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Eating My Words and 128 Other Poems

Brian P. Cleary

Illustrator: Andy Rowland and Richard Watson

Ages: 9+

Published: 2024

Publisher: Millbrook Press/Lerner

ISBN: 978-1-7284-8764-9

Keywords: Poetry- meter, rhyme scheme, enjambment, musical note letter substitution, Japanse tanka, concrete poems. tricube, rebus.

A feast of global poetic forms served with skillful amusing examples from haiku to acrostics, each clearly defined. Topically diverse and spiced with puns and wordplay. Colorful illustrations. Back matter.