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Time You Let Me In: 25 Poets Under 25 (2010)

by Naomi Shihab Nye(Favorite Author)
3.62 of 5 Votes: 2
ISBN
0061896373 (ISBN13: 9780061896378)
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English
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Greenwillow Books
review 1: A collection of poetry by writers under 25, on topics ranging from love to war and loss. I haven't read poetry in a while, so this was a welcome change. However, I think only about a dozen poems really stood out for me...the rest were just okay. Some of my favorites were:"Invitation" by Mackenzie Connellee"The Indexer in Love" by Gray Emerson"Kitchen Witness" by Emma Shaw Crane"Even Before You" by Allison RiversAnd "Rain, Snow, and Other Weather" by Lauren Stacks (below):I'm like the weather, never really can predictwhen this rain cloud's gonnaburst; when it's the high or it'sthe low, when you might need a light jacket.Sometimes I'm the slush that sticksto the bottom of your work pants,but I can easily be the melting snowflakesclinging to your long lashesI know that some p... moreeople like:sunny and seventy-five,sunny and seventy-five,sunny and seventy-five,but you take me as I am and neverforget to pack an umbrella.
review 2: Overall, this collection was disappointingly homogenous to me, both stylistically and in terms of the poets it included. This isn't representative of what poets under 25 are doing. There were a few excellent poems, but they were buried beneath many that read simply like undergrad workshop poems--not a lot of risks, but a lot of grandma poems. I don't think Nye did a particularly good job as editor, either. The order of the poems didn't add anything to the collection, and many of the contributors' notes came across as cute, which I don't think was very flattering to the writers, most of whom are still at an age where they're having to fight to be taken seriously as writers.People who don't read a lot of poetry will probably enjoy this, but those who read poetry on a regular basis will wonder what else younger poets are capable of. less
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Aden
This book looks fantastic for middle school and high school students.
Dms243
I usually don't read poetry, but I did enjoy this collection.
Lexarexa2018
Great book of current, modern young poets!
ashley
Ecxvellemt trsd!!
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