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A Half-Life of Cardio-Pulmonary Function: Poems and Paintings (Iroquois and Their Neighbors)

4 reviews
Eric Gansworth

Syracuse University Press, 2008

In Good Company!
The National Book Critics Circle has voted Eric Gansworth's A Half-Life of Cardio pulmonary Function to third place in the Spring 2008 "Good Reads" list in Poetry. The other four poets who's books made the list are; Grace Paley in first place, Frank Bidart in second, Marie Howe in fourth, and Robert Pinsky in fifth. This puts Gansworth's Half-Life in some very good company! The National Book ...

Drawn to the Light: Poems on Rembrandt's Religious Paintings

4 reviews
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2003

Something divine
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre, professor of English, is an accomplished poet, with grace and sensitivity that crosses artistic media and achieves great expression in volumes such as 'Drawn By the Light: Poems on Rembrandt's Religious Paintings.' The layout and print quality of this text is remarkable. The colours leap from the page, even given the relatively muted tones and darker tones Rembrandt ...

Lizards, frogs, and polliwogs: Poems and paintings

8 reviews
Douglas Florian

Scholastic, 2002

The joy of imagination
This delightful book of strange things and clever rhymes is a joy to read. The rhymes are imaginative, instructive, silly and alliterative. This gem is appealing on many levels: the light-hearted poetry, the colorful, whimsical illustrations and nature's gallery of fascinating creatures to stimulate youthful curiosity. With a granddaughter in the first grade, I am always looking for books that ...

The Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories from Mex

8 reviews
Naomi Shihab Nye

Simon Pulse, 1998

Beautiful Words and Inspiring Art!
Being a beginning self-taught student in Spanish with a special interest in Mexican Spanish by way of my residency in Texas, I took a chance on purchasing this bilingual book and was more than delighted by what I found inside. The convenient side-by-side text of the poems and short stories makes it easy to follow the translations and improve language skills. However, the real treasures in this ...

My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me

5 reviews
Maya Angelou

Crown Books for Young Readers, 2003

Outstanding children's story!
As a reading tutor, I have enjoyed sharing this book with my 4th grade students. It examins the differences of people, our different cultures, and is a colorful and enchanting story. My kids, both boys and girls are facinated by this book, and we always continue a dialogue with it. The recognize the author, as one their parents respect, and enjoy talking about it and laughing about the silly ...

Paint Me a Poem: Poems Inspired by Masterpieces of Art

4 reviews
Justine Rowden

Boyds Mills Press, 2005

Paint me a Poem
I find this book a wonderful introduction to art for children. It is inspiring, and delightful. I love especially how in some of the works of Art chosen by Mrs. Rowden , she identifies colors with music and instruments. It truly makes the paintings come alive. It is a beautiful book, and one that I would highly recommend to all my students!

In Quiet Light: Poems on Vermeer's Women

2 reviews
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000

Wow!
This coupling of poetry with painting is as natural as putting words to music. The inner light of the subjects' humanity becomes as palpable as the soft light that fills Vermeer's paintings. Wonderful!

Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings

2 reviews
Douglas Florian

Harcourt Children's Books, 2007

A "Universal" treat!
I think Douglas Florian's new book, 'comets, stars, the moon and mars' is his most expressive yet. Beginning with the poem "skywatch," two children look at the sky. The next poem is "the universe." Die cut "planet" holes move the reader deeper and further through space. From "mercury" to "venus" to "the earth" to "the moon" the poems continue in order according to their distance from the ...

Insectlopedia: Poems and paintings

8 reviews
Douglas Florian

Scholastic, 1999

Great fun, even for kids who aren't "insect lovers"
This is a book of poems about insects. The poems are great; their content is funny and rhythmic. Through the poems we learn about the various insects. Some have very creative text formatting such as the inchworm; the text is shaped like a humped-up inchworm. The illustrations are very creative collages that are unique compared to most other children's books. I began reading this when my first ...

Mammalabilia: Poems and Paintings

8 reviews
Douglas Florian

Harcourt Children's Books, 2000

NOT AS SIMPLE AS IT LOOKS.
This is a rather unique little book. At first glance (without a thoughtful read), the short poems are rather simple in nature and are indeed quite easy to read, which is good for the young ones. On the other hand, the word play the author uses is actually quite complex. He actually has fun with words and I suspects, hopes his adult readers will also. The art at first glance is simple too. To ...

