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Title: Americans' Favorite Poems by Robert Pinsky, Maggie Dietz, Favorite Poem Project (U.S.) ISBN: 0-393-04820-9 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Poetry for the masses
Comment: Americans' Favorite Poems is the result of Robert Pinsky's "Favorite Poem Project" in which he invited Americans to share their favorite poems. The result is a masterpiece, as people from all walks of life, of all ages, genders and from all parts of the country share a little about the poems moves them and why. There are the old stand-bys of Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare and the like, but also a number of poets I was previously unaware of - and am pleased to have been introduced to them. (James Dickey's "The Bee", Black Elk's "Everything the Power of the world does in a circle", Nazm Hikmet's Things I Didn;t Know I Loved" to mention a few.) The poems themselves are a rich variety, given further depth and meaning from the tidbits shared by those who participated in the project. I purchased the book on a whim; I have never regretted buying it. Few books have moved me to tears or laughter, or have caused me to simply pause and reflect like this anthology has. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Illustrates What Poetry is Really About
Comment: Americans' Favorite Poems is an amazing book. It is the result of the "favorite poem project" held across the nation. The poems in the collection are real Americans' favorites along with their own comments on why they chose that poem as their favorite. The compilation is great for the obvious. The poems selected come from everywhere (many different cultures and different styles of poetry are present), and they are outstanding. The thing that sets Americans' Favorite Poems apart from other collections is the commentary from regular people. The comments are at turns hilarious and moving. They are always profound. They show the real greatness of good poetry: it has the ability to relate to a person's life experiences and really touch that person.
I must say that my favorite selection in the book was "I May, I Might, I Must" by Marianne Moore mainly because of the reason behind its selection. The only complaint (it isn't much of one) I have about the book is that my favorite "I Thank You God for Most This Amazing" by ee cummings didn't make it, but hopefully, there will someday be a Americans' Favorite Poems Volume II, and it will.
Rating: 5
Summary: "Americans' Favorite Poems" Is My Favorite Poetry Anthology!
Comment: Robert Pinsky, the 39th Poet Laureate of the United States, founded the Favorite Poem Project. Since its inception, the Project has been dedicated to celebrating, documenting and promoting poetry's role in Americans' lives. During a one-year open call for submissions, 18,000 Americans wrote to the project volunteering to share their favorite poems - Americans from ages 5 to 97, from every state, of diverse occupations, education and backgrounds. The Project's first anthology, "Americans' Favorite Poems," consists of 200 of the submitted poems, along with readers' comments about their attachments to the poems. The selections are by poets from all over the world, poems written centuries ago alongside contemporary poems, poignantly sad poetry, as well as spiritually uplifting works, and humorous poems. Many are translations.
I found so many of my own favorites in this extraordinary collection. I was also introduced to many wonderful new poems, I might never have read. And some of the comments from the folks who submitted the poems, are as moving as the poetry itself. The book emphasizes the pure joy of reading poetry. And poetry appreciation is alive and well in America!
There is Anna Akhmatova's "The Sentence," submitted by a woman from Georgia who remembers her brother "who returned from Vietnam, a broken man of 21," when reading this poem; and Margaret Atwood's "Variation On The Word Sleep," "the most beautiful love poem I have ever read," writes a woman from Queens, NY; Lewis Carroll's "Jaberwocky" is included, with the comment, "Where else can you find a tale of danger, adventure, triumph, and jubilation - all so utterly wrapped in nonsense?" There are wonders printed here, by Ranier Marie Rilke, Alexander Pope, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sylvia Plath, William Shakespeare, Wallace Stevens, Dylan Thomas and Allan Ginsberg...and so many more. It must have been a difficult task, indeed, to select 200 poems from so many worthy submissions.
I recommend this anthology to poetry lovers everywhere, and also to those who do not care for poetry. This collection may change your mind.
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Title: Poems to Read: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology by Robert Pinsky, Maggie Dietz ISBN: 0393010740 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms by Mark Strand, Eavan Boland ISBN: 0393321789 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Good Poems by Garrison Keillor ISBN: 0142003441 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Poetry 180 : A Turning Back to Poetry by Billy Collins ISBN: 0812968875 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Sounds of Poetry : A Brief Guide by Robert Pinsky ISBN: 0374526176 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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