Poems I Remember

by John Kieran

An anthology of peoms by English-speaking poets.

Organized chronologically by each poet's year of birth, with a brief biography and introduction; some of these bio-intros are as memorable as the poems themselves.

Genres: Poetry

565 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1942

About the author

John Francis Kieran was an American author, journalist, amateur naturalist and radio and television personality.

Reviews

[Curtiss]

I shall cherish this collection of poems "till the sun grows cold, and the stars grow old, and the leaves of the Judgement Book unfold."

from Bayard Taylor's "Bedouin Love-Song", pg 453-454.

[Marcy]

I had no idea I would love an anthology like I did this. It was such a rich reading experience over the year - I loved the little intro to each author, and the knowledge of someone from not that long ago that I feel has now passed from keeping: the songs that 'everybody' knew and sung that were originally these poems; tidbits like 'this is the most popular and most read poem in the English language'; loving a poet and knowing and memorizing their poetry despite the inevitable, and regrettable, real-life short-comings of said poet . . . many of these I would never have chosen to pick up on my own, and it was fascinating and rewarding to see someone else's choices for remembered poems.

I took to encouraging poetry readings whenever we had someone over to our table this year, and everyone loved reading from this anthology - it is just something special. Highly, highly recommend.