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Injecting Dreams Into Cows

Injecting Dreams Into Cows - Jessy Randall I love Jessy Randall because she makes me laugh and because everything she says is true, whether it's about children, marriage, libraries or games. I know it because I've felt the same way, as for instance, in "Celie at 4," in which the poet's child is like the cool girl at school rolling her eyes, and mother becomes the younger sister hoping to be liked. Or because I also know someone like the subject of "One Day, the Ass-Talker Stopped Talking Out of His Ass."

With some poems I get the feeling the poet starts the poem and just sees where it goes, and ends up with something surprising even to herself.

There are two found poems in this volume that I like a lot, especially "I Am Boarding You At This Time," and the list poem "Babies Should."

This page from Jessy Randall's personal site has some sample poems:
http://personalwebs.coloradocollege.edu/~jrandall/injecting.html

I recommend this book to anyone who thinks poetry is dull, overwrought or difficult to relate to.