Pre-Owned Imperfect Tense (Paperback) 9781944856007

from DonnaMarieMerritt

This book is made up of three sections. Nothing particularly struck me in the first part (Imperfect Tense) about learning to speak Spanish. In fact, some poems were just plain confusing. There are notes in the back explaining different poems, but if I have to rely on notes to understand or simply...

from rlevans723

Writing this review is difficult, much like I found this collection of poetry was to read. It wasn't terrible, but I just couldn't get into it and found I had to force myself to read it. For me, it is not a book I plan to revisit nor is it one I would count as enjoyable. As with all books, i'm su...

from raignn

I received an early reviewer copy--which means I went in with no expectations. I tried with this book. And I do think there is a genuine impulse here, but unfortunately it just fell a flat. The grappling with language was real, but there was no urgency that I really felt behind virtually all thes...

from 3lilreds

I enjoyed this book of poetry so much! I studied linguistics in college, and have a fascination with foreign languages. Ms. Cahnmann-Taylor's poems made me laugh as she explored the crazy things you can say with a relatively minor error when speaking a language that isn't your own.

from PensiveCat

A book of poems in three parts. It took me a while to realize it was all written by the same person - which I'm not sure is a good or bad thing. Part One, revolving around learning Spanish, was my favorite part, and what drew me to the book in the first place. The rest was okay; a few poems I lik...