ELA 10 Poetry resources

Resources

Bierhorst, John. Songs of the Chippewa. Farrar, Straus and Giroux: New York, 1974.

• Songs, lyrics and music for piano and guitar
  
• Chippewa usually referred to as Ojibwa in Canada
  
• Somewhat stereotypical artwork by Joe Servello
  
• Cur Lab 784.751 Son
  

Colombo, John Robert, Ed. Songs of the Indians. Oberon, 1983.

• Traditional poems and songs from various tribes and regions
  
• Cur Lab 811 Son
  

Colombo, John Robert, Michael Richardson. We Stand on Guard: Poems and Songs of Canadians in Battle. Doubleday, 1985.

• Songs and poems from French, English and Native sources.
  
• Sorted by date and battle
  
• Cur Lab 811 We
  

  Driving Hawk Sneve, Virginia. Dancing Teepees: Poems of American Indian Youth. Holiday house: New York, 1989.
  

• Compilation of native poetry from different tribes and regions
  
• Some ceremonial songs
  
• Art by Stephan Gammell
  
• Cur Lab 897 Dan
  

Drummond, William Henry. The Habitant and Other French Canadian Poems. G.P. Putnam's Sons: New York, 1903.

• English poems written in the French vernacular and accent
  
• Best read aloud
  
• Topics mainly focus on settler life and farming
  
• Main Collection – PS 8457 R84 H3
  

Dutt, Romesh C. Ramayana: Condensed into English Verse. 1899. <http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/rama01.htm> Last accessed July 18, 2008.

• Ancient traditional Hindu epic
  
• Translated into English rhyming couplets
  
• Choose passages before to avoid taboo topics.
  

  
  

Fowke, Edith, Allan Mills. Canada's Story in Song.W.J. Gage LTD: Toronto, 1965.

• Songs sorten chrolologically, beginning "Before the White Man" and ending with "Modern Times"
  
• Contains original dialects and English translations
  
• Arranged for voice piano and guitar.
  
• Main coll. M 1678 A1 F6
  

  
  

  George, Chief Dan. My Heart Soars. Hancock House: Blaine, 1974.
  

• Focus on nature and family
  
• Drawings by Helmut Hirnschall
  
• Cur Lab 811.54 Geo
  

Hyett, Barbara Helfgott. In Evidence: Poems of the Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps.

U of Pittsburgh Press: Pittsburgh, 1986.

• Poems derived from interviews with veterans.
  
• Cur Lab 811.54 Hye
  

Johnson, James Weldon. The Creation. Holiday House:New York, 1994.

• Retelling of Judeo-Christian creation myth from African-American perspective (for children)
  
• Illustrated by James E. Ransome.
  
• Cur Lab 811.52 Joh
  

Jorgensen, Sally, Valerie Whiteson. Personal Themes In literature: The Multicultural Experience. Prentice Hall: Engelwood Cliffs, 1993.

• Contains sections on "I am" poetry and "What's in a Name"
  
• Poems and short stories from a variety of cultural sources, many with lesson ideas
  
• Cur Lab 428.64 Jor Gr 10-12
  

  
  

  Kaminsky, Marc. The Road From Hiroshima: A Narrative Poem. Simon and Schusyer: New York, 1984.
  

  
  

• Poems from varied perspectives, before and after the bomb
  
• May have to be censored, some gruesome content
  
• Cur Lab 811.54 Kam
  

  Kim, Paul. "Changes." I'm Not in My Homeland Anymore: Voices of Students in a New Land. Ed. Seymour Leviathan. Pippin Pub.: Scarborough, 1998. P. 13.
  

• Poem from new immigrant perspective, caught between culture, need for transition.
  
• Various poems and short stories form immigrant children and youth.
  
• Cur Lab 428.64 Im Gr. 7-9
  

  Lujan, Jorge. Rooster Gallo. Groundwood: Toronto, 2004.
  

• Short Illustrated poem, bi-lingual ( English/Spanish)
  
• Children's myth
  
• Excellent illustrations by Manuel Monroy
  
• Cur Lab 861 Luj
  

  
  

  Milton, John. "Paradise Lost." Complete Poems and Major Prose. Merritt Y. Hughes Ed. Hackett Pub: Indianapolis, 2003.
  

• Contains epics "Paridise Lost" and "Paridise Regained," play "Samson Agonistes" as well as many topical short poems and sonnets
  
• Perhaps focus on battle in heaven to avoid religious controversy and sexuality
  

Nye, Naomi Shihab. A Maze Me. Greenwillow books: NewYork, 2005.

• Poetry for girls
  
• Topical
  
• Cur Lab 811.54 Nye
  

  
  

  Okutoro, Lydia Omolola. Quiet Storm: Voices of Young Black Poets. Hyperion Books: New York, 1999.
  

  
  

• Assorted contemporary topics
  
• Cur Lab 811.54 Qui
  

  
  

  Peacock, Kenneth. Twenty Enthnic Songs from Western Canada. National Museum of Canada: Toronto, 1966.
  

• Songs of the Doukhobor, Mennonite Hungarian, Ukrainian and Czech traditions.
  
• Original language and English translations.
  
• Main Col. M 1679 P42
  

  
  

  Service, Robert. The Cremation of Sam McGee. Audio clip read by Jonny Cash. <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5391456 > Last accessed July 18, 2008.
  

• A slightly gruesome story
  
• A Canadian classic
  

  Taylor, Alice. A Treasury of Irish Rhymes. Barefoot books: Brooklyn, 1996.
  

• Traditional Irish nursery rhymes and children's poems and songs
  
• Illustrated by Nicola Emore.
  
• Variety of topics
  

Unobagha, Uzo. Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa and Other Talking Drum Rhymes. Chronicle Books: San Francisco, 2000.

• Nursery rhymes and children's poems
  
• Cultural imagery by Julia Carins
  
• Cur Lab 811.6 Uno
  

Van Steen, Marcus. Pauline Johnson: Her Life and Work. Hodder and Stoughton: Toronto, 1965.

• Poems by Pauline Johnson focus on Native life before European contact and on Eurpoean/ Native interactions and Métis life
  
• Especially interesting – " The Legend of Qu'Appelle Valley"
  
• Main Coll – PS 8469 039 A1 1973