Definitely Not Your Father's Poetry

This Author Has Already Emerged As A Poet Of Extraordinary Significance Having Received Several Editor’S Choice Awards From The International Library Of Poetry Among Other Institutions And A Nationally Recognised Certificate Of Merit.With This Compilation He Deftly Ensnares Us With Refreshingly Subversive Views On Relationships Religion And Culture. He Unravells Our Long Held Constructs And Takes Us To Task On Issues As Diverse As The Nypd’S Role In The Death Of Amadou Diallo A Hardworking African Immigrant.Or The Key Contributions Of Viola Liuzzo A White Woman Who Gave Her Life In Pursuit Of American Black Civil Rights.The Poet Reserves His Most Pointed Barbs And Pungent Language For An Excoriation Of Neocolonialist Greed In ‘Cognoscenti Café’ And Takes Deadly Aim At The Racial Apologetism Of Certain Commentators Journalists And National Appointees In The Sarcastic And Passionate Screed ‘I’M Tired Ashamed And Giving Up’. Yet He Shows Himself Equally Appreciative Of The Evolutionary Changes Taking Place In America’S Cultural And Political Arenas Through The Cryptic Yet Jubilