A Poison Tree and Other Poems

by Various

Twenty poems about such emotions as fear, hate, love, delight, and guilt by a variety of English and American poets.

Genres: Poetry

46 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

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Reviews

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

This older collection features poems for upper elementary to lower middle school children. Many would lend themselves to discussion. It is beautifully illustrated. Some featured poets include Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, James Stephens, and Richard Wilbur.

[Danielle Palmer · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book of mostly depressing poems. I liked maybe 3 or 4. The illustrator is Mercer Mayer and yet the drawings were not outstanding.

[Jaimie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I guess the point of this book was to explore the range and depth of human emotion through poetry and illustration., but I felt that it missed its mark on both accounts. Some of the poems are fantastic examples but the majority were rather blah. Mayer's illustrations brought some value to the book, but again I think that he could have done better.