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Acquainted with the Night: Insomnia Poems

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I first saw this book in my university bookstore. I was tempted, but didn't shell out the money at first. Approximately a month later, dealing with an inability to sleep soundly, I bought the book as an experiment. For every time I woke up in the night, I would read one poem. I am now, approximately one month later, halfway through the book and enjoying it immensely. Every poem is either an old acknowledged classic or completely new to me. The range of poems on the same topic, but varying so far afield in all other respects, is amazing. If Spaar complies any more anthologies in the future, she has a ready customer waiting.

There are some gems in this small book of poetry. How eye-opening (ugh!) for the sleepless to see that a great many poets have been afflicted by insomnia and found inspiration there. Plus, lovely as they may be, these poems tend to have a soporific effect when read at 3 a.m. Give Acquainted with the Night a try... It's better than taking a double dose of Ambien and sleep-driving off a bridge. This is a moving antidote to wakefulness.