, Beowulf? You are in luck; I was planning to read more poetry today. After lunch, I thought we might have a go at ‘The Wreck of the Hesperus.’” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z She wasn’t particularly fascinated by aviation—her other interests were theater and poetry. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I soon became one of the best prose and poetry readers in school, and would often get picked to represent the school whenever white inspectors came to assess our progress. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus it was that the dwarfs had the mead of wisdom and poetry, and any person who wished to taste it needed to beg it from the dwarfs. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Sit down, young man. Composing English poetry is hardly something to brag about. We’ll have none of that.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I still had Carmen’s book of poetry in it, and I made a mental note to return it to her. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z While other boys played in the street, Robert sat alone in his room studying languages, devouring books of literature and science, and filling notebooks with poetry. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "And do you happen to know what that particular type of poetry is called?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z People in India always say Urdu is this sweet language of poetry, but to me, Urdu just sounds like my parents. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z That Sunday evening, Yoyo was reading some poetry to get herself inspired: Whitman's poems in an old book with an engraved cover her father had picked up in a thrift shop next to his office. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “I understand. But I did want to let you know, we’ll be hosting a poetry slam here next year,” said Mr. Ward. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat and nodded off in the sun, reading the poetry of Hafez, and sighing. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But Harriet never found its equal and devoted her life instead to poetry, eventually founding Poetry magazine, where she helped launch Ezra Pound toward national prominence. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The walls are bookcases to the ceiling, boxes of pamphlets and separates, books of all kinds, dictionaries, encyclopedias, poetry, plays. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z What I had to hide was the self who was a reader, who loved poetry. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z There was metallurgy as it applies to weapons, the philosophy of mortality, the psychology of immortality, and the literature of the Scythedom, from poetry to the wisdom found in famous scythes’ journals. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I gave him some news about myself, then closed with a question: “What were those lines of poetry on your back, anyway?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Why not? Isn’t he the god of poetry?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “It would make sense if she had a book of his poetry,” I said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He’d brought six of his favourite books: Great Expectations, Kidnapped, The Witches, A Wrinkle in Time, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and of course Blink’s red book of poetry. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She sold few and attributed the debacle to America’s fading love of poetry. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A tray filled with magnetic poetry sat beside a rack of bookmarks. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She said, “Shall I read the squirrel poetry aloud?” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “We’re partial to poetry here. Nothing after the nineteenth century. The greatest poets worked then. I got something for you.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Has it ever occurred to you,” he said, “that the whole history of English poetry has been determined by the fact that the English language lacks rhymes?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Man, I would love to get in some guys from Bronx Science, or one of them other special schools, and turn them into toast at a poetry slam. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “So the poetry you read is a way of putting all the things you feel inside on the outside.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Here was a sickly woman who lived much of her life alone and who wrote poetry from the time she was a child. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He studied literature and poetry, attended the theatre regularly and continued to play the lute to a high standard. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Job duties include reading, remembering encyclopedias, novels, and poetry; and memorizing the first ninety-nine digits of pi. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z In a nutshell, the problem with labelling anything ‘Romantic’ is that it has subsequently come to mean virtually anything, from the poetry of Lord Byron to the songs of Taylor Swift. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “One of our most illustrious Black poets! There is no true poetry any longer. No Blake, Keats, Pope....” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I love that—I love the thought that poetry can be in our bones, can hold us up and shape our whole lives. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z She always talked like that, with this discernible rhythm, like she was reciting poetry. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He saw his father and his mother sitting with him up in his bedroom, which smelled of damp, while his father read them poetry. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Aha! Truth! You are afraid the hairy barbarians will not accept you in their tribe if you write poetry.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “There has been many a one, I fancy, overcome in the same way. I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z "Yes, Yoyo has always loved poetry. Why, I remember the time we went on a trip to New York. She couldn't have been more than three." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z My cartoons weren’t just good for giggles; they were also good for poetry. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The poetry flowed on; the Praise threw its shining coils around both parents. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But he doesn’t feel like playing, and I don’t know what I was thinking—that a line of poetry could make any of this better? Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I found it on the last page, in the very last words—not poetry in stanzas, just Frank’s prose. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As some specific titles, especially in poetry, would have been used in works by multiple authors, it is also likely that some labels included an “incipit”—the first line of the work. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z All of Baba’s old pharmacy books, our books of Kurdish poetry. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z We spent a month reading poetry from the Harlem Renaissance in our English class. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, if I could just figure out how to design poetry as well as I design clothing, I could turn myself into somebody special. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She memorized their poetry and excused their bad behavior. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z There were musicians, dramatists, sculptors, dancers, and the practitioners of a hundred other smaller arts, even the lowest art of all: poetry. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Their teacher is supposed to be doing poetry again next year. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everything. From, like, hideous romance to pretentious fiction to poetry. Whatever.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I don’t know how to write poetry, but there was a Spanish bookseller with a real genius for rhyme from whom I ordered poems and songs—anything whose raw material was paper and ink. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t mean anything by it. I know you’ve got skills. I’ve read your poetry. I just didn’t know you wanted to be a rapper.