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And now I live, and now my life is done.''
Not very cheery things to think about just before you sleep! There are some funny poems included, however, with works from [[:Category:A A Milne|A.A. Milne]] and [[:Category:Spike Milligan|Spike Milligan]] amongst others, and they come as light relief after reading several serious poems in the row. There are some contemporary poets included, such as the wonderful [[:Category:Caraol Carol Ann Duffy|Carol Ann Duffy]], as well as [[:Category:Simon Armitage|Simon Armitage]] and Rachel Rooney. I read quite a lot of the book in one sitting and did feel, however, that it was heavily weighted towards older (dead!) poets, and contained a vast number of those I studied on my English degree, which made it feel a little heavy as a children's poetry anthology. Yet I did discover poems that I hadn't read before, including one by Susan Coolidge who wrote the novel ''What Katy Did'' that I enjoyed very much, and also, as a lovely counter to the Tichborne poem, there is a poem by Jan Dean called ''Three Good Things'' which is about thinking about three good things before you go to sleep:
''I let remembering fill me up''<br>
