A Slow Flash of Light: An Anthology of Poems about Poetry

You might think that an anthology of poems about poetry could not be fascinating—until you read this one. A SLOW FLASH OF LIGHT was assembled by poet-teacher Jack Collom, who over a 25-year period gave his students surprising and inspiring ways to write poems about poetry. Collom’s students came from various socio-economic backgrounds, ranged in age from first grade through twelfth, and lived in big cities such as New York and in rural towns such as Salmon, Idaho. But amidst all these diffe...