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He was a being formed in the “very poetry of nature.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z These kids could remember complicated strands of numbers and recall words and pictures in correct sequence and quote long passages of poetry. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z We’d been looking at some poetry, but had somehow drifted onto talking about soldiers in World War Two being kept in prison camps. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Relax. Think of musical notes. Then make those into words. That’s poetry!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “We have mead, the mead of poetry,” sputtered Galar as the water brushed his lips. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Emily shifted words around the magnetic poetry tray on his counter. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z From my perch on the cushioned chair I see the wooden footrest with its floral needlepoint cover in front of her rocker, the small shelf of books— prayer books and poetry, mainly—by the stairs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Surprisingly, Francis did not wish to go, even though Geoffrey knew many pretty girls and was said to write poetry wearing one earring. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Right above the little poetry section, there was a poster of a girl named Emily Dickinson in an old-fashioned dress with her hair coiled in a bun. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Dylan Thomas, with his high, ethereal voice and poetry that was, at times, incomprehensible, fulfilled that idea, whereas Hughes, writing about ordinary people and about a very mundane Harlem, did not fulfill that idea. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Would we please pass forward our poetry anthologies? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “The planners of the competition are looking for art and poetry and writing.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The ones she used for her poetry name. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The third week, we took the biggest chance of all and handed each other our entire notebooks of poetry. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z If only this fancy gray dress had a nice loose pocket in front for her poetry book! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Mr. Ross was going to teach things like poetry and literature, and he was always making jokes that weren’t very funny unless you knew what he was talking about. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I try out a bunch: Hearts and minds are my poetry. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z The idioms, the figures of speech that make language rich and full of the poetry of place and time must go. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She decided it would be rude to glance at her poetry book. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He cleared his throat and began to recite: “Heroes win laurels—” “Um, yes, first class,” Hermes interrupted, like he was anxious to avoid Apollo’s poetry. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The form corse is sometimes used in poetry; as in the poem on the Burial of Sir John Moore: New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z But he stuck, and he got this poetry thing going. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I used to write poetry myself when I was his age. Awful nonsense, too. I never write any now.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The poetry and artistry and architecture of spells. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They heard about the poetry and they been coming to check it out. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a pink, cultivated face and dark blond hair that fell into his eyes when he recited poetry. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Half conscious, he glanced over at me and mumbled, “And you say you don’t write poetry.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “It’s stupid. Why would they pay money for some dude to sit there and listen to me? I'm fine, you know, playing the guitar and writing dark poetry, haha.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z My English teacher has got us studying the Harlem Renaissance, which means we have to read a lot of poetry. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s always exploring different topics, whether it’s philosophy or Scottish poetry or the history of medicine,” says his friend and colleague Arthur Evans, who worked with Reilly on the chest pain project. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “We have big, beautiful brains. We invent things that fly. Fly. We write poetry. You probably hate poetry, but it’s hard to argue with ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He said it was the best poetry ever written, and that even in French, the language of the arts, there was nothing to compare it to. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “His poetry is political but full of love and hope,” she said, and I nodded. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z If it’s about poetry, then it’s not about me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Killjoy style manuals tell writers to avoid alliteration, but good prose is enlivened with moments of poetry, like this line with its pleasing meter and its impish pairing of marital and medical. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Penelope had begun reading poetry to the children in the belief that it would improve their English faster than lists of spelling words ever could. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Her mom smiled at a book of poetry. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z People in across countless cultures have chanted or sung poetry for all types of human rituals, ceremonies and for entertainment. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Music, song, poetry, and literature also raised everybody’s spirits—and could be used to express determination and to show patriotism. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I even read quite a few books of poetry and got to like it pretty well. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z As for me, I went on with my own life—going to school, learning poetry, reading. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In it were contained all the old poetry and stern cadences of what the Marine Corps embodied and embraced. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Madrina who gave me my first poetry journal, who encouraged me to write down everything I saw. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Idunn was married to Bragi, god of poetry, and she was sweet and gentle and kind. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z At fifteen, Penelope was much too old for a ba-ba or a noo-noo, but the truth was her poetry book served a similar, comforting purpose, and she often kept it close at hand. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I hung up with a bad taste in my mouth—I realized it wasn’t Warren’s poetry that would take me to Margo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “For the next week or so, we are going to dig into some Black poetry!” he announces as soon as we are seated. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Rebecca Urbanus was maybe singing or reciting the poetry of Walter de la Mare. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Emily shifted words around the magnetic poetry tray on his counter. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He speaks in poetry by the great Persian writers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Hank, a retired professor of classical archaeology, always brings a small volume of Greek poetry to read, his long sun-spotted fingers curling over the tops of the pages. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “My lad is different altogether. No earthly use at games. Always writing poetry. I suppose he’ll grow out of it.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A huge, black bird springs out; it perches on her bureau, looking just like the etching of the raven in Yo's first English poetry book. