Description Share Post Small Poems for Big Imaginations Neal Zetter, illustrated by Will Hughes (Otter-Barry Books) Have you seen a mummy longlegs? After all, haven’t we seen ‘daddy longlegs running round the sink‘ or ‘crawling through a crack‘ or even ‘underneath a rock’? Thereafter, what about Pockets? Aren’t they ‘great for storing things/ Tissues, tickets, coins, key rings// Gloves, bits of paper- ‘ However, what about Holes? For example the hole in a ‘pen that is leaking ink‘ or the ‘hole in the leg of- tights‘? Neal Zetter and Will Hughes’ collaboration arrives at Small Poems for Big Imaginations. While there is a Pocket Book of Pocket Poems‘ form to this poetry book, there’s also a feeling of directed focus. That is, readers are encouraged to look at the ‘small’, the usual, the domestic, the familiar. It means that when this Bookwagoneer read this poetry book, I felt as though I was sitting in a quiet room, being reminded of things about me. For example, what about Corners? Thereafter, the ‘corner of my room [where] a spider spins its web‘? Or ‘a corner of my garden with the roses grow in’? Furthermore, I’m encouraged to look away from these, to play word games with Limericks and Dissimiles. Thereafter, ‘jealous like a germ‘ Or even ‘sensitive as slime’? Bookwagon loves this curious, approachable and thoroughly enjoyable collection of poetry.
