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Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next Generation
By LAUER, Brett Fletcher & Lynn Melnick
- ISBN
- 9780670014798
- Publisher
- Viking
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2015 | Grades 5 and Up
Gr 10 Up—This eclectic mix of poetry from some of the most up-and-coming poets provides a glimpse into contemporary life. Poems include the heart-wrenching and the hilarious, the bitingly sarcastic and the utterly stoic. Some titles may be familiar to fans of modern poetry, while others, such as "Talk," will likely inspire readers to delve deeper. The poems tackle a variety of difficult topics, i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
[=Editor2]One hundred contemporary poems meander through topics and styles and, for the most part, ignore conventions of form. The best of ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
