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Meowloween (Meowl-o-ween)
by Diane MuldrowIt's Halloween night, also known as Meowl-o-ween! Cats are on the prowl, ready to give trick-or-treaters a fright. But one lost kitten is scared--will she find her way and join the fun?On frightful, delightful Meowl-o-ween, cats slink by carved pumpkins and prepare to spook the trick-or-treaters parading the streets. But not all of the cats are enjoying the flashing lights and costumes. A lone kitten is overwhelmed by the crowds and doesn&’t know which way to turn! This fresh Halloween tale is a rhyming read-aloud that shows even the smallest scaredy-cat can find the courage to overcome their fears and anxieties.
Mercies in the American Desert: Poems
by Benjamin LandryReflecting on the Salem witch trials, Puritan minister Cotton Mather cautioned his flock against the moral temptations of the unknown wild, located in what he termed an “American desert.” Today, more than three hundred years later, we understand that our troubles have their origins not in some ambiguous beyond; rather, they are of our own making. Benjamin Landry’s Mercies in the American Desert attempts a clear-eyed reckoning with the people and the nation we have become: a land assailed by gun violence, police brutality, and state-sanctioned racism. This vivid collection considers a range of bodies encompassing the geographic, the personal, and the political. It locates solace in movement, sound, and observation, as when Pina Bausch heron-dances down a traffic median or when the expansive form of a surfacing manta ray teaches us how to breathe again. Incorporating short bursts of prose poem alongside longer meditations, and working in both alliterative and narrative modes, Mercies in the American Desert conjures a redemptive wilderness for our time.
The Mercy: Poems
by Philip LevinePhilip Levine's new collection of poems (his first since The Simple Truth was awarded the Pulitzer Prize) is a book of journeys: the necessary ones that each of us takes from innocence to experience, from youth to age, from confusion to clarity, from sanity to madness and back again, from life to death, and occasionally from defeat to triumph. The book's mood is best captured in the closing lines of the title poem, which takes its name from the ship that brought the poet's mother to America: A nine-year-old girl travels all night by train with one suitcase and an orange. She learns that mercy is something you can eat again and again while the juice spills over your chin, you can wipe it away with the back of your hands and you can never get enough.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Merrily Comes Our Harvest In: Poems for Thanksgiving
by Lee Bennett Hopkins[from inside flaps] "A noted poetry anthologist and a leading children's book illustrator have collaborated to create a Thanksgiving confection that evokes the crisp autumn air, the joy of the traditional family dinner, and the warm festive atmosphere that this special holiday brings to everyone. In Merrily Comes Our Harvest In: Poems for Thanksgiving, selections by such prominent poets as Robert Graves, Myra Cohn Livingston, Margaret Hillert, Aileen Fisher, Marchette Chute, and anthologist Lee Bennett Hopkins himself combine to generate the sights, the tastes, the aromas, and the feelings that this rich and joyous holiday elicit in the memories of young and old alike. Ben Shecter's warm, humorous holiday scenes give us a visual feast, starting with the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving, continuing all the way through the actual preparation and the hearty eating, and ending with cleaning-up time. This is the fifth book in Hopkins's holiday series." Pictures are described.
Merry Christmas, Dear Mars: An Out-of-This-World Story About the Night Before Christmas
by Penny Parker KlostermannAn out-of-this-world remix of the classic poem “A Visit from Saint Nicholas”!It’s Christmas Eve. The Martians have hung their stockings and decorated their trees in hopes that Santa will finally visit the red planet. But what are the excited Martians to do when Santa’s sleigh shudders and shimmies and stops? Then teeters and totters and drops? It’ll take a dose of Christmas magic and some help from the Outer Space Rescue Division to get this holiday back on track. Humorous, rhyming text and vibrant illustrations combine to make a perfect winter read-a-loud, destined to become a classic.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Mouse
by Caralyn BuehnerFrom the creators of the New York Times bestseller Snowmen at Night comes a lively story about discovering the joy and meaning of ChristmasWhen Mr. Mouse and his family move into the warm spot beneath the kitchen stove in a big house, they discover something new and wonderful: an evergreen tree decorated with lights, ginger and peppermint smells in the air, and cookies baking in the oven. They hear about a child born long ago, and a jolly man named Santa who brings gifts to celebrate Jesus’s birth on a day called Christmas. And so Mr. and Mrs. Mouse decide that their family should celebrate Christmas too.With delightful rhyming verse, detailed illustrations (with hidden pictures to search for!), and a childlike sense of wonder, the story of the Mouse family’s first Christmas is sure to become a holiday tradition.
