The Oxford Treasury of Time Poems

The Oxford Treasury of Time Poems

by Michael Harrison (Editor), Christopher Stuart - Clark (Editor)

Synopsis

This is a collection for the millennium on the theme of time. The book takes a wide-ranging look at time, including the beginning of the world; the present and the future; being born; having birthdays; and growing old. There are humorous poems and sad poems, old and new poems, familiar and less well-known ones, all included to reflect and illuminate time. The poets include Ted Hughes, Michael Rosen, and Seamus Heaney; Tennyson, Auden, and Shakespeare.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Dec 1998

ISBN 10: 0192761757
ISBN 13: 9780192761750

Media Reviews
Well-organized anthology... The book has a stellar cast: Tennyson, Milton, Blake, Dickinson, and Bronte join more modern writers such as Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, W. H. Auden, Robert Frost... For poetry studies, for students who just enjoy the genre, and for the fascination with the millennia that
is sure to transfer into reports, this collection is certainly of the moment. --School Library Journal
Wide-ranging, colorfully illustrated anthology... Best suited to YA readers, though many poems are excellent for reading aloud to younger children. --The Horn Book Guide
Both parents and children will enjoy these poems about seasons, memories, clocks, and the passage of time.... An enjoyable way for hildren to learn about time. --Bloomsbury Review
Poems to enjoy, poems for solace, poems for pure joy... This wonderful language experience goes on delighting the tongue and tickling the mind. --Teaching Pre K-8
Gives imaginations a grand invitation to soar, to ponder and wonder. --Atlanta Journal Constitution
Indeed a treasury...Older children and adults will be moved, or challenged, or tickled by the selections. --Children's Literature
It's the great poetry that kids and teachers will want to read aloud: Dylan Tomas' 'Fern Hill, ' Matthew Arnold's 'Dover Beach, ' Christina Rossetti's 'When I Am Dead, My Dearest, ' and nearly a hundred more. --Booklist


Well-organized anthology... The book has a stellar cast: Tennyson, Milton, Blake, Dickinson, and Bronte join more modern writers such as Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, W. H. Auden, Robert Frost... For poetry studies, for students who just enjoy the genre, and for the fascination with the millennia that
is sure to transfer into reports, this collection is certainly of the moment. --School Library Journal
Wide-ranging, colorfully illustrated anthology... Best suited to YA readers, though many poems are excellent for reading aloud to younger children. --The Horn Book Guide
Both parents and children will enjoy these poems about seasons, memories, clocks, and the passage of time.... An enjoyable way for hildren to learn about time. --Bloomsbury Review
Poems to enjoy, poems for solace, poems for pure joy... This wonderful language experience goes on delighting the tongue and tickling the mind. --Teaching Pre K-8
Gives imaginations a grand invitation to soar, to ponder and wonder. --Atlanta Journal Constitution
Indeed a treasury...Older children and adults will be moved, or challenged, or tickled by the selections. --Children's Literature
It's the great poetry that kids and teachers will want to read aloud: Dylan Tomas' 'Fern Hill, ' Matthew Arnold's 'Dover Beach, ' Christina Rossetti's 'When I Am Dead, My Dearest, ' and nearly a hundred more. --Booklist

Well-organized anthology... The book has a stellar cast: Tennyson, Milton, Blake, Dickinson, and Bronte join more modern writers such as Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, W. H. Auden, Robert Frost... For poetry studies, for students who just enjoy the genre, and for the fascination with the millennia that is sure to transfer into reports, this collection is certainly of the moment. --School Library Journal
Wide-ranging, colorfully illustrated anthology... Best suited to YA readers, though many poems are excellent for reading aloud to younger children. --The Horn Book Guide
Both parents and children will enjoy these poems about seasons, memories, clocks, and the passage of time.... An enjoyable way for hildren to learn about time. --Bloomsbury Review
Poems to enjoy, poems for solace, poems for pure joy... This wonderful language experience goes on delighting the tongue and tickling the mind. --Teaching Pre K-8
Gives imaginations a grand invitation to soar, to ponder and wonder. --Atlanta Journal Constitution
Indeed a treasury...Older children and adults will be moved, or challenged, or tickled by the selections. --Children's Literature
It's the great poetry that kids and teachers will want to read aloud: Dylan Tomas' 'Fern Hill, ' Matthew Arnold's 'Dover Beach, ' Christina Rossetti's 'When I Am Dead, My Dearest, ' and nearly a hundred more. --Booklist


Well-organized anthology... The book has a stellar cast: Tennyson, Milton, Blake, Dickinson, and Bronte join more modern writers such as Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, W. H. Auden, Robert Frost... For poetry studies, for students who just enjoy the genre, and for the fascination with the millennia that is sure to transfer into reports, this collection is certainly of the moment. --School Library Journal


Wide-ranging, colorfully illustrated anthology... Best suited to YA readers, though many poems are excellent for reading aloud to younger children. --The Horn Book Guide


Both parents and children will enjoy these poems about seasons, memories, clocks, and the passage of time.... An enjoyable way for hildren to learn about time. --Bloomsbury Review


Poems to enjoy, poems for solace, poems for pure joy... This wonderful language experience goes on delighting the tongue and tickling the mind. --Teaching Pre K-8


Gives imaginations a grand invitation to soar, to ponder and wonder. --Atlanta Journal Constitution


Indeed a treasury...Older children and adults will be moved, or challenged, or tickled by the selections. --Children's Literature


It's the great poetry that kids and teachers will want to read aloud: Dylan Tomas' 'Fern Hill, ' Matthew Arnold's 'Dover Beach, ' Christina Rossetti's 'When I Am Dead, My Dearest, ' and nearly a hundred more. --Booklist