Some of the poems really hit the spot Animal Husbandry concerns the Noah story Have others thought how unfair it was to the millions of animals on earth to die in the flood for man s sins What of those saved on the ark What type of strain would it be on two bees trying to make a hive or two gophers attempting a colony after the waters receded Job A New Edition brought up another thought I had long ago Doesn t God know the outcome of Job s trial even before it begins Does God think Satan can prove him wrong Why should Job suffer for a bet Does Job feel justice when he is rewarded with a new family and servants Would be Ample substitutes for the old. Another reasonble The vast majority of poems do not deal with religion and are unlikely to be as controversial as those two Those just happened to jump out at me To a Novelist is an observation of a town meeting with people taking sides of the developers a Wal Mart type and others wanting to preserve the small town downtown Meaning takes a view of what is meaningful in from different people s perspective Achievement likewise describes different people s concept of achievement. Another Reason kindle unlimited Another Reason is a collection of poem that will not hit everyone the same way There are poems that the reader will relate to and others that seem to slip by This is not a collection where every poem will be a hit.

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Wonderfully written gratefully read Carl Dennis From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Ruth Lilly PrizeThe poems in Carl Dennis s new collection Another Reason assume that our efforts to reason with ourselves and with others about what matters to us are necessary to escape the purely private point of view to provide the houses we live in with doors and windows These poems enact a drama of attempted persuasion as the poet confers with himself with intimates and with strangers if only in the hope that by defining differences precisely one may be drawn into a genuine dialogue As the poet asserts and questions his own authority encountering a wide range of competing claims from other voices we find ourselves included in a conversation that deepens our notion of the human community Another ReasonLovely and thought provoking Carl Dennis Carl Dennis once again writes beautiful poetry that makes you stop and think about your life Carl Dennis I didn t want this to end Review to come Carl Dennis I found this to be a frustrating book Some of the poems particularly those focused on creativity and the process are beautiful and lively But some of the others left me cold observations and insights that to me at least seemed obvious or less than inspiring I often felt like I was reading an anthology it felt that inconsistent to me The strong however outweighs the weaker and make the book worth reading I received this book as a netgalley Carl Dennis That a prophet s toil wasn t worth the troubleThat a shrewder man would have a chosen a softer trade Nietzsche Another Reason by Carl Dennis is his newest collection of poems Dennis is the author of eleven previous works of poetry and essay collections He attended Oberlin College the University of Chicago and the University of Minnesota Dennis earned his PhD from the University of California Berkeley in 1966 and that same year became became an associate professor of English at the University of Buffalo where he spent much of his career Dennis has earned the Ruth Lilly Prize and the Pulitzer Prize for his poetry. Another reason why Some poetry reaches out and grabs the reader Some poetry takes a reader to a distant place or puts them with someone they miss Other poetry is a look inside of the poet s mind Another Reason is the latter type of poetry Dennis writes about ordinary things and ideas hoping to capture that aha moment of familiarity There is no beauty of a blossom or an exotic land Here we see see common questions about our place in the cosmos religion money problems but those that do hit home hit with force Very well done Carl Dennis

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