Book Review: "American Poetry: A Very Short Introduction" by David Caplan
Help me, I'm stuck in the Very Short Introduction series and I can't get out!
No really, this is becoming the same problem I had a few years ago when I got my limbs caught in the British Library Crime Classics series and ended up reading almost 100 of those books in perhaps a few months. Now, I've managed to find one on American Poetry, I have to say it is probably one of my favourites so far. I mean The Beats is good, but American Poetry has Phillis Wheatley and Emily Dickinson so it is, by default, better. The writer doesn't only display his knowledge of American Poetic History, he also provides some historical accounts of the people who wrote them, commenting on where they fit into the greater American landscape.
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Oh I love this. - Nicely Done!!
So gorgeous!
Such a lovely and descriptive sky-ku.
A shooting star?
Girl.... you are killing these sky-ku's!!! Leave some for the rest of us!! π
Beautiful β
great work
Drama and peace both exuded so well! Excellent haiku!
and this is lovely as well.
You are definitely rocking the pathways carved through the skies for this series, Rachel!
I wanna go there now.
Love this, Chum! Well done!
Oooo, I really hope you meant a meteor crashing into the sea and causing a tsunami. At least this interpretation of mine isn't too bad π π
Hi beautiful, nice work