Wise Up! Wise Down! A Poetic Conversation

By AGARD, John & Jonarno Lawson

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9781536238990
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Candlewick


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on January 10, 2025  |  Poetry

Gr 1–5—Two poets take turns writing poems that are accompanied by charmingly childlike line drawings. Some of the poems are philosophical, as in "Questions": "If I lie/ on a page/ am I a word?/ If I hang/ from a branch/ am I a fruit?…O, answers/ are folly/ when questions bring bliss./ Without questions, can I exist?" Most of the works, however, have forced rhymes and baffling endings, mostly due to wordplay. For instance, in "DJ Ghost," the n...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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