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She quoted famous lines of poetry and the opening sentences of the classics. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The mother did not know that the handsome, greying professor at her side knew her daughter at all; she thought he was just someone interested in her poetry. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “It’s Dante’s book. His father has poetry books all over the house.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z We frequently exchanged books, did English homework together, read prose and poetry together, trained together, and sat on the same seat during tennis trips. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In spite of poetry and beautiful clothes, such people were surely not fully human—were primitive; that’s a word the Portuguese must have used, to salve their conscience for what was to come. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "Why are all these women married? And anyway you're not meant to teach poetry when you're teaching spelling. Cut it out in future, Miss Honey." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Early each morning the radio brought us a program called “The Day Breaker’s Club,” which played the traditional music and poetry of the Puerto Rican country dweller, the jíbaro. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z This woman at the desk says “poetry” so loud, Clem looks over. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Doesn’t that just roll off the tongue like poetry? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z It matters in rhetoric for the same reason that it matters in poetry. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z For instance, she loved the “Hymn to Isis” that Melanie had made up almost by herself, with just a little bit of help from a book of Egyptian poetry. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined her voice to be musical, lilting, the way his was when he read poetry to us. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She studied poetry and the plays of William Shakespeare, and she wrote poems of her own. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z One wore a stud in her lip, another was a self-styled Paris intellectual—beret, scarf tossed around the neck, volume of poetry. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Clio was Muse of history, Urania of astronomy, Melpomene of tragedy, Thalia of comedy, Terpsichore of the dance, Calliope of epic poetry, Erato of love-poetry, Polyhymnia of songs to the gods, Euterpe of lyric poetry. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Many nights, the rhythm of the poetry had rocked him to sleep. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom pulled a volume of poetry from our bookshelf and began to read the verses out loud. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I decided to use poetry to make myself happy. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Even though I hate poetry, a poem I read for English class pops into my head. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Anne Frank had written some poetry, but nothing like the lines Delacruz had sent me, they said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was surprised by his interest in poetry. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He takes his turn at the podium and recites the “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” speech from Macbeth, the only lines of poetry he will know by heart for the rest of his life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “The singing man on the corner said so. It’s like his poetry and songs are what he sees. He said something about an attack and putting up dukes. That’s like hitting and fighting, right?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z After the poetry the musicians were set to perform, some players who had just joined the farm. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We had not known he wrote poetry to her, but he had. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Reason, beauty, poetry, and excellent conversation were his preferred tools for settling disputes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z As I’ve said, Plato mistrusted rhetoric— as he mistrusted poetry and drama. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z His drafts look almost like poetry—broken up with line breaks indicating where to pause. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Each week I pick up more art books, storybooks, poetry books, and anything that strikes my fancy. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She was still angry with Trotter for bursting in on her, but she was curious to know just what sort of poetry old man Randolph fancied. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “It takes a long time to accept yourself for who you are. To see the poetry in your walk,” she says, shaking her hips like she’s doing some African dance. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “Speaking of Ulysses,” said Tootie, “I have some poetry that I would like to recite to him.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “I wanted to show you a new book of poetry I found. I thought you might like it.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The chief part of it is a technical treatise on how to write poetry, but it also contains some prehistoric mythological material which is not in the Elder Edda. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Already I was scribbling down bad rap lyrics and bad poetry. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She was kidnapped in Africa, sold in Boston, and wrote fancy poetry that smart people liked. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z They promised to teach not only how to love poetry, but through poetry, how to better love ourselves. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z For her, they were a kind of poetry that connected her to larger worlds, worlds alive and infinite. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the realm of courtly poetry, the handbook tradition continued to thrive. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Senator Trueba was his ideological enemy, but he had often had him in his house and knew his poetry by heart. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sadly, I was told that Elliot Markowitz, whose poetry I quote in Chapter 7, is now in the state mental hospital in Marcy, New York, and not allowed to receive books. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She mended old books, put protective covers on new arrivals, organized monthly displays on subjects such as gardening, presidential biographies, poetry, African-American history. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “One should be allowed to dance if one wishes to. And read Greek poetry, and make use of human excrement for the beautification of God’s earth.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In the end, I only made it through three of those poetry groups. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Would you like to hear the last poem I wrote before quitting poetry? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Whatever poetry was in him found release as his hands rolled the ball over and over, spinning it, warming to it, touching it before he made his first move toward the basket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Within two weeks, he’d resigned and spent the rest of his days in a small cabin writing confessional poetry. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Even from this distance I could hear the Ares and Apollo campers fighting again, yelling curses and spouting bad poetry. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Now, instead of her poetry, she’s always reciting, Condemn me, it does not matter. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell of the mead of poetry was heady on the air. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z My poetry was all vanity, the gathering around me of the accoutrements of an inner life. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I get to my building still reading the poetry, different from Langston Hughes but with words I like. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I hadn't read her poetry and wished I had. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I prayed Mum wouldn’t mention the poetry prize, not in front of Hugo. