Imperfect: poems about mistakes: an anthology for middle schoolers - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967915821 ISBN 13: 9780967915821

Publisher: History House Publishers, 2018

Synopsis

Why put together an anthology about mistakes? Because we make mistakes all the time. Some are the size of erasing a hole in your paper, mispronouncing a word, or tripping over your shoelace. Some are the size of telling a friend's secret. Some can be useful, like a science experiment that goes wrong but gives you a new idea. How can we make the most of the good mistakes and do our best to fix the ones that need fixing? Poetry can help us figure it out.

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From Booklist

"This slim volume, geared toward middle-graders, packs a lot ofpunch.Featuring 70 poems by 55 different poets, it includes many newpoetssuch as Linda Kulp Trout, Catherine Flynn, and RobertSchechter,alongside a handful of classic poets like Carl Sandburg,Kobayashi Issa, and Antonio Machado. There are even a selection of poems written byyoung people themselves (in sixth and seventh grade). Thefocus onmaking mistakes of all kinds is the "perfect" focus for ananthologyaimed at tweens and teens, and the poets approach the topicfrom bothserious and silly points of view. Extra resources at the backof thebook offer helpful advice for the reader...Pithy quotes andminimal artare subtly placed throughout the poems, including the sketchof a crack(in the vase on the cover) on many pages, hinting at the"mending" ofimperfection the Japanese call "kintsugi,"or "preciousscars" or "golden repair," a way to see the beauty in fixing what isbroken. A livelyblog dedicated to the book(mistakesanthology.blogspot.com) continuesto offer insights and quotes,along with links to each of the poets with more poems to enjoy." ~Sylvia Vardell

Edition details

• Publisher: History House Publishers
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0967915821
• ISBN 13: 9780967915821
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 124
• Editor: Yeatts Tabatha