Little Poems
Little Poems by Michael Hennessy, published by Everyman in 2023, offers a curated collection of concise poetic works. This 256-page anthology features a diverse range of voices, including fragments from Sappho, haikus from Japan, and nature poems by renowned poets such as John Clare and Robert Frost. Readers will encounter love poems from Alexander Pushkin and Anne Bradstreet, alongside miniature stories and meditations from literary figures like Rumi and Emily Dickinson.
This edition invites readers to explore the rich variety of poetic forms, including epitaphs, epigrams, couplets, and limericks. The collection showcases both classic and contemporary poets, highlighting the succinct expressions of Simon Armitage and Moniza Alvi, as well as the playful wit of Dorothy Parker and Ogden Nash. With its compact size and engaging selection, Little Poems encourages readers to dip in and discover the beauty and depth found in short verse.
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Dip into this inspired assortment of concise masterpieces, and draw out – a fragment of Sappho from ancient Greece, a perfect haiku from Japan; a brief nature poem by John Clare, Robert Frost, Ted Hughes or Boris Pasternak; a compact love poem by Alexander Pushkin or Anne Bradstreet, Robert Herrick or Carol Ann Duffy; a miniature story by Hardy, Rumi or Roethke; a pithy meditation by Wang Wei, Emily Dickinson, Tennyson or Lorca. Dip again, and discover the compressed wit of Dorothy Parker and Ogden Nash; contemporary poets Simon Armitage and Moniza Alvi at their most succinct; short poems in very odd shapes from Apollinaire and Vaclav Havel … So few lines, so much variety- epitaphs and epigrams; couplets and quatrains; lyrics, limericks and lullabies – go on, dip again.
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