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It bubbled, and then it ceased bubbling, and both of them sipped it and laughed, and each of the brothers found the verse and the poetry inside himself that he had never let out. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He tries to heal himself by reading poetry and working hard. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z You can only take so much poetry, especially when it’s poetry by Percy Bysshe Shelley, who is still going to get it right in the face someday. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I head back to poetry to get another book, and he waits while I check it out. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z But then we had an assembly yesterday with all these kids reading poetry. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Granny didn’t sit on the porch reading Greek and Latin and Shakespeare, or get up lectures for children, or recite poetry. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I had hoped there would be more new people this year, but September is almost over, and it seems like poetry is destined to stay the lowest-attended club at Amsterdam Heights. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z I was under the impression that in the kinds of books they read—poetry, philosophy, classics and so on—there must lie the secret of their power over black people. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When I walk into poetry, my classmates suddenly go silent. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The only real problem is that her love of poetry seems to have stopped accumulating in the seventies. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z They read, they wrote—and published—poetry, they put on shows, and they produced newsletters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z There were dramatic readings of poetry in the parlor. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Here in New England books contained only a dreary collection of sermons, or at most some pious religious poetry. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Besides, they loved to hear Samuel talk of the world and its thinking, of the poetry and philosophy that were going on outside the Salinas Valley. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he writes up here, composes bad poetry. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The same person who taught me to appreciate poetry also taught me the value in writing it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “I love poetry, actually. I really admire poets who can bare their souls on the page, you know?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “And I have some poetry that I would like to recite to you in honor of the recent, um, transformations in your life.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z It was maybe a day later, I came into Room 20 at the top of the house, where Mr. George had his poetry class. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed to have apprehended all of the composer’s coldness and none of his poetry. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He strung ordinary sentences together and they came out sounding either like the most profane curses or like comical poetry. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a Heartrender at the Little Palace who can recite epic poetry for hours. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The pasted sheets of poetry or Scripture in the window frames, the geraniums on the sill, those must be some other girl’s way, she decided. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z You were a pied-piper, brother man with poetry as your flute. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s see what kind of poetry a squirrel types.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z After finishing a few poetry books earlier in the week, I had read my first biography. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Rose also said she didn’t like the poetry book I had gave her. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The young Cicero was a shrimp and dweeb, confessing that he wrote poetry in the hours his contemporaries dedicated to “parties and gambling and ball games. ” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z When my mom and dad had left behind their entire country to give me a better life, they didn't write angsty poetry on the walls before they made their departure. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z So perhaps you are reading this as a young man and wondering what on earth your abuelo is doing, leaving you a box full of letters and music and poetry. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She would recite poetry to calm us down and get us ready to learn more science or history. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And each for all its bumptiousness brought with it the same thing: the Scripture on which our ethics, our art and poetry, and our relationships are built. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There were no words; there was no learning; there was no music or poetry or thought. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He eats instinctively, without comprehension, and she reads him poetry from the clutter of books on her dresser, hoping to console him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I was learning the craft of poetry, which really was an intensive version of what my mother had taught me all those years ago—the craft of writing as the art of thinking. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z This sounds like bad poetry, so she’s probably just overly hungry and very tired and questioning her good sense. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z All novels, all poetry, are built on the never- ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z —Yeah, just like an English teacher— poetry turns her on. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “So I guess you have to be sure the poetry thing is worth it.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I thought of the Bible, but in the end decided poetry might be more soothing, so I brought an anthology from my room and read Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “I searched for his name online. I searched every day for it and it never came up, except in a local paper, next to a photograph. He won a poetry contest.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We must think of art not in terms of everyday prose but of poetry, which is free to rearrange conventional vocabulary and syntax in order to convey new, often multiple, meanings and moods. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In later poetry she is the embodiment of wisdom, reason, purity. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not easy to persuade Mother to tell of her girlhood in the North, where her grandmother’s land stretched farther than doves could fly, where looking pretty and writing poetry were her only duties. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It's always just a line or two that I found from some poem in the gigantic poetry anthology my sophomore English teacher taught from. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z When Hall copied a line of poetry into his letter, Sax would find the line in his book. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If that woman finds her road hard, but full of meaning that she makes sense of and sees clearly through lines of poetry, then she can say she has found truth. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Once it was books and poetry,” she said with sudden and passionate anguish. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I am good at being a reader of poetry, but not at much beyond that. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Her mom smiled at a book of poetry. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I love him. I finally get some poetry.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t think she knew much about poetry, but she liked to write.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “I just can’t get the poetry of the trees,” he said. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The cover of the poetry book read The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I mean, we worked on the poetry project and all, but she never said she wrote poems. