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    <body><![CDATA[A collection of poems written by Mark Haddon, the celebrated author of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME, ranging from short paragraphs to a multi-section story and covering a wide range of topics from books to the death of a loved one.<br/><br/>Most noticeably Haddon uses a TON of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70476608">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book! The poems are so vivid and imaginative and so varied - from the surreal to the quietly insightful, from the funny to the moving. I've read the book twice and may read it again. <br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i think i like mark haddon the novelist more than mark haddon the poet, but maybe that's just me. the book is entertaining, though. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>This is Mark Haddon's new book of poems. <br/><br/>I did not like it.<br/><br/>There is one poem that I felt lukewarm feelings for. Read it below.<br/><br/>Overall Grade: 1 out of 5 stars.<br/><br/><br/>Days<br/><br/>Leuconoe, stop examining your<br/>Babylonian horoscopes<br/>and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22063726">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[the title is way cooler than the poems...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked Mark Haddon's Curious Incident novel. But I read his poems before I read this. I enjoyed the novel more I must say but the poems are very well written nevertheless. And I did enjoy reading them, though some of the subject matter of the poems seem a bit obscure. Still, he's a very good poet a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4518523">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great poetry and the actual structure of the book is really cool. There is a paper wheel in the cover and you can turn it to see the highlighted poems and a little picture to go with it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this book was ok. poetry was kind of silly and light nothing really that exciting. they remind me of blue glass. pretty to look at but kind of see through.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I couldn't follow the logic of the book's organization. And most of the poems fell flat for me. Haddon is definitely a better novelist! ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought his book of poetry because I loved the Curious Incident so much.  This is so-so.  Didn't love it, but I didn't hate it.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked it up from a clearance table because it has a cool cover.  Now I understand why it was on a clearance table.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Published only because of his success with Curious Incident, not because of its own merits, which are few.]]></body>
    
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