One Hundred Years of Poetry for ChildrenThis book celebrates the last century of poetry written for children by collecting some of the most genre-representative classic and contemporary verses in one volume. The twentieth century has seen an explosion in the number of poets writing for children, and in the amount of accessible poetry available to them. From Rudyard Kipling to Charles Causley, from Ogden Nash to Michael Rosen, the style and subject matter of the selections ranges dramatically. Familiar, popular poems alternate with some less well-known rhymes, grouped together under such headings as childhood, war, animals, and mystery. Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark have compiled a treasure trove of the best children's poems from all over the English-speaking world. |
Contents
A Spell for Midnight | 20 |
Alastair Reid Robert Graves | 26 |
Alice and the Frog 18 George Barker | 32 |
The Tickle Rhyme 34 Rachel Field | 38 |
Day of These Days 116 The Day the World Ended | 126 |
Edmund Blunden Zaro Weil | 132 |
Elizabeth Coatsworth James Elroy Flecker | 138 |
Abbey Tomb 142 Wilfred Owen | 148 |
Fifteen Million Plastic Bags 155 A poem about Poems about | 155 |
LOVE | 161 |
so liked Spring 161 Tarantella | 170 |
First Love 164 Carol Ann Duffy | 176 |
Love Poem 165 Philip Larkin | 182 |
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