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    Completely Burns

    Completely Burns

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    In celebration of the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns - over 300 poems have been recorded by...

I recently decided that I need to read some poetry books, and this happens to be the one that I started with. I'm also planning on reading another of Silverstein's collections, The Giving Tree. I don't really know all that much about poets or poetry, so I may have just searched Goodreads for high-rated books...

Silverstein often uses prominent, simply rhyme schemes throughout this book of poetry, making them easy to follow and popular with younger children/teens. They flow beautifully, almost rhythmically, and are all rather short. They are mostly humourous poems, with little illustrations alongside them. These illustrations, also by Shel Silverstein, are also often funny, and help us understand the point/joke being made in the related poem.
 
These are all pretty easy-reading poems, nothing too thought-provoking or hard to understand. Quite a nice book to read in bed, or when you just have a little time to relax. There are definitely poems in here that remind me of stories and poems from my early childhood. I think I can give his 4 stars quite easily.
  
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Oct 15, 2017
Two finalists for the National Book Awards appear on this week’s New York Times list: Frank Bidart’s collected poems, “Half-Light,” and Carmen Maria Machado’s debut collection of stories, “Her Body and Other Parties.”

We’re nearing the season for ghost stories — or in some cases un-ghost stories and cautionary tales about what happens when we try too hard to put our history behind us.


Fresh Complaint

Fresh Complaint

Jeffrey Eugenides

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The first collection of short fiction from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Virgin Suicides,...


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A Properly Unhaunted Place

A Properly Unhaunted Place

William Alexander and Kelly Murphy

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From National Book Award–winning author William Alexander comes a wryly humorous story about two...


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The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse

The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse

Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen

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Early one morning a mouse met a wolf and was quickly gobbled up... When a woeful mouse is swallowed...


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The Twelve-Mile Straight

The Twelve-Mile Straight

Eleanor Henderson

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From New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Henderson, an audacious American epic set in rural...


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Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016

Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016

Frank Bidart

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The collected works of one of contemporary poetry’s most original voices Gathered together, the...


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Katey Bassett (610 KP) rated Bloodline in Books

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Loved the artistic side to this book and also felt like the poetry was really honest and raw, although I couldn't relate to some of the poems, I really liked how honest she was.