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Poems to See by
Poems to See by: A Book of Graphic Poetry | Julian Peters
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A fresh twist on 24 classics, these visual interpretations by comic artist Julian Peters will change the way you see the world. This stunning anthology of favorite poems visually interpreted by comic artist Julian Peters breathes new life into some of the greatest English-language poets of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These are poems that can change the way we see the world, and encountering them in graphic form promises to change the way we read the poems. In an age of increasingly visual communication, this format helps unlock the world of poetry and literature for a new generation of reluctant readers and visual learners. Grouping unexpected pairings of poems around themes such as family, identity, creativity, time, mortality, and nature, Poems to See By will also help young readers see themselves differently. A valuable teaching aid appropriate for middle school, high school, and college use, the collection includes favorites from the Western canon already taught in countless English classes. Includes poems by Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Carl Sandburg, Maya Angelou, Seamus Heaney, e. e. cummings, Dylan Thomas, Christina Rossetti, William Wordsworth, William Ernest Henley, Robert Hayden, Edgar Allen Poe, W. H. Auden, Thomas Hardy, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Philip Johnson, W. B. Yeats, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Elizabeth Bishop, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Tess Gallagher, Stevie Smith, and Siegfried Sassoon.
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IndoorDame
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Mehso-so

I really like the concept here, but the actual pieces were hit or miss. A few were incredible, a few I found really hard to parse in the new format (luckily after the comic rendering the original poem was always included), most were an interesting experience, and I‘ll probably keep the book, but it‘s definitely not going to become my preferred form of poetry.

Gissy But lovely cover😍! 2y
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Tmoriarty

Amazing variations on classic poetry

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VioletBramble
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Pickpick

I received this book through #LibraryThing ‘s Early Reviewers Program.
Peters pairs 24 classic poems with beautiful illustrations. My favorites are Juke Box Love Song by Langston Hughes, Birches by Robert Frost (both pictured) and Conscientious Objector by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The illustrations throughout are gorgeous

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AvidReader25
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Pickpick

This book takes famous poems & pairs the words with gorgeous illustrations. Every poem has a different style of artwork. I always struggle with poetry. I want to love it more than I do. This pairing worked well for me because it brought the words to life in a way that poems on their own often fail to do for me. Instead of reading each poem quickly, I focused the artwork and how it built a story behind each line. It made the poems more accessible.

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WanderingBookaneer
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Pickpick

These were great!