The Poets' Corner The One and Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family Read & download × 2

Review The Poets' Corner The One and Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family

The Poets' Corner The One and Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family Read & download × 2 » From listening to his grandmother recite epic poems from memory to curling up in bed while his father read funny verses award winning actor John Lithgow grew up with poetry Ever since John has been an enthNew to poetry and for poetry lovers to experience beloved verses in a fresh vivid way William Blake Emily Dickinson Edgar Allan Poe and Dylan Thomas are just a few names among Lithgow's comprehensive list of poetry masters His essential criterion is that each poem's light shines brightly when read aloud This uniue package provides a multimedia poetry experience with a bonus MP3 CD of revelatory poetry r. Four stars for the content of the book itself elevated to five stars for the audiobook version or for print copies that still have the accompanying CD because trust me you have not lived until you've heard Billy Connolly reading Robert Burns' To a Mouse What an absolute blast that was to listen to His reading of Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat is also lots of fun; I played those tracks easily three or four times over before allowing myself to move on to the next poem Morgan Freeman's reading of TS Eliot's Rhapsody on a Windy Night is exceptional too and merits attentive listening Most of the other readings are also uite good with really only two or three that fell kind of flatThere are 50 poems in this collection Each poem is preceded by a short biographical sketch of the poet and is followed by a few words of appreciative commentary and a short list of other favorites by that poet I appreciated that the poets were presented in alphabetical rather than chronological order which made for a nice variety of tones and styles throughout rather than having to march through time and readlisten to say all the Romantics all at once which would probably have started feeling a bit tedious at least for meFor full enjoyment grab the audiobook version as John Lithgow's reading sets the stage nicely for the reading of the poems themselves by such friends as Billy Connolly Morgan Freeman Helen Mirren Gary Sinise and Kathy Bates among others I'll definitely be coming back to this one before too long