Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens: On Reading and Writing Poetry Forensically -- Paisley Rekdal, Paperback Automotive I knew I'd break them

I knew I'd break them

you really can count the dogs on each page

her grandmother's age-old adage just might still be true: Black girls must die exhausted

INCLUDES A FOLD-OUT POSTER featuring fun facts about the Queen of Crime and her creations

Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens: On Reading and Writing Poetry Forensically -- Paisley Rekdal, Paperback Automotive I knew I'd break themWhat makes reading a poem unlike reading anything else? In Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens, acclaimed poet and teacher Paisley Rekdal demonstrates how to observe the building blocks of a poem including its diction, form, imagery, and rhythm and construct an interpretation of its meaning. Using guided close readings and nearly 40 creative and critical "experiments," this book shows how a poem takes shape through the intersection of all its lyric