The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29, in Full Score: Symphonic Poem After the Painting by Arnold Bocklin

1 review
Serge Rachmaninoff

Dover Publications, 2003

Excellent product, beautifully reprinted!
This is a reprint of the original Gutheil score issued when the work was published. Sometimes I wish that empty staves could have been eliminated, but given how time and again instruments not expected at the moment are nevertheless called upon, that's a minor fault at worst. Very legible, authoritative and a pleasure to have - be it in one's lap when following, or on the podium for conducting! ...

Thomas Cole's Poetry: The Collected Poems of America's Foremost Painter of the Hudson River School

1 review
Thomas Cole

George Shumway Pub, 1972

The Pen as Complement to the Brush
"Ye mountains, woods, rocks, and impetuous streams Ye mantling heav'ns -- Speak -- speak for me!" Arguably, one of America's most important artists, and the founder of the Hudson River School of landscape painting, Thomas Cole also had a literary side. Largely unknown, his compositions with the pen encompass more than 100 poems and a healthy smattering of prose. A few were published, but ...

The Color of Light: Poems on Van Gogh's Late Paintings

1 review
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007

A Slim Volme That Opens a Wide Window into Spiritual Life with Van Gogh
One day recently, I spread dozens of spiritually themed books across a long series of tables and I invited a group of teenagers to pick up whatever caught their eyes - literally judging these books by their covers. Then, I asked them to spend a little while exploring each book and, finally, explain to us all (with a video camera rolling for our Web magazine, ReadTheSpirit) why they were drawn to ...

Monster Motel: Poems and paintings

1 review
Douglas Florian

Scholastic, 1997

Imagination that rhymes!
This author is in touch with his inner child. He speaks kid.

Long Walks and Intimate Talks: Stories, Poems and Paintings (Women & Peace)

1 review
Grace Paley

The Feminist Press at CUNY, 1993

Powerful poems sweetened with the gift of art
A book to read and savour and to dip into again and again and for sure to pass along to fellow travelers working for peace and justice. The poems are simple and powerful and often stark and unblinking. Paley's head on wide opened look at war and poverty and sorrow is softened with the gift of beautiful paintings by Vera Williams. "For George" (or in my case, my dad) "What was left ...

omnibeasts: animal poems and paintings

1 review
Douglas Florian

Harcourt Children's Books, 2004

fun for kids & adults
My husband does story time when our 3-year-old goes to bed each night, and they both love this book. The poems are silly and entertaining on both a child's and an adult's levels. It's easy to flip through and pick out a few poems each night. The poems help my daughter learn new things - or lesser-known facts - about familiar animals, and also learn about new animals. The meter & rhymes are ...

My Own Places: Poems on John Constable

1 review
Don Kerr

University of Calgary Press, 2006

A soulful reflection of serenity and contentment with one's lot.
My Own Places: Poems On John Constable by Don Kerr (Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at the University of Saskatchewan) is a collection of free-verse poetry from brief lyric poems to extended narratives, all inspired by British landscape painter John Constable (1776-1837). Constable's work had a local quality that reflected his unwillingness to travel far from home. A handful of ...

Dream Prints: Poems

1 review
Loretta Bonnier Anawalt

Ewu Press, 1999

Dream Prints:Poems
Dream Prints:Poems opens the imagination to the landscape of emotion caught in the stilled silence of reflection. Mundane events evolve into extraordinary adventure while the images by Bob Helm provide a private space for contemplation. This book gives us permission to engage with the most sensual parts of ourselves. Our own imagination and dreams are brought to the surface to enjoy without ...

Painted Poems

1 review
Pratapaditya Pal

Mapin Publishing Gp Pty Ltd, 2006

best book ever
this book has vivid colorful pictures of great art work which you can see at the norton simon museum and kapoor galleries

Mourning Sickness: Poems, Paintings, Stories & Dreams

1 review
Keith Smith

Rainbow Press, 1993

Beautifully written
This book is a beautifully written story of how a man grieves the loss of his wife. Nice to read something about grieving from the person who experienced it rather then a Dr. The man's perspective of grieve and loss is also enlightening.

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