Poems for Your Pocket: Poetry to Keep with You - Paperback

by Grace Russo (Compiled by)

This travel sized book of poetry is meant to offer a moment's pause in our busy world. Poems short enough to memorize, with a regular meter and rhyme, are meant to stick in your head to offer you a bit of beauty whenever you find yourself in need. With works by Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, and other famous poets sit next to pen and ink drawings which act as a memory aid, connecting the words to mental images for the reader. Whether you haven't read a poem since your nursery rhyme days, or are one of the literati, this book offers you a moment to pause and appreciate poetry.