Come Be with Me: A Collection of Poems

by Leonard Nimoy

Many of you probably know Leonard Nimoy as the highly logical and unemotional Mr. Spock from Star Trek. However, you may not know that Leonard Nimoy is a most capable singer and poet in his own right. In fact, Leonard Nimoy's vocal and poetic abilities are two of the best kept secrets in the entertainment industry. "This book is dedicated to a thought," Leonard writes in the introduction. "I am a living thing that must change." Like a garden life needs changes. And if changes are accepted, the beauty of it can be seen. The experience "If I accept the changes, I can accept myself" Leonard shares with the reader in "Come Be With Me". I may not be the fastest I may not be the tallest Or the strongest I may not be the best Or the brightest But one thing I can do better Than anyone else . . . That is To be me But It is best reviewed by its readers. Milad Ghezellu rated it - liked it - I like this book, one reason is this book has been written by Spock, one of our favorite characters in Sci-Fi movies and series. This book has simple poems and most of those are short and easy to read for all people. Love is main subject of poems. And another important point is design of this book. Pages are illustrated and those look like view of nature and seasons, with green, orange, brown and white. In this book we can see another Leonard Nimoy who is not only Spock, he is an emotional man and a poet and a lover. Patrick rated it - it was amazing Recommends it all sentient beings Leonard Nimoy is a national 'Rocket ships/Are exciting/But so are roses/On a birthday' (1-4). Owlboyle rated it - it was amazing - A wonderful collection of poems about love. The introduction of this book contains Mr. Nimoy's last tweet.

Genres: Poetry

61 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1978

About the author

Jewish-American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer.

He was best known for playing the character of Spock on Star Trek, an American television series that ran for three seasons from 1966 to 1969, in addition to several movie sequels.

Reviews

[Regina]

After reading this book of poems, I'll think you'll agree with the publishers at Blue Mountain Press---'Leonard Nimoy is surely one of the world's "special" people.'

Untitled from page 43:


Rocket ships
Are exciting

But so are roses
On a birthday

Computers are exciting
But so is a sunset

And logic
Will never replace
Love

Sometimes I wonder
Where I belong
In the future
Or
In the past

I guess I’m just
An old-fashioned
Space-man

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

So cheesy, it's borderline genius. :P

[H]

“poetry by celebrities” is a genre i do not read because most of it is bad. however if you have talked to me at all in the last six months you know i’m obsessed with star trek, so mr. nimoy gets a pass. this was an unexpected gift from a friend, and it’s very simple and sweet. impossible to read without my spock goggles on, but quite frankly he seems to encourage it!

[Milad Ghezellu · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like this book, one reason is this book has been written by Captain Spike, one of our favorite characters in Sci-Fi movies and series. This book has simple poems and most of those are short and easy to read for all people. Love is main subject of poems. And another important point is design of this book. Pages are illustrated and those look like view of nature and seasons, with green, orange, brown and white. In this book we can see another Leonard Nimoy who is not only Captain Spike, he is an emotional man and a poem and a lover.

[wen b · Rating 1 out of 5]

The man has no concept of poetry he writes worse than a kindergartner Chris right and has no business ever to try to sell a book. He only sold books because he was famous. I don’t even think he has a handle on the English language.

[Eden Bigelow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very short and sweet. Picked it up today not realizing who he was. I appreciate and recognize his love for nature and those he cares about. I also really enjoyed the illustrations throughout the book and am wondering if they’re derived from his photography.

[Jennifer Thompson · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Beele · Rating 4 out of 5]

rip mr nimoy you would have loved the dedications in ASOUE

[Michal Farmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This sweet and cheesy poetry collection was a gift from my husband when I was feeling low in life. It’s simple lines had a profound effect on me and helped to lift me higher. This book is one of my prized possessions.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

My friends and I used to while away our time in the Walden books on the Mall by reading Nimoy poetry aloud to each other in our most dramatic of poetic voices. It was really fun as I'm a firm believer that something can be so bad that it's good, and these poems are so deliciously awful I want to read them out loud to everyone. So, I joined a poetry challenge for 2014 just so I could read as much Nimoy as I could!



Thank-you Open Library for having this book to loan.



And, instead of a careful review, I thought I'd let the book speak for itself.

 Look at these delicious poem titles. "Rocket Ships" is by far my favorite.

I also enjoy this one. What I love, love, love about Nimoy poetry is that there are gems lines in every one. In "I Love You" that line comes at the end, "I miss what I am/When you are here...". True right!?

And, here it is MY favorite. This one also seems to be all the rage on the interwebs. Read it and you can see why, the whole thing is so darned fun and I absolutely adore the last stanza, "I guess I'm just/An old-fashioned/Space-man". I can imagine Nimoy reading this whole poem book out loud. 



I think it would be great if Zach Quinto also read Nimoy poetry out loud, maybe they can work that into the next Star Trek movie.

[Patrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Leonard Nimoy is a national treasure: 'Rocket ships/Are exciting/But so are roses/On a birthday' (1-4).

[John Yelverton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great book of poetry by Leonard Nimoy, though not quite as good as his earlier works.

[Owlboyle · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful collection of poems about love. The introduction of this book contains Mr. Nimoy's last tweet.

[S. Wilson · Rating 1 out of 5]

It's great that Leonard Nimoy sought out other forms of artful expression besides acting, Honest. But while his poems are marginally better than William Shatner's singing exploits, it would be a far stretch to call them good. The majority of the poems in this collection are about love, which is easily decipherable since the majority of them use the word Love repeatedly. There is very little concrete imagery, no real flow or meter, and much is left to the vague imagery of generic concepts. Most importantly, there are no real moments, no memorable passages, just a lot of greeting card sentiments like "When you left/I learned about lonely." Just like Nimoy's Lord of the Rings pop song, this collection of poetry is more novelty than anything else.