Ted Kooser

Yet another book I read (in this take home library batch) that had potential and yet disappointed me. There were too many words and as I lost interest, I can only imagine a child doing so.

It was the message of the grass not being greener somewhere else. So a great message, right? And it is illustrated/told in a fun way of Mr. Posey trying on new pairs of glasses that, in turn, took him to all different worlds.

Still, due to its lack of readability, I had to give it a lower rating than I would have liked… (mais)

Poets . . . Why'd It Have to be Poets?

I'm not a fan of poetry on the best of days,
and this is not the best of days,
and these are not the best of poems.
They couldn't even afford to buy a rhyme,
the poor fucks.

(Poetry lesson: Write your review like normal, capitalize the first line, then hit return every couple of inches or whenever you come to punctuation (capitalizing the first letter of the next line is optional), and -- ta-da! -- you've written poetry. Now post it online and ruin other people's day the same way yours has been ruined.)

(Another project! I'm trying to read all the picture books and graphic novels on the kids section of NPR's Books We Love 2022.)… (mais)