The Rattle Bag: An Anthology of Poetry

The poems in this book are unusually arranged in alphabetic order of their titles, which makes for some curious juxtapositions. Both editors are poets themselves; they say "we hope...our decision allows the contents to discover themselves as we ourselves gradually discovered them - each poem full

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of its singular appeal...".

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This is a collection of poetry from across the British Isles and Ireland and I highly recommend it.
A must for any fan of poetry.

The best collection of poetry I have found. Very diverse (in poets, styles, forms, subjects). The cover art is horrible so I hope that isn't on anyone's critera. A collection to just flip through, pick a random page and read!

If you want a book you can dip into, that you can use to explore different poets from around the world. That can be a reference point to start your voyage into the alleys, paths & highways of poetry this is a good book to start with.The poets covered, some are known, some famous, but theres obscure

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poems, anonymous poems, poets whose lines you see within these pages will set you off on the road to other works/writers.This book book is a key, a door, a path its up to you what you do with it.

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This is an unusual collection of international poems deliberately unsorted and randomly presented. Hugely enjoyable. I lost this book and recently found it and reread it in a B&B. I went close to stealing it.

If you want a book you can dip into, that you can use to explore different poets from around the world. That can be a reference point to start your voyage into the alleys, paths & highways of poetry this is a good book to start with.The poets covered, some are known, some famous, but theres obscure

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poems, anonymous poems, poets whose lines you see within these pages will set you off on the road to other works/writers.This book book is a key, a door, a path its up to you what you do with it.

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The Rattle Bag is a mixed bag. William Blake gets eighteen entries, Rudyard Kipling none; Ogden Nash gets more entries than Sylvia Plath. By far the biggest contributor is Anonymous with his or her penchant for doggerel. There are, of course, many old favourites and new delights, but there are

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better poetry anthologies out there: I recommend Poem for the Day Books 1 and 2.

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A collection of poems curated by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes for kiddos. Some old favorites (and for them to be favorites for me, you *know* they're *old*), some new (to me) delights, and a fair few that didn't really resonate with me. A mixed rattle bag, as it were.