Poetry Comics

Grant Snider uses a combination of charming, comic-style illustrations and meditative poetry to take readers on a pensive journey through the four seasons.

Two child characters are central, and they muse on topics as significant as friendship, school and self-confidence, and as whimsical as cloud-spotting, bubbles and rollercoasters. This lightness of touch works well and allows for the more emotionally introspective content to be introduced in a gentle way.  

The art, much like the text itself, is minimal but expressive. Every poem is paired with its own sequence of illustrations which creates a pleasing, complimentary relationship between text and image. The colour palette is muted and calm - mirrored by the simple, haiku-like poetic vignettes.  

This book occupies a unique position by introducing reflective poetry through comics. The well-known panel format will be sure to encourage readers who might otherwise find poetry books daunting or uninteresting.

Similarly, by employing a simplistic, conversational tone, Snider makes poetic writing very accessible – with some of the poems directly encouraging readers to have a go at writing their own poetry.

While contemplative, the themes remain light and optimistic, making it a great choice for introducing poetry to comic book fans of all ages.

Mae Grant Snider yn defnyddio cyfuniad o ddarluniau swynol, arddull comig a barddoniaeth fyfyriol i dywys darllenwyr ar daith feddylgar drwy’r pedwar tymor.

Rhywfaint o farddoniaeth a darluniau sydd yma, ond maen nhw’n fynegiannol a bydd fformat adnabyddus y paneli yn annog darllenwyr na fydden nhw fel arfer yn dewis barddoniaeth. Mae rhai o’r cerddi’n annog darllenwyr yn uniongyrchol i roi cynnig ar ysgrifennu eu cerddi eu hunain, gan ei wneud yn ddewis gwych ar gyfer cyflwyno barddoniaeth mewn ffordd atyniadol mewn lleoliadau ystafell ddosbarth.