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“Orr is insightful and funny, tongue-in-cheek about poetry and the poetry world. I appreciate the obvious knowledge and appreciation he has for poetry coupled with not taking himself too seriously (thus, the title). I highly recommend this book . . . with one caveat. I'm not sure who I would recommend it to.
The title implies (and his introduction outright states) that this will be an introduction of sorts to reading poetry. . . for a "smart, educated person." Orr wants to convince an unconvinced reader to read poetry. But no one who needs that kind of convincing would find this book all that helpful. To read this book (and get his humor even), one has to be already acquainted with (at the very least) the basics of poetry and be to a stage of thinking through its nuances. For instance, his chapter on form basically posits that form is too difficult to be crammed into the neat and tidy categories we use. I don't disagree and I found his discussion of form very enlightening. But that's ridiculously confusing and unhelpful to a reader who finds poetry confounding to begin with.
So, yes, witty, interesting book about poetry, but hardly a "guide" to the kind of reader he appears to be trying to reach. Then again, it's approachable and easy enough to read.”
“As someone who was trying to get more into poetry i found this book very compelling. I found that David Orr has such an emotional way of writing which felt very genuine. There were some funny quotes and moments as well as some deep passages that were pretty interesting.”
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