Publication |
Illinois, Jabberwocky, 2008.
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Description |
72pWhite and Orange Spine
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Summary/Abstract |
Poetry can have both a rhyme and a rhythm. Sometimes it is obvious; somethimes it is hidden. But either way, make no mistake, poetry is as vibrant and exciting as it gets. And when you find yourself clapping your hands or tapping your feet, you know you've found poetry with a beat. A collection of 50 poems and songs.
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Contents |
Things - Eloise Greenfield
Hip hop rules the world - Jaqueline Woodson
I think I'll call it morning - Gil Scott-Heron
The girls in the circle - Nikki Giovanni
From Ham 'N' eggs - A tribe called quest
Music for fun and profit = Gary Soto
Audition - Hope Anita Smith
From Hey Mama - Kanye West
Dream Boogie - Langston Hughes
Funky Snowman - Calef Brown
Oh, words - Eloise Greenfield
From Rapper's delight - Sugarhill Gang
From ladies first - Queen Latifah
People equal - James Berry
From it's love - Jill Scott
From Umi says - Mos Def
Taking action - James Berry
Dream variations - Langston Hughes
Allow me to intoduce myself - Charles R. Smith Jr.
Me - Elizabeth Swados
Dat Dere - Oscar Brown Jr.
Books - Eloise Greenfield
For word - Benjamin Zephaniah
Waitin' for summer - Ruth Forman
Jimmy Wall, 14, Boy Evangelist - Walter Dean Myers
From Principal's office - Young MC
Love poem for Mr People - Pedro Pietri
Why some people be mad at sometimes - Lucille Clifton
From Love is... - Common
Harlem night song - Langston Hughes
The Rosa Parks - Nikki Giovanni
Harlem hopscotch - Maya Angelou
From the creation - James Weldon Johnson
Ego Tripping - Nikki Giovanni
From No regrets - Aesop rocks
First signature - Angela Shannon
No images - William Waring Cuney
Everything is everything - Lauryn Hill
The rose that grew from concrete - Tupac Shakur
From Talkin' all that jazz - Stetsasonic
We real cool - Gwendolyn Brooks
If we must die - Claude McKay
We wear the mask - Paul Laurence Dunbar
Who will crey? - Antwone Fisher
The Song of the smoke - W.E.B. Du Bois
Doubtless by Steve Ericson - Nikki Grimes
The Negro speaks of rivers - Langston Hughes
If we forget - Ja Jahannes
From I have a dream - Martin Luther King Jr.
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Standard Number |
9781402210488 Hb.
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