Author: Jessy Randall
Title: Suicide Hotline Hold Music: Poems
Publication Info: Red Hen Press, April 2016.
Summary/Review:
Jessy Randall, the Curator of Special Collections at Colorado College, and blogger at Library Shenanigans used her librarian skills to track me down and offer me free copies of her books in exchange for an honest review. While I’ve never quite figured out how to review poetry, I’ll give it my best shot!
This is a collection of humorous poems on various topics from childhood, to work, to parenting, to popular culture. And pantsing. There’s a heartfelt poem pantsing. There is also a selection of “poetry comics” – simple drawings and diagrams where a picture says 1000 poetic words. This is funny stuff. If you like humor and poetry, this is for you.
Recommended books: Step Aside, Pops by Kate Beaton and Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein
Rating: ****
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