I don't like poetry by Joshua Seigal

This is a terrific little book filled with funny poems designed to do the opposite to the claim made by the title.  I am sure you will like poetry, once you read right though this 69 page book which has 53 poems, even though the title is I don't like Poetry. Here is the poem that inspired the title.  Here is the web site of the author where you will find more poems.

There are poems about dogs, funny haiku (great for teachers), zombies, Dracula, boys, girls, letters of the alphabet and goo!

Our Book Week slogan for 2017 is Escape to Everywhere.  I think this poem will be perfect to use during our celebrations in August.  It could even be set to music perhaps. Here is a video of the author reciting his poem.

Just a Book?

It’s a letter in a bottle

bobbing blindly in the sea,

it’s a verdant leaf in summer

hanging halfway up a tree,

it’s a pebble sleeping softly

in a gently flowing brook

but it’s never, no it’s never,

no it’s never just a book.

It’s the topping on your pizza

as it sits upon your plate,

it’s the fish that you’ve been after

as you hook it with your bait,

it’s a cupboard of ingredients

all waiting for the cook

but it’s never, no it’s never,

no it’s never just a book.

It’s a soldier in a battle

as he launches a grenade,

it’s a hunter in a forest

as she sharpens up her blade,

it’s a playmate, it’s a bully,

it’s a policeman, it’s a crook

but it’s never, no it’s never,

no it’s never just a book.

It’s a parcel of ideas,

it’s a package full of tools,

it’s a field full of freedom,

it’s a folder full of rules,

it’s a fancy flight of fantasy

so come and have a look - 

see it’s never, no it’s never,

no it’s never just a book!

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In amongst the poems ringing with bright laughter, there are some hidden and unexpected moments of quiet seriousness, made normal and unthreatening – perhaps – 

by their wrapping between layers of delight and giggles.