Miracles (anthology)
1966 poetry anthology
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Miracles: Poems by Children of the English-speaking World is a 1966 poetry anthology edited by Richard Lewis.
Composition and publication
In 1961, Lewis began teaching elementary school creative writing classes, and became interested in children's poetry.[1] From 1964 to 1966, he traveled on a "world tour" of the English-speaking world and collected over three thousand poems by children.[1] The anthology contains two hundred of these, and was published by Simon & Schuster in 1966.[1] It includes poetry from the United States, New Zealand, Kenya, Uganda, Canada, England, Australia, India, and the Philippines.[1]
The book was discussed in the December 1967 Horn Book Magazine, alongside two poems reprinted with permission by Simon & Schuster.[2]
Legacy
The 1970 experimental song "Miracles" in transcendental album First Moog Quartet likely honors the book; it contains multiple instances of spoken-word poetry. The song includes a musical round of "My Brain".[3]
The Annabel Laurance poem "My Brain" has been discussed and quoted by musicians, poets, and psychologists for over 50 years.[4][5] These include composer Gershon Kingsley, psychedelic band Perth County Conspiracy, poet Louis Dudek, and pscyhoanalyst Peter Levine.[citation needed]