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National Poetry Month

By Alicia Waters | April 17, 2014

National Poetry Month was launched in 1996 as an annual April event. Below are talking poetry books that were added to the Talking Books Plus collection in the past 3 months. Book order numbers that start with “S” are downloadable only.  Enjoy!

Leaves of grass by Walt Whitman. American poetry. Reading Time: 15hrs 4 min. DB032177

Oberpfälzer Mundartdichtung Junge Autoren stellen sich vor  by Ludwig Bäum. German Language. Reading Time: Uncatalogued. DBF00151.

Selected poems, 1966-1987 by Seamus Heaney. English poetry. Reading Time: 3hrs 35min. DB033520

From the cables of genocide : poems on love and hunger by Lorna Dee Cervantes. American poetry. Hispanic Interest. Reading Time: 1hr. 33min. SBI02644

Li Po and Tu Fu by Arthur Cooper. Chinese poets. Reading Time: 6hrs 11min. SBI01753

Arbol adentro (Inside a tree) by Octavio Paz. Spanish Language. Reading Time: 3hrs 25min. SBI01857

Do rabbits have Christmas? by Aileen Fisher. American poetry. Reading Time: 7 min SKS00437.

Dog Songs: Thirty-five Dog Songs and One Essay by Mary Oliver. Dogs. Reading Time: 47min. DB077665

Metaphysical Dog by Frank Bidart. Gay issues. Reading Time: 1hr 20min. DB077660.

Seeing things by Seamus Heaney. English poetry. Reading Time: 1hr 23min. DB035398

When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders by Patrick J. Lewis. American poetry. Grades 5-8. Reading Time: 1 v. of braille. BR020349

New and selected poems by Mary Oliver. American poetry. Reading Time: 2hrs. 37min DB035781

My Man Blue by Nikki Grimes. American poetry. Grades 2-4. Reading Time: 11min. DB077580

Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid by Nikki Giovanni. African American authors. Reading Time:  3hrs 15min. DB077840

Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems by Billy Collins. American poetry. Reading Time: 3hrs 56min. DB077867

 

 

 

 

 

 

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