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Read Me: A Poem for Every Day of the Year
READ ME was first published in August 1998 to tie in with the National Year of Reading. It was an immediate success and sold over 180,000 copies. We are delighted to be publishing this tenth anniversary edition in the Rhythm and Rhyme month of the second National Year of Reading.
'This book contains Emily Dickinson, Wordsworth, Gareth Owen, Ian McMillan, Wes Magee, William Blake and Seamus Heaney - an excellent acknowledgement of the fact that some days we feel wordy and broody, and on other days we feel as brash as the wind, and no deeper than the surface of our skins.' - Michael Glover, "Independent on Sunday "
'The poetic calendar chosen by Gaby Morgan is a delight: motley, wide-ranging and unpatronising.' "Observer"
'Great riches are to be found between the covers of this unassuming paperback. . . this treasure trove celebrates the variety of English verse.' - Beverley Davies, "The Lady "
'This book contains Emily Dickinson, Wordsworth, Gareth Owen, Ian McMillan, Wes Magee, William Blake and Seamus Heaney - an excellent acknowledgement of the fact that some days we feel wordy and broody, and on other days we feel as brash as the wind, and no deeper than the surface of our skins.' - Michael Glover, "Independent on Sunday "
'The poetic calendar chosen by Gaby Morgan is a delight: motley, wide-ranging and unpatronising.' "Observer"
'Great riches are to be found between the covers of this unassuming paperback. . . this treasure trove celebrates the variety of English verse.' - Beverley Davies, "The Lady "
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512 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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May 5, 2022
Library borrow, so I read it in two weeks instead of the suggested timeline.
One of the blurbs on the back calls this collection "motley, wide-ranging and unpatronizing." I would agree. There is quite a mix of style and topic -- Wilfred Own right next to some humorous children's verse, for example. I appreciated this very much as a survey of all that poetry *can* be. Sometimes it's intense, and sometimes it's a game.
Content notes: the Christian God is present in a number of these selections -- not only at Christmas and Easter, and not only in the "classics." Sometimes praise poems, sometimes retelling famous stories from the Christian Bible, sometimes reflections on the soul. This is fine! Unless you happen to be a not-Christian native English speaker caught unprepared in front of your kiddo because nothing on the cover mentions faith contents. ;) I did not notice any other religions in the book, so if they are represented it is not overt. Very few BIPOC writers also.
All in all, I enjoyed reading through this more than many other poetry anthologies I've tried.
One of the blurbs on the back calls this collection "motley, wide-ranging and unpatronizing." I would agree. There is quite a mix of style and topic -- Wilfred Own right next to some humorous children's verse, for example. I appreciated this very much as a survey of all that poetry *can* be. Sometimes it's intense, and sometimes it's a game.
Content notes: the Christian God is present in a number of these selections -- not only at Christmas and Easter, and not only in the "classics." Sometimes praise poems, sometimes retelling famous stories from the Christian Bible, sometimes reflections on the soul. This is fine! Unless you happen to be a not-Christian native English speaker caught unprepared in front of your kiddo because nothing on the cover mentions faith contents. ;) I did not notice any other religions in the book, so if they are represented it is not overt. Very few BIPOC writers also.
All in all, I enjoyed reading through this more than many other poetry anthologies I've tried.
December 29, 2022
Poems are mostly a bit basic, a few gems but mostly leave you thinking "Why did they bother?"
August 12, 2018
Sweet and charming. Makes everyday seem special
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