Poetry Speaks Who I Am: Poems of Discovery, Inspiration, Independence, and Everything Else... [With CD (Audio)] by Elise Paschen

Mar 17, 2011

Lindsey rated it

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Poetry Speaks Who I Am is an anthology of poetry meant for middle and high school students. The editor makes the point at the beginning that so many anthologies are meant for children or for adults, and that there are few put together for young adults. The poems in this book are a balance of contemporary poems and classic poems ( Annabel Lee, Poe) that still manage to be relevant today. The topics are ones that middle and high school readers to connect to. The poems range from silly (Death o...morePoetry Speaks Who I Am is an anthology of poetry meant for middle and high school students. The editor makes the point at the beginning that so many anthologies are meant for children or for adults, and that there are few put together for young adults. The poems in this book are a balance of contemporary poems and classic poems ( Annabel Lee, Poe) that still manage to be relevant today. The topics are ones that middle and high school readers to connect to. The poems range from silly (Death of a Snowman, Scannell), to serious (Fears of the Eighth Grade, Derricotte) about growing up in a war zone. Some are about the power of poetry (Eternity, Shinder), some are about growing up (Bra Shopping, Jones), some are about love (Litany, Collins). The book is arranged by topic, and there are more topics than I have mentioned. The poems are written in a variety of poetic forms. Some of the poems are very straightforward while others contain a lot of symbolism and are more challenging to read and understand.

The format of the book is appropriate to the target age group. Each poem has its own page, and there would occasionally be a doodle, but there were no other pictures. The edges of the pages had a spray paint looking border, and the titles looked stenciled in, making for a clean yet interesting presentation. There are a few poems that address sexuality or race in a way that could be considered controversial, but the topics were realistically covered in relation to the intended audience. I would have no problem including it in my middle school classroom library.

This book would be great for introducing kids who think they do not like poetry to poems that are more relevant to their lives. I would make this book available for students to read and enjoy and possibly find inspiration to write their own poems. I might also include the following books in a middle or high school library for poetry: Locomotion, Bronx Masquerade, Out of the Dust, Birmingham 1963, Here in Harlem, Hip Hop Speaks to Children, and Hugging the Rock, to name a few.(less)

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Jun 11, 2010

Kate rated it

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Poetry Speaks Who I Am is a unique take on helping to introduce readers to modern as well as classical poetry. The novel include works from some of my all-time favorite poets, so it was really nice to be able to sit down with one novel and have them all together. Poetry Speaks Who I Am is a very nice sized book. Not too much, but not too little either. Of course, I am comparing this to my college English anthologies which range in the thousands of pages.

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Apr 03, 2010

Donna rated it

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I'm not too big into poetry but with compilations like these, I tend to grab onto them. In this case, the editors did an amazing job of compiling old and new work into a compendium of poignant and touching poetry for teenagers (and really, anyone that's still a teenager on the inside).

You have Langston Hughes, Edgar Allen Poe, Maya Angelou and Percy Bysshe Shelley mixed in with more current writers like Sherman Alexie and Nikki Giovanni. The editors chose perfect poems from the past ...moreI'm not too big into poetry but with compilations like these, I tend to grab onto them. In this case, the editors did an amazing job of compiling old and new work into a compendium of poignant and touching poetry for teenagers (and really, anyone that's still a teenager on the inside).

You have Langston Hughes, Edgar Allen Poe, Maya Angelou and Percy Bysshe Shelley mixed in with more current writers like Sherman Alexie and Nikki Giovanni. The editors chose perfect poems from the past that, despite their age, young adults of today can still relate to and they can still be touched by them.

Some of my favorites were Caroline by Allison Joseph (about teasing and protecting), In the Fifth-Grade Locker Room by Rebecca Lauren (about chicks and puberty), Bra Shopping by Parneshia Jones (I don't think I even need to explain), Dream Variations and Dreams, both by Langston Hughes (because Hughes is a poetry god and can do no wrong), Oatmeal by Galway Kinnell (about going it alone, or not), If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking by Emily Dickinson (yet another slightly reclusive and batty poetry goddess), Ozymandia by Percy Bysshe Shelley (one of the best poems I've ever read about the fading of popularity, basically), The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (a classic about standing up on your own), and the first prose by Rainer Maria Rilke (on writing).

