Good Poems for Hard Times by Garrison Keillor

Good Poems for Hard Times

Good Poems

Garrison Keillor with Hilaire Belloc, Maxine Kumin, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Louis MacNeice, David Ignatow, Jane Kenyon, John Berryman, Liesl Mueller, Kenneth Rexroth, John Donne, W.H. Auden, Jennifer Michael Hecht, Robert Burns, X.J. Kennedy, Stephen Dobyns, Stephen Dunn, Philip Booth, Wendell Berry, Herman Melville, Raymond Carver, Billy Collins, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Fleur Adcock, Patricia Hampl, John Keats, Mary Oliver, Charles Bukowski, Hayden Carruth, Grace Paley, Carl Sandburg, Donald Hall, Lawrence Raab, Galway Kinnell, Noël Coward, E.E. Cummings, William Blake, Robert Frost, W.S. Merwin, Carl Dennis, Rita Dove, Erica Funkhouser, Elizabeth Bishop, Virginia Hamilton Adair, Jim Harrison, Thomas Hardy, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Sharon Olds, Kate Light, Emily Dickinson, Howard Nemerov

367 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction poetry emotional reflective sad fast-paced
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“The book is full of strong, memorable poems that stick with readers like a friend during a long, hard night. ” – The Christian Science MonitorHere, readers will find solace in works that are bracing and courageous, organized into such resonant he...

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Community Reviews Summary of 244 reviews

Moods

emotional 91%
reflective 66%
inspiring 50%
sad 33%
hopeful 25%
challenging 16%
funny 16%
dark 8%
lighthearted 8%
relaxing 8%

Pace

slow 53%
medium 38%
fast 7%

Plot- or character-driven?

N/A: 100%

Strong character development?

N/A: 100%

Loveable characters?

N/A: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

N/A: 83% | No: 16%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

N/A: 100%

Average rating

3.96

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