Tag: Poetry
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BR314) “Sabbaths” Book Review
Sabbaths by Wendell Berry. 2/5 rating. 96 pages. Book #30 of 2019. Read July 26, 2023. This is a collection of poems mostly about nature. Wendell is one of the preeminent nature-lovers and writers on agriculture of our time. He is one of those people that I hear about often in other books I read…
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BR266) “Reading the Mountains of Home” Book Review
Reading the Mountains of Home by John Elder. 2/5 rating. 237 pages. Book #33 of 2022. Read August 5, 2022. This is a literary analysis of the Robert Frost poem “Directive” and its interplay with Bristol, Vermont. After reading this book, I don’t know that I really gained anything besides some descriptions about the Bristol…
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BR236) “A Light in the Attic” Book Review
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein. 2/5 rating. 169 pages. Book #3 of 2022. Read January 9, 2022. I remember enjoying some Shel poems as a kid – and I LOVE “The Giving Tree” – but I thought most of these poems were nonsense, morbid, or just straight sad. There’s a lot of…
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BR212) “Poe: Selected Stories and Poems” Book Review
Selected Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe. 3/5 rating. 253 pages. Book #48 of 2021. Read June 15, 2021. This is a collection of some of Poe’s most famous stories. If you have never read any of Poe, I would recommend it just to understand this renowned American author. He obviously lived a very…
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BR199) “The Bell and The Blackbird” Book Review
The Bell and the Blackbird by David Whyte. 3/5 rating. 135 pages. Book #35 of 2021. Read April 24, 2021. This is a book of poetry by David. I loved some of the lines and even whole poems in this book, but overall, I thought it was just an okay collection. A few of…
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BR138) “Dream Work” Book Review
Dream Work by Mary Oliver. 3/5 rating. 98 pages. Book #63 of 2020. Read September 1, 2020. This is another one of Mary’s books of nature poetry. This book was fine, but I’ve read other books by Mary that really spoke to me; this one didn’t really do that as much. A few of the…
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BR127) “West Wind” Book Review
West Wind: Poem and Prose Poems by Mary Oliver. 3/5 rating. 80 pages. Book #52 of 2020. Read August 5, 2020. This is another of Mary’s poetry collections. Her poetry is a flowing, celebration of nature. While this isn’t my favorite books of Mary’s, it still has some great poems: “And to tell the truth…
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BR124) “the sun and her flowers” Book Review
the sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur. 5/5 rating. 256 pages. Book #49 of 2020. Read July 29, 2020. This is an absolutely beautiful book of poetry and illustrations. Rupi is so good at talking about the topics of pain, anguish, and trauma, but then works through her hurt and shows her process of…
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BR55) Mary Oliver’s New and Selected Poems Book Review
Mary Oliver’s New and Selected Poems, Volume One by Mary Oliver. 5/5 rating. Book #130!! of 2019. Read November 17, 2019. I had read a few Mary Oliver Poems and enjoyed them enough to get this book: from that, I fell in love with her as a poet. Mary has a beautiful, melodic way that…
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BR39) The Giving Tree Book Review
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. 4/5 rating. Book #112 of 2019. Read September 28, 2019. I had to think if I could actually count this as a book read since it’s a kid’s book, but with all of the long books I’ve read, we’re going for it…and because it’s a great book! I love…