Dizzy In Your Eyes: Poems About Love (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
Pat Mora writes this book of poetry about all different types of love. Mora writes a letter to her readers and explains that she "started out writing free-verse without counting syllables or stresses." Her editor recommended to her that she add a Haiku or Sonnet to show readers some challenges that this types of poems can create. Mora ends up writing a Clerihew as her first poem and uses her own name as the first line. She explains to the reader what a Clerihew is. Her poems tackle common themes of love and includes the Spanish language uniquely woven into them. She writes about pets, family, first love and an encounter with someone that does not speak Spanish as a non-English speaker and their desired attempt to communicate. It was very cute. She also writes a poem about her grandmother and grandfather's courting experience. As a lover of poetry when I was in my middle school experience, I would have loved to have read this book. I remember writing a lot and often checked out books on poetry. Often, I found poems that were a bit more serious or mature for my age and I feel that this book tackles a commonly felt feeling in a suitable way for teenagers! According to author Pat Mora, "Dizzy in Your Eyes: Poems about Love" is written in four parts or a "love cycle". The poems start with love's initial rush and confusion, then delve into love's heartaches and sadness, then explore the slow process of healing; and finally move back to falling in love again. The poems are written in various poetic styles and told from the adolescent vantage point. All teens should be able to recognize their own struggles and joys in these poems about first love. While there are Spanish words and phrases throughout the poems, such as "Conversation/Conversacion", the themes of this book make it universal. The collection is appropriate for middle and high school age students. This book won the YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers Award in 2011 and was an Americas Awards commended title for 2011.
What do You think about Dizzy In Your Eyes: Poems About Love (2010)?
Nice poetry collection. Has definition of poetry type on one side of page and example on the other.
—jannat
interesting, it felt like i was the person in ever poem, because i can relate to most of them
—Krissy
Fine poems and great explanations with examples of a variety of poetic forms.
—lng_krystl
I have fallen in love with Pat Mora's poetry. :)
—mmichelleee8D
