Can anyone suggest some poetry books I might look into as a gift?

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My best friend Dallas is having a birthday next month and I want to get her a book of poetry. There may be lots of you who know her poetry, and I wonder if you can suggest something she might enjoy that is in the same vein as she likes to write about usually? It can be modern or classic, even one she has never thought of, but I want it to be special. Thank you so much if you will answer.

~~*Milieu*~~ · Accepted Answer

Anything by Ruth Stone.

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Modern- "Modern Poetry: Beautiful and Pointless" by David Orr (Especially since she likes *writing* poems)

Classic - "The Golden Treasury" by Francis Turner Palgrave (A collection of some of the classic and famous poems).

Anonymous · Answer

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Fiction-Literature-/377/i.html?rt=nc&Subject=Poetry&_dmpt=US_Fiction_Books&_fln=1&_ssov=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m1539

They provide 165 Pages. Dive in and search!

One Suggestion:
She will be greatly attached to the work of Emily Dickinson.
If she does not have her books, buy her a collection. (Trust me!)

From the 1st page only (other choices)
The Master Classics Poems 2,
1950 Modern American Poetry Mid-Century Edition,
Rudyard Kipling's Verse 1940 International Collectors L
American Poetry Volume 1 & 2 1st Editions Library of Am.
THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 1906 Oxford Ed

PANDORA Πανδώρα · Answer

I think what she would love above anything else, is a book
called 'Sappho's Gymnasium' by Olga Broumas & T Begley.
It's an American publication by Copper Canyon Press, 1994...

Anonymous · Answer

HI YOU ,,  I kinda met this Dallas once and thinking,,Is there a poetry book on GOOFY ?????? OK  OK  , I really think she would love anything, she`s the type that sees the thought more than the gift itself..  Now,,for me,,I like cars ???? winks....

5 ft 7 Texas Heaven · Answer

Ooops I think I just messed up the surprise. No worries though love, by next month I will surely forget. Hugs you.

Scooter_The_Squirrel_Agent · Answer

I'm far from a Poetry expert but i hope these links gives some ideas on what to get for her. -> 

http://poetry.about.com/od/poetrybooks/Poetry_Books_Reading_Poetry_on_the_Page.htm

http://www.amazon.com/Recommended-Tanka-Poetry-Books/lm/R27338TXSDAWP9

http://www.winningwriters.com/resources/ur_books.php

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