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This book is being released via BookCrossing on 5 March 2011 as part of the inaugural World Book Night. With the full support of the Publishers Association, the Booksellers Association, the Independent Publishers Guild, the Reading Agency with libraries, World Book Day and the BBC, one million books will be given away by an army of passionate readers to members of the public across the UK and Ireland.

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Picked up from the World Book Night event in Colchester.

Given to BookAmbler during meet up at the Layer Fox so that it can be passed on to Chamonix44.

Took a wee peek at this before passing to Chamonix44. I'm not a poetry fan but, once I'd got the hang of the theme (durr!), I loved these witty offerings from Carol Ann Duffy :)

I didn't 'get' them all but that's because I didn't know the background story for some of them.

Here's one of two shorty poems in the book to whet your appetite...

Mrs Icarus
I'm not the first or the last
to stand on a hillock,
watching the man she married
prove to the world
he's a total, utter, absolute, Grade A pillock.

Thank you for this book, Ardachy and BookAmbler. What a lot of WBN titles you had saved for me. This was a wonderful surprise, and I look forward to reading every one of them. I am pleased to get a chance to read this poetry book too, as I wasn't sure if either of the two WBN poetry books would find its way to Essex!

I will begin reading this book later today. I would like to start now, but alas the shopping has to be done, cooking, etc.!!!

Not my type of poetry. I found it a bit vulgar, but others probably like it. (Give me A.A. Milne's poetry every time, instead of this)! Now I will try to lend this book out to friends.

I passed this book on to Pauline, who is a member of our Anglican Church congregation, and lives in Apeldoorn. Pauline is also a member of a poetry group and she will take this book along to the group.

Pauline, I hope you will find something that you like in there, as I found the poems a bit strange to say the least!!

Reading contemporary poetry is always good and I enjoyed reading Carol Ann Duffy - identifying with some of her experiences. Enjoyed Elvis's Twin Sister & Pope Joan - must be the Catholic in me! Frau Freud reminds me of all the girls night's out I've had.

After our church service today, Pauline returned this book to me. I will now put it in my WBN book box and try to lend it out to another friend.

I delivered this book to my friend, Lies, this morning as she was on her way for a short break to Düsseldorf in Germany. She will read it and give it back to me on her return. I am not expecting a journal entry from Lies, but I will ask her what she thought of the book afterwards and I will write it here. (For the English journallers reading this, LIES is pronounced like LEECE!!!)
Message for Lies:
Just in case you do get to read this Lies, and in case you can manage a journal entry....I hope you enjoy the book...and don't worry about writing a long journal entry, just one sentence will do!!
I wish you a pleasant break in Germany, with some good reading!

I received this book back from my friend, Lies, today. She asked me to write this short review for her. So here it is:

Review from Lies:
I finished this book really quickly. I enjoyed reading it. Chamonix44 thought the poems were vulgar, but I didn't. I liked them and they made me smile. Some of them remind me of myself! Haha! Thank you for sharing!

After our Anglican Church service today, V. took this book home to read.


Released as part of the 'THE' Challenge in the BookCrossing Release Challenges Forum.

I love poetry. Sorry to have had this book so long.

I received this book back today. I made the last journal entry for V. because she didn't want to do it herself, I guess.
I only wrote down the words she told me when I last spoke to her on the phone.

Today, after the church service, and after coffee and chat in our church coffee hut, Philippa expressed an interest in these books. So she took them home with her. I told her that she has as much time as she likes to read them, because I know she is busy!