The Book with the Yellow Cover

"The Book with the Yellow Cover" by John Moncure Wetterau is a body of poetry from the early 21st century that deeply looks into feelings, investigating love, heartache, the environment, and getting wiser, all shown through strong mental pictures and feelings. Wetterau's poems perfectly get the feel of what it means to be human, pulling from meeting's in cities and nature. Readers are taken on a trip through memories and deep thoughts, often in places like Hawaii and Maine. The poems also talk about relationships, time passing by, and the loveliness of small times, like we see in poems such as "Morning, Maine Honolulu" and "Bus Stop." Through different views and thinking about his own experiences, Wetterau stirs up feelings of missing the past and being connected to the world. Each poem is its own thing, but all together, they make something that shows how beautiful and complicated life is, showing a search for what things mean and understanding the messiness of living.