dougsasser's review
3.0
Like the two star review, I feel the humor in this is dated. It came out in 2000. The poetry is simple and easy to understand. Some are mildly amusing and other melancholy. Judith Viorst is an upper class Washington DC resident.
bookcrazylady45's review
3.0
It is like that song...I felt he read my letters...my life was different in many respects but her poetry still resonates with my reality.
elizabethlk's review
3.0
I am 24 years old. I feel like this is important to note. I am obviously not within the age demographic this poetry volume was written for. Regardless, I read it, and now I am reviewing it.
More of this was relatable than I fully anticipated given that it is a poetry collection about aging. Many of the poems were witty and charming. A fair few made me smile, or made me sad (but mostly the smiling). A lot of it wasn't to my taste or was outside my range of life experience. Some of it felt a bit dated given that it is a nearly twenty year old collection.
Overall it is an okay collection of poetry. Recommended for anyone looking for poems about aging. I have only ever read children's books by Judith Viorst before this, but I would read more poetry by her.
More of this was relatable than I fully anticipated given that it is a poetry collection about aging. Many of the poems were witty and charming. A fair few made me smile, or made me sad (but mostly the smiling). A lot of it wasn't to my taste or was outside my range of life experience. Some of it felt a bit dated given that it is a nearly twenty year old collection.
Overall it is an okay collection of poetry. Recommended for anyone looking for poems about aging. I have only ever read children's books by Judith Viorst before this, but I would read more poetry by her.
debnanceatreaderbuzz's review
3.0
You who aren’t won’t think it’s sudden but, of course, it is. I still haven’t quite realized it, though the “yes ma’ams” and glances at my white hair remind me all the time. It’s not fun to be old, I think. Judith Viorst knows this, and she uses her double-edged sword of poetry and humor to jab old age right in the face.
“I don’t intend to stop showing a little cleavage,
Nor do I intend to stop flashing a little thigh.
I’m still not too old to give it the old college try,
Though it’s harder to keep trying,
And it’s harder to keep trucking,
And it’s harder to be frisky over sixty.”
Take that, Old Age.
“I don’t intend to stop showing a little cleavage,
Nor do I intend to stop flashing a little thigh.
I’m still not too old to give it the old college try,
Though it’s harder to keep trying,
And it’s harder to keep trucking,
And it’s harder to be frisky over sixty.”
Take that, Old Age.
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