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71 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 1979
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John Ciardi
153 books33 followersJohn Anthony Ciardi was an American poet, translator, editor, writer and etymologist.
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January 10, 2018Rating: 3 1/2
Poetry in three sections: "Machine", "On the Patio", and "Trying to Feel Something". A lot of it bored me. But some of it did not.
Favorites:
"Bicentennial" - references William Carlos Williams
"Scene Twelve: Take Seven"
"Trying to Feel Something" - references three poets who suicided
"Donna ch'avete intelleto d'amore" - a funny one
I had been in Italy rinsing my vowels.
She had been in Medford, Massachussetts
thickening her tongue on English crusts.
- "Firsts"
Poetry in three sections: "Machine", "On the Patio", and "Trying to Feel Something". A lot of it bored me. But some of it did not.
Favorites:
"Bicentennial" - references William Carlos Williams
"Scene Twelve: Take Seven"
"Trying to Feel Something" - references three poets who suicided
"Donna ch'avete intelleto d'amore" - a funny one
I had been in Italy rinsing my vowels.
She had been in Medford, Massachussetts
thickening her tongue on English crusts.
- "Firsts"
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