A Fortune Cookie Tree of Content

A Fortune Cookie Tree of Content

A Fortune Cookie Tree of Content

These two poems alone are worth reading this book! Who hasn’t wanted to verbalize in some way, shape or form what their pets might be thinking and/or would say in words?

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A Fortune Cookie Tree of Content

Charlie Knowlton

ISBN:  978-93-90601-95-0

Copyright 2022, Cyberwit

Reviewed by LB Sedlacek

This new poetry book contains rhyming verse, free verse, haiku and senryu poems.  Each turn of the page is definitely like the fun surprise of breaking open a fortune cookie to see what awaits inside.  Poetry is more fun to read when it isn’t predictable. 

The book contains sweet moments in time as well as colorful clusters of lines molded into gentle heartfelt poems.  Knowlton’s writing has an energy to it and a great deal of likeability as well.

He manages to grab attention and express emotions, circumstances and so much more from poem to poem.  This book is very representative of what poetry should be:  welcoming, easy to enjoy and absorb, and significant.

The poems include a wide variety of subjects such as nature, a murder mystery, nursery rhymes, the Kardashians (he’s not alone here, I don’t get their popularity either), answering machine messages, and romantic dinners gone wrong.  There’s truly something for everyone!

The first section of the book covers the rhyming and free verse poems.  The second section includes haiku and senryu. 

From the poem:  “Top 10 things my dog has never said to me.”

10...Can we get another cat? //
9...No! As a matter of fact /
i’m not happy to see you. //
8...That’s ok!...You eat the /
rest of that rib eye. //
7...Do I need a mint? //
6...Sorry about your friend’s leg, /
and of course i’ll pay for the pillow.

From the poem: “The top 10 things my cat has said to me.”

10...The dog did it. //
9...Its called a bird. Where else /
was I supposed to bring it? //
8...Go ask the vet, it’s what we do. /
Sleep all day and scratch furniture. //
7...Fetch?...You’re kidding me right? //
6...Psst!...Wanna do some nip? //
5...You know what would go nice with /
the love seat and sofa? //
A yellow canary and some gold fish.

These two poems alone are worth reading this book!  Who hasn’t wanted to verbalize in some way, shape or form what their pets might be thinking and/or would say in words?

Knowlton closes out the book with very clever haiku and senryu poems.  The subjects amongst them include dressing in the dark, missing socks, polar bears, and Thanksgiving to name a few. 

Overall, this poetry book is designed for the true poetry reader.  It is a gem amongst poetry books as it has an appeal for a wide audience, and truly if you are to succeed and to achieve as a poet then your poems should and must be read.  Well done!

 

~LB Sedlacek, author of “The Poet Next Door,” “Simultaneous Submissions,” “I’m No Robot,” and “The Blue Eyed Side.”