false 494220 1 The teenage years are a time filled with sadness, madness, joy, and all the messy stuff in between. Sometimes it feels that every day brings a new struggle, a new concern, a new reason to stay in bed with the shades drawn. But between moments of despair and confusion often come times of great clarity and insight, when you might think, like the poet Rumi, "Whoever's calm and sensible is insane!" It is moments like these that have inspired the touching, honest, and gripping poems found in I Just Hope It's Lethal: Poems of Sadness, Madness, and Joy. After all, what's normal anyway? This collection includes poems by Charles Bukowski, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, T. S. Eliot, Edgar Allen Poe, W. B. Yeats, Dorothy Parker, Jane Kenyon, and many more, including teenage writers and up-and-coming poets. 482379 24 10 2005 I Just Hope It's Lethal: Poems of Sadness, Madness, and Joy total:17|5:2|4:3|3:9|2:2|1:1| 17 54 30 2 0 0 false false Mon Nov 03 19:02:52 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 19:31:02 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jul 29 08:07:57 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 18 08:04:14 -0700 2009 Grade 9 Up–The poems in this diverse collection range from classic (Shakespeare, Lord Byron) to modern (by the compilers themselves). While some of selections might be too complex and antique for reluctant readers, most of the pieces are powerfully written and eas...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Sep 28 07:39:48 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 07:39:48 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Sep 20 15:54:26 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 15:54:29 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 15:10:40 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 20:43:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 22 10:33:56 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 10:33:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 11 09:53:24 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 09:53:24 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jun 02 17:28:56 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 17:28:56 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri May 15 22:37:22 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 22:37:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 15 22:10:08 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 16:11:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 23 17:29:58 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 17:29:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 19 16:42:07 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 16:42:07 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Feb 26 21:32:17 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 21:32:17 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jan 23 08:37:19 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 08:37:19 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 09 09:54:40 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 09:54:40 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 19:39:26 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 19:39:26 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 19:37:19 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 09:34:20 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Nov 03 20:35:25 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 20:35:25 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Oct 31 21:11:52 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 21:11:52 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Aug 16 08:31:03 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 08:31:03 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=494220