Personally I don't think it's fair to review the individual poems because poetry is something so intensely subjective (moreso than novels, I think) that it just wouldn't do them justice. I didn't think any of them bad at all but I loved some more than others. I didn't listen to the CD as I'm not a fan of actually listening to poetry but I'm sure it would only heighten the effect of reading the work on its own.

As I said, the editors did an awesome job of compiling such great works and I would highly recommend this book to anyone that has even a slight interest in poetry. Even if you don't, it's a quick read and you never know; you might just get something out of it.
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Feb 04, 2010

Elizabeth rated it

In spite of having a poet for a mother (or perhaps because of it) I have never come to terms with poetry. Which is not to say that I didn’t try. As a kid I would pluck up a collection of the stuff and try to read through it. I was handed poems in elementary, middle, and high school with regularity, but I didn’t quite understand why snowy woods were any more important in stanzas than in paragraphs. Poetry seemed like something I should like, but I never found the right way to get a taste for ...moreIn spite of having a poet for a mother (or perhaps because of it) I have never come to terms with poetry. Which is not to say that I didn’t try. As a kid I would pluck up a collection of the stuff and try to read through it. I was handed poems in elementary, middle, and high school with regularity, but I didn’t quite understand why snowy woods were any more important in stanzas than in paragraphs. Poetry seemed like something I should like, but I never found the right way to get a taste for it. Kids today may have it easier. There are verse novels and books like Love That Dog and Locomotion to help them get a better grip on poetry. There are collections like A Kick in the Head or A Poke in the I to teach them various forms. But why should they care? What does poetry really say firsthand to them? Poetry Speaks Who I Am aims to make them care. It's a collection of 108 poems by poets alive, dead, and otherwise has been carefully selected and crafted collection to mirror the hopes and fears of kids and teens today. It says that it is for tween and young teens, and yea verily I agree. If I had read this book as a young 'un, maybe I would have a great love of poetry now. Of course after reading this I have to think that maybe it’s never too late to learn.

108 poems. A range of different poets. In this book big themes are tackled headlong aside smaller concerns. “I Am Black” by Gwendolyn Books on one page. “The Germ” by Ogden Nash on another. These poems discuss love, parents, death, animals, and more. They try to make sense of our world. You will find Shakespeare on one page and Billy Collins on the other. Poets of every race and ethnicity have their say until by the end you’ve the feeling that every person reading this book could find at least one poem in here that speaks to them. One poem in here that will help them figure out who they are, and what they can be. Includes a CD of many poets reading their own works.

The editing job on this book is pretty fabulous. Selecting the right poems in the first place couldn’t have been a picnic. Let’s say you want to include one work of Shakespeare. How do you decide which poem is the most accessible? I happen to agree with the editors that Sonnet 130 was the right way to go, but I’m sure there are folks out there who’d disagree. Still, each poem in this book feels especially chosen. This is borne out by the particular thematic pairings you run across as you read. Wendy Cope’s “Valentine” alongside Myra Cohn Livingston’s “An Angry Valentine” is particularly fun since the two play off of one another. There’s the strange math at work in both Rita Dove’s “Flash Cards” and Carl Sandburg’s “Arithmetic”. And the angry siblings of “A Boy in a Bed in the Dark” by Brad Sachs and “The Talk” by Sharon Olds. Wonderful pairings all.

Then I had to consider the age of this book when I read it. It says it’s for tweens as well as kids in their early teens. True? Well, there are poems like “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou that ask, “Does my sexiness upset you? / Does it come as a surprise / That I dance like I’ve got diamonds / At the meeting of my thighs?” And sure “The Skokie Theatre” by Edward Hirsch mentions briefly a girl touching a boy below his belt, but they are fleeting allusions. Older kids won’t be shocked. Their parents might, but those parents probably won’t be handing this book to their ten-year-olds anyway. So there’s that. And many of the poems in this book are about kids themselves. Do poems about kids necessarily mean that they are for kids? Not always (not originally either) but a lot of the time it works just the same.

