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

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How about Robert Browning? Their old but there are a lot of story-poems.


Taryn Hettlinger Parise
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On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 11:15 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

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