Reviews

Undead: A Poetry Anthology of Ghosts, Ghouls, and More by Kurt Newton, Rob Boley, Mary Soon Lee, Gina Roitman, Ashlie Stevens, Katie Riley, Lenard D. Moore, Kim Goldberg, Nettie Farris, Allison Thorpe, Alexander Lumans, Salik Shah, Jonathan Travelstead, Tony Barnstone, May Chong, John James, Annie Neugebauer, Martha Gehringer, Hermine Pinson, Megan Tilley, Joan M. DiMartino, Bianca Lynne Spriggs, Margo Stever, John Paul Davies, Eva Schlesinger, David Bowles, Wanda Morrow Clevenger, J.G. McClure, Ruth Foley, Andrew Bourelle, Karah Stokes, Lea Graham, Sandi Leibowitz, Mark Teats, Jackie Chou, Jamieson Ridenhour, Keith S. Wilson, Joshua Gage, Nicole Rollender, Lauren Camp, Erinn Batykefer, Holly Lyn Walrath, Curtis Crisler, Amy MacLennan, Margaret Rozga, Shaindel Beers, John Grey, John Hoppenthaler, Jeremy Paden, Leonard Kress, K.T. Billey, Jeffrey H. MacLachlan, Emily Paige Wilson, Cathleen Calbert, Zachary Riddle, Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, Melissa Bell, Lucia Cherciu, Ann DeVilbiss, Tina Parker, Yalonda Green, Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, Andrea Blythe, Tiffany Midge, Carol V. Davis, Amelia Gorman, Tausha Johnson, Donelle Dreese, Sarah Fawn Montgomery, Christina Sng, Jennifer Hernandez, Chloe N. Clark, Suzanne Burns, Holly Walrath, C. McDaniel-Reed, Jeremy Megargee, Valerie Nieman

reasie's review against another edition

5.0

I enjoyed this thoroughly. The most satisfyingly eclectic poetry collection. There are difficult pieces and humorous verses, the whole gambit from strictly stylistic to the freest free verse. Spare little pieces like "Well, Water" by Keith S. Wilson and long, narrative pieces like "from The Horror of Haunted Valley" by Tony Barnstone (a 14-sonnet epic with humor and darkness.)

The undead run the gambit, too. There are, as promised, Ghosts, Gouls, and vampires, zombies, pumpkin headed skeletons, even a haunting poem to the supposed death of the city of Detroit. Oh man that got me. "In Response to Time Magazine's Photographic Elegy, 'The Remains of Detroit'" by Yalonda JD Green.

Oof. As I read, I kept thinking "oo I'll mention this one in my review" but there are too many! I'd keep going forever.

I was pleased to see fellow Clevelander Josh Gage in here! It isn't often you pick up an anthology and find an unexpected friend. :)

mcpl's review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0