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Uncle Styopa in the 1939 Soviet animated film directed by Vladimir Suteev. Uncle Styopa (Russian: Дядя Стёпа, IPA: [ˈdʲædʲə ˈstʲɵpɐ]), also known as Dyadya Stepa, [1] Uncle Steeple [2] and Tom the Tower, [3] is a series of poems written by Russian children's poet Sergey Mikhalkov. They were written in trochaic tetrameter.
His poems about enormously tall "Uncle Styopa" ("Дядя Стёпа") enjoyed particular popularity. [3] Uncle Styopa is a friendly policeman always ready to rescue cats stuck up trees, and to perform other helpful deeds. In English, his name translates as Uncle Steeple. [4]
Cervantes' first full collection of poetry illustrates the unique experience of a Chicana as she is coming of age. [1] As Lynette Seator writes in her analysis of the work, "The poems of Emplumada tell the story of Cervantes' life, her life as it was given to her and as she learned to live it, taking into herself what was good and turning the bad into a comprehension of social context."
The poems are an explanation of why the son of a builder would go and write poetry. Playing God , Colquhuoun’s third book, was published in 2002 to critical acclaim and popular support. It has sold over 10,000 copies in New Zealand and in 2007 was published in the United Kingdom.
Hi Uncle Sam! is a poem by Irish poet Rev. William Forbes Marshall. It asks of Americans that they remember the input and support of immigrants from Ulster on the United States throughout the American Revolution. The poem was published in Marshall's book, Ulster Sails West, which was published in 1911. [1]
Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related to the plight of African Americans during the late 19th to mid 20th centuries suffering discrimination and violence.
Walt Mason's Business Prose Poems (1911) 190 pages of prose poems, largely devoted to grocers and dry goods businesses. Introduction by George Ade. Published by George Matthew Adams at Chicago, 1911. Uncle Walt's Philosophy (1912) A loose-bound booklet of 12 prose poems from his newspaper columns, published by W. A. Wilde Company, Boston and ...
Don't Bump the Glump! and Other Fantasies is a children's book written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein.His first book of verse, and the only one to feature full color illustrations, it was originally published in 1964 by Simon & Schuster under the title Uncle Shelby's Zoo: Don't Bump the Glump! and Other Fantasies.