Merry Christmas, Santa Claus!
by J. L. CoppageIt's Christmas Eve, and Santa's team has been busy--but even the folks at the North Pole need to celebrate!While Santa is away, everyone around the workshop pitches in to bring together a holiday celebration just in time for Santa's return. This cute, fun board book features tabs so readers can flip right to their favorite character. With bright, fun illustrations and bouncy, rhyming text, Merry Christmas, Santa Claus! is the perfect way to introduce the younger readers to the holiday spirit of the season!
The Merry Wheels on the Bus (A Holiday Wheels on the Bus Book)
by J. Elizabeth MillsIt's Christmas Eve! Celebrate and sing along with this bestselling, jolly follow-up to The Spooky Wheels on the Bus -- plus, a sheet of festive stickers!One merry bus goes HO-HO-HO,HO-HO-HO, HO-HO-HO.One merry bus goes HO-HO-HO,All through the snow.Count from One Merry Bus up to Ten Busy Elves as this Christmas ride races through town picking up a few festive passengers along the way! Eye-catching art and a bouncy, countdown rhyme based on the familiar The Wheels on the Bus, is sure to make this a read-aloud favorite!
The Mersey Sound: Restored 50th Anniversary Edition (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Adrian Henri Brian Patten Roger McGough'The Mersey Sound is an attempt to introduce contemporary poetry to the general reader by publishing representative work by each of three modern poets in a single volume, in each case the selection has been made to illustrate the poet's characteristics in style and form'. With this modest brief, The Mersey Sound was conceived and first published in 1967. An anthology which features Roger McGough's work, alongside that of Brian Patten and Adrian Henri (The Liverpool Poets), it went on to sell over half a million copies and to become the bestselling poetry anthology of all time.
Merz Structure No. 2 Burnt by Children at Play
by Jake KennedyIn 1981 Jake Kennedy accidentally burnt down an abandoned house. Years later as an adult, he read a story about how Kurt Schwitters' "interior house-sculpture" ("Merz Structure No. 2") was destroyed in 1951 after some children playing with matches accidentally burnt the building down. This sad 'unmaking,' so similar in nature to his own haunting experience, became the inspiration for Merz Structure No. 2 Burnt by Children at Play, a collection of experimental poetry that explores the dynamic, if often unsettling, relationship between making and unmaking, bliss and pain, utterance and silence. As diverse in form as they are in artistic/cultural references, the poems of Merz Structure No. 2 invoke an endless bounty of characters: the poet remembers Harold Ramis; Kafka summons the courage to tell his dad where to go; another tornado razes another small town; Yorick returns to run balls-out into the sea; Louise Bourgeois smashes a tea cup against one of her sculptures.Readers who connect with Phil Hall’s artistic investigations in Killdeer and Lisa Robertson's clear-eyed take on humanity in Magenta Soul Whip will enjoy Kennedy's feeling examination of loss in Merz Structure No. 2 Burnt by Children at Play.
