Connie Wanek
Author of Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets at Play among Figures of Speech
Works by Connie Wanek
Associated Works
Tagged
Common Knowledge
Members
Reviews
Lists
Awards
You May Also Like
Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 6
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 95
- Popularity
- #197,646
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 7
- ISBNs
- 9
There are a few poems in this collection that I appreciated. I liked "Remote" and "Cow Pie" which are among the few funny poems in the book. I also liked "Trees" ("Growing up for a tree / is mostly reaching out and out to touch another, / and that's enough of a life.") because it reminded me of a scene in the movie C'mon C'mon where this little boy is so excited to talk about how trees communicate with each other.
The subtitle (Two Poets at Play among Figures of Speech) made me think these poems would be exploring well-known figures of speech in a playful way, but that's not what's going on here. It would be more accurate to say this is Two Poets Making Observations Using Figurative Language.… (more)