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Ironically, I just found this at a used bookstore and found it perfect for today's prompt.

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February 1st #Feelin'TheLove Love Poem @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#FeelinTheLove Day 1: #LovePoem or its failure, ostensibly.

Such fond memories of an evening dinner with #poet Henry Taylor when he visited the community college where I taught in Iowa. I first met him years before when he was my daughter's favorite #poetry professor at American University in DC. Small world. #FeelintheLove #LovePoem @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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Where was this book when I was a child. As a 46-year-old woman I am all in my feels about a book that makes me 11 again. I am lucky that I did not have Ellie‘s mother, but my aunt and my grandmother were just like her. Ellie is a girl who is not small. She‘s been big all her life. She‘s been picked on by people at school, people in neighborhood, and even her mother. This constant referring of “you could be pretty if you lost weight”.

One last book done for January!

I appreciate WCW for basically inventing the casual American style of poetry & that his subject matter centered on everyday circumstances of life and the lives of common people. However, WCW is not my favorite poet. While I like some of his poetry, I also don't care for most of it & my rating reflects this. The great thing about poetry is that there‘s something for everyone.

#OffMyShelf for poetry prompt

3 ⭐ It‘s hard to call this a celebrity author or a celebrity picture because it‘s the song by a singer put in picture of a format. It‘s fine. The song was a hit for multiple years with the Happy Feet movie and yes this book was checked out like crazy. Is there still place for it? Yes… but I have a feeling this is one that when Library copies fall apart, they will not be replaced. I do like that they use real pictures in the book that are set to a