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Bartlett's poems for occasions

Bartlett's Poems for Occasions, an entertaining, thought-provoking companion to the bestselling Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, is the book to turn to for any circumstance-from birth to death and everything in between. Under the direction of esteemed poet and writer Geoffrey O'Brien, Bartlett's Poems for Occasions will inspire you to turn to poetry to celebrate a new baby or marriage, toast a colleague, cheer a graduate, honor a birthday, deliver a eulogy, or add zest to a holiday party. It is the perfect solution to the age-old question, What should I say'
eBook, English, 2007
Little, Brown & Co., New York, 2007
1 online resource
9780316146043, 9780316029025, 0316146048, 0316029025
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Intro; FOREWORD BY BILLY COLLINS; INTRODUCTION; THE CYCLES OF NATURE; SPRING; SUMMER; AUTUMN; WINTER; THE ROUND OF THE YEAR; NEW YEAR'S; VALENTINE'S DAY; CELEBRATING FAMILY; THE FOURTH OF JULY; HALLOWEEN: PHANTASMS AND HAUNTINGS; THANKSGIVING; THE CHRISTMAS SEASON; THE CYCLES OF LIFE; BIRTH AND INFANCY; CHILDHOOD; YOUTH AND ITS PLEASURES; INTO ADULTHOOD; MARRIAGE; THE PERSPECTIVES OF MIDLIFE; RETIREMENT FROM WORK AND FROM THE WORLD; AGING; DEATH AND MORTALITY; GRIEF AND MOURNING; THE HUMAN CONDITION; FRIENDSHIP; CONTENTMENT; THE WORKING LIFE; LOVE AND PASSION; DISAPPOINTMENT SEPARATIONS AND FAREWELLSSOLITUDE; SORROW AND COMFORT; ENDURANCE, RESISTANCE, AND SURVIVAL; SPIRITUAL AWAKENING; PUBLIC MOMENTS AND ULTIMATE MATTERS; THE FATES OF NATIONS AND EMPIRES; IN TIME OF WAR; FROM THE AMERICAN STORY; GOD; THE UNKNOWN AND THE UNKNOWABLE; COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR