The Poetry of the Bible (Abridged) Audiobook

" My favorite poetry collection. "

" The book is very thick, so one of my favorite things to do is just randomly flip to a page and read the poem I land on. There's a good diversity of poets and poetic styles, and I almost always enjoy what I read in this volume. "

" Marvelous anthology of the poetry of some of America's most renegade poets... "

" It's a compendium of all the dirty and gritty poetry that your English teacher doesn't want you to read. In a good way. "

" A mixture of beats, meats, slammers, and so-called renegades...which supposedly includes everyone from Janis Joplin and Tupak Shukur to William Carlos Williams and Ferlinghetti. The editors of this massive anthology said they were trying to bring light to the more obsure, but it is apparent to see why many of these are obscure. The essays, letters, photos, however, are interesting. "

" Great example of the range of poetry that kids are missing out on , dirty, gritty and bleeding in the streets "

" This book introduced me to James Dean's "Ode to a Tijuana Toilet," and I will be forever grateful. "

" ok, so I didn't read the entire book and now I can't find it. I am going to look at the library. I read some of these poems a couple years ago and continue to think of them on a regular basis. Some phrases have become part of my internal dialogue and still make me laugh. "

" This book was given to me as a gift. To be honest, I can not recall who gave it to me, but fuck them. This is some bullshit. "

" you're not a poet if it's not on your shelf!!! "

" I don't own this book. But I'm a poet, so I should. And you should too, because it's totally rad. "

" I can not put into words how this book has affected my life. The book is lined and scribbled with favorite stanzas. Everyone should read this collection. "

" A little heavy on the beat poets, of whom I am not terribly fond, but an otherwise stellar collection of poetry from the gritty underbelly of America. T.S. Eliot it ain't. "

" The essential book for poetry addicts. "

" I love David Lerner. He is the star of this book. "

" This book was given to me by Sam Orgavani for high school graduation. I read it while I was working at the BW library. It did me a world of good my freshman year. "

" this is mammoth, and i'm pretty picky, so a lot of this didn't click with me. but what did stand out was some really really good stuff. give it a go if you're patient and have an open mind. "

" the poems by che guevara and daniel berrigan are worth the price alone "

" My introduction to what poetry could be used for. "

" This is the greatest book of non pc poetry ever, I read it often and have shared many memorable poems. The content however can be very off-color and is adult in nature. "

" I personally really liked Sara Holbrook's Chicks Up Front, Hettie Jones' Words, and Julia Vinograd's In the Bookstore. "

" The best collection of Modern Poetry in one place. "

" One of my two favorite poetry anthologies. "

" Bombastic and overwhelming, missing a few key figures because their families wouldn't grant the publishing rights (Bukowski), but contains others that might not have been included, like Tupac Shakur & Tom Waits. A good intro. "