[ISLMA-Share] Title Suggestions? Stories told through poems

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How about Australian "bush ballads"  Here is a link from the Australian
Poetry Library website:
https://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poems-poetic-form/bush-ballads

Casey at the Bat
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/casey-bat

Another ballad that comes to mind is Gordon LIghtfoot's  *The Wreck of the
Edmund Fitzgerald   *
*https://www.google.com/search?q=the+wreck+of+the+edmund+fitzgerald&oq=the+wreck+of+the+ed&aqs=chrome.0.0l2j69i57j0l3.9611j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on
<https://www.google.com/search?q=the+wreck+of+the+edmund+fitzgerald&oq=the+wreck+of+the+ed&aqs=chrome.0.0l2j69i57j0l3.9611j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on>*



On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 7:51 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> In preparation for National Poetry Month in April, I'm looking for titles
> of books that are stories told through poems.  I'm not looking for general
> novels in verse or a poetry anthology on a general topic (like death or
> love).  What I'm looking for are books like *A Wreath for Emmett Till* (story
> told through a heroic crown of sonnets), *Death Coming Up the Hill* (story
> told solely through haikus), or *October Mourning* (story told through a
> variety of types of poems).  But, so far, these are the only titles written
> like this that I've been able to find.  The books are for a high school
> literature class, but the concept of a story told via poetry is more
> important than the reading level.  Any and all ideas will be greatly
> appreciated!
>
>
> Carrie Grieme
> Literature Educator
> Library Sciences Student - ISU
> Illinois School for the Deaf HS
> Jacksonville, IL
>
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