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anthologies In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors. In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categ ...

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek '' poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meani ...

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* ''American Poetry Since 1950'', 1993 *'' Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry'', 2001. *'' Anthology of Modern Serbian Lyric'', 1911. *''

Book of Aneirin The Book of Aneirin ( cy, Llyfr Aneirin) is a late 13th century Welsh manuscript containing Old and Middle Welsh poetry attributed to the late 6th century Northern Brythonic poet, Aneirin, who is believed to have lived in present-day Scotland. Th ...

'' (c. 1265)

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

medieval manuscript * ''Best American Poetry'' series *'' ''Best New Poets'' series *'' Black Dog, Black Night, Contemporary Vietnamese Poetry'' *'' Book of Bodley Head Verse'', 1926. * B''reaking Ground/Abriendo Caminos: Anthology of'' Puerto Rican Writers in New York, edited by Myrna Nieves, ''2012''. *'' British Poetry since 1945', 1970. *'' Broadview Anthology of Poetry'', 1993. *'' Children of Albion: Poetry of the Underground in Britain'', 1969. *'' Conductors of Chaos: A Poetry Anthology'', 1996. *'' Contes et nouvelles en vers'' (1665),

ribald Ribaldry or blue comedy is humorous entertainment that ranges from bordering on indelicacy to indecency. Blue comedy is also referred to as "bawdiness" or being "bawdy". Sex is presented in ribald material more for the purpose of poking fun at ...

tales collected and versified by

Jean de La Fontaine Jean de La Fontaine (, , ; 8 July 162113 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his ''Fables'', which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Euro ...

*''Cradle Songs: An Anthology of Poems on Motherhood'' edited by Sharmagne Leland-St. John and Rachelle Yousuf. Publisher: Quill and Parchment Press

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*''Earth Poems: Poems from Around the World to Honor the Earth'' edited by

Ivo Mosley Ivo Adam Rex Mosley (born 1951) is a British writer. His career has encompassed ceramics, poetry, social commentary, opera and musical theatre. His focus of the last few years is on works of non-fiction relating to politics and monetary reform. ...

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Englands Helicon ''Englands Helicon'' is an anthology of Elizabethan pastoral poems compiled by John Flasket, and first published in 1600. There was an enlarged edition in 1614. The word Helicon refers to the Greek mountain on which, in Greek mythology, two spri ...

'', 1600. *'' Faber Book of Irish Verse'', 1974. *''

Faber Book of Modern American Verse The ''Faber Book of Modern American Verse'' was a poetry anthology edited by W. H. Auden, and published in London in 1956 by Faber and Faber. Auden had moved from the UK to the United States in 1939, and had been directly involved in the America ...

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Faber Book of Modern Verse The ''Faber Book of Modern Verse'' was a poetry anthology, edited in its first edition by Michael Roberts, and published in 1936 by Faber and Faber. There was a second edition (1951) edited by Anne Ridler, and a third edition (1965) edited by Do ...

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Faber Book of Twentieth Century Verse ''The Faber Book of Twentieth Century Verse: An Anthology of Verse in Britain 1900-1950'' was a poetry anthology edited by John Heath-Stubbs and David Wright, and first published in 1953 by Faber and Faber. A selection in self-conscious contras ...

'', 1953. *''

The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

'' (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux) edited by

Ilan Stavans Ilan Stavans (born Ilan Stavchansky on April 7, 1961) is a Mexican-American author and academic. He writes and speaks on American, Hispanic, and Jewish cultures. He is the author of ''Quixote'' (2015) and a contributor to the ''Norton Anthology ...

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Harold Augenbraum Harold Augenbraum (born March 31, 1953) is an American writer, editor, and translator. He is the former Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, and former member of the Board of Trustees of the Asian American Writers Workshop, and ...

, ''2011.'' * Floricanto Si!: A Collection of Latina Poetry (Penguin) edited by Bryce Milligan and Angela de Hoyos, 1998. *'' From the Other Side of the Century: "A New American Poetry, 1960-1990"'', 1994. *''

Georgian Poetry Georgian Poetry refers to a series of anthologies showcasing the work of a school of English poetry that established itself during the early years of the reign of King George V of the United Kingdom. The Georgian poets were, by the strictest d ...

'' *'' Golden Treasury of Scottish Poetry'' edited by Hugh MacDiarmid, 1940. *''GlassFire Anthology'' *''

Greek Anthology The ''Greek Anthology'' ( la, Anthologia Graeca) is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the Classical and Byzantine periods of Greek literature. Most of the material of the ''Greek Anthology'' comes from two manuscripts, the ' ...

