Reviewed by TM
Poems that speak of and for those of the past describing familiar places in unfamiliar times and familiar feelings with unfamiliar lives.
March 4, 2010
March 25, 2009
Songs for the Open Road by The American Poetry and Literacy Project
Reviewed by SM
This book contains many of the poems I remember enjoying from before, as well as many more I wish I had seen sooner.
Traditional British Ballads by Bartlett J Whiting
Reviewed by SM
These poems express universal human predicaments and emotions in their original forms. Not easy reading, but worth it.
Sappho: A New Translation by Mary Barnard
Reviewed by SM
This translator did an excellent job considering that so little by the poet has survived.
February 19, 2009
Ten Poems to Change Your Life by Roger Housden
Reviewed by SM
I wish I could take and English course from the author. I loved these poems by the time I finished this book.
Art and Love: An Illustrated Anthology of Love Poetry by Kate Farrell
Reviewed by SM
This is an ideal beginner’s book of poetry. It is full of short poems and beautiful pictures.
February 17, 2009
Sitting By My Laughing Fire by Ruth Bell Graham
Reviewed by SM
This book is full of short poems and family photographs. Even without a famous husband, the author deserves to be recognized as a good poet.
Find it at Cheshire Public Library
