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Title:

Roots & flowers : poets and poems on family / edited by Liz Rosenberg.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Henry Holt & Co.,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Family--Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, American.
American poetry--20th century.
Family life--Poetry.
American poetry--Collections.
Poets, American.

Other Authors:

Rosenberg, Liz.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Last thing I say from To an adolescent weeping willow / Marvin Bell -- For my son Noah, ten years old / Robert Bly -- Home from work / David Bosnik -- Entire dilemma / Michael Burkard -- My father's note; China cupboard and coal furnace / David Chin -- Letter to Mother / Victoria Clausi -- No map / Stephen Dobyns -- Arturo; Letter to my mother: past due; My son tells me not to wear my poets' clothes; Heritage / Maria Mazziotti Gillan -- Taking my son to school / Eamon Grennan -- My son, my executioner / Donald Hall -- Attic / Marie Howe -- Memory / Adrienne E. Ianniello -- Ballad for Dave; Plain poplar; Secret love / Milton Kessler / For my great grandfather: message long overdue / Maxine Kumin -- Jounal for my daughter; My mother's pears / Stanley Kunitz -- My son skating on Doane's lake / Greg Kuzma -- Genesis / Rich Landers -- Wolves / Shara McCallum -- For Angela; Winter of the stories / Margaret K. Menges -- My father; Bronx park east / Jerry Mirskin -- On that day; Pietro / Greg Moglia -- Seeing my parents in New York; Uncles / Kyoko Mori -- Our father's image / Megeen Mulholland -- Weariness; In the class for giving birth / Howard Nelson -- Wedding cake; How far is it to the land we left; Genetics / Naomi Shihab Nye -- Notes from the delivery room; Real story / Linda Pastan -- Unemployed mami / Willie perdomo -- Playground / Katha Pollitt -- White slip; How quickly, how early / Liz Rosenberg -- Hush / David St. John -- Leaving you / Kate Schmitt -- Monte; Turtle story / Henry M. Seiden -- Because he wasn't; Because one is always leaving / Jason Schinder -- Worry at the end of the month / Gary Soto -- Her story / Bettye Spinn -- Waving goodbye / Gerald Stern -- Touched / Deborah Tall -- Instructions on climbing your father's garage / Philip Terman -- Peach blossom snow from Learning to Dance; Camping out in the back yard / Antonio Vallone -- Saturday in Chinatown / Li-Shen Yun.

ISBN:

9780805064339 (alk. paper)
0805064338 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

00059663

Locations:

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)