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- Author: Lee Austin
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- ISBN-10: 1511863978
- ISBN-13: 9781511863971
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 0.6 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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A collection of poems written over the last 45 years by a man who learned to love poetry as a child at his mother's knee. One Hundred and One Famous Poems has been a treasured book in his home all of his life. The poems contained herein all are written in meter and rhyme. It is easy to see the influence of the late 19th century, early 20th century poets in these works. Poets like James Whitcomb Riley, Alfred Tennyson, Eugene Field, Joyce Kilmer, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allen Poe, John Greenleaf Whittier, Alfred Noyes and Robert Service had an obvious impact on these works. Like them, the author writes stories and commentary in rhyme. You won't find any free verse here. This poetry is about life's everyday issues like friendship, love and aging. Most are inspired by actual events. Read these poems aloud and enjoy many hours of poetry with "lilting verse and meter gay."
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- Author: Lee Austin
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- ISBN-10: 1511863978
- ISBN-13: 9781511863971
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 0.6 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
A collection of poems written over the last 45 years by a man who learned to love poetry as a child at his mother's knee. One Hundred and One Famous Poems has been a treasured book in his home all of his life. The poems contained herein all are written in meter and rhyme. It is easy to see the influence of the late 19th century, early 20th century poets in these works. Poets like James Whitcomb Riley, Alfred Tennyson, Eugene Field, Joyce Kilmer, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allen Poe, John Greenleaf Whittier, Alfred Noyes and Robert Service had an obvious impact on these works. Like them, the author writes stories and commentary in rhyme. You won't find any free verse here. This poetry is about life's everyday issues like friendship, love and aging. Most are inspired by actual events. Read these poems aloud and enjoy many hours of poetry with "lilting verse and meter gay."
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