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kikawinling's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
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- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
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5.0
This gift from Sarah M is such a revelation: a collection of Hughes' poems about animals in the natural world, bringing the wild into our lives through words that draw living pictures. Like any collection, the brilliance is somewhat uneven, but I think that here it is more about which pieces of nature we can personally relate to most clearly; for example, I will need to share October Salmon with all of my fishing friends, because it is so real and alive. This is a book I will now slowly reread, a few poems at a time, seeking to find myself in each of the small slices of wilderness.
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