Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email required Address never made public. Name required. Follow Following. Smashey's Blog Join 65 other followers. Sign me up. Already have a WordPress. Log in now. Anyone who gave up on poetry after stumbling around through Whitman or Dicksinson like I did will take heart after a few hours with Coen's poems.
Maybe I'm just a sucker for low-brow humor delivered in lyrical form. The collection does have about 8 pages of limericks! I p What a great collection! I picked up this book exclusively for the title poem. It was briefly by NPR a few weeks ago and it capture my attention.
It was gratifying for me to find a few other gems in the collection. Other new favorites include: The Fable of C. I was excited to find out that Ethan Coen of the Coen brothers movie-making team had written a book of poetry. I love their movies Which is the same mistake I made with buying David Mamet's book of poetry long ago.
Mostly rhyming poems. Poorly rhymed to boot. With a plethora of disgusting topics that seem preoccupied with fecal matter, male genitalia, sex lots of sex , and prostitutes. There are other themes as well. But none of them much better.
I couldn't wait for this book to be over I was excited to find out that Ethan Coen of the Coen brothers movie-making team had written a book of poetry. I couldn't wait for this book to be over. And I don't know why I read the whole thing. Nov 27, Robin rated it it was amazing. I loved it and I got it, which that in itself is a small feat. Jun 17, c. Apr 08, Tyler Jones rated it it was ok Shelves: the-fun-stuff , poetry. For fun Mr. Cohen would wrangle words; and the meter he'd mangle It's a serious crime how he forces each rhyme and all modifiers are left to dangle.
May 15, Karen rated it really liked it. When I heard that one of the Coen Brothers had written a book of poetry I just had to take a look actually, there are 2 books. Ethan Coen definitely has a way with words. But his poems tend to cover bodily parts and fluids and it got to be too much.
Let's just say you've been warned. Nov 29, Clare McCarthy added it. Cohen's poetry is rife with wordplay and neologisms. He is an R- at times X- rated Shel Silverstein. I laughed aloud, if that's allowed, often, particularly at his limericks.
May 09, Jana Eichhorn rated it liked it. This is a silly little collection of poetry that doesn't take itself seriously. Think Shel Silverstein, but dirtier. Aug 03, Jackson rated it it was ok. Apr 03, Brent Legault rated it liked it. My sentiments toward this swaggering, staggering collection are best expressed in verse.
Uh, it's a little saucey, so don't continue if sauciness offends or irritates you. But I only had a day to concoct it. While Coen must have had months and even years, between movies.
His poems are not poetry, not by modern standards. But they make excellent 19th century stuff and would've even held their own in early issues of The New Yorker. The best of these poems are scatological and prurient and fun.
Many of them engendered a stock or off-stock character in my head: the crusty pirate, the cranky oldster, the crass preacher, the crabby Leprechaun nearly 20 pages are given over to limerics. The rhyme-schemes, the linguisto-gymnastics, the genius wit was, I admit, dazzling.
But to be honest, I get nearly the same thrill from reading collections of vaudevillian jokes or say, the wisdoms of Yogi Berra. Shelves: books-read-in I began reading this not knowing what to expect. I thoroughly enjoy the Coen Brother's films and I was very much looking forward to reading Ethan's poetry.
This collection features a vast array of both hits and misses, mostly hits. Ethan's poetry is frank, funny, and delightful. He seems to write about whatever happens to come to mind. You'll find poetry about love, loss, sex, greif, and general angst all in one place; I feel like that's important. Too many modern poets seem to be obessed with t I began reading this not knowing what to expect.
Too many modern poets seem to be obessed with the trope that poets are deep and sobering in their work but Coen shatters that. Apr 23, Bill rated it it was amazing. For some time now, Wendell Berry has been my favorite poet. Though he hasn't quite been unseated by this remarkable collection, he now has his first serious rival, if indeed Coen can in any way be referred to as "serious.
I can't remember one poem that wasn't ironic or comical, but each one is skillfully constructed and perfectly executed. The topics range from the gross and bizarre to the absolutely incomprehensi For some time now, Wendell Berry has been my favorite poet.
The topics range from the gross and bizarre to the absolutely incomprehensible and unimaginable. No topic, apparently, is taboo to Mr. Coen, which I suppose we might have learned from his impressive film portfolio, but no matter how outrageous the topic of the poem, each one is masterfully done. I had 2 absolute favorites, one of which is rather too long to reproduce here. I will read this book again and again May 13, Donald Armfield rated it really liked it Shelves: poetry.
This is the second poetry collection I read by Ethan Coen. He gave me new thoughts on reading other poetry. I listen to rap music, but never really read much of it. This is some laughs you are missing if you are not picking this book up. Its sitting at the table with the morning newspaper. The follow This is the second poetry collection I read by Ethan Coen. The following events are straight out Hilarious!
Read this even if you don't like poetry. Dec 07, Julia rated it did not like it. I picked this up because of the catchy title, and because it's by Ethan Cohen. He has a habit of repetition, to his detriment - like when when telling a joke twice in a row doesn't make it funnier, the same thing goes for his good lines. He repeats them, as if discrediting the readers ability to realize their quality on our own. I also just didn't enjoy his poetry.
He mostly just made fun of poetry with especially bad poetry. May 01, Finnick Littlefoot rated it liked it. I like a down-to-earth poet who isn't afraid to let the raunch in sometimes. Coen's poetry reminded me a lot of Leonard Cohen or Bukowski. But there's a charm to those guys that I didn't quite get here. The poems were either 'funny' or 'deep,' but didn't mix much between the two. I find the space between to be the most impactful, and I missed that.
Feb 17, Jaidene rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Kimball Crofts. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Just what you'd expect from a Coen. Out of sixty-one poems, I only liked two. Not a good average.
The two I did like were, Self-Portrait , about writing, and How Long, How Late about the sudden realization of aging, and for this one, only the last stanza put it into the like column. Apr 26, Nathan Pearson rated it it was amazing.
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