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POETRY
..Title: Poetry
..Author: Sylvia Plath
..Pages: 255
..Review: You've got to like Plath. It's dark and dreary. Some of her best work. Update 12/30/06: I can't find my copy of this book so I was unable to link it to Amazon, as a book titled "Poetry" is not available...
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..Title: A Poet to His Beloved: The Early Love Poems of William Butler Yeats
..Author: William Butler Yeats
..Pages: 65
..Review: I don't enjoy Yeats very much. I found two poems that I remember to this day. I'm not the mushy romantic type but if I were, it was probably a good read.
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..Title: Poems (Shambhala Pocket Classics)
..Author: Emily Dickinson
..Pages: 160
..Review: I find Dickinson to be rather dull. It's a book 3"x4.5"--a pocket book. It's a good stocking stuffer.
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..Title: More Treasured Poems That Touch the Heart: Cherished Poems and Favorite Poets
..Author: Mary Sanford Laurence (editor)
..Pages: 256
..Review: Bubble-gummy but a wonderful collection of works by such poets as Longfellow, Tennyson, Keats, Frost, and many others. It's about life, love, and happiness. A great read.
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..Title: Fathers: A Collection of Poems
..Author: David and Judy Ray (editors)
..Pages: 254
..Review: If poems have to rhyme for you to like them, don't buy this book, because I counted 1, yes one poem that rhymed though it is one of my favorites of all time. A great collection and a great gift on father's day.
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..Title: The Raven and Other Poems and Tales
..Author: Edgar Allen Poe
..Pages: 119
..Review: I'm not fond of Poe's tales but then again I bought this book solely for "The Raven". It's an acquired taste.
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..Title: The Inferno
..Author: Dante Alighieri
..Pages: 288
..Review: I'm a strict atheist but Dante describes hell with such detail that it began to feel like it was a real place. I can now honestly say, I fear going there, even though I believe that there is no such place ;-)
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