TODAY IS WORLD POETRY DAY!
4th October 2018
This month we have been adding poetry books from a number of different styles, approaches and genres. Here are just a few that you can come and get stuck into in the Library to celebrate the musical storytelling beauty and creative art of poetry:
The Complete Poems: Anne Sexton with a foreword by Maxine Kumin
Anne Sexton was a stream of consciousness poet who reflected on mental health issues and women's experience in the world with great candour: very moving stuff.
The Best (Slam, Stand-Up Performance, Spoken Word) Poetry Book in the World Edited by Jenn Hart & Clive Birnie
This book includes work by Holly McNish, Tony Walsh, Kate Fox, Rob Anton, harry Baker, Vanessa Kisuule, Ash Dickenson, Jemima Foxtrot and on and on...see if it does what it says on the tin.
Dark Sky Park: Poems From the Edge of Nature by Philip Gross with
Illustrations by Jesse Hodgson
Philip Gross writes short poems on all things living, whether big or small, from Giraffes to Tardigrades, they all get the Philip Gross poetic treatment: sensitive and humorous.
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire
Warsan Shire creates poetry about the sometimes joyous, sometimes painful and confusing worlds of women growing up in Kenya, London and L.A. Her work has been most famously used in Beyonce's film Lemonade. Some harrowing stories powerfully rendered.
Anne Stevenson: Poems 1955-2005
Anne Stevenson writes historical, scientific and philosophical naturalist poetry. With a life time's reflection and exploration living in England and America, comes beautiful and astute observations in verse.
The Desiderata of Happiness Max Ehrman
Poems that discuss the sadness and troubles of the world around us through observations of the endless passage of the seasons. A classic!
Life Studies by Robert Lowell
Best review on Goodreads: "Mad Boston Catholic sifts through impossibly detailed childhood memories and self-aggrandising oral family histories to fashion a mirror to his own private pathos from a tender, damning portrait of his father as a dreamy misfit failure." He gave it 5 stars. what would your review be?
She Must Be Mad by Charly Cox
Charly Cox writes a sort of YA poetry: unrequited love, mad nights out, mental health issues and growing up from a girl to a woman in the modern world.
Everything All at Once by Steven Camden
All about one week at school, Steven Camden, AKA Polarbear, reflects on "Heaven, hell and waiting for the bell": a teenage experience for teenagers and adults. Is this you?