Message d'un homme dans la quarantaine: RIYAD AL KADI
by Toufik ElmouatamidRIYAD AL KADI Romancier et poète, écrivain né en 1974 à Bagdad d'une grande famille bien connue en Irak. A commencé à écrire des nouvelles depuis l'âge de 15 ans. Il a également été impliqué dans de nombreuses pièces Il a travaillé dans un magazine politique appelé NATIONAL SECURITY de 1994 à 1997 Il est nominé pour INSTITUT OF HIGH OFFICER 1999 Il a quitté l'Irak en raison d'un problème politique et ils ont décidé de le destituer en 1999. Il est venu au Royaume-Uni pour une vie meilleure et maintenant il travaille comme enseignant Il a écrit 20 livres: POÈMES DE FEU ET DE CENDRES - EN ARABE - ILLUSION POEMS - EN ARABE - POÈMES KAHRAMMANA ET INVADERS: POÈMES POLITIQUES - EN ARABE - POÈMES LECTEUR DE COUPE - EN ARABE - JOURNAL D'UN HOMME TRISTE POEMES - EN ARABE - EVE POEMS - EN ARABE - POÈMES DE BAGDAD - EN ARABE - L'ÈRE DES FEMMES POEMS - EN ARABE - NISREEN POEMS - EN ARABE - HISTOIRES COURTES NISREEN - EN ARABE - POÈMES DE RÉFLEXION - EN ARABE - LES POÈMES DE MASSACRE - EN ARABE - POÈMES D'ISTANBUL - EN ARABE - Le destin Le destin PAR RIYAD AL KADI Histoire bossue de Bagdad RIYAD ALKADI
Messenger: New and Selected Poems 1976-2006 (Southern Messenger Poets Ser.)
by Ellen Bryant Voigt"Genius. Voigt is a poet of knowledge, and knowledge in the living, messy world."--Robert Pinsky, Washington Post Book World To witness the maturation of a poet over time is one of the great pleasures of reading. Here Ellen Bryant Voigt gives us that narrative distilled and amplified, arranging selections from six previous volumes to culminate in transcendent recent poems.
Messenger, Messenger
by Robert Burleigh Barry RootMorning's come around again, and Calvin Curbhopper, the messenger man, is on the go, zipping around from spot to spot, taking shortcuts through parking lots, steering through the midday blare of honking horns, his breath like a smokestack in the frosty air. Wind, snow, rain, sun, can't keep Calvin from making his run. And Robert Burleigh's rhythmic language keeps the groove right alongside him, further enlivened by Barry Root's energetic illustrations.
Messy Bessey's Garden (Rookie Reader)
by Patricia C. McKissack Fredrick L. McKissack Dana ReganMessy Bessey discovers that with proper care her garden will flourish.
The Metabolism of Desire: The Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti
by Guido Cavalcanti David R SlavittThe fact that Cavlacanti’s friend, Dante Alighieri, was a supremely fine poet ought not blind us to Cavalcanti’s own, rather different excellence. Both men were attracted to the dolce stil nuovo, the “sweet new style” that emerged in thirteenth-century Florence. While Dante’s poetry was devoted to his childhood sweetheart, Beatrice, Cavalcanti’s poetry had more the tang of real-world experience: he struggled against unruly passions and sought instead to overcome love – a source of torment and despair. It is chiefly through the translations of Rossetti and Pound that English-speaking readers have encountered Cavalcanti’s work. Pound’s famous translation, now viewed by some as antiquated, is remarkably different from the translation provided here in the graceful voice of poet David Slavitt. Working under the significant restraints of Cavalcanti’s elaborate formal structures, Slavitt renders an English translation faithful to the original poetry in both rhyme and rhythm.
Las metamorfosis
by OvidConsiderada una de las obras maestras de la literatura latina, Las metamorfosis es un vasto poema en quince libros, basados en la mitología y en la literatura helénicas. La obra contiene 246 leyendas mitológicas que explican las diversas formas externas que adoptaron los personajes y cosas de la antigüedad desde el comienzo del caos hasta la transformación de julio Cesar. La obra está escrita en verso heroico, en hexámetros.
Metamorfosis: Bodegones y otras naturalezas vivas
by Elena Camacho RozasUn cuerpo es un bodegón lleno de frutas tentadoras. La voz poética aspira aquí a que lo quieran más mientras busca desasirse del encierro del propio cuerpo, desahogo que no tiene por qué llegar a buen puerto. <P><P>Portador de toda una historia de oquedades en las que encuentra su razón de ser, el hueco llena el interior de su cuerpo y rezuma vida y quiere llenarse, «Orificios», pero recuerda el paisaje de su infancia y la inminencia del paso del tiempo se cierne en un reloj de arena, «Cuerpo de bodegón»; sin embargo, la naturaleza brutal y ambivalente se erige frente al espacio artificial construido por el hombre, «Naturaleza viva», y el colofón pone a cada uno en su lugar con una vuelta de tuerca en un estilo muy actual, «Ella responde».
