Author(s): Stephen Dunning,Edward Lueders,Hugh Smith
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 144
Publisher: Harper Teen
Language: English
Date Published: 1967-04-01
Dimensions: 180.34 x 231.14 x 17.78mm
Publication City/Country: New York, NY, United States
Edition:
Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified

Here are modern poems chosen for their individual excellence and their special appeal to young people. Exciting photographs accent the contemporary tone of the collection.

From lighthearted Phyllis McGinley to pessimistic Ezra Pound; from the lyricism of Edna St.Vincent Millay to the vigor of Lawrence Ferlinghetti; from Carl Sandburg on loneliness to Paul Dehn on the bomb--such is the range. The little known or unknown poet and the widely recognized appear side by side.

Whatever the subject matter--pheasant or flying saucer; lapping lake water or sonic boom; a deer hunt, a basketball game, or a bud--it is all poetry reflecting today's images and today's moods.

the editors spent several years bringing together 1200 poems they considered fine enough to include, then slowly and carefully sifted out 114 which appear in the book.