Endpoint and Other Poems (Abridged): Unabridged Selections Audiobook

" I especially enjoyed the Endpoint poems, which are memoir-in-verse. The rest of the book is good, too, but not quite as compelling. "

" I always love Updike's poetry. This last collection before he died is no exception. His lifelong crush on Doris Day in his poem to her is adorable and eloquent... as are his painfully insightful verses on aging and death. "

" Updike's poetry is as incisive as his prose, and in this book, he handles topics ranging from Doris Day to his own impending death with unbelievable grace. His form is excellent, his subjects common and lovely, and this work is absolutely worth reading. "

" Some wonderful poems about aging and it's perils and humor... like the one, Colonoscopy, or the Death of a Computer. "

" Some interesting language, not too memorable. "

" I've read and enjoyed many of Updike's novels, and I knew he wrote short stories, but I didn't realize his literary versatility extended to poetry as well. There's a lot of variety in this collection, the last that he put together before he died. "

" This collection includes some very powerful poems written in the last months of Updike's life. "

" it was poetry, of course, so not all of it made sense, but it was good enough to make me like the writer and want to read more of him. "

" Updike's final poems are suffused w/a haunting nostalgia, sharp wit and beautiful imagery. "

" Updike is my favorite author and this book did not disappoint. Easy to read compilation of stories and poems. "

" A great many of the birthday poems are tremendously sad, but I enjoyed the collection quite a bit. He still has the ability to make me breathlessly reread a poem thinking, "holy shit, holy shit." "

" A great many of the birthday poems are tremendously sad, but I enjoyed the collection quite a bit. He still has the ability to make me breathlessly reread a poem thinking, "holy shit, holy shit." "

" I've read and enjoyed many of Updike's novels, and I knew he wrote short stories, but I didn't realize his literary versatility extended to poetry as well. There's a lot of variety in this collection, the last that he put together before he died. "

" I especially enjoyed the Endpoint poems, which are memoir-in-verse. The rest of the book is good, too, but not quite as compelling. "

" Some interesting language, not too memorable. "

" This collection includes some very powerful poems written in the last months of Updike's life. "

" Updike's final poems are suffused w/a haunting nostalgia, sharp wit and beautiful imagery. "