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Here are modern poems chosen for their individual excellence and their special appeal to young people. Exciting photographs accent the contemporary tone of the collection.From lighthearted Phyllis Mc-Ginley to pessimistic Ezra Pound; from the lyricism of Edna St. Vincent Millay to the vigor of Lawrence Ferlinghette; from Carl Sandburg on loneliness to Paul Dehn on the bomb -- such is the range. The little known or unknown poet and the widely recognized appear side by siide.Whatever the subject matter -- pheasant or flying saucer; lapping lake water or sonic boom; a deer hunt, a basketball, or a bud -- it is all poetry reflecting today's images and today's moods.The editors spent several years bringing together 1200 poems they considered fine enough to include, then slowly and carefully sifted out of 114 which appear in the book.Readers of Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle . . . and Other Modern Verse may well be tempted by Eve Merriam's suggestion in "How to Eat a Poem" Don't be politeBite in.Pick it up with yourfingers and lickThe juice that mayrun down your chin.It is ready and ripe now,whenever you are.
Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: HarperTeen (April 1, 1967)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0688412319
ISBN-13: 978-0688412319
Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 0.6 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
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In 1972, I chose several poems from Reflections... for a poetry anthology I compiled as a project for my Children's Literature course. This course was an elective course I took while earning my B.A. in teaching. For many years, this book was part of my classroom. Yesterday, I read "Crossing" by Philip Booth (about watching a train at a railroad crossing) from that book at a variety show at my church. Today, four people requested the title of the book I read that poem from! For 30 years, I have recommended this book -- I should get a commission on the number of copies I have sold! Makes a wonderful birthday, holiday, etc. gift for any child.
I've had a pretty rotten day (week, month, etc.). I went to my local coffee shop for a sandwich and picked up a book off the shelf, thinking the sandwich would take awhile to be ready. I was wrong, the food came quick, but I still stayed for nearly an hour because the book was so good!These poems made me feel sentimental, open. They are honest, humorous, and intense in their simplicity. I was halfway through and almost walked to the counter to ask if I could keep the book. I changed my mind, and returned it to the shelf. Everyone deserves to read this book, I can buy my own copy.
I love this little book of poetry. I was originally given this book by a dear friend over 40 years ago. As so many of us do we lend wonderful books, never to see them again, thus my book. I recently checked to see if I could replace my, never forgotten book, and hooray! I love my little book of poetry just as much as ever, and am so happy to have reclaimed my treasure. I most highly recommend this book. Get it--you won't regret it.
This is the best anthology of poetry for middle and high school students that I have encountered in 30 years of library work. Acerbic poems like Parker's "Resume" are included as well as lighthearted ones like "Why nobody pets the Lion at the zoo" by Ciardi. Reflections has the best of 20th century- the well known like Cummings, Frost and Cheever (his "Sonic Boom" is a hoot) as well as lesser known poets like Deutsch and Stafford. The compilers picked poems that would appeal to males and females. This book should be in every school and library in the county- its that good!
I first read this book when I was in 3rd or 4th grade. I absolutely loved it, as you can tell by my remembering it to this day, about 40 years later. Once upon a time, I had a paperback copy, probably from Scholastic books. I now live in limited space, so had to give up almost my entire library. To rebuild my library, I bought a Kindle. I was hoping to get this in Kindle format, but alas, it is not to be just yet.I highly recommend this book. It is a wonderful way to introduce children to poetry, as the verse is not too complicated or flowery. I am so glad my teacher used this book. It instilled in me a love of poetry that has lasted my entire life.
I had bought this book many years ago in High School, probably through the Scholastic books program. It was one of my favorites in school, and I have always remembered fondly many of the poems from it. Was so happy to find a copy of it here.
Unlike other reviews I've attempted, this one really matters for a host of reasons. For one thing I've read the book. Also I love the book. I value it enough to want to convey the "essence of it" and I'm recommending it to friends and you know how that goes. Say one thing a little off and a recommended book is never looked at again.So with no small amount of weight here on my shoulders I will try and tell a reader what this book was like for me. Essentially I probably formed all my beliefs and values in the late 60's and early 70's- I think we should make wax crayon candles and frog plaster casts for our tables, I'm really into trolls though I no longer have or collect them, I recall thinking Woodstock sounded like the best idea ever except I'm not so much into mud.This book was published in 1966 and I got my hands on it in 1968 in a book order from Scholastic that I ordered from school. Likely I ordered not knowing what I was asking for, as I wasn't a particularly good reader then. But I got it and this was how I DISCOVERED POETRY. If I can be forgiven it's rather like your first love. You see the world through a different lens ever after. I know my peers were grappling with their own issues but I was in a life that needed poetic vision and I loved that this collection spurs you into thinking about nuclear winter, jazz, loneliness, kittens. It was just great. Vietnam body and injury count numbers appeared nightly on the TV then and I had friends with older brothers at war, so I think I was thinking rather much on life. The collection contains poems by Yvor Winters, Ferlinghetti, cumming, Hughes, Roethke, Leuders(who put it together and you must get his "Clam Lake Papers"-trust me) and so many writers that I read them from this initial introduction all my life.Talk about turning on... So what can I quote....well amazingly most of it:how about:Unfolding BudOne is amazedBy a water-lily budUnfoldingWith each passing day,Taking on a richer colorAnd new dimensions.One is not amazed,At first glance,By a poem,Which is tight-closedAs a tiny bud.Yet one is surprisedTo see the poemGradually unfolding,Revealing its rich inner selfAs one reads itAgainAnd over again.Naoshi KoriyamaWish I wrote like that one day out of my life.So if you work your way through the collection it's rather a soul opening experience. And perhaps a lifelong affiliation I have with the text has allowed me to use it to propel this vision of "what poetry is.." into teaching in my classrooms. When I read the book as I was doing this morning waiting for the power to be reinstated after my husband forgot to get the bill in the mail...again...which is off topic...but aggravating...I was thinking of how i feel sad sometimes I grew up. Well you miss those times in some ways...as I'm not really happy in the Bush vision. Teaching was fun, and now is hide and still try to make it fun.These poems coalesce for me a time spent down by the pond, or weaving my daisy chains ( I'm still rather into my daisy chains) Again I recommend it to anyone who can read this review to the end and not declare the reviewer is on a liberal toot...tho it might be that. Yeah it is I guess that... I do think in the world today the values contained in this book, if one can call it that, prefer "voice", you know how we liberals are, anyway it does talk to social action, ecology, compassion, veneration of soul. And we know how that's going these days....it's not corporate or commercial, upper classed enough or botoxed either. It's a book of a time I'd like to scoop up and dust this world in again like luscious powdered sugar. So if you get it write a review if you can capture the essence of why it changed my life for me.
i had to do a project of poetry and this book made it more fun and enjoyable and i'm in 9th grade!
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