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casparb's review against another edition
apocalyptic &smoked & i'm w/ dickman's Neruda note
lynnfromtx's review against another edition
5.0
There is a constant rhythm to all of Reeves' poems, all intertwined with similar concepts and themes. This book most certainly has its stars ("Cross Country," "Do Not Enter," "Someday I'll Love Roger Reeves" are my personal favorites)
wcsheffer's review
4.0
Roger Reeves is a remarkable poet who creates poems of beautiful language and metaphors. In this collection, he wrote from creative predicaments and as important historical characters. I found his footnotes on poem titles to be done particuarly well--they illuminate information about some aspect of the poem without revealing too much about the author's intent or sidetrack the reader. I especially enjoyed his poems about parasites. My one star short of 5 comes from the wandering nature of his poems, although delightful at first, I found that I got lost in his intent or the intent of the poem. I am sure reading this for a class or with a group would elucidate some of that for me. Overall, a great short poetry collection from a black man!
lynnfromtx's review
5.0
There is a constant rhythm to all of Reeves' poems, all intertwined with similar concepts and themes. This book most certainly has its stars ("Cross Country," "Do Not Enter," "Someday I'll Love Roger Reeves" are my personal favorites), but the concepts thrown at me in his poems got to be too repetitive and therefore, also annoying about halfway through. Just don't take it all in at one time.
carolinemeow's review
3.0
crap i forgot to review this
great poems, great technique, i barely remember anything because i was too sleep-deprived though
great poems, great technique, i barely remember anything because i was too sleep-deprived though
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