'', 10th and 14th century. *''Green Book of Poetry'' edited by

*'' The Harvill Book of Twentieth-Century Poetry in English'', 1999. *'' Hinterland: Caribbean Poetry from the West Indies and Britain'', 1989. * ''Hyakunin Isshu'' (13th century) (''one hundred people, one poem'') compiled by the 13th-century Japanese poet and critic

Fujiwara no Teika , better-known as Fujiwara no Teika"Sadaie" and "Teika" are both possible readings of ; "...there is the further problem, the rendition of the name in romanized form. Teika probably referred to himself as Sadaie, and his father probably called ...

, an important collection of Japanese

waka Waka may refer to: Culture and language * Waka (canoe), a Polynesian word for canoe; especially, canoes of the Māori of New Zealand ** Waka ama, a Polynesian outrigger canoe ** Waka hourua, a Polynesian ocean-going canoe ** Waka taua, a Māori w ...

poems from the 7th through the 13th centuries. *'' Kaifūsō'' (751) (''Fond Recollections of Poetry'') the oldest collection of

Chinese poetry Chinese poetry is poetry written, spoken, or chanted in the Chinese language. While this last term comprises Classical Chinese, Standard Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Yue Chinese, and other historical and vernacular forms of the language, its poetry ...

('' kanshi'') written by Japanese poets *''

Kokin Wakashū The , commonly abbreviated as , is an early anthology of the '' waka'' form of Japanese poetry, dating from the Heian period. An imperial anthology, it was conceived by Emperor Uda () and published by order of his son Emperor Daigo () in abo ...

'' (completed around 905) (''collection of Japanese poems from ancient and current times'') the first Japanese Imperial poetry anthology

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Lieblingminne und Freundesliebe in der Weltliteratur ''Lieblingminne und Freundesliebe in der Weltliteratur'' is an anthology of poetry about homosexuality, compiled by the German artist Elisar von Kupffer (''Elisarion''). First published in 1900, it is the first effort of its kind in modern time ...

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Man'yōshū The is the oldest extant collection of Japanese (poetry in Classical Japanese), compiled sometime after AD 759 during the Nara period. The anthology is one of the most revered of Japan's poetic compilations. The compiler, or the last in ...

'' (around 759) (''Anthology of a Myriad Leaves'') the first great

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...

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Ōtomo no Yakamochi was a Japanese statesman and '' waka'' poet in the Nara period. He was one of the ''Man'yō no Go-taika,'' the five great poets of his time, and was part of Fujiwara no Kintō's . Ōtomo was a member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan. Like his g ...

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Metrical Dindshenchas ''Dindsenchas'' or ''Dindshenchas'' (modern spellings: ''Dinnseanchas'' or ''Dinnsheanchas'' or ''Dınnṡeanċas''), meaning "lore of places" (the modern Irish word ''dinnseanchas'' means "topography"), is a class of onomastic text in early Irish ...

'' *'' Modern Scottish Poetry (Faber)'' *'' The Best Loved Poems of the American People'' *''

The New British Poetry ''The New British Poetry 1968-88'' was a poetry anthology from 1988, jointly edited by Gillian Allnutt, Fred D'Aguiar, Ken Edwards and Eric Mottram, respectively concerned with feminist, Black British, younger experimental and British poetry revi ...

'' * ''The New American Poetry (1945-1960'')'')'' *''

New Poets of England and America ''New Poets of England and America'' was a poetry anthology edited by Donald Hall, Robert Pack and Louis Simpson, and published in 1957 by Meridian Books. In the post-war story about relations between American and British poetry, it represents ...

'' *'' The New Poetry, A. Alvarez'' ed. * ''New Provinces'', F.R. Scott ed. *'' New Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1950'' *'' Other: British and Irish Poetry since 1970'' *''

Oxford Book of Contemporary Verse The ''Oxford Book of Contemporary Verse'', edited by D. J. Enright, is a poetry anthology from 1980, published by Oxford University Press. It might be considered one of the "last words" from a founder-member of The Movement, with its comments in ...

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Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse Several anthologies of religious poetry have been published by Oxford University Press. ''Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse'' (1921) The ''Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse'' was a poetry anthology edited by Daniel Howard Sinclair Nicho ...

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Oxford Book of English Verse ''The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250–1900'' is an anthology of English poetry, edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch, that had a very substantial influence on popular taste and perception of poetry for at least a generation. It was published by ...

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Oxford Book of Modern Verse 1892–1935 The ''Oxford Book of Modern Verse 1892–1935'' was a poetry anthology edited by W. B. Yeats, and published in 1936 by Oxford University Press. A long and interesting introductory essay starts from the proposition that the poets included should ...

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The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse ''The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse'' is a poetry anthology edited by Philip Larkin. It was published in 1973 by Oxford University Press with . Larkin writes in the short preface that the selection is wide rather than deep; and a ...

