tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post114562532412360047..comments2024-03-07T17:13:54.927-05:00Comments on A Fuse #8 Production: Podcast Edition: Review of the Day: A Kick In the Headfusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-1145646884967917142006-04-21T15:14:00.000-04:002006-04-21T15:14:00.000-04:00My dear Fuseody,(who is tetchy about her prosedy)-...My dear Fuseody,<BR/>(who is tetchy about her prosedy)<BR/><BR/>--you would like the poem<BR/>by Ogden Nash<BR/>called "Very Like a Whale"<BR/>(which it isn't)!<BR/><BR/>Here's a bit<BR/>to make you grin:<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>"One thing that literature would be greatly the better for<BR/><BR/>Would be a more restricted employment by authors of simile and metaphor.<BR/><BR/>Authors of all races, be they Greeks, Romans, Teutons or Celts,<BR/><BR/>Can't seem just to say that anything is the thing it is but have to go out of their way to say that it is like something else....."<BR/><BR/><BR/>From the poem:<BR/>Very Like a Whale<BR/>by Ogden Nash<BR/><BR/>ZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-1145636389490589072006-04-21T12:19:00.000-04:002006-04-21T12:19:00.000-04:00I can see the problems with handing this to a firs...I can see the problems with handing this to a first-grader. Raschka's illustrations are a concession to young 'uns, but I wouldn't label these poem slam-bang good times. But then, as I've mentioned before, poetry and I remain friends but we really feel like we should see different people. And really, how many other books of this kind can you even find out there? My sole regret is that "fibs" were so new that they didn't make the publication. By the way, I did a small search for "if you wore my sneakers", but I didn't get far. A full poetry search might yield some results. Perhaps others have heard the line.fusenumber8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-1145634438345301502006-04-21T11:47:00.000-04:002006-04-21T11:47:00.000-04:00I had a different reaction to this book, which I o...I had a different reaction to this book, which I ordered through Scholastic for my first-grader. Looked great in the catalog, but when I finally saw the book, I could not figure out for whom it was compiled. Finally I thought that it would work for an adult writing workshop, who'd likely have a lot of interest in all those different forms. The 9/11 poem that didn't acknowledge it was a 9/11 poem struck me as a particularly odd inclusion. <BR/><BR/>But that's the way some children's poetry books seem to me. Either too adult (this is good for you, kids) or too straining-to-please and doofy. Several other recent poetry books, ordered sight unseen, were waaaay too full of stuff about bad cafeteria food, mean substitutes, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-1145633450232016592006-04-21T11:30:00.000-04:002006-04-21T11:30:00.000-04:00The cover art alone is enough to get my attention,...The cover art alone is enough to get my attention, and now I'm wishing I had had this book back when the Girlchild was ten and moaning that she didn't like poetry.<BR/><BR/>I get that poetry is not your bag, baby, but I am a little sad because I've been trying to trace down a kid's poem forever without luck. On the off chance, the first line is: "is you wore my sneakers"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-1145630173746889822006-04-21T10:36:00.000-04:002006-04-21T10:36:00.000-04:00One of my favorites along with A Poke in the Eye! ...One of my favorites along with A Poke in the Eye! I am a Raschka fan and find the pairing of his art with poetry especially pleasing. There is a video clip that includes some footage of him painting on Teaching Books.<BR/><BR/>KTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com