Download or read book Poetry and Animals written by Onno Oerlemans and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do poets write about animals? What can poetry do for animals and what can animals do for poetry? In some cases, poetry inscribes meaning on animals, turning them into symbols or caricatures and bringing them into the confines of human culture. It also reveals and revels in the complexity of animals. Poetry, through its great variety and its inherently experimental nature, has embraced the multifaceted nature of animals to cross, blur, and reimagine the boundaries between human and animal. In Poetry and Animals, Onno Oerlemans explores a broad range of English-language poetry about animals from the Middle Ages to the contemporary world. He presents a taxonomy of kinds of animal poems, breaking down the categories and binary oppositions at the root of human thinking about animals. The book considers several different types of poetry: allegorical poems, poems about “the animal” broadly conceived, poems about species of animal, poems about individual animals or the animal as individual, and poems about hybrids and hybridity. Through careful readings of dozens of poems that reveal generous and often sympathetic approaches to recognizing and valuing animals’ difference and similarity, Oerlemans demonstrates how the forms and modes of poetry can sensitize us to the moral standing of animals and give us new ways to think through the problems of the human-animal divide.
Download or read book National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry written by Emily Dickinson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-color photographs accompany two hundred poems about animals.
Download or read book A Child s Book of Animal Poems and Blessings written by and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 2010 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects animal poems and blessings from a variety of cultures.
Download or read book Mites to Mastodons written by Maxine Kumin and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From as little as the snail to as big as the giraffe, from the thundering mastodon of long ago to the ordinary backyard squirrel of today, the animals in this book inspire our imagination. Here is a fascinating cornucopia that exudes a whimsical affection and respect for the creatures with whom we share our kingdom.
Download or read book Animal Poems of the Iguazu Animalario Del Iguazu written by Francisco Alarcón and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2014 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: let's listen to / the green voice / of the rainforest The animals of the Iguazú speak for themselves, creating a collection of poems that will resonate with readers of all ages. In the magical rainforest of the Iguazú National Park, butterflies are the multicolored flowers of the air. Great dusky swifts watch over the park, and the untamed spirits of jaguars roam the jungle. Spanning three countries--Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay--the thundering waterfalls and lush green rainforests of the Iguazú have dazzled visitors for centuries, and are now in danger of being lost. Following the Amerindian oral tradition, award-winning Chicano poet Francisco X. Alarcón lets the animals of the Iguazú speak for themselves in their own soaring, roaring, fluttering voices, and the resulting poems are as urgent as they are beautiful and humorous. Maya Christina Gonzalez's mixed media illustrations bring the colors and textures of the Iguazú rainforest to vibrant life.
Download or read book I Went to the Animal Fair written by William Cole and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of thirty-five animal poems by Lear, Coatsworth, Milne, de la Mare, Aldis, and other notable poets.
Download or read book Animal Poems written by John Hollander and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of poems about animals from around the world.
Download or read book Animal Poems written by and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a bear in underwear to a real-life dragon, this charming collection of poems features many members of the animal kingdom. Endearing illustrations accompany each poem, bringing furry, scaly, slimy, and feathery friends to life. With poems from Robert Scotellaro, Kate Snow, Coral Rumble, and many others, this book introduces readers to poetic devices such as rhyme, rhythm, and repetition. Simple similes and silly onomatopoeia make learning these literary techniques fun. Readers will see that poetry can take many forms, from couplets to free verse. These humorous selections are sure to get even reluctant readers giggling. Perfect for any Language Arts curriculum, this lighthearted book is sure to be a favorite read.
Download or read book It s a Jungle Out There Animal Poems for Adult Children written by Larry Burgdorf and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book had its beginnings at an altitude of about 35,000 feet. The Author served for thirty-five years in the ministry, following which he became Director of a charitable foundation with interests in many parts of the world. As such, he spent a lot of time in airplanes. He discovered that writing light poetry was a challenging and enjoyable way to use the time spent in the air. The initial impetus for poems having to do with animals came from a grandchild who wanted a poem about a hippopotamus. When the author discovered that there were not many readily available on demand, he simply wrote one. The poems in this little volume are mostly whimsical, occasionally offering a homey moral for the reader to take or leave as he sees fit.
Download or read book Really Cool Animal Poems written by Linda Taylor and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Really cool animals Interesting beings. Some cuddly Some funny Some I wouldn't like seeing Some fast Some slow. Some above the ground and below. Predators and prey. In different environments they stay. Unique in their ways. I love the animal craze.
