Gold and Glitter is a poetry book for young adults.
Gold and Glitter offers a variety of different forms of poems written by award winning teacher, Ana Monnar. A glossary of poetic terms is provided to use as a simple guide. Websites to surf are also made available to aid the learners. E.S.E. students from Gifted, L.D., E.H. and other exceptionalities, as well as regular education and E.S.O.L. young adults are encouraged to improve reading and writing achievement. Gold and Glitter is a tool for advantaged and disadvantaged learners. All students need to meet goals and expectations. Academic standards are relevant to human beings regardless of wealth, poverty, ethnicity or creed.
Professional Reviews
"Modest to the extreme"
Gold and Glitter is a collection of forty-one poems about life, nature, relationships and even Albert Einstein.
Geared towards young adults, some of the poems are rather simplistic, but also funny, as in the case of "Hungry Woman", "Jump and Thump" and "Run, Run, Run"
However, it is in the poems about life that Ms. Monnar shows her strengths, especially the ones dealing with relationships and personal experiences. "Inconsolably Crying" for example, is a moving poem about the loss of a close friend.
Many of the others deal with topics familiar to young adults, examples being "Communication", "Clutter", and "World of the Living", the last of which advises against taking people for granted.
Also of note are the ones dealing with social situations such as "Loosen Up", about a harried clerk, and "Humble Heart" which deals with being kind to the less fortunate.
At a first glance, the opening poems, one of which is an acrostic poem, (something I learned from the helpful glossary at the back of the book), seem rather shallow, but the best ones lie within.
A collection of poems dealing with a wide cross section of topics, all geared towards young people.
(Self-published. Please contact author directly to order.)
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The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