Part of the allure of any book of poetry is that you can pick and choose where to begin and where to end. Kids may read and reread their favorites and eschew the others in the book, only to stumble across them later and find, to their surprise, that they love them. Reading the book cover to cover has its advantages, though. The editors begin with poems about poetry. “Eternity” by Jason Shinder and “Perhaps the World Ends Here” by Joy Harjo have that feel. Halfway through the book you run into “From For a Girl Becoming” by Joy Harjo (again), which offers advice on how to live. And at the end is Richard Wilbur’s “The Writer”, about a kid writing on a typewriter. Typewriters are gone now, but you can tell that the book hopes that kids will find inspiration here to write their own poems next.

How kids make this collection their own stands to be considered. Certainly the book bends over backwards to be accessible. There are blank pages in the back for writing one’s own poems. The size of the book is comfortable, not too big, and not too small. The layout looks part notebook, part zine, with scribbled and scrawled drawings in the margins. And then there is the CD. The accompanying CD of poets reading their poems piqued my curiosity. It is possible that it will primarily be used by teachers wishing to make a daily lesson in poetry a little more interesting. But will kids listen to this CD at all? Do kids even listen to CDs these days, I wonder. Many do. And there may be some that take the CD and place selections from it onto mix CDs or put it on their mp3 players for easy listening. We can’t predict how a kid will deal with something like this, but I’m fairly certain that it will find a use. Not everywhere. Not with everyone. But for a couple kids, they’ll make it their own.

It is true that you will find many races represented on these pages. It irked me a little that the same could not be said of sexualities. Admittedly, this is a book for tweens and teens and coming-of-age sexuality is the stuff of older fare. Still and all, it felt like a gap. I don’t know what the solution would have been, but there are enough love poems in here discussing folks of opposite genders to include just one by folks of the same, don’t you think? I had high hopes for Edward Hirsch’s “The Skokie Theatre” until the Chris in the story turned out to be a girl. Doggone it. So maybe not all kids will find themselves represented here after all.

I run a bookgroup for kids between the ages of 9 and 14. They’re good kids, but such a strange range of ages that sometimes it’s hard to find materials for all of them. They tend to want to read fantasy or realistic fiction titles. I look at Poetry Speaks Who I Am, though, and I think of how great it would be to do this book with them. Even kids who don’t like poetry could find one or two in here to enjoy (my favorite turned out to be Paul Muldoon’s “Sideman”). It’s been created for the purpose of getting kids to actually enjoy and identify with poems. It doesn’t pressure them to “get” anything. It doesn’t quiz them or force them to like or not like something. It’s just a fun book built to be enjoyed. All we can hope for is for it to get into the right hands. And that’s where the adults come in.

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Nov 14, 2010

N_patricia Brunner rated it

Shelves: cd, poetry, jr-high, non-print

Poetry Speaks, Who am I is an amazing inspirational anthology of 108 poems designed to appeal to young teens. I listened to the audio NON PRINT CD as well as read the text. This collection consists of classic and contemporary selections including Dream Variations by Langston Hughes, Acquainted With the Night by Robert Frost, In the Fifth Grade Locker Room by Molly Peacock, and The Skokie Theatre by Edward Hirsch.

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Jan 02, 2012

Jason rated it

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I loved the CD-component of this book. Now that I've listened to the CD, I have mixed feelings about it. Some of the poets are excellent readers that I can tell my students will like listening to. Others read at a snail's pace or just have very jarring voices. Also, the poets do not follow a uniform pattern. Some introduce themselves; some don't. Some read the title; others skip it. A few of the poets record in venues that are very echo-y. Overall, I feel like the CD could have been much more ef...more

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Apr 08, 2010

Serena rated it

Elise Paschen’s Poetry Speaks Who I Am combines written verse with audio recitation of poetry by the poets themselves on CDs spark young readers’ love of poetry and verse. Readers between the ages of 11 and 14 will find poems in this volume that speak to their struggles with love, family, growing into adulthood, and making friends.

