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How to Be Perfect

af Ron Padgett

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"Make eye contact with a tree." "Do not practice cannibalism." "Wear comfortable shoes." "Sing, every once in a while." "In later life, become a mystic." Offbeat, warm, and funny, Ron Padgett's prescriptions for human perfection springs to life in Jason Novak's cartoons--a delightful match-up of sensibilities. And remember: "Don't give advice." Ron Padgett'sHow Longwas a Pulitzer Prize finalist in poetry and hisCollected Poemswon the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America and theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize for the best poetry book of 2013. His work has been translated into eighteen languages. Jason Novakis a cartoonist whose work has appeared in theNew YorkertheParis Reviewand theBelieveramong other places. He lives in Oakland, California.… (mere)

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Not everybody likes poetry. Sadly, many people were taught in school that poetry is Complex and is Too Deep for Anyone Other than Literature Professors to Contemplate. Very sad.

Do you feel like that? Do you feel reading poetry is akin to reading in another language?

This little book could change that. Padgett is a Poet for the People. Billy Collins-ish. Readable. Yet thoughtful.

I ran across Padgett a few weeks ago via Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac. Here’s just a tiny excerpt from this book’s title poem, How to Be Perfect:

Get some sleep.

Eat an orange every morning.

Be friendly. It will help make you happy.

Hope for everything. Expect nothing.

Take care of things close to home first. Straighten up your room
before you save the world. Then save the world…. (

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debnance | Jun 18, 2012 |

Dead or Alive in Belgium, Nelly,Tops - there are some great poems in this collection. They are so simple but so deep.

jon1lambert | Sep 17, 2008 |

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"Make eye contact with a tree." "Do not practice cannibalism." "Wear comfortable shoes." "Sing, every once in a while." "In later life, become a mystic." Offbeat, warm, and funny, Ron Padgett's prescriptions for human perfection springs to life in Jason Novak's cartoons--a delightful match-up of sensibilities. And remember: "Don't give advice." Ron Padgett'sHow Longwas a Pulitzer Prize finalist in poetry and hisCollected Poemswon the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America and theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize for the best poetry book of 2013. His work has been translated into eighteen languages. Jason Novakis a cartoonist whose work has appeared in theNew YorkertheParis Reviewand theBelieveramong other places. He lives in Oakland, California.

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