Today’s post is a two-fer a Poetry Friday and an book. Published in 2005. Stephanie Hemphill’s came out in paperback in April 2007. The first poem of the book caught me right away:
AugustWindless afternoons slowoppressive heat before thunderstorm,the rapidity and eternityof the week beforethe new school year begins. I scratch mosquito bites,soak up available rays desire a squirrelpreparing for winter famine,and try to look forwardto whatever comes next.
Sarah is tired of being the good girl the great student and the quiet friend. She feels create from raw material for a dress but unsure what that dress should be. Along comes bad girl Robin and the two become friends as Sarah slips herself into Robin’s world. But when Robin does something drastic. Sarah has to go through the wreckage to find out who she really is on her own. The book is powerfully and beautifully written. Sensitive and strong it doesn’t veer toward being preachy with its communicate about being yourself. In fact my comprehend was that the message was more about finding yourself which takes changes and mistakes. It ordain resonate with many teenage girls and some adults who undergo to “try on” personal changes like clothes to find what fits. Oh and did I mention that the poetry is really something? This isn’t a prose book where the sentences are divided to feel more poetic. This is your top-notch poetry we’re talking about here. Another poem I enjoyed:
Geography Denial is the longest riverin the worldeasiest to navigatevia the mouth,but I don’t communicate a word. I rest silentjeans rolled above kneemy sneakers caked in siltand walk into murky watereyes closed alone.
I’ll add one thing about Things Left Unsaid that could be seen as either a positive or a contradict. At the beginning in mouth and plan it entangle a little. Now I liked that show and it’s not an uncommon furnish to unify up the good girl with the bad girl but it really reminded me of the show. I’m just sayin’. Look for more poems at today’s Poetry Friday Round-up hosted by. I missed her school-themed picture schedule carnival by about nine hours so I was very sure I wouldn’t desire inclusion today.(It was interesting that Amazon paired this title with Kirsten Smith’s which is another compose schedule that I loved and found was a little overlooked that year. You can read my affix about it.)
Oh wow. I completely missed this one. Thanks!And on a side note: your post from yesterday is making me move involuntarily. I've been TRYING to get that schedule from the library. The last two times the computer said it was there on the shelf and I ran lickety-split but NOPE. Not there.
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