“[Paschen says,:] For me this poetry is life altering. It’s gritty. It’s difficult. And it hurts in all the ways that growing hurts. It’s meant to be ...moreElise Paschen’s Poetry Speaks Who I Am combines written verse with audio recitation of poetry by the poets themselves on CDs spark young readers’ love of poetry and verse. Readers between the ages of 11 and 14 will find poems in this volume that speak to their struggles with love, family, growing into adulthood, and making friends.

“[Paschen says,:] For me this poetry is life altering. It’s gritty. It’s difficult. And it hurts in all the ways that growing hurts. It’s meant to be visceral and immediate. It’s meant to be experienced.” (Page XI)

Gritty and real are the best terms to describe the struggles within these lines of verse, from being the only white kid in school to being a Black person at a time when political correctness suggests you are African-America. But more than that, there are poems about bra shopping — the stepping stones of becoming a woman — and the realization that the world is not perfect and that wars do exist.

Bra Shopping by Parneshia Jones (Page 16)

Mama and I enter into no man’s, and I mean no man in sight, land
of frilly lace, night gowns, grandma panties, and support everything.

A wall covered with hundreds of white bras, some with lace, ribbons,
and frills like party favors, as if bras are a cause for celebration.

Some have these dainty ditsy bows in the middle.
That’s a nice accent don’t you think? Mama says. Isn’t that cute?
Like a dumb bow in the middle of the bra will take away some of the
attention from two looking, bulging tissues.

Full of wit and sarcasm, this poem illustrates the angst and embarrassment of the narrator as she shops for bras with her mother under the watchful eye of the sales clerk. A number of poems illustrate these feelings of awkwardness and tenderness between friends and parents.

The audio CD that comes with the book is stunning as each poem is read with emphasis and care either by the poet themselves or a contemporary counterpart. In some cases, the poems are accompanied by ambient noise and/or nature sounds. Some poems will garner young readers’ attentions more than others, but overall the CD works.

Used Book Shop by X.J. Kennedy (Page 108)

Stashed in attics,
stuck in cellars,
forgotten books
once big best-sellers

now hopefully sit
where folks, like cows
in grassy meadows,
stand and browse.

In a yellowed old history
of Jesse James
two earlier owners
had scrawled their names.

I even found
a book my dad
when he was in high school
had once had,

and a book I found –
this is really odd –
was twice as much fun
as my new iPod.

I always get hooked
in this dusty shop.
Like eating popcorn,
it’s hard to stop.

Poetry Speaks Who I Am is a wonderful collection of classic and contemporary poems from the likes of Langston Hughes and Lucille Clifton to the contemporary works of Billy Collins and Molly Peacock. Each poem will reach out to young adolescents in new and exciting ways, having them nod their heads in agreement as emotions, situations, and dilemmas are unleashed in verse. Moreover, the poems selected in this volume will not have readers scratching their heads, wondering what it all means. These poems are straight forward and get to the heart of the adolescent matter.(less)

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Nov 13, 2011

Sherri rated it

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Genre: Poetry

Rating: **** Poetry Speaks Who I Am has more than 100 poems about “you, who you are, and who you are becoming.” There are a variety of poems written by a range of poets, both classic and contemporary. The poems are about a variety of topics geared towards adolescents. The accompanying CD features many of the poets reading their own work.

Summary: This book and CD collection of poems tells about life as an adolescent. The poems are both serious and funny...more

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Jun 30, 2010

Jackie Doty-abbott rated it

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This is a compilation of poems geared toward dealing with the early teen years. The editor explains that this anthology came out of her own personal experiences. She memorized poems in grammar school and then learned to understand and write poetry in high school, but there was no concentration of poems designed for the middle school years. This collection contains classic poets like Poe, Frost, and Dickinson and favorites such as Nikki Giovanni and Maya Angelou. The poems deal with everythin...more

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Mar 05, 2011

Bryan Neuschwander rated it

Poetry speaks, but not every poem speaks to me. Still, it's refreshing to find a poem that grips my heart like Stephen Crane's desert creature on page 89.

Here are my Top Ten (okay, 13) favorites from this anthology.

