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A review by wanderlustlover
Musical Tables: Poems by Billy Collins
3.0
Thank you to Billy Collins, Random House Publishing Group - Random House, Random House, and Netgalley for this free advanced reader copy (arc) of "Musical Tables: Poems" for an honest review.
How could anyone not see a new Billy Collins poetry release and not jump at it? Certainly, I could not. As a teacher and a lover of poetry, I always find my way back to Collins for each new release, even if sometimes I'm a little later than others. This book surprised me, as I hadn't expected all of the poems to be so bite-sized (like the current confessional poetry trend of them). It's very poetry genre reminiscent of writing one-sentence stories (ala "For sale: baby shoes, never worn").
It doesn't land in all of the poems. Still, sometimes these little delights, with anywhere between five and ten words, suddenly slam into your heart or memories so clearly and cleanly that you can see how much mastery has to go into truncating your word choice so greatly for maximum effect. I will have this in my classroom and advise students/friends to read it.
How could anyone not see a new Billy Collins poetry release and not jump at it? Certainly, I could not. As a teacher and a lover of poetry, I always find my way back to Collins for each new release, even if sometimes I'm a little later than others. This book surprised me, as I hadn't expected all of the poems to be so bite-sized (like the current confessional poetry trend of them). It's very poetry genre reminiscent of writing one-sentence stories (ala "For sale: baby shoes, never worn").
It doesn't land in all of the poems. Still, sometimes these little delights, with anywhere between five and ten words, suddenly slam into your heart or memories so clearly and cleanly that you can see how much mastery has to go into truncating your word choice so greatly for maximum effect. I will have this in my classroom and advise students/friends to read it.