Download PDF The Octopus Museum Poems Brenda Shaughnessy 9780525655657 Books

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The Octopus Museum provided a delightful afternoon of reading, and merits another deep dive. It was the very first poetry book I've ever read, aside from anthologies. It grabbed me by its tentacles and helped me see from a new perspective. Ms. Shaughnessy begins with a most helpful "Visitors Guide" to the five Octopus Museum Exhibits. The best news is that another three currently are under construction, and I look forward to them. The Narrator seems to be an Octopus observing the humans in the museum. The Octopus is snarky, wise, and perceptive. For example, "Knowing how to change - not color or mind or body or action but perspective - and refusing to do it is how species vanish". I hope Ms. Shaughnessy's poetry keeps illuminating my journey.