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z It was those poetry letters to and from Cecile that got her playing with words at every opportunity. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Well, I’ve been trying to translate some old Chinese poetry into English. I’m not sure it can be done. Will you take a look?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z W. H. Auden’s celebrated definition has it that poetry is “memorable speech,” and Auden is right. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I am very fond of poetry, and this one, one of my favorites, was a sonnet. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I nodded, thinking how I’d study my favorite subjects: poetry and George Washington and the map of America. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was on the debating society my first year and was chosen to represent the school in Afrikaans, Tsonga and English prose and poetry reading during inspection. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Participating in mushaira, poetry concerts; working late at school; helping neighbors settle disputes. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The poetry was so ahead of its time no one has deciphered it yet, but Jean Louise’s aunt keeps it displayed casually and prominently on a table in the living- room. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Please don’t make me share my dumb poems with you. Reading someone’s poetry is like seeing them naked.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I was sitting in front of the trailer fooling with the calculator when Annie strolled over carrying one of her poetry books. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The bell rang, and they all went in to write haiku—special poetry—and Hanako decided to write about eyes, because that just seemed like a good idea. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Suddenly, perhaps because the poetry had opened her heart, Kit raised her eyes and made a discovery. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I tossed the poetry book down and rushed to the other side of my room. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Of course, marrying a poet was one thing, but fathering a son who preferred burying his face in poetry books to hunting... well, that wasn’t how Baba had envisioned it, I suppose. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z That’s where teachers stumbled across it right before their lectures on poetry. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z We were both tired of poetry, tired of not talking. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z And me, Calpurnia, with a name I’d hated all my life, why...why, it was a fine name, it was music, it was poetry. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “A few minutes from now I’m going to carry you back to Hrothgar, safe and sound. So much for poetry.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He would read to her from books of poetry. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “All you do is sit around in those bakeries and write poetry.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The elevator doors dinged open and a few girls got out, talking animatedly about some poetry reading they were going to for their summer literature program. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z My colleagues accuse me of cynicism, but I am simply a victim of poetry. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z So much of my dad’s poetry is about finding truth in small things. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z In that one book she had her history and her poetry, her knowledge of peoples and things, her ethics, her morals, and her salvation. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She felt the sudden and unreasonable urge to tell him how much she loved the poetry of Yusef Komunyakaa, to redeem herself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “And for an example, I’ll share my six-word memoir first: poetry is my heart and mind. There, see how easy it is?” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z "Of all the four girls," the mother told the lover, "that Yo has always loved poetry." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z To pass the time, I decided to recite poetry. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a moment of silence, and Matilda, who had never before heard great romantic poetry spoken aloud, was profoundly moved. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Her sister read poetry, searching out lines to quote. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z How the heck was I going to compete with a guy who wrote poetry, fought for the independence of an entire country, and died on the battlefield, fighting for freedom? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I hated poetry until someone showed me how to appreciate it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Faber held his hand over his left coat-pocket and spoke these words gently, and Montag knew if he reached out, he might pull a book of poetry from the man's coat. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Mecca is good memories, presents and stories and poetry and arroz con polio and family and friends . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The story continued in this way, half music, half poetry, as Garikayi told them of a king who placed his daughter on a platform over a big nest of bees in a tree. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It was poetry designed to tell a tale. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I read her poetry on the porch swing. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry was president of the Senior Debating Society, the only extracurricular activity he had time for, and Jean Louise was a fat fourteen, immersed in Victorian poetry and detective novels. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “That was almost like poetry, wasn’t it? I—I—wish I could make pretty speeches.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Marina stayed behind with the other squadron, entertaining them by playing the village school piano and reading them poetry. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Now that same sheet of newspaper was carefully folded and tucked inside Penelope’s volume of poetry, serving as both bookmark and, she hoped, lucky charm. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He had not returned to reading his poetry, which filled more than five volumes and lay forgotten at the bottom of his trunk. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z What the news didn't show was that we were a passionate people who loved art and music and poetry. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In Nsukka, he had read his poetry dramatically, as though convinced that his art mattered more than anything else. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They couldn't drink more than I did, couldn't write poetry in notebooks and read it out loud to an audience of strangers, and couldn't use the words flick, freebie, cyberspace, progressive, or zeitgeist. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I had read the dramatic poetry of Wilfred Owen, who had been killed in the first world war, and took to filling pages with my own romantic poetry about the nurse, war, and heroic deaths. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “What kid would want to erase fine poetry like that?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I know poetry is not dead, nor genius lost; nor has Mammon gained power over either, to bind or slay: they will both assert their existence, their presence, their liberty and strength again one day. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Each week, after our poetry group, Ryan and I would sit on the library steps and talk. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Vermeer’s mastery of light’s expressive qualities elevates his concern for the reality of appearance to the level of poetry and subsumes its visual and symbolic possibilities. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A tray filled with magnetic poetry sat beside a rack of bookmarks. