SuitabookYoung Cornrows Callin Out the Moon
Ruth Forman
- Reading
- Read a poem or two at a time, pausing to look closely at the paintings and notice how their colours and details work alongside the words.
- Themes
- City childhood and play: The poems evoke children playing games and sharing rhymes on South Philadelphia streets during summer. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Language and imagination: The book addresses language and imagination; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. These elements appear central to the book’s poetic texture, but their specific meanings and treatment in the poems are not established.
- Worth knowing
- The poems appear rooted in a specific urban neighbourhood and cultural setting; consider whether that perspective is something your reader would like to explore.