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Wise Up! Wise Down!
- Author
- JonArno Lawson
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 17 March 2026
- Run Time
- 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Funny, thought-provoking, and bursting with curiosity, Wise Up! Wise Down! is a lively conversation between two internationally known poets.
How can laughter be more powerful than a sword? Why do days have names but not weeks? And do pigeons ever get a craving for cake? Two friends, esteemed poets John Agard and JonArno Lawson, take us on an inspiring, hilarious, and wondrous journey through poetry, asking questions and attempting answers as they discover that life really is forever and ever an adventure. Comprising more than seventy-five poems written in a call-and-response format, with each poem having a reply from the other poet, Wise Up! Wise Down! is sure to inspire all readers to find humor in every day.
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Details
- Author
- JonArno Lawson
- Narrator
- Jonathan Todd Ross, Jaime Lincoln Smith
- Duration
- 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 March 2026
- ISBN
- 9798896796916
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes, Children’s / Teenage general interest: General knowledge and interesting facts, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Mysteries and the unexplained, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Philosophy
Synopsis
Funny, thought-provoking, and bursting with curiosity, Wise Up! Wise Down! is a lively conversation between two internationally known poets. How can laughter be more powerful than a sword? Why do days have names but not weeks? And do pigeons ever get a craving for cake? Two friends, esteemed poets John Agard and JonArno Lawson, take us on an inspiring, hilarious, and wondrous journey through poetry, asking questions and attempting answers as they discover that life really is forever and ever an adventure. Comprising more than seventy-five poems written in a call-and-response format, with each poem having a reply from the other poet, Wise Up! Wise Down! is sure to inspire all readers to find humor in every day.
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