pickFinished this a couple of days ago (and with it, finished #poetrychallenge2018! Yay! Loved reading poetry throughout the year, and ended on a strong note as this is my favourite of all the ones I read).
I held off reviewing this cause I didn't know how yet, but I still don't. So... I loved this, it's my favourite sort of poetry. I'll be getting my own copy to revisit, and checking out the rest of Vermette's work. And that cover! So gorgeous.
Can anyone doing the #poetrychallenge2018 answer a couple of questions for me, please?
- Is it just reading one poetry book a month?
- Who is the organizer?
- Is there going to be a 2019 challenge?
The reason I'm asking is that I was planning on doing my own poetry challenge next year, but if I can join in with something other people are doing that would be a lot more fun.
From Blackberry Eating
...and as I stand among them lifting the stalks to my mouth, the ripest berries fall almost unbidden to my tongue, as words sometimes do, certain peculiar words like strengths or squinched or broughamed, many lettered, one syllabled lumps, which I squeeze, squinch open, and splurge well in the silent, startled, icy black language of blackberry eating in late September.
On this snowy morning near the East river I happened upon this poem in my current poetry read.
from: The River That is East
A man stands on the pier
He has long since stopped wishing his heart were full
Or his life dear to him
He watches the snowfall hitting the dirty water
He thinks: Beautiful Beautiful
If I were a gull I would be one with white wings
I would fly out over the water, explode, and
Be beautiful snow hitting the dirty water.
With Dietland, I finished the #booked2018 challenge! Thanks for a great challenge @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft!
Still have #poetrychallenge2018 #litsyatoz and #readingwomenchallenge to finish for this year.
My planned reads for December. It's going to be a busy month so I'm keeping expectations low. The Kinnell is my December #poetrychallenge2018 book. The Stranger Things book is my most anticipated book for the month. I'm also excited that my Funko Pop of Mike (Snowball Dance) came in the mail yesterday- 2 days early.
Now I'm going to open my #harrypotteradventcalendar pop for tomorrow and go to bed. Good night! 💤
pickI forgot to post my November #poetrychallenge2018 book
This amazing book is an inner city coming of age story told in verse. I read the print version. I imagine the audiobook must be even better. Recommend for fans of Slam poetry.
Almost done #poetrychallenge2018! Only 1 more to go. I enjoyed both of these in very different ways. I learned a lot from the WWI collection, and it was good to read beyond McCrae. Wide range of poems, from the celebratory and patriotic to the personal and devastating. And Lorna Crozier...this is my 2nd time reading her poetry & I find it fascinating how I really love about half of it, and just don't get the other half. Often within the same poem.
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