CITY POEMS

by Lois Lenski ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 7, 1971

Docile, conventional, bland, the old fashion. . . but at least the rhyming is dependable -- notably, in the wake of the current profusion of almost unscannable verse -- except where it's forced to accede to the meters, themselves rarely varied (a few attempt calypso-like cadences). Ditto the schemata: description, vignette, exhortation, enumeration (catchier) -- all of which invoke (not evoke) city themes. Typically, ""Down in the subway under the ground,/ The trains keep running all around;/ Some go fast and some go slow,/ They take you where you want to go."" Crowdedly deployed in discouragingly small print among busy line-drawings, over 100 poems (mostly new) to memorize for recitation and promptly forget.

Pub Date: May 7, 1971

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Walck

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1971

Categories: NONFICTION