Download or read book Hippopotamus Stew and Other Silly Animal Poems written by Joan Horton and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-03-21 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wonderful, wacky animal poems that will tickle the funny bone and bring on the giggles... A centipede in running shoes. A lizard who dreams he's a dragon. A whale who prefers showers to baths. These are just a few of the quirky animal friends you'll meet in this imaginative poetry collection. Joan Horton and JoAnn Adinolfi team up again, this time to depict animals of all sizes--from mosquitoes to kangaroos--with the perfect mix of playful language and boisterous pictures. Who wouldn't be delighted by berry-flavored jellyfish?
Download or read book Reading Literary Animals written by Karen L. Edwards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-29 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Literary Animals explores the status and representation of animals in literature from the Middle Ages to the present day. Essays by leading scholars in the field examine various figurative, agential, imaginative, ethical, and affective aspects of literary encounters with animality, showing how practices of close reading provoke new ways of thinking about animals and the texts in which they appear. Through investigations of works by Shakespeare, Aphra Behn, William Wordsworth, Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, and Ted Hughes, among many others, Reading Literary Animals demonstrates the value of distinctively literary animal studies.
Download or read book Poetic Animals and Animal Souls written by R. Malamud and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a new paradigm for reading and appreciating animals in literature and addresses how human culture views animals in poetry. Part one sets up a theoretical overview and posits some aesthetic and ethical ideals for transposing animals into art, while part two presents a more focused practical application of these ideals in one strain of animal poetry (as seen in the works of Marianne Moore, José Emilio Pacheco, Gary Snyder, Pattiann Rogers and others). The poetry analyzed in the book is respectfully and non-invasively insightful into animals; it is tinged with a distancing, and a kind of spiritual awe, regarding their existence.
Download or read book ANIMALS IN INDIAN ENGLISH POETRY written by Dr. Gajanan T. Hivale and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-06-27 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian English poetry is not addition of English poetry. It is essentially Indian because it portrays Indian cultural and linguistic unity. It is an outcome of Indian literature which has been written in various Indian languages. Therefore, Indian English poetry is one of the parts of Indian English Literature which depicts the socio-political, religious, domestic and economical picture of Indian people. Gauri Deshpande states: We are right in asserting that we are Indian poets writing in English. Our landscape is Indian, our thought is moulded by our political, social, economic and philosophic scene. (Chindhade, p.10). Indian English poetry has accomplished both richness and excellence of craftsmanship.
Download or read book Children s Literature in Action written by Sylvia M. Vardell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-06-14 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practitioner-oriented introduction to literature for children ages 5–12 covers the latest trends, titles, and tools for choosing the best books and materials as well as for planning fun and effective programs and activities. The third edition of Children's Literature in Action provides an activity-oriented survey of children's literature for undergraduate and graduate students seeking licensure and degrees that will lead to careers working with children in schools and public libraries. Author Sylvia M. Vardell draws on her 30 years of university teaching and extensive familiarity with the major textbooks in the area of children's literature to deliver something different: a book that focuses specifically on the perspective and needs of the librarian, with emphasis on practical action and library applications. Its contents address seven major genres: picture books, traditional tales, poetry, contemporary realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and informational books. Each chapter includes practical applications for the educator who shares books with children and who develops literature-based instruction. Chapters are enriched by author comments, collaborative activities, featured books, special topics, and activities including selected awards and celebrations, historical connections, recommended resources, issues for discussion, and assignment suggestions. This new edition incorporates the 2018 AASL National School Library Standards.
Download or read book Creating Readers with Poetry written by Nile Stanley and published by Maupin House Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The message in Creating Readers with Poetry is simple and strong: Poetry helps children learn to read! In this innovative resource, Nile Stanley offers you teaching techniques that transform reading from a two-dimensional world of boredom and frustration into a three-dimensional world of voice, movement, and artistic expression. He shows you how poetry supports the teaching of reading and allows students to relax and blossom. His mini-lessons and engaging activity poems provide standards-based reading instruction that also build community, confidence, and enthusiasm. He includes a CD of sung and spoken poetry performed by noted children's poets and students to use as instructional models.
Download or read book Poetry and Sustainability in Education written by Sandra Lee Kleppe and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection offers educators at all levels a range of practical and theoretical approaches to teaching poetry in the context of environmental sustainability. The contributors are keenly aware of the urgency facing the planet’s ecosystems—ecosystems which include all of us—and this volume makes the case that teaching poetry is not a luxury. Each of the book’s three sections works from a specific angle and register. Part I focuses on pragmatic approaches to classroom activities and curricular choices; Part II considers policies and politics, including the role of the UN’s Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) program; and Part III takes a widescreen view, exploring the philosophical issues that arise when poems are integrated into sustainability curricula. This book exemplifies how poetry empowers readers to think imaginatively about how to sustain—and why to sustain—our world, its resources, and its beauty.