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Of this group Michael-Mary Graham was the queen, for her poetry had been published—first in 1938, in a volume called Seasons of My Soul; there was a second collection in 1941, called Farther Shores. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z "I don't write poetry anymore," Yolanda says in a wounded voice. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love,” said Darcy. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Martí wrote with passion, and it spilled out into his poetry and his life.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z —Yeah, but I still like what I hear on the radio better than what they put in this poetry book. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We could perform a play, do a group dance, or recite poetry. Or if anyone has a special talent to display, you can do that too.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I was learning how many ways poetry could have meaning. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She and Jairo have been going to dinner and even to a few movies, and once to a poetry reading at Bakersfield College. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z It took me a while to get into this whole poetry thing, not that I don’t like it. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “They have other books in the library. They have whole sets of Shakespeare, Dickens, Hardy. And poetry.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Death in battle was the one poetry that almost released tears in Bull Meecham. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The shift of Ruby’s knees was a kind of blue poetry, and when you’re that close to someone, you don’t see their movements so much as you feel the compression of air between you. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was interesting, not stupid or silly or sappy or overly intellectual—not any of those things that I thought poetry was. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She had gone to parties, played charades, competed in poetry readings, joined a chorus and orchestra. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to sit by my window, my small dog on my lap, and write this intensely personal poetry. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z They interpreted my love for the English language, for poetry, for tennis, as a sign that I was trying to be white. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z How poetry comforted her, like the rod and staff comforts in Psalm 23. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I write about poetry; the new Roman Catholic liturgy; learning to read; writing; political terminology. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The scene in the orchard had delighted him with its poetry; but the sentiments expressed had made him smile. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hazel Grace, you are the only teenager in America who prefers reading poetry to writing it. This tells me so much. You read a lot of capital-G great books, don’t you?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z They mark special occasions, write horrible poetry, sketch things that are beautiful or grotesque, or just rant. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z No, Agatha Swanburne would sit calmly upon her trunk to wait for her ride to Ashton Place, and perhaps take out a favorite volume of poetry to pass the time. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “We’ll make up the clue using altered poetry, like the character does in Rhyme Schemer!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Another picture hung itself in my mind, the poetry book in the stationer’s shop. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Hall carefully copied a line of poetry into his letter. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When she put up the post, written after a visit to Ranyinudo’s office, about the governments demolishing of hawkers’ shacks, an anonymous commenter wrote, This is like poetry. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The original has the marks of early Greek poetry, great simplicity and directness and delight in the beautiful world. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m just about ready to sleep off the whole year when this teacher starts talking about poetry. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But a poor man—what need had he for poetry or for painting or for music not fit for singing or dancing? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, sometimes he reads them poetry. Or he starts talking to them in French. Or singing an aria from an opera. Mr. Brewer has quite a good voice.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I read a lot of poetry in those days. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “If you don’t mind, I have a few questions about how conventions within genres—such as poetry, drama, or essays—can affect meaning.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The poetry class began at the same time the last bell rang at school, so I’d race over there to try and make it without being too late. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It smelled like math tests and poetry and all the dreams I once took for granted. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He turned his back to her to put the sheet of paper into the locked drawer where he kept his poetry. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I don’t even like people who like poetry. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The mother looked up, thinking the poetry reading had begun. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Mind your tongue, E’lir. The day I come to you for help with poetry is the day—” “... is the day you have two hours to spare,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In her first year of operation she had produced two volumes of poetry, written by men known mainly for their violent tempers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She thought he was a talented writer and had encouraged him to submit a twenty-four-line poem called “Summer Storm” to a statewide poetry competition. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Just knowing I’d be going to Monet’s to write poetry made the days more bearable. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “I could still use your help with the poetry unit next week,” she told me. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z In class as he lectured on poetry or the arts, he smoked long, thin cigarettes that he pulled individually from a silver case in his coat pocket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then tennis, then poetry, now it’s this rubbish that white people listen to all the time. You really must be going mad. How many black people listen to that rubbish?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I read this bad poetry at open mics in local cafes populated mostly by other poets who also felt the insecurity of their bodies. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z In the meantime, there was a whole world for Luna to learn—science, mathematics, poetry, philosophy, art. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z A lot of it is pretty boring, especially the songs and the poetry parts. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He was cleanshaven, sunburned, nervous, gnarled like the roots of the trees; but gnarled and mature with weather and poetry rather than with age, for he was scarcely thirty years old. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Glenn Burke was always standing on the benches in the Dodgers clubhouse and doing stand-up comedy, reciting poetry, and dancing around. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “We just started a unit on poetry,” she tells me. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “A squirrel who writes poetry? Pah! Squirrels are nothing but thieving rodents. Rats with fluffy tails! They’re bullies who steal food from innocent birds.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Tootie had said that she was going to read poetry out loud to him. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z She often quoted lines of poetry; she never mentioned the war, except to say, Jimmy, take care of yourself. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The mother used to go to all the poetry readings her daughter gave in town and sit in the front row applauding each poem and giving standing ovations. