- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited; New edition edition (1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0006278337
- ISBN-13: 978-0006278337
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 222 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #901,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I am so coarse, the things the poets see Are obstinately invisible to me. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A collection I've come back to many times,
By Scott Raymond (Kansas City, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: POEMS (by the author of The Chronicles of Narnia) (Paperback)
While I'd agree that this collection may not be the best introduction to Lewis' writing, I highly recommend it to anyone who's already a fan. Many of the poems provide fascinating perspectives on ideas that he conveys in his other imaginative writing and essays. Poetry was Lewis' favorite form to write, and he topical breadth in this book is quite enjoyable.
2.0 out of 5 stars
not that great,
By adead_poet@hotmail.com "adead_poet@hotmail.com" (Beaumont, tx USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: POEMS (by the author of The Chronicles of Narnia) (Paperback)
I was dissapointed by Lewis' poems. true, their range was one of the largest i've seen (from sci-fi to christian poems), but most were dull and just didn't live up to his reputation. i'd say stick with his fiction like the chronicles of narnia and the dark tower and other stories
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C.S. Lewis, the poet: Great Work from a master writer!,
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This review is from: POEMS (by the author of The Chronicles of Narnia) (Paperback)
Many readers, even some of C.S. Lewis' biggest fans, don't realise that Lewis wrote poetry. In fact, Lewis once said that poetry was his favorite literary form. Well, as it turns out Mr. Lewis was an excellent poet, full of style, emotion, and above-all, imagination! The poems in this collection show C.S. Lewis to be a true master of rhyme and meter, and he is also quite masterful in his uses of imagery, sound, and metaphor. There are also some fine non-rhyming pieces here, but it is really his excellent sense of rhyme that sticks out in your head long after you put the book away. Much of the work here (though not all) is of a spiritual nature, and Lewis expresses his faith in Christ quite openly, but never crosses the line into the type of overt "preachiness" that taints much of Christian-oriented poetry. Poems such as "As the Ruin Falls" (which was later turned into a song by Christian musician Phil Keaggy), "Reason", "Pan's Purge", "Deadly Sins", "Pattern", and "Love As Warm as Tears" rate right alongside some of the finest spiritual rhymes ever written, and for fans of Lewis' popular Narnia stories, there is even an imaginative piece called "Narnian Suite". If you are a fan of C.S. Lewis, or just a fan of classic-style poetry, then please crack open this fine book and enjoy!
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