Title:
Dizzy in your eyes : poems about love
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
Beloved children's book author and speaker Pat Mora has written an original collection of poems, each with a different teen narrator sharing unique thoughts, moments, sadness, or heart's desire. Also included are the author's footnotes on the various types of poetic forms used throughout to help demystify poetry and showcase its accessibility.
Year Published:
2010
Physical Description:
165 p. ; 19 cm.
Note:
"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--T.p. verso.
Contents:
Weird -- I can dance -- Revenge x 3 -- Doubts -- Mirrors -- To-do list -- Mariachi fantasy -- Fortune cookie -- Back then -- Valentine to Papi -- First time -- Hands -- Mission -- Grandma's joke -- Conversation/Conversacion -- Kissing -- Pressure -- On the edge -- On guard -- Silence -- Please -- Spanish -- Broken home? -- Dear____, -- Dumped -- Questions -- Old love -- Our private rhyme -- Squeeze -- Safety -- With feeling -- Far away -- Songs -- Mundo de agua -- Sisters -- My cross-eyed cat -- Three loves -- Love haiku -- Four-letter word -- Lonely day -- 3 a.m. blues -- Secrets -- Opposites -- You're beautiful -- Summer love -- Mysterious -- Ode to teachers -- Oda a las maestras -- My song.
ISBN:
9780375843754
Publisher:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2010.
