A review by lelex
Brown: Poems by Kevin Young

5.0

I liked this quite a lot, although I didn't understand all of the sports/baseball references. My favorites were Flame Tempered, Sunflower, History, and De La Soul is Dead.

"Sleeping bags were a war zone where nobody died or got sent home"

"Later I waved to her from the podium after winning City, my smile as long as the shot she'd thought I had."

"I found your first record yesterday-it looked like the past & sounded like the future-that combo platter I loved best of all."