1. The Writer - Richard Wilbur, p. 135-6
2. When You Are Old - W.B. Yeats, p. 129
3. What Are Heavy? Christina Rossetti p.126
4. Houses - Nancy Willard, p. 114
5. Permanently - Kenneth Koch, p. 94
6. In the Desert - Stephen Cra...more

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Apr 01, 2010

Mary Ann rated it

Shelves: 5th, 6th, poetry, young-adult

This is a fantastic collection for young teens and tweens. It's a collection of 108 poems that has been carefully selected to mirror the hopes and fears of kids and teens today. It mixes contemporary and classic poets from a range of ethnic backgrounds. All of the poems help kids think about their lives, who they are and who they might be. As Elise Paschen writes in the introduction:

"This is not a poetry anthology for adults, for children, for classroom study, or for require...moreThis is a fantastic collection for young teens and tweens. It's a collection of 108 poems that has been carefully selected to mirror the hopes and fears of kids and teens today. It mixes contemporary and classic poets from a range of ethnic backgrounds. All of the poems help kids think about their lives, who they are and who they might be. As Elise Paschen writes in the introduction:

"This is not a poetry anthology for adults, for children, for classroom study, or for required memorization and recitation. It’s made just for you. ... Youth inspires poets. So when we asked poets to send poems either that were important to them at your age or that they’d written about being your age, we received hundreds of submissions. Many writers try to capture those moments you may be thinking about now as you step into a new world."

I loved how this collection was organized. It's perfect for dipping into, and swimming a bit. While the poems are thoughtful and encourage reflection, the collection does not seem heavy-handed. "Vampire's Serenade" by Dana Gioia is on one page, followed by "Alone" by Edgar Allan Poe on the next. You'll find poems from a boy's perspective, poems that speak to girls, and poems that speak to all of us. Many poems are short, many tell stories from the poet's childhood, some are more abstract.

Best of all, this collection has gotten a positive thumbs up from my neighbor. Each student in his 8th grade class had to read aloud a poem, and he had no idea what to choose. This collection was perfect for him, and made the assignment work. This is a great collection for middle school families. Try just leaving it lying around and see if your young teen browses through it.

The collection includes a CD of many of the poems read aloud. I did not find the CD spoke to me as much as the written poems. I think, in part, I liked skipping through the poems until I landed on one that resonated. I also like reading poems a couple of times over, letting them sink in. I typically listen to CDs in the car, and it was harder to let the poems sink in.
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Jul 30, 2011

Carla Thomas rated it

Poetry books have to be read differently than the way other things are read. First, you can't just plunge through the whole thing, going from page to page until it's finished. Rather, poems should be read singly, and slowly. Like sipping fine wine rather than guzzling a water bottle. You have to let a poem sit for a day or so and thing about it and come back to it. Also, some poems are just better read aloud, either by you or someone else. A poem sounds completely different hovering in the air r...more

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Sep 24, 2010

Rebeccapd96 rated it

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Jun 21, 2011

Sarah Jane rated it

Shelves: eng-347, young-adult, self-discovery, racism, poetry, overcoming-obstacles

Poetry anthologies are never totally satisfying. There will always be poems that are lost on the reader. Also, I find that poems almost never convey their entire meaning on the first read, so I have to be dedicated to thoroughly enjoy an anthology like this. As it happens though, I did. I loved the collection. The poems cover a multitude of subjects and range from very accessible to very dense and complex. The authors are equally diverse. This book has something for everyone.

Some of m...more

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Apr 16, 2010

Haley Mathiot rated it

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Poetry Speaks Who I Am is a collection of classic and contemporary poetry aimed at addressing middle schoolers in their transition from child to young adult. There is a wide range in the collection: classic poetry like Edgar Allan Poe, Langston Hughes, and Emily Dickinson and newer and present poets, some of whom read their work on the accompanying CD.

Poetry Speaks Who I Am has many poems that will apply to every feeling and thought, put words to what we can’t find words for, and pro...more

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Apr 11, 2010

April rated it

Shelves: poetry, for-review, ya, own

First things first, Happy National Poetry Month! I thought I would kick off my own personal celebration of poetry by reviewing Poetry Speaks: Who I Am. I think poetry is such an amazing outlet for healthy expression. I honestly don't know where I would be if I was not a member of poetry club in high school. So, when an anthology aimed at middle grade/high schoolers comes along, then yes, count me among the curious, because, ya'll poetry changes lives.

