How to Eat a Poem: A Smorgasbord of Tasty and Delicious Poems for Young Readers - American Poetry &. Literacy Project

\nFocusing on popular verse from the nineteenth century through today, this anthology invites young readers to sample a taste of irresistible poems that will nourish their minds and spirits. Selected for both popularity and literary quality, seventy charming poems cover a wide range of subjects: poetry, books, words, and imagination; the beauty of the natural world; travel, adventure, sports, and play; love, friendship, sadness, hope, and other emotions. Included are: \nPrickled Pickles Don't Smile, Nikki Giovanni \nW. D., Don't Fear that Animal, W. D. Snodgrass \nA Jelly-Fish, Marianne Moore \nThe Porcupine, Ogden Nash \nAnnabel Lee, Edgar Allan Poe \nThe Falling Star, Sara Teasdale \nSick, Shel Silverstein \nCasey at the Bat, Ernest Lawrence Thayer \nWith Kitty, Age Seven, At the Beach, William Stafford \nHope is the Thing with Feathers, Emily Dickinson \n. . . . and sixty other notable works. \nChosen by the American Poetry & Literacy Project and the Academy of American Poets, two of the nation's most respected nonprofit poetry organizations, these much-loved and highly readable poems promise young readers and poetry lovers of all ages hours of reading pleasure.