One Train
 magnificent: One of the so-called New York poets (Ashbury, O'Hara, Schuyler), and (I think) the best. There are subsequent poetry books by Koch, and there is now the collected Koch too, but he wrote a lot, and this is a good starter. The subject matter [... more]
$16.45
Amazon.com |
Sun Out: Selected Poems 1952-1954
A real find: This book combines largely unpublished short poems of the early 1950s with the mock-epic "When the sun tries to go on," published in the late 1960s but pretty much unavailable now. This early Koch is particularly refreshing. Koch [... more]
$15.00
Amazon.com |
Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry
Every teacher should read this - and use it!: I was first introduced to this marvelous book as a sophomore in an advanced placement English and History class in high school. An older graduate of the program had gone on to study poetry under Kenneth Koch [... more]
$13.95
Amazon.com |
The Art of the Possible!: Comics Mainly Without Pictures
Author: Kenneth Koch Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 818.54 EAN: 9781932360189 ISBN: 1932360182 Number Of Pages: 132 Publication Date: 2004-04-30 [... more]
$14.95
Amazon.com |
Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?: Teaching Great Poetry ...
Written with Reverence and Fun: Mr. Koch will not underestimate children. He will not talk down, dumb down, water down, because a passion for the subject matter animates this book as it must animate his instruction. He carefully documents and shares [... more]
$13.95
Amazon.com |
New Addresses
Vibrant and good humored: These poems are so witty and easily read that I almost made the mistake missing their depth or emotional resonance. It is only on the second or third reading of a poem like "To My Twenties" that a phrase like " [... more]
$15.00
Amazon.com |
Talking to the Sun: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems ...
Beautiful: Poetry. Could be used for any age level. Summary This book is a collection of art work that accompanies more than a hundred poems by an array of writers, including Nash, Dickinson, Tennyson, Carroll, ethnic poems, and many by people I don't [... more]
$35.00
Amazon.com |
The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch
Hi! May I introduce Kenneth Koch?: Something inside me resists calling Kenneth Koch my favorite poet. His poems are too conversational, too easy-going, too entertaining to be so important. Except the one that made me break out in laughter while I was [... more]
$40.00
Amazon.com |
Sleeping on the Wing: An Anthology of Modern Poetry with ...
You Won't Get Sleepy Reading Sleeping on the Wing: A wonderful anthology with short, lively pieces chosen especially for young people in high school, but the selection of poems may well delight readers of all ages -- not only beginners! Among the poets [... more]
$11.95
Amazon.com |
On the Edge: Collected Long Poems
Author: Kenneth Koch Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54 EAN: 9780307262844 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0307262847 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: 2007-10-23 Release Date: 2007-10-23 [... more]
$35.00
Amazon.com |
Kenneth Koch: Selected Poems (American Poets Project)
Author: Kenneth Koch Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54 EAN: 9781598530063 ISBN: 1598530062 Number Of Pages: 200 Publication Date: 2007-04-05 [... more]
$20.00
Amazon.com |
A Possible World
Hilarious and brilliant: This book contains the hilarious poem "Possible World," a sort of parody of Mallarmé's "Un coup de dés," along with a brilliant memoir and several delightful shorter poems. "The Moor not [... more]
$15.00
Amazon.com |
