Shakespeare Bats Clean Up - Ron Koertge

I just finished reading Shakespeare Bats Clean Up.

Really liked it. In part because it has that poetry thing going on, which, as some of you know, I really like....

It was written in poetry rather than prose - always sort of an interesting change.

And, it was also about poetry. Told in the first person, the main character is writing, in a sort of journal form, and then begins experimenting with various poetic forms. Very reminiscent of Love That Dog, but slightly older.

hmmm - text to text connection: books that are essentially written as journals. Different, to some degree, from books that are told in the first person. Reminds me of Dairy Queen, which is also essentially a journal (in addition to being first person narration). I feel like that is sort of a spoiler, but, oh well.