The Good Opinion of Squirrels [Paperback]

M.A. Schaffner (Author), Dorothy Jacobsen (Author)

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Again And Again
Annals Of Early Fall
Another Dead Dog Poem
The Ardennes Campaign
Arlington House
Baby Shower
Bierce And Sterling
Bomb Dog/dope Dog
Colossus
The Convict On The Dock
Cookie Goddess
The Corner Bum
Corregidor
Crossing Key Bridge In Snowfall
Demon Child
E For Effort
Everything Wants To Return To The Earth
Fruit Bats At Dusk
Glaucomys Volans
The Horses Of The 17th Army
Lost In Yokohama, 1960
Mous-som-ko
Ms. Muffet
My Aunt Isabella
Niccolo's Ghost
Non Incautus Futuri
November Dusk
On The Deaths Of Park Squirrels
Opechancanough's Latter Day Sketch
Open
Paradise
Post 360 Does The Death March
Presents
The Privilege Of Feeding Squirrels
Rats
The Reef
Rialto
Stalin's Squirrel
Storm Systems
Tango
Texas Playboys
Tom's Cove
Tracking The Elusive Delmarva Fox Squirrel
Venus And Adonis Today
Western Dreams
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback: 76 pages
• Publisher: Word Works; 1 edition (January 1, 1997)
• ISBN-10: 091538034X
• ISBN-13: 978-0915380343
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,557,940 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Erudite, November 17, 1999

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This review is from: The Good Opinion of Squirrels (Paperback)

What impresses me about Schaffner's book is his courage to take on rather trite subjects without adding to that triteness. There are poems in this collection about office politics, dogs, and homeless people that make me grumble to myself, "Oh, God, not *another* poem about a homeless person!" only to find the poem original and striking. The extent of Schaffner's knowledge, and his ability to put it to use in poetry, are also impressive (this is what gave me my title). I highly recommend this book.