( 5 reviews )
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jul 7 2007
This third book edited by Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz is really a winner. It is part of their collection of people's favorite poems, with brief but cogent explanations of why that poem means so much to the person choosing it. In addition to the written poems, an excellent DVD accompanies the volume, with many of the contributors reading their selected poems, sometimes in the original language as well as English. The book is to be savored. The poems are beautiful, meaningful, and accessible.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: May 13 2007
This book and it's accompanying DVD were an unexpected pleasure. I have a young relative who has a major interest in poetry. And I had the opportunity to attend a discussion lead by Robert Pinsky. Given these 'messages', I thought I better attend the Pinksky gathering and learn something. Indeed I did learn and indeed I found a new pleasure. I would recommend An Invitation to Poetry to anyone who has a flicker of interest or no interest in poety. That's where I started. The accompanying DVD is what grabs you. It is real people from many backgrounds and age groups sharing what poem they most love. Then they read or recite it. It'll blow you away. I found seeing the DVD a motivating factor for reading the poetry. All schools would do well to expose their students to this DVD.
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( 0 of 3 found this review helpful ) Posted: May 6 2007
The title says it all. The CD just simply cannot be read by my four CD players. Too much trouble to send it back. It is unlikely that the next CD will work. If the recordings are important to you don't take a chance.
