Books : The Pain Tree: And Other Teenage Angst-ridden Poetry
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Binding: Library Binding
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.540809283
EAN: 9781439503621
ISBN: 1439503621
Number Of Pages: 62
Publication Date: June 26, 2008
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This is a book of original poetry by and for teens. Dramatic, plaintive, despairing, and hopeful, this unusual collection has been gathered together by artists Esther Pearl Watson and Mark Todd and dramatically illustrated with stunning paintings. The illustrators searched Web sites and sought the help of the editors of REACT and SEVENTEEN magazines to find poems by teenagers. When they had selected twenty-five poems, Mark illustrated the boys' poems, while Esther illustrated those written by girls.
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Rating:  - Not special at all
I've read better poetry in high school literary magazines. There is nothing special about this poetry, and the art is ok, but this is just typical angsty teen poetry. If you want some good samplings of outstanding poetry and art written by teenagers read Scholastic's You are Here, This is Now instead. It's much longer and written 10 times better.
Rating:  - beautiful words
These poems took me back to my teen days, I wish I could have put it all so succinctly.
Rating: - All your pain are belong to us!
To put a long story short, this is a great book. At age 23, I'm out of my teens and just beginning my journey into the dullness popularly referred to as "adulthood".
I must admit to never being an aficionado of poetry, but this book I enjoyed greatly. Every time I read them, poems like "Exasperation" and "Following directions" take me right back to being 15, with all the rage, joy and pubescent angst that comes with it.
Layout-wise I have no complaints. The colors were well ... Read More
Rating: - painfully delicious
I really loved the whole idea of the book; there is nothing like being a teenager, no matter what decade the feelings are the same. It is indeed painful..but delicious.
Rating: - Go To Your Room, This Instant!
I grew out of my teen angst as I grew out of my Cure T-shirt. Where I used to get lost in poetry, now I'm lost in biros and bankstatements. Still-and I don't understand it-'The Pain Tree' is simply my favorite book. Handy-sized, softback, unassuming-and chock full of illustrated treasures!
Reading it takes me right back-in palate, in texture, in sureness of purpose-to my old bedroom, where a young me, loose-limbed and eager, hunches over an inky poem. And probably every one of the twisted ... Read More
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