{"product_id":"buzz-words-poems-about-insects","title":"Buzz Words: Poems about Insects","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA unique anthology of poems—from around the world and through the ages—that celebrates the gloriously diverse insect world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGiven that insects vastly outnumber us, it is no surprise that many cultures have long and rich traditions of verse about our tiny fellow creatures. Tang Dynasty poets in China and the haiku masters of Japan composed thousands of works in praise of crickets, grasshoppers, cicadas, moths, and butterflies, as well as such humbler bugs as houseflies, fleas, and mosquitoes. In the West, poems about insects date back to the ancient Greeks and appear frequently in Europe from the Elizabethan period onward.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The brilliant poets collected here range far and wide in time and place, including Tu Fu, John Donne, Kobayashi Issa, William Wordsworth, Victor Hugo, Ivan Turgenev, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Robert Frost, E. E. Cummings, Elizabeth Bishop, Ted Hughes, Pablo Neruda, Mary Oliver, Xi Chuan, and Kevin Young. Bees, butterflies, and beetles, cockroaches and caterpillars, fireflies and dragonflies, ladybugs and glowworms\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003ethe miniature beings that adorn these pages are as varied as the poetic talents that celebrate them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.nypl.org\/products\/book-stamping\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/shop.nypl.org\/products\/book-stamping\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1558193756111000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNE4SBzn1k3TNa_tCQWi89X-mAVqzQ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet your Book Stamped for Free\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Everyman's Library Pocket Poets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eType:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDim:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.4\" x 6.3\" x 0.9\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eItem Number: 9781101908266\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"RH-RANDOM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44259298672862,"sku":"9781101908266","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/5132\/3102\/products\/buzz-words-poems-book.jpg?v=1688622191","url":"https:\/\/klevu-trustpilot-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/buzz-words-poems-about-insects","provider":"Klevu Demo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}