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Fear of Dreaming: The Selected Poems

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this book is incredible. "to the secret poets of kansas" is by far one of the most wonderful poemsi have ever read. i encourage anyone who is looking for poetry to read and savor these poems, they are certainly worth it.

While not every poem in FEAR OF DREAMING is particularly great, most of the poetry included therein is EXTREMELY great, and considerably poignant. I love Jim Carroll's work and found this to be one of his best collections yet. A must-have volume for all Carroll fans and any avid fan of poetry (especially that of the modern era).

Jim Carroll is by far one of my favorite poets. He sees so much deeper than most people. The words and even fonts he uses sucks you in and you feel as though you have been transported to another world. I first got interested in his poetry when I saw "The Basketball Diaries" with Leonardo DiCaprio, and the poetry made the movie even more powerful than it already was. I left the theatre stunned. I then went to a reading of Carroll's poetry at Seton Hall University, and was fortunate enough to meet him. He is an amazing guy. The poems are deep and their power and emotion pervade your body so that you can never forget them. People think that becuse Carroll writes modern poetry, that his poems are trash. That is certainly the opposite of what they are, and I think that his poems are more interesting than poets who write the lovey-dovey, rhyming type stuff. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to be swept away in the urban-like poetry of today.

This book is a must have for teenagers. Jim Carrol describes the pain and suffering that he has gone through very beautifully. He is able to compute messages throughout his poems. What makes it even better is that you know that he has been through all of that past with drugs, and he has come back as a improved person. His poems show this.

Jim Carroll is the best poet in the world. I am completely in love with this dude. He rocks the charts.

I love Jim Carroll's writing after I watched and read 'Basketball Diaries'. In my opinion, Jim Carroll's poetry in 'Fear of Dreaming' is either extremely good or extremely boring. But the good ones can really touch you deep in the heart... and it's better than many boring so-called Modernl American poetry in the market, so, it's not a bad book to own.