Finding a Poem

by Eve Merriam, Seymour Chwast (Illustrator)

Examines the creative process and presents a collection of thought-provoking poems which explore the realm of modern experience

Genres: Poetry

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1970

About the author

Born as Eve Moskovitz, American poet and writer

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed this, sort of a time travel, trippy Peter Max-y drawings and a lot of poetry aimed at poetry that was the sort I read growing up - some great lines )from Sandwriting: "Old people beached up on the shore, to and fro to and fro, rocking on a dry sea of memory...." ..references to transister radios, computer punch cards and such might make this feel dated to some but her odes to anti-war dreams and offering up intelligent language is timeless.

[Lynnette]

Unique poems which cover a diversity of subjects from plastic to love, from sleep to peace, to punctuation marks.

Not peaceful poems. I'd like to hear the many different interpretations classes would come up with for these poems. Some understandable right away. Others?

[Riegs · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a weird one. The poems are almost dystopic(???) in the way they describe plastic and other social issues, with some trippy Yellow Submarine-ish illustrations. I half expected John Lennon to show up halfway through.

[Polly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Anyone teaching poetry needs the afterward of this book. Great pages about how to revise a poem-- something very hard to find.

[SB · Rating 5 out of 5]

This wasn't a book where I loved EVERY poem (unlikely anyway), but I really enjoyed the playful political commentary (and other commentaries) this book had to offer!