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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Poetry Books to Read

I just completed my second poetry class with Storycircle Network.
Here are three of my favorite books that I have read.

Paper House by Jessie Carty
Published by Folded Word
www.foldedword.com

The “Poet’s Note” is a fun A to Z read.
My favorite poems in this collection:
“While Mom Watched Bewitched”
“While We Were Unattended”
“Gift Catalog”
“After Judy Blume”

Lizzie Borden in Love: Poems in Women’s Voices
by Julianna Baggott
Published by Southern Illinois University Press and
Crab Orchard Review
www.siupress.com

My favorite poems in this collection:
“Mary Rockwell after the Abortion”
“For Sylvia, Come Winter, Come Winter”
“Lizzie Borden Addresses Her Jury of Men”



The Late Show
by David Trinidad
Published by Turtle Point Press
www.turtlepointpress.com

My favorite poems in this collection:
“The Late Show” (see if you know the movies)
“Nature Poem”
“Doll Memorial Service”
“All This and Heaven Too”
“Watching the Late Movie with My Mother”

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