Metamorfosis (edició en català)
by OvidiLes Metamorfosis és una de les obres cabdals de la poesia universal; s’hi narren els canvis de déus, homes i dones en animals, plantes o minerals, des dels orígens del món fins a la transformació en estel de l’ànima de Juli Cèsar. Els relats, escrits de manera lleugera i molt sensual, són la mostra més evident del talent, de l’erudició i de la fantasia del poeta, que va aplegar tota la tradició mitològica anterior. Des de la seva aparició, el llibre va esdevenir un veritable vademècum i la font d’informació mitològica més important per a escriptors i artistes.
Metamorphoses
by Rolfe Humphries OvidStories of passion, death, and transformation. From the introduction: "the great collection, the definitive compendium of ancient mythology, which is known to us as the Metamorphoses, or the Stories of Changing Forms. The work on which Ovid's reputation was founded shows a great deal of the spirit of the Restoration; unhappily for this happy man, there was in Augustus a great deal of the spirit of Cromwell. And from the official point of view, Ovid must often have seemed mischievous, if not downright subversive." [This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 9-10 at http://www.corestandards.org.]
Metamorphoses: The New, Annotated Edition
by Rolfe Humphries Ovid Joseph D. Reed"So easy to read that one may have to think twice to realize these tales are nearly 2,000 years old." –Washington Post "One of the most captivating books ever written" —The New York Times Ovid’s Metamorphoses is one of the most influential works of Western literature, inspiring artists and writers from Titian to Shakespeare to Salman Rushdie. These are some of the most famous Roman myths as you’ve never read them before—sensuous, dangerously witty, audacious—from the fall of Troy to birth of the minotaur, and many others that only appear in the Metamorphoses. Connected together by the immutable laws of change and metamorphosis, the myths tell the story of the world from its creation up to the transformation of Julius Caesar from man into god. In the ten-beat, unrhymed lines of this now-legendary and widely praised translation, Rolfe Humphries captures the spirit of Ovid’s swift and conversational language, bringing the wit and sophistication of the Roman poet to modern readers. This special annotated edition includes new, comprehensive commentary and notes by Joseph D. Reed, Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Brown University.
Metamorphoses
by Charles Martin OvidOvid's epic poem, whose theme of change has resonated throughout the ages, has been the inspiration for authors from Dante to present day writers such as Rushdie and Calvino. Martin combines a close fidelity to Ovid's text with verse that catches the speed and liveliness of the original. [This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 9-10 at http://www.corestandards.org.]
Metamorphoses
by Publius Ovidius NasoTo help the reader contend with Ovid's frequent leaps both ahead and back in time, the principle episodes are listed at the beginning of each book and the subsections and digressions marked with indentations.
The Metamorphoses: Selected Stories in Verse (Dover Thrift Editions)
by OvidOne of ancient Rome's most celebrated poets, Ovid (43 B.C.–A.D. 18) wrote during the reign of Augustus. His works reflect a sentiment of art for pleasure's sake, without the ethical or moral overtones, which perhaps accounts for his enduring popularity. For more than two thousand years, readers have delighted in Ovid's playful eloquence; his influence on other writers has ranged from Dante and Chaucer to Shakespeare and Milton, and scenes from his stories have inspired many great works by Western artists.This selection of thirty stories from the verse translation by F. A. Wright of Ovid's famous work, The Metamorphoses, does full justice to the poet's elegance and wit. All of the tales involve a form of metamorphosis, or transformation, and are peopled by mythological gods, demigods, and mortals: Venus and Adonis, Pygmalion, Apollo and Daphne, Narcissus, Perseus, and Andromeda, Orpheus and Eurydice, the Cyclops, and Circe, among others.Although most of the stories did not originate with Ovid, it is quite possible that had he not written them down, these oral traditions would have been lost forever — and with them, a vast and valuable amount of Greco-Roman culture. This collection of the poet's best and most beloved narrative verses reflects the vitality of classical mythology. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.