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.
Comments (10)
Clever and mysterious
Who doesnβt wuv owls! ππ€ π¦
I love this mysterious haiku
This was such a great read! Love owls and this flowed so well!
"Who knows what owls know?" who, who indeed.
I love the mysterious air about this. Well done!
Great job! Second line was especially good
The picture tells a thousand words, so does your poem! π
Two "deftly dones" in one 24 hour period? This was magnificent, like the owl itself.
No one knows because two can keep a secret if one of them is dead. Night of the Killer Owl. I'm sorry, I'm just so exhausted, my brain is coming up with nonsense π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£