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Poetry Books

How to Read a Poem by Terry Eagleton

Lords of Limit by Geoffrey Hill

The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide by Robert Pinsky

The Trouble with Poetry by Billy Collins

Selected Poems of WB Yeats by WB Yeats

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

New Hampshire by Robert Frost

Emily Dickinson by Poems and Letters

Gilgamesh by Ed. Stephen Mitchell

Leaves of Grass 1855 by Walt Whitman

August 3, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

CBR14Bingo – Mind – This book addresses the “heart” elements of poetry with a literary critical mind approach. How to Read a Poem – 5/5 Stars This is a book that I really enjoyed but even Terry Eagleton admits that it’s not much help to anyone who hasn’t read a decent amount of literary criticism, especially for the first half of the book. It’s rare for an author to suggest that maybe for some readers, starting at chapter 5 (out of 7) would yield the […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: billy collins, bird, cbr14bingo, cozy, Ed. Stephen Mitchell, Funky, Geoffrey Hill, mind, Poems and Letters, Robert Frost, Robert Pinsky, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Series, Terry Eagleton, Time, Walt Whitman, WB Yeats

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:419 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: billy collins, bird, cbr14bingo, cozy, Ed. Stephen Mitchell, Funky, Geoffrey Hill, mind, Poems and Letters, Robert Frost, Robert Pinsky, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Series, Terry Eagleton, Time, Walt Whitman, WB Yeats ·
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While I don’t know it all, I know good poetry, so get on the ball and read y’all!

Whale Day: And Other Poems by Billy Collins

Born in a Second Language by Akosua Afiriyie-Hwedie

July 13, 2021 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

cbr13bingo UnCannon I think we should teach poetry in school but not just the “classics” or what “academics” like, but stuff you WANT to read. Many kids (and adults) hate poetry because it is “girly” (yes, some I was taught was “flowery/girly”) or because is dull (yes, I have fallen asleep more than once while reading some my teacher(s) was forcing on me). And yes, there can be too many rhymes (not that I am complaining mind you, some of my favorites rhymed, but if […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: African American & Black, African poets, Akosua Afiriyie-Hwedie, American poets, billy collins, cbr13bingo, nature, women poets

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:196 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: African American & Black, African poets, Akosua Afiriyie-Hwedie, American poets, billy collins, cbr13bingo, nature, women poets ·
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Y’all…. This one’s gonna be a bit different

November 10, 2018 by NTE 5 Comments

  Lemme tell you a not-so-secret-secret about ‘adulthood’: Nobody knows what the f they are doing. So much of being an adult is dealing with sucky situations – all the sudden a lot of your friend’s parents are dying, or your sister-in-law gets cancer (again), or this one has an affair that devastates that one, or your cousin suffers another miscarriage while her sister is expecting twins.  Literally, life just becomes chock full of situations that you are not prepared to face, and suddenly you […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: #raisingchildren, adulthood, Adulting, Anthology, Backlog, billy collins, Brené Brown, cbr10bingo, Cheryl Strayed, Emily McDowell, extraordinary poems for everyday, Helping, How to be a Heroine, Janet Fouts, Kelsey Crowe, Life choices, Life Skills, NetGalley, poems, poet, poetry, raising human beings, Rising Strong, ross greene, Rupi Kaur, Samantha Ellis, SHOW UP, The Art of Comforting, the sun and her flowers, There is no good card for this, Tiny Beautiful Things, Val Walker, When Life hits the fan

NTE's CBR10 Review No:20 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: #raisingchildren, adulthood, Adulting, Anthology, Backlog, billy collins, Brené Brown, cbr10bingo, Cheryl Strayed, Emily McDowell, extraordinary poems for everyday, Helping, How to be a Heroine, Janet Fouts, Kelsey Crowe, Life choices, Life Skills, NetGalley, poems, poet, poetry, raising human beings, Rising Strong, ross greene, Rupi Kaur, Samantha Ellis, SHOW UP, The Art of Comforting, the sun and her flowers, There is no good card for this, Tiny Beautiful Things, Val Walker, When Life hits the fan ·
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