Summarize:
This is a special book about various types of poems for students and anyone else in searching for something to read. The message that it brings are deep and emotional for human beings to build strong relationships on. Even individuals who are planning to have families as well as those who are living alone can depend on the readings of this book for comfort. This collection of poems is inviting for various readers, as there are challenging and intriguing to understand. As much as I think that this book is interesting and fun to read, it all depends on the readers and the choices of poems that they like. I would recommend this book though because there are many titles and various topics to choose from.
Biography:
Mora, Pat. (2010). Dizzy in your eyes: Poems about love. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf.
My Impression:
I'm very impressed with this book of poems because it has a lot of various topics concerning love. Poetry is not really my type of genre, but reading this book really helped me to enjoy what poems are. A reader must really have an open mind and understanding to really except this type of writing. If you really think about the words and how it is written, it will really give you a unique view of what type of people are interested in doing this type of writing. It tells you a story, and if you don't understand you won't be able to enjoy the words and its meaning, so you must have an open mind to be able to see the big picture behind the words.
Professional Review:
| Booklist
( November 15, 2009; 9780375945656 ) |
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| From family and school to dating and being dumped, the subjects in these 50 poems cover teens' experiences of love in many voices and situations. Several entries incorporate Spanish words and idioms, as in Ode to Teachers, a moving tribute in English with a Spanish translation. A few poems hit a too-sweet tone with forced rhyme, but the best are wry, passionate, casual, and honest ( It's nice having a sister especially when boys come over, / and some of them like you better ). One of the best is Silence, in which a girl speaks about waiting and waiting for her childhood friend to invite her to the prom. Mora writes in free verse, as well as a wide variety of classic poetic forms including haiku, clerihew, sonnet, cinquain, and blank verse and for each form, there is an unobtrusive explanatory note on the facing page. The tight structures intensify the strong feelings in the poems, which teens will enjoy reading on their own or hearing aloud in the classroom.--Rochman, Hazel Copyright 2009 Booklist | |||||
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From Booklist, Copyright © American Library Association. Used with permission. Reviews retrieve from online: Bowker Books in Print Use in the Library: I would utilize this book in the library for every student to read. Each student will be given a poem to read in the class. The librarian will ask each student to write their own poem about love and have them explain it to the class. Images retrieve from: http://www.amazon.com/Dizzy-Your-Eyes-Poems-about/dp/B006J3WQGI |
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