The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov

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Summary: MAKE BIG MONEY! WRITE POEMS IN SPARE TIME!
Review: Howard Nemerov is the most entertaining poet I have ever read. He has the courage to be funny, the wit to be political, the heart to be intimate, the hormones to be irrational, the brains to be profound. He has more to say about anything than any other writer I've encountered. Take "The Beautiful Lawn Sprinkler" - a short gem about the metaphysical mysteries of his, well, lawn sprinkler. Although this may sound fluffy, don't worry - he won't waste your time. In addition to his talent at spotting the Eternal in the Everyday, he's also good at saying a lot in just a few phrases. He is never long winded (he summed up the paradoxical nature of God in just two lines in "Creation Myth on a Mobius Band"), he's always accessible (he's written many short-and-to-the-point poems called "gnomes"), and I for one would be proud to debase myself by writing a corny, on-line review just to know that someone might hate it enough to buy the book and prove me wrong.

Rating:
Summary: MAKE BIG MONEY! WRITE POEMS IN SPARE TIME!
Review: Howard Nemerov is the most entertaining poet I have ever read. He has the courage to be funny, the wit to be political, the heart to be intimate, the hormones to be irrational, the brains to be profound. He has more to say about anything than any other writer I've encountered. Take "The Beautiful Lawn Sprinkler" - a short gem about the metaphysical mysteries of his, well, lawn sprinkler. Although this may sound fluffy, don't worry - he won't waste your time. In addition to his talent at spotting the Eternal in the Everyday, he's also good at saying a lot in just a few phrases. He is never long winded (he summed up the paradoxical nature of God in just two lines in "Creation Myth on a Mobius Band"), he's always accessible (he's written many short-and-to-the-point poems called "gnomes"), and I for one would be proud to debase myself by writing a corny, on-line review just to know that someone might hate it enough to buy the book and prove me wrong.