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literarystrawberry's review against another edition
4.0
One of my favorites from this one:
Diving for Treasure
Her fair freckled face
sparkled bright
as a carnival
buffed by the crush
of the
cornicled deep--
she'd barked
her bare knuckles
on bevies of barnacles
waking a wreck
from
its coral-torn sleep.
An eerie unquiet
had scarred
all its treasure--
and thought she could see
it held wealth
beyond measure
she left it behind for the ocean to keep.
Diving for Treasure
Her fair freckled face
sparkled bright
as a carnival
buffed by the crush
of the
cornicled deep--
she'd barked
her bare knuckles
on bevies of barnacles
waking a wreck
from
its coral-torn sleep.
An eerie unquiet
had scarred
all its treasure--
and thought she could see
it held wealth
beyond measure
she left it behind for the ocean to keep.
devafagan's review
5.0
I am not generally a big reader of poetry but I really loved this. My favorite aspect of Lawson's poetry is how much FUN it is to say them aloud. As I sat reading through this I had to keep stopping to read them out to my husband (who also appreciated them). If you love wordplay like "Bartleby startles me" and "All of a sudden"/"All love is sudden" check this out!
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