Within this anthology are a wide ...more

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Apr 20, 2010

Cindy Hudson rated it

Poetry collections directed to teens are not very common; you’re much more likely to find collections of poetry for children or adults. This lack of poems for teens to appreciate is exactly what editor Elise Paschen addresses in a new collection that is part of the Poetry Speaks series, Poetry Speaks Who I Am: Stories of Discovery, Inspiration, Independence and Everything Else. The more than 100 poets whose work is represented include classic poets like Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe and Rober...more

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Jun 17, 2010

Stephanie rated it

Favorites from this book:
Perhaps the World Ends Here by Joy Hurjo
I Loved My Friend by Langston Hughes
Mad Girls's Love Song by Sylvia Plath
Blackberry Picking by Seamus Heaney
Hope is the Thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson
Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Sideman by Paul Muldoon
Permanently by Kenneth Koch
Used Book Shop by X.J. Kennedy

I didn't listening to the cd of the poets reading their works. Maybe sometime later. But overall some...more

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Aug 12, 2010

Jennifer rated it

Shelves: poetry, ya

Although marketed for young adults (probably middle-schoolers), this is a great compilation for older readers as well. It combines some classic poets (Shakespeare, Poe, Dickinson) with some modern classic poets (Frost, Angelou), and then adds in some contemporary voices (Alexie, Alexander). Also included is a CD featuring some of the poets reading their works - which is a GREAT idea! Classic themes, with just a touch of adolescent angst and humor.

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Apr 04, 2010

Anna rated it

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My freshman year of High school I fell in love with poetry after doing a unit of it in English class. I wrote for years and years after that and even got a few published. But since becoming obsessed with books I haven't done much writing. But when I was offered to review this book, I grabbed at the chance.

Poetry Speaks Who I Am is a wonderful book, this is type of tool I wish I had back when I was learning about poetry. In this book there are some of the greatest poets and some of my...more

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Sep 19, 2011

Charlotte Dungan rated it

I dog-eared my copy from the library and plan to buy this one when my kids get old enough to read it. We read some selections together but many were more appropriate for adolescence and up, as the title suggests. Still, though there is some angst and some first kiss type content, nothing was explicit or too crazy. A great book for mature middle school or high school and up.

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Apr 05, 2010

Joan rated it

Very nice selection, though some seemed random, not having to do much with identity. (there's one about a seal, and one about a seahorse, neither going anywhere but descriptive.). Now I'm listening to the CD, which is a bonus. Sometimes poetry should be heard as well as read.

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May 15, 2011

Carly rated it

This book of poetry really focuses on teenagers and has a lot of topics that will appeal to them. Great pieces from classic writers and more contemporary writers too. It even includes a CD of some of the poetry being read and it really gives a voice to the book.

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Jul 27, 2010

Cortney rated it

This book was a random, good find at the library! I really enjoyed the majority of these poems....they had a great variety from Keats to modern poets covering all subjects.

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Apr 01, 2011

Brooke marked it as to-read

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just added this book to my classroom listening center, and already it's a hit! looking forward to perusing it in the future!

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Nov 21, 2010

Megan rated it

This collection is ideal for tweens and teens. If you are looking to grab your students with poetry, this is the book. One of the first poems in the book, "Perhaps the World Ends Here", by Joy Harjo gives a unique perspective about what happens at a kitchen table. I'll be designing a lesson around this poem in particular and will be using the cd in April during National Poetry Month.

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Sep 11, 2011

Susie rated it

I loved it!♥ My favorite poet was "Hope Is The Thing With Feathers" By Emily Dickinson!♥

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Jul 31, 2010

Christine rated it

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This book is a gem. I think for any Middle School library, it is a must.

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Oct 09, 2010

»ƒranxine« Bau†is†a rated it

I love poems.!
These poems are inspiring and fun to read aloud.
Maybe about half the time I was reading this it would be aloud to myself.
I would recommend this book to those who love poetry and are looking for inspiration.

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Nov 14, 2010

N_carlyl rated it

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