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Summary: More than just a poem a day
Review: A Poem a Day features not only a poem, but also related information about the author, the poem, the time it was penned, and interesting historical facts. The poems, like all good poems, focus on the human condition. They are timely, and timeless.
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Summary: More than just a poem a day
Review: A Poem a Day features not only a poem, but also related information about the author, the poem, the time it was penned, and interesting historical facts. The poems, like all good poems, focus on the human condition. They are timely, and timeless.
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Summary: A great book for friends to share!
Review: A POEM A DAY is a great book to give a friend, but be sure to buy one for yourself too! That way you can share your thoughts about the poem you read every day! If you are daunted by the thought of sitting down and reading a whole book of poetry - take heart! Anyone can manage to read ONE poem a day.
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Summary: A fantastic variety of poems!
Review: Each day you can look forward to reading these wonderfully selected poems. Some of the poems you may recognize, and some you might come to love. This is a great book of a collection of poems.
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Summary: One of the best investment you'll ever make...
Review: Extremely well written poems from all the best poets in history. Students who have attended my seminars will recall that I strongly recommend to every aspiring writer that they invest two minutes a day in reading a well-written poem. (No other investment of time will do as much to add color and electricity to your words or enhance your powers of persuasion.) It's almost as if Karen McCosker and Nicholas Albery compiled this book specifically to accomplish that directive! A Poem a Day features 365 brilliantly chosen poems and assigns one to each day of the year. (Month and Day are prominently emblazoned at the top of each page, much like a calendar. A very handy feature for keeping "on schedule" in your reading and for getting "caught up" when you fall behind. Invest in yourself. Make this book yours. NOTE TO THE PUBLISHER: Considering the handling this book will receive, why not publish it in hardback? Please?
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Summary: A fine collection
Review: I have been very pleased with this anthology, which is absolutely for people who love good poetry in a variety of forms and styles. Great selections by Yeats, Hopkins and Blake, and many poems that you may - like me - have loved once and lost, plus some that are less familiar but great finds. Happily no Rod McKuen or Susan Polis Schulz and also, happily, no T.S. Eliot. In other words, nothing mediocre, but also nothing effete and academic. McCosker is obviously very widely read, very open-minded, and has a love for the musical, the meaningful and the memorable. The notes on the poets are very good reading. Let's hope it will inspire some good poetry writing in the next generation!
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Summary: A JOY TO READ! SOMETHING FOR EVERY WORD LOVER!
Review: I simply LOVE this book and pick it up every day to read a poem---that's how good it is. It's turned me on to many new poets and renewed my acquaintances with the old favorites. I was happy to see this gem on page 278 by Raymond Carver: "And did you get what--- you wanted from this life, even so?--- I did.--- And what did you want?--- To call myself beloved, to feel myself--- beloved on the earth." The power of the words shine through: the power of words to heal, strengthen, uplift, comfort, hurt, wound, enrage, succor and rejuvenate! This book is a celebration and a joy to read. I enjoyed reading the words to Leonard Cohen's, "Suzanne Takes You Down", a favorite song from my past. The poem, "from Jubilate Agno" written by Christopher Smart in the 1700's while in an insane asylum (about his cat!) was awesome and a must read for EVERY cat lover. "The Falcon to the Falconer" by Jonathan Steffen blew me away. Here's a few lines: "Unleash me from your hand--- And I will lance the light for you--- I'll cut a swordblade on the wind--- And pennant it with flight for you--- To signal I am yours--- If you will free me to be true to you. . ." I could go on and on! I'm so happy that I found this book and recommend it highly!
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Summary: A JOY TO READ! SOMETHING FOR EVERY WORD LOVER!
Review: I simply LOVE this book and pick it up every day to read a poem---that's how good it is. It's turned me on to many new poets and renewed my acquaintances with the old favorites. I was happy to see this gem on page 278 by Raymond Carver: "And did you get what--- you wanted from this life, even so?--- I did.--- And what did you want?--- To call myself beloved, to feel myself--- beloved on the earth." The power of the words shine through: the power of words to heal, strengthen, uplift, comfort, hurt, wound, enrage, succor and rejuvenate! This book is a celebration and a joy to read. I enjoyed reading the words to Leonard Cohen's, "Suzanne Takes You Down", a favorite song from my past. The poem, "from Jubilate Agno" written by Christopher Smart in the 1700's while in an insane asylum (about his cat!) was awesome and a must read for EVERY cat lover. "The Falcon to the Falconer" by Jonathan Steffen blew me away. Here's a few lines: "Unleash me from your hand--- And I will lance the light for you--- I'll cut a swordblade on the wind--- And pennant it with flight for you--- To signal I am yours--- If you will free me to be true to you. . ." I could go on and on! I'm so happy that I found this book and recommend it highly!
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Summary: This book is a treasure!
Review: If you like to read, you will delight in the book. If you enjoy words, you will revel in this book. "A Poem A Day" should be the next book in your library! It does not matter if you have enjoyed poetry before today, because this is a splendid collection of poems especially selected to touch and tickle you. Poems of love and nature and joy and mundane; you will find yourself in these words. The editors, Karen McCosker & Nicholas Albery, have done a wonderful job of selecting interesting and intriguing poems. The footnotes alone make the book worth the price because they only serve to draw you into the poets life, or experiences, or work. I do not own or write poetry. I like words and reading. I love this book. Read 'A Poem A Day.' You will regret not having this book yesterday.
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Summary: This book is a treasure!
Review: If you like to read, you will delight in the book. If you enjoy words, you will revel in this book. "A Poem A Day" should be the next book in your library! It does not matter if you have enjoyed poetry before today, because this is a splendid collection of poems especially selected to touch and tickle you. Poems of love and nature and joy and mundane; you will find yourself in these words. The editors, Karen McCosker & Nicholas Albery, have done a wonderful job of selecting interesting and intriguing poems. The footnotes alone make the book worth the price because they only serve to draw you into the poets life, or experiences, or work. I do not own or write poetry. I like words and reading. I love this book. Read 'A Poem A Day.' You will regret not having this book yesterday.
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