Slow Dance Heart Break Blues by Arnold Adoff

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Apr 22, 2019 Xavior rated it liked it

Slow Dance HeartBreak Blue's- I like this one somewhat but the format for the sentences were cool but it did not rhyme that was the only thing that I had problems with. People who are intermediate poetry readers would love this book.

Feb 01, 2012 Photina rated it really liked it

Photina Haumschilt
Genre: Poetry

Slow Dance Heart Break Rules is a collection of poetry by Arnold Adoff. Adoff hits on major themes and situations that young adults deal with on a daily basis. He includes poems about relationships, self esteem, sports, food, drugs, friends, and more. The poems are written in an unconventional yet attractive and fun way. Slow Dance Heart Break Rules is sorted into different sections each with it's own theme. Each of these sections starts off with a pieced together

Photina Haumschilt
Genre: Poetry

Adoff's collection of poetry in Slow Dance Heart Break Blues is attractive, funky, modern, and easily connective with young adults of all ages. His unconventional way of presenting the poems in this collection make it easy to read and enjoy while also being able to easily grasp what the poem is about. Those who enjoyed Slow Dance Heart Break Blues may also enjoy I Am the Darker Brother: An Anthology of Modern Poems by African Americans also by Arnold Adoff.

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Nov 02, 2018 zzz rated it really liked it

I first borrowed this book from my local library when I was 14. It was different from any of the other poetry I had been exposed to but I really liked the rhythm of it, which stuck with me for so long that I recently scoured the internet to find this book again even though I'd forgotten everything tangible about it except that it had a black spine and the author's name started with A.
I reread it this week and almost cried throughout. What I didn't realize as a teenager was how well the poems do I first borrowed this book from my local library when I was 14. It was different from any of the other poetry I had been exposed to but I really liked the rhythm of it, which stuck with me for so long that I recently scoured the internet to find this book again even though I'd forgotten everything tangible about it except that it had a black spine and the author's name started with A.
I reread it this week and almost cried throughout. What I didn't realize as a teenager was how well the poems do crystallize the feelings of that age with just the right balance of whimsy and despair. The book captures those moments when you believed (for better and for worse) that the whole world hung on single moments -- a feeling you only move further away from as you get older. ...more