Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems
Once upon a time, Mirror Mirror, a brilliant book of fairy tale themed reversos – a poetic form in which the poem is presented forward and then backward – became a smashing success. Now a second book is here with more witty double takes on well-loved fairy tales such as Thumbelina and The Little...
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Once upon a time, Mirror Mirror, a brilliant book of fairy tale themed reversos – a poetic form in which the poem is presented forward and then backward – became a smashing success. Now a second book is here with more witty double takes on well-loved fairy tales such as Thumbelina and The Little Mermaid. Read these clever poems from top to bottom and they mean one thing. Then reverse the lines and read from bottom to top and they mean something else - it is almost like magic! A celebration of sight, sound, and story, this book is a marvel to read again and again.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780803737693 (0803737696)
ASIN: 803737696
Publish date: February 7th 2013
Publisher: Dial
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
I'm not a huge poetry fan, even when it's for kids (although I like that better than most contemporary poetry for adults). Poetry that doesn't have a rhyme scheme and a meter I can dance to just doesn't move me as much. That said; WOW. Singer's work is amazing. Again, she's taken a number of fairy t...
Another clever collection of reverso poems based upon fairy tales.
I was a little skeptical about this follow up to Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse. Surely we'd all been there done that. Apparently, we hadn't. This collection is just as good! Just as entertaining! Just as impressive! I am really in awe of the reverso style of poetry. I have yet to sit dow...
Read my review at: Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems
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