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A review by opheliapo
Curly Verse: Selected Poems by Michael Leunig
3.0
I don’t know what I was smoking when I rated this collection 5 stars in 2017, but it barely scraped 3 this time around. I did enjoy the quaint simplicity, but i’ve read this nursery rhyme, moral style of poetry a hundred times before, and usually by amateur writers.
The collection peaked on page 1, with the only poem I will actually remember from Curly Verse. So to save anybody having to buy the full collection, here it is:
Sitting on the Fence:
Come sit down beside me,
I said to myself,
And although it doesn’t make sense,
I held my own hand
As a small sign of trust
And together I sat on the fence.
Review Aug 2017:
5 stars.
I've found a new favourite poet. This book is simple, sharp, and quintessentially weird, but also somewhat reminds me of my grandmother (if she were a writer of Sunday comic strips).
The collection peaked on page 1, with the only poem I will actually remember from Curly Verse. So to save anybody having to buy the full collection, here it is:
Sitting on the Fence:
Come sit down beside me,
I said to myself,
And although it doesn’t make sense,
I held my own hand
As a small sign of trust
And together I sat on the fence.
Review Aug 2017:
5 stars.
I've found a new favourite poet. This book is simple, sharp, and quintessentially weird, but also somewhat reminds me of my grandmother (if she were a writer of Sunday comic strips).