Today’s poetry picture book also comes from Amsterdam.
A POND FULL OF INK was originally published in Amsterdam in 2011 and came to the US in 2014. It’s a collection of nonsense poetry full of the whacky and absurd. That doesn’t always translate well and to be honest, not all of the poems in the collection work for me. I suspect that there must be something lost as I’m not from the Netherlands. There are some fun ones here and I definitely liked the image of a pond of ink that might run dry from use. I chose a fun poem (though it is long) that felt more like a silly Grimm’s fairy tale to me akin to the Musicians of Bremen. Enjoy!
Please note: I was also given a copy of the book to review by the publisher (Eerdmans Books), but as always, the opinions are all mine.
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I’m reading a book right now that was translated from Hebrew (I think). It’s all about gardening, so mostly it translates well. I imagine poetry is a different boat!
It’s right up there with humor. It doesn’t always cross over.
Yes, true!