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Poetry Canadian

Plausible Wrong Answers

by (author) Tyler B. Perry

illustrated by Anna Navarro

Publisher
Frontenac House Ltd.
Initial publish date
Nov 2020
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781989466131
    Publish Date
    Nov 2020
    List Price
    $19.95

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Description

Tyler Perry’s latest venture is a poetic dismantling of the high school multiple-choice reading comprehension test, in which he uses found text from standardized exams and government curricula as a springboard for linguistic creation. The poems are further enriched through the haunting visual artwork of Anna Navarro; Anna’s evocative drawings weave among Tyler’s poems, engaging with the language to reveal complex layers of meaning. The poems, drawings, and multiple-choice questions in this book invite readers to immerse themselves in a playful interactive experience, and to question your assumptions about poetry, reading, and standardized testing.

About the authors

Tyler Brendan Perry graduated from the optional residency Creative Writing MFA program at the University of British Columbia, and teaches high school in Calgary Alberta, where he lives with his wife, two kids, and a dog. He was captain of the 2010 Calgary poetry slam team, and is one of the organizers of the Alberta provincial high school poetry slam, Can You Hear Me Now? This is his second book of poetry.

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Excerpt: Plausible Wrong Answers (by (author) Tyler B. Perry; illustrated by Anna Navarro)

Bare Branches

 

the last leaves
will fall: the final frayed strings
of an acoustic guitar

echoes of notes lingering

the air will move more slowly
holding your thoughts
for just a moment longer
seducing them into nostalgia
before they

sweep away

from your

hollow grasp

leaving you

with nothing

but enduring ache

a tuneless instrument

growing frost