Mary Ann Hoberman

Poetry's Decline?

Carol Hoenig | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carol Hoenig

I'm sure I'd leafed through The Children's First Book of Poetry when I was a child, but it was more the memory of my mother reciting any number of poems that I cherished.

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America's Other Poet Laureate

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Shel Silverstein, Poetic Life, Mary Ann Hoberman, Healthy Living News
John Lundberg

I loved reading Shel Silverstein as a kid. His poems stirred my imagination more than anything else I remember reading back then. Sure they could be ...

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