Thursday, February 9, 2017

I don't like poetry by Joshua Seigal


This is a terrific little book filled with funny poems designed to do the opposite to the claim made by the title.  I am sure you will like poetry, once you read right though this 69 page book which has 53 poems, even though the title is I don't like Poetry. Here is the poem that inspired the title.  Here is the web site of the author where you will find more poems.

There are poems about dogs, funny haiku (great for teachers), zombies, Dracula, boys, girls, letters of the alphabet and goo!

Our Book Week slogan for 2017 is Escape to Everywhere.  I think this poem will be perfect to use during our celebrations in August.  It could even be set to music perhaps. Here is a video of the author reciting his poem.


Just a Book?

It’s a letter in a bottle
bobbing blindly in the sea,
it’s a verdant leaf in summer
hanging halfway up a tree,
it’s a pebble sleeping softly
in a gently flowing brook
but it’s never, no it’s never,
no it’s never just a book.

It’s the topping on your pizza
as it sits upon your plate,
it’s the fish that you’ve been after
as you hook it with your bait,
it’s a cupboard of ingredients
all waiting for the cook
but it’s never, no it’s never,
no it’s never just a book.

It’s a soldier in a battle
as he launches a grenade,
it’s a hunter in a forest
as she sharpens up her blade,
it’s a playmate, it’s a bully,
it’s a policeman, it’s a crook
but it’s never, no it’s never,
no it’s never just a book.

It’s a parcel of ideas,
it’s a package full of tools,
it’s a field full of freedom,
it’s a folder full of rules,
it’s a fancy flight of fantasy
so come and have a look - 
see it’s never, no it’s never,
no it’s never just a book!


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