Books on Poetry

American poetry : the nineteenth century / [John Hollander, editor]. General Collection PS607 .A56 1993

If I were in charge of the world and other worries : poems for children and their parents / by Judith Viorst ; illustrated by Lynne Cherry. Children's Books -Viorst

Reflections on a gift of watermelon pickle ... : and other modern verse / [by] Stephen Dunning, Edward Lueders [and] Hugh Smith. Design: Donald Marvine.
General CollectionPS614 .D8 1967

Collected poetry of W. H. Auden.
General Collection PR6001.U4 A17 1945

Poetry criticism : excerpts from criticism of the works of the most significant and widely studied poets of world literature. 
Reference PN1111 .P63

Complete poetry and collected prose / Walt Whitman.
General Collection PS3200 .F82

Spring is Sprung

Spring is sprung
Da grass is riz
I wonder where dem boidies iz
Da little boids is on da wing
Ain't dat absoid
Da little wings is on da boid

This is not written by  e e cummings, or by Ogden Nash, another to whom it is frequently attributed. It's actually by that well known poet 'Anonymous'.

Enjoy the beautiful Spring day in Reading, PA.

Poem - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thanksgiving

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.

--Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)