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Oxford Book of Welsh Verse in English ''The Oxford Book of Welsh Verse in English'' was a 1977 poetry anthology edited by the author and academic Gwyn Jones (author), Gwyn Jones. It covered both Welsh poetry, Welsh language poetry, in English translation, and Welsh poets writing in ...

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Oxford poetry anthologies The Oxford University Press published a long series of poetry anthologies, dealing in particular with British poetry but not restricted to it, after the success of the ''Oxford Book of English Verse'' (1900). The Oxford poetry anthologies ('Oxford ...

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Oxford period poetry anthologies These are Oxford poetry anthologies of English poetry, which select from a given period. See also '' The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse'' and '' Eighteenth century women poets: an Oxford anthology''. ''New Oxford Book of Seventee ...

'' *'' Oxford religious poetry anthologies'' *''The Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets'' ed. by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Published by Oxford University Press, New Delhi

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Palgrave's Golden Treasury The ''Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics'' is a popular anthology of English poetry, originally selected for publication by Francis Turner Palgrave in 1861. It was considerably revised, with input from Tennyson, about three decades la ...

'', 1861. *'' Penguin Book of Canadian Verse'', 1942. *'' Penguin Book of Contemporary British Poetry'', 1982. *'' Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse'' (1918–1960) *''

Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry ''The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry'' (in an earlier 1963 edition ''Modern Poetry from Africa'') is a 1984 poetry anthology edited by Gerald Moore and Ulli Beier. It consists mainly of poems written in English and English translations of ...

'', 1984. *'' Penguin Book of Modern American Verse'', 1954. *'' The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry'', 1991. *''

Penguin poetry anthologies The Penguin poetry anthologies, published by Penguin Books, have at times played the role of a "third force" in British poetry, less literary than those from Faber and Faber, and less academic than those from Oxford University Press.. ''The Peng ...

'' *'' Penguin Modern Poets'', 1960s and 1970s. * ''Percy Folio'', 17th century.
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Poems for the Hazara ''Poems for the Hazara'' ()() is a multilingual poetry anthology and a collaborative poem composed of the works of one hundred twenty five internationally recognized poets from sixty-eight countries. Poems in this book are in English, Spanish, ...

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Poems of Black Africa ''Poems of Black Africa'' is a poetry anthology edited by Wole Soyinka, published in 1975 as part of the Heinemann ''African Writers Series''. It was arranged by theme. Introduction Soyinka introduces ''Poems of Black Africa'' as being diffe ...

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Wole Soyinka Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (Yoruba: ''Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé Ṣóyíinká''; born 13 July 1934), known as Wole Soyinka (), is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language. He was awarded t ...

, 1975. *'' Poems of Today'' *'' Poetry Speaks Expanded'' ed. by Elise Paschen and Rebekah Presson Mosby, 2007. *''

Postmodern American Poetry ''Postmodern American Poetry'' is a poetry anthology edited by Paul Hoover and published by W. W. Norton & Company in 1994. A substantially revised second edition in 2012 removed some poets and added many others, incorporating additional Americ ...

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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry The ''Reliques of Ancient English Poetry'' (sometimes known as ''Reliques of Ancient Poetry'' or simply Percy's ''Reliques'') is a collection of ballads and popular songs collected by Bishop Thomas Percy and published in 1765. Sources The basis ...

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Shi Jing The ''Classic of Poetry'', also ''Shijing'' or ''Shih-ching'', translated variously as the ''Book of Songs'', ''Book of Odes'', or simply known as the ''Odes'' or ''Poetry'' (; ''Shī''), is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, co ...

'' *''The Top 500 Poems'' (1992) ed. by

William Harmon William Harmon (born 1938) is James Gordon Hanes Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, author of five books of poetry and editor of ''A Handbook to Literature''. His most recent poetry has appear ...

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Columbia University Press Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by Jennifer Crewe (2014–present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fie ...

* These Are Not Sweet Girls: Poetry by Latin American Women, ed. by

Marjorie Agosín Marjorie Agosín (born June 15, 1955) is a Chilean-American writer. She has gained notability for her outspokenness for women's rights in Chile. The United Nations has honored her for her work on human rights. The Chilean government awarded he ...

(1994) *'' Theragatha and Therigatha'' *'' Three Chinese Poets'' translated by Vikram Seth *''

Tottel's Miscellany ''Songes and Sonettes'', usually called ''Tottel's Miscellany'', was the first printed anthology of English poetry. First published by Richard Tottel in 1557 in London, it ran to many editions in the sixteenth century. Richard Tottel Richard ...

'', 1557. *'' Up The Line To Death'', 1964. *'' The Wake Forest Book of Irish Women's Poetry, 1967-2000'' *'' World Poetry Tree: An Anthology for Hope, Love and Peace'', 2022.

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