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    Overall I'd give this book 3.5 or 4 stars out of 5.

    This anthology (mostly) goes with the theme of light-hearted, happy poems. All of the poems in this book are short, and have a small chunk of commentary before the poem.

    I enjoyed this poetry anthology. There were some poems I wouldn't say are bad, but I was bored by because they weren't my style. This happened a lot with the classical Chinese poetry in the book. There are some Christian poems, and his commentary makes it clear that he is Christian. Do with that information what you will. My personal favorite poems from this book are:

    An August Afternoon by Bronislaw Maj

    The Same Inside by Anna Swir

    Golden Bells by Po Chü-I

    Poetry Reading by Anna Swir

    Excerpts from the work of Jelaluddin Rumi

    For The Anniversary Of My Death by W. S. Merwin

    The Day We Die by Southern Bushmen

    Perhaps… by Shu Ting

    Ordinance On Arrival by Naomi Lazard

    Waiting For The Barbarians by Constantine Cavafy

    by JellyfishPrior7524

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