The Poet and the Donkey, (Paperback)

from tapestry100

A charming and quick little book about a poet who has lost his muse and is no longer able to write, and the donkey he borrows from his neighbors, who, in time, becomes his missing muse. There isn't much to this story, which is refreshing; the book really does just follow the poet as he borrows th...

from CarolynSchroeder

This little novel was my first introduction to May Sarton. I thoroughly enjoyed every page of this small tale about a lonely, bitter poet living in a small New Hampshire town who is looking for his Muse in all the wrong places. That is, until he meets Whiffenpoof, the geriatric, yet sassy, donkey...