The invisible ladder : an anthology of contemporary American poems for young readers / with the poets' own photos and commentary ; edited by Liz Rosenberg.
Being in love; Dew at the edge of a leaf; To Dorothy; From who and where; Mystery of Emily Dickinson; White clover / Marvin Bell -- Need for shoes / Molly Bendall -- Seeing the eclipse in Maine; As a child; Things my brother and I could do; Listening to a cricket in the wainscoting; In a train / Robert Bly -- Sleeping father; Sterling Williams' nosebleed / David Chin -- St. Francis speaks to me at a young age; Night beach / Vic Coccimiglio -- Something for Easter; In a boat shed; Rain / Robert Creeley -- Centipede / Rita Dove -- Crows in a strong wind; Johnny laces up his red shoes; View from the roof; Waverly Place / Cornelius Eady -- Courthouse graffiti for two voices; Tires stacked in the hallways of civilization; Who burns for the perfection of paper / Martin Espada -- Unsteady yellow / Tess Gallagher -- In New Jersey once / Maria Mazziotti Gillan -- Fourth floor; Dawn; Up all night writing letters / Allen Ginsberg -- World is not a pleasant place to be / Nikki Giovanni -- Childhood of the Ancients; Tree; Air / Andrew Hudgins -- Waxwings / Milton Kessler -- Blackberry eating; Another night in the ruins / Galway Kinnell -- Great blue heron / Carolyn Kizer -- Myrtle / Ted Kooser --Retrieval system / Maxine Kumin -- Portrait; After the last dynasty / Stanley Kunitz -- Night things; Ice skating / Greg Kuzma -- Eating together; I ask my mother to sing / Li-Young Lee -- Night in a world / Heather McHugh -- Barbie says math is hard / Kyoko Mori -- Race / Sharon Olds -- Egg; September / Linda Pastan -- Under the apple tree; Dinner together / Diana Rivera -- Which one is the grown-up?; Haiku; No Boundaries; They are planning to cancel the school milk program to fund a tax cut for the middle class / Liz Rosenberg -- Guitar / David St. John -- Night; Standing between two ideas / Maurya Simon -- From Snow Songs / W.D. Snodgrass -- Royal Manor Road; Behaving like a Jew; From Lucky Life / Gerald Stern -- Nose / Ruth Stone -- Dawn / Lucien Stryk -- Remember? / Alice Walker -- By accident; Eavesdropper; Cleaning Indian Dahl; In praise of zigzags / Jane O. Wayne -- Dry world; Zoe and the ghosts; Heart; Pablo / Dieter Weslowski -- Envoi; I wish in the city of your heart / Robley Wilson.
Summary:
Features such poets as Robert Bly, Allen Ginsberg, Nikki Giovanni, and Galway Kinnell by including photos, selections of their work, and comments on their poetry.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.