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I want to believe my brother, but it’s surprising to hear that people would have anything to say about my presentation when there’s Langston Hughes reciting poetry and a live art demonstration. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I didn’t know how fine Cecile’s poetry was, but I had seen her writing poems in the kitchen and sometimes on the walls or on cereal boxes. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” agreed Brother Luke, “but when it is read to thee, ’twill not sound like poetry, I’ll vow. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He knows how to put God and the street in the same sentence, and I figured if I’m going to write poetry at all, that’s what I want to do. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was stained again with the birthmark, and poetry had returned to him. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The plot of Aristophanes’ satirical play The Frogs of 405 bc, for instance, like the story of Orpheus and Euridice, concerns a life-or- death poetry and singing competition in the Underworld. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I get a bad feeling the second Mrs. Fisher says, “Class, today marks the third day of National Poetry Month, and were going to form groups of two for our poetry unit.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Tom wrote secret poetry, and in those days it was only sensible to keep it secret. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I ask Seamus but he doesn’t know any poetry at all especially English poetry. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Cleopatra read Homer’s epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey, poetry by Hesiod and Pindar; and plays by Euripides and Menander. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z There was little comfort for me in this poetry. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I had to, ’specially since they quoted what I said about how our poetry gives us a release, how it helps us relate to one another. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Wish I could take back the question because I sure don’t want to tell him I’m reading poetry. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “The squirrel wrote poetry,” said Tootie in a voice filled with wonder. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Rachel, one of the mentors, snaps her fingers like she’s at a poetry café. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “That’s pretty much the biggest award they give for poetry. And she continues writing to this day. Isn’t that something?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He was probably one of those kids who wrote poetry and stuff like that. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ladies, the shades of night begin to fall, the wayfarer hurries home . . .” “Nice poetry.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I could hook up some African drum music to go with her poetry for the assembly Teach told us about. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “True poetry is truth. Truth is not popular, so poetry also is not.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Ever since then, we know that those people who can make magic with their words, who can make poems and sagas and weave tales, have tasted the mead of poetry. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Often, during recess, while the other boys played outside, Neel devoured Bangla poetry and English novels that he found in the school’s small library. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not poetry. It’s not metaphor. It’s instructions. We are supposed to go to Margo’s room and unscrew the lock from the door and unscrew the door itself from its jamb.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z And until I figure out what that is, write poetry. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I knew he didn't hold my poetry prize against me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I don’t write a poem after all, but poetry has helped me get my feelings out. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He found himself shushed and needled out of the room, lest he wake the baby, or frighten the baby, or bore the baby to death with poetry. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Habib chewed thoughtfully on an almond and pulled a volume of Rumi’s poetry from a row of books next to the microwave. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I walk on home thinking about poetry and Mama and Clem. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Tiny decides to ignore me, and he tells Jane that he hopes one day to have enough texts from Will Grayson to turn them into a book, because his texts are like poetry. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z He reads Walt Whitman’s poetry, which speaks to him of God in nature, of the future, of eternity. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In his small library were works of poetry and philosophy and novels by such writers as Somerset Maugham. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Well, it is the soul of a person that writes poetry.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She would find herself going cross-eyed and fuzzy-headed, whispering poetry or making up a story. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z How Madeleine liked to read poetry and how he pretended that he did too but she knew he really didn’t. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z “Drop him in the Lion Park. I’m sure they like poetry.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They’re poetry books, so I sit down and look at them for a while, and think about Daddy all over again. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “Do you like to write? Like stories or poetry or anything?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Letting poetry speak for me was the most unexpected thing I had ever done. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I go to the poetry section first to see if they have any Adrienne Rich books. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He read books on calculus and logarithmic algebra and loved what he called the poetry and symmetry of math. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z No one knows whether Tom’s poetry was any good or not, for he showed it to only one person, and before he died he burned every word. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I checked and saw that @CARSAN2121 was from Madrid and loved the beach, crime fiction, and poetry. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z MOP: What does that have to do with Arturo reading poetry, Bren? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She really does love poetry in a deep way. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z The games and amusements that had passed the time for them on board Endurance were forgotten; no one had the heart for charades or poetry recitals or comic songs. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z They were his poetry, the poems inspired by Remedios, which he had taken with him when he left, and those he had written later on during chance pauses in the war. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “We’ll make up the clue using altered poetry, like the character does in Rhyme Schemer!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z ‘But how would this suit? It ain’t what I call proper poetry, if you understand me: just a bit of nonsense. But these old images here brought it to my mind.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Beatniks used to read poetry and play bongos on that stage.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Playing with Bobby was like reading the poetry of Robert Frost or taking a long hot bath. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He thought how beautiful it would sound in poetry. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I know, I know—I sound like a prime candidate for black fingernails and emo poetry, but I guess what I’m really trying to say is that I just wasn’t feeling too social. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Mom was also a writer and was always typing away on novels, short stories, plays, poetry, fables, and children’s books, which she illustrated herself. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I remember Ms. Saintima telling us many weeks ago that writing poetry could begin with something as simple as coming up with some words to describe your feelings. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I found them, and my fingers closed upon a book as well, whose slim covers told of poetry. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z "This is a book of humorous poetry," she said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z He wrote to her regularly and Rosa sometimes replied, sending him lines of poetry and drawings of flowers she had copied out on sheets of parchment paper. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, Ally is our first poetry winner for her piece entitled, ‘Rain, Rain.’” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I talk about the notebooks of poetry I keep, the stories about Soledad I’ve written. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine the ghost surrounded with sunlight and baseball games and poetry—good stuff that would push the ghost away. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z But whenever you hear bad poets declaiming their bad poetry, filled with foolish similes and ugly rhymes, you will know which of the meads they have tasted. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Then I remember a poem about midnight that I seen in one of those poetry books at the library. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I asked him that very question after one of our poetry meetings. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “I wanted to focus on Mr. Hughes first, but now I want each of you to find a poet you like, and we’ll practice writing a little poetry.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z But so she is always called in English poetry. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened the first page and I heard poetry for the first time in my life. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Was there poetry here, in these accidental combinations of words? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen, can we please focus on the writing activity for today. No fighting in the poetry club.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z He sat on a bench, drinking coffee and smoking, reading poetry and listening to rain pound the canvas roof. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He would like to eat, and he would like for Tootie to read poetry to him. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “The soul lives inside a person when he’s alive. It’s the part of a person that feels. A poet’s soul feels more than regular people’s souls. And that’s what makes him write poetry.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He read some of his poetry, including “In the White Giant’s Thigh,” and “It Was My Thirtieth Year to Heaven.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Ivy read a few in her language arts class a few months ago during a poetry unit. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The shack—oh, it was a shack, no poetry of home and hearth allowed—was a flimsy cage, keeping me in and very little else out. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z We still have his voice and his dad’s poetry, I said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I walk fast over to poetry and I don’t see any with the name Dickinson, but I do see one by Robert Frost. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Is this guy really talking to me about poetry right now? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He was liable to drag in bits of what he called poetry; and sometimes, after a glass or two, would allude to the absurd adventures of his mysterious journey. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Omer wanted to invite her to a poetry reading by local poets at his school that evening. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She fussed about printing anything other than her poetry. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I did show her some of my poetry, which she liked. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She loved poetry and music, especially R&B, but her favorite thing to do was run track. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I gingerly place the photo on top of the poetry book and pick up the last thing in the box. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Someone who copies poetry about peaches on the bathroom wall. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Good rhetoric uses the bricks and mortar of poetry, but it doesn’t lay its walls as regularly. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z All that stands in the way of our assessment of our sixteenth- and seventeenth-century ancestors as cruel, barbaric monsters is what they produced in art, poetry, architecture and music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Mr. Brooke made no comment as she returned the book to Meg, who said innocently, “I thought it was poetry.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The last time I shared my poems in public was for the after-school performance in June, and even that was only for the kids who had taken that poetry class. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Except it all kind of devolved into this sinkhole of gossip and bad poetry and misspelled Bible quotes. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z She read a lot of poetry and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The poet kissed his host’s hand and asked permission to share some of his poetry. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then the other campers found out he wrote home every day, and that he liked poetry and looking for minerals. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Cannot you do anything else besides think, fast and compose poetry?” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z When the day came that I inherited his books, they included a few of poetry, which surprised me a little. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I gave your mother this while she was here. English poetry.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The box, she said, was the story of how poetry had helped bring her and Abuelo together. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “As a matter of fact, from now on, I’ll leave time for poetry readings at the end of every month. We’ll call them Open Mike Fridays.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He has to write down facts not a lot of bloody poetry, which is all you hear in Limerick with men in pubs going on about our great sufferings under the English. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Seamus stops mopping again and tells us we shouldn’t be fighting over poetry because we’ll have enough to fight about when we grow up and get married. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z At least you know what I’ll be doing over the break—reading your poetry. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Carrie, remember, was the one who read poetry, studied Latin and Greek, talked cultured, believed in human excrement, and put mourning dye on Mary Toy’s hair for Granny’s funeral. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I was reading this long poem called Howl by Allen Ginsberg for my poetry class, and Gus was rereading An Imperial Affliction. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “Yeah, it is cool, or it was cool. I mean, poetry is awesome, it’s a way to rage against society and...” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Ask him not to send me any more poetry books. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z If only he could have said something like, “I don’t know anything about poetry, but it sounds fine to me.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Four more kids read their poetry for the first time today. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I lie across my bed, mindlessly flipping through pages of a poetry anthology my dad assigned me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “You'd think everyone would be happy to write poetry! Shorter than an essay.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z |
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