To continue our monthly series of book lists and celebrate National Poetry Month, the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library would like to recommend the following titles for adults:
April, 2006 -- Painless Poetry
And the Green Grass Grew All Around: Poetry from Everyone by Alvin Schwartz. From playground chants and taunts to riddles, this book is filled with familiar rhymes that are the unwritten folk poetry of everyday life. Cassette book RC 37692.
A Soldier's Time: Vietnam War Poems by R.L. Barth. A former Marine chronicles his Vietnam battlefield experiences in candid, forceful poems. Cassette book RC 32594.
Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou. Four soulful, empowering poems celebrating the strength and inner beauty of women. Cassette book RC 40783. Braille book BR 10183.
Complete Poems by Edgar Alan Poe. Fans of horror and psychological thrillers will savor the primal and lurid world of dreams evoked by the author of “The Raven”. Cassette book RC 45236. Braille book BR 14130.
The Penguin Book of Limericks edited and compiled by E.O. Parrott. Famed for being clever and witty, a limerick is a short lil' ditty. The ones that you know are not apropos, but a limerick can also be pretty. Cassette book RC 24294.
Westerns by Richard Dankleff. Humorous, harrowing and heart-tugging narratives of life on the frontier. Cassette book RC 24931.
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear. Ranging from downright silly to surprisingly touching, these rhymes, songs, alphabets, and stories dance with the sound of words and play with the meaning of language. Cassette book RC 19669.