A review by emmalong
Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World by Pádraig Ó Tuama

4.0

read this if you want to get into poetry, but don’t quite know where to start. 50 poems from poets all over the world and varying stages of popularity and styles. the author/editor of the book then breaks down the poem into its parts, dissects its possible meaning, and gives anecdotes and thoughts behind each. no part of his analysis was too influential that i couldn’t form my own opinion, it only enhanced how i felt about the poem. easily, my favorite in this collection is We Lived Happily during the War by Ilya Kaminsky; followed by What You Missed that Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade by Brad Aaron Modlin; then A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson. highly recommend!