▁free ▁verse ▁po ems . ▁ ▁Top ics ▁included ▁are ▁road kill , ▁Ven us ▁Fly tra ps , ▁and ▁a ▁grand m oth ers ▁sen ility . ▁ ▁O thers ▁discuss ▁snow ▁ang els , ▁little ▁brothers , ▁and ▁" Ma ". ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Sh aron ▁R . ▁St rock ▁in ▁her ▁review ▁for ▁Library ▁Media ▁Connection ▁said ▁" Power ful ▁words . ▁Th inking ▁words . ▁Po etic ▁words . ▁As ▁readers ▁go ▁through ▁Ralph ▁F let cher ’ s ▁book , ▁they ▁step ▁into ▁world s ▁far ▁away — world s ▁found ▁in ▁their ▁imag in ations , ▁their ▁mem ories , ▁and ▁their ▁hearts ." ▁ ▁And ▁that ▁" the ▁po ems ▁are ▁en hanced ▁with ▁equally ▁intr igu ing ▁b & w ▁photos ▁and ▁draw ings ▁that ▁are ▁simple , ▁curious , ▁hum orous , ▁and ▁mag ical . ▁The ▁cover ▁with ▁the ▁only ▁color ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁doesn ’ t ▁match ▁the ▁content , ▁which ▁is ▁disappoint ing ." ▁ ▁Jenn ifer ▁Matt son ▁in ▁her ▁review ▁for ▁Book list ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁po ems ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁" sub vert ▁the ▁notion ▁that ▁poetry ▁requires ▁lo fty ▁them es ▁and ▁r ar ified ▁language ; ▁many ▁sat ire ▁the ▁dry , ▁technical ▁manner ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁genre ▁is ▁often ▁taught , ▁involving ▁ro te ▁memor ization ▁of ▁forms ▁( which ▁the ▁narr ator ▁imag ines ▁getting ▁m unch ed ▁by ▁a ▁poem - g obb ler ▁whose ▁ing estion ▁of ▁ha iku , ▁cin