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Poetry from the Shelves

Independence Day Poem From The Shelves

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I ~ If you lived at the time of the American Revolution

N ~ Notable American women

D ~ Digging to America

E ~ Eight American poets

P ~ Patriotic crafts

E ~ Ethnic America

N ~ New discoveries in American quilts

D ~ Discovering great American artists

E ~ Exploring North America

N ~ National Parks

C ~ Celebrate America

E ~ Escaping to America

D ~ Don’t know much about American history

A ~ Absolutely American

Y ~ You wouldn’t want to be an American colonist!

Philip Roth – A Poem From The Shelves

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As many of you may know, Pulitzer Prize winning author, Philip Roth died recently. The following poem, in homage to him, uses only titles of some of his works.

Reading myself and others

Our Gang

Everyman

Deception

Indignation

Nemesis

Shop talk

The facts

The plot against America

American pastoral

The great American novel

The humbling

The ghost writer

Letting go

Goodbye, Columbus

Exit ghost

 

Library “Chain Verse”

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Summer at the lake