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  <title>Queen of a Rainy Country: Poems</title>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Linda Pastan has some wonderful poems in this book, but much like the CDs of Britney Spears, there are a couple hits and a lot of filler. While I appreciate the celebration of small moments in poetry, sometimes the focus in Pastan's poems is so small as to be inconsequential. But when she's on, she's on, like in the gorgeous &quot;A Rainy Country&quot; and the charming &quot;I Married You.&quot; She also tends to write poems about writing poetry a lot, which I admit annoys me. The fact that so many poets do this is evidence that poets need to get out more. Still, Pastan does manage one of the best &quot;poetry&quot; poems I've ever read: &quot;Rereading Frost.&quot;]]></body>
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