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• Beastly Verse

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  A children's anthology of 16 animal poems, illustrated by the graphic artist JooHee Yoon. The authors range from Lewis Carroll to D. H. Lawrence.

• Swirl by Swirl

  Spirals in Nature

  Sidman, Joyce

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  A children's book featuring Newbery-Honor winning poet, Joyce Sidman, and Caldecott winning illustrator, Beth Krommes. Celebrate the shape of a spiral in nature, from rushing rivers to flower buds and even the shape of an ear.

• At the Height of the Moon

  a Book of Bedtime Poetry and Art

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  A children's bedtime book that pairs works of art with poems and short works of fiction. Includes works by John Singer Sargent, Georgia O'Keeffe, Utagawa Hiroshige, Edgar Allen Poe, Jennifer Wong, Robert Frost, Valerie Bloom, and many more.

• The Breath of Japan

  Written and Painted Poetry : Japanese Contemporary Art = Der Atem Japans : Geschriebene Und Gemalte Poesie : Japanische Kunst Der Gegenwart

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  This book presents some thirty large-format works by fourteen Japanese Sho artists that focus on the close relationship between image and writing, painting and poetry.

• Words With Wings

  a Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art

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  A showcase of twenty works of art by African-American artists with twenty poems by twenty African-American poets.

• Praise Songs for Dave the Potter

  Art and Poetry for David Drake

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  David Drake is perhaps the only Black person in all of the free or slave states whose poetry was preserved in neither books nor pamphlets nor newspapers, but upon the surface of the ceramic vessels he created. This book examines how…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Whitman Illuminated

  Song of Myself

  Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892,

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  Artist and illustrator Allen Crawford illuminates Walt Whitman’s masterpiece and the core of his poetic vision, “Song of Myself.” Crawford turned the original sixty-page poem from Whitman’s 1855 edition into a sprawling 234-page work of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• World Make Way:

  New Poems Inspired by Art From The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  "Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen." - Leonardo da Vinci Based on this simple statement by Leonardo, 18 poets wrote new poems inspired by some of the most popular works…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Respect

  the Poetry of Detroit Music

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  This book collects poems and lyrics by poets, lyricists, and songwriters who influenced by Detroit, such as Eminem, June Jordan, Rita Dove, Jack White, Robbie Robertson, Paul Simon, many others.

• The Flame

  Poems, Notebooks, Lyrics, Drawings

  Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016,

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  A collection of lyrics, poems, notebook sketches, and self-portraits maps the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee's singular creative journey through the weeks just prior to his death.

• Reading Franz Liszt

  Revealing the Poetry Behind the Piano Music

  Roberts, Paul, 1949-

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  Paul Roberts immerses readers in the world of Franz Liszt, through a vivid exploration of his most beloved pieces and literature that inspired them-from Petrarch's love poetry to the sensibilities of Byron, Sénancour, and others

• The Collected Works of Jim Morrison

  Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics

  Morrison, Jim, 1943-1971,

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  A landmark publication featuring both published and unpublished poems, prose, and lyrics and more than 200 personal colour and black-and-white photographs, drawings, journal excerpts, and notes.

• Black Robe, White Mist

  Art of the Japanese Buddhist Nun Rengetsu

  Rengetsu, 1791-1875

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  An examination of the art and writings of Ōtagaki Rengetsu, a Buddhist nun who is widely regarded to have been one of the greatest Japanese poets of the 19th century.

• Odd Apples

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  In the back, you’ll find notes (botanical, historical, and personal) on each apple in alphabetical order and two stunning poems by the incredibly talented Makshya Tolbert.

• The Artist's Field Guide to Yellowstone

  a Natural History

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  Writers and artists pair up to reveal new ways of understanding key species through prose, poetry, and artwork. The addition of scientific descriptions provides a natural history frame, and Christiansen’s illustrations of ecologically…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Raven

  Le Corbeau

  Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849,

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  This reproduction of the full sized, bilingual publication of Poe's classic melancholy poem from 1875 features six commissioned illustrations by Edouard Manet.

• The High Sierra of California

  Snyder, Gary, 1930-

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  Combining the dramatic and meticulous work of printmaker Tom Killion--accented by quotes from John Muir--and the journal writings of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gary Snyder, The High Sierra of California is a tribute to the bold, jagged…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• On We Go

  Bagnall, Catherine,

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  A remarkable collaboration between an artist and a poet, On We Go belongs to the emerging forms of ecological thinking that cross genres and scientific disciplines, speaking directly about global warming and the perils facing the natural…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lost Spells

  Macfarlane, Robert, 1976-

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  Written to be read aloud, painted in brushstrokes that call to the forest, field, riverbank and also to the heart, The Lost Spells summons back what is often lost from sight and care, teaching the names of everyday species, and inspiring…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• California's Wild Coast

  Poetry, Prints, and History

  Killion, Tom,

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  Woodcut artist Tom Killion’s prints combine exquisite color with dynamic composition to portray the coast’s ever-changing moods and diverse formations: storm tides crashing at Point Lobos, serene moonlit coves at Mendocino, fog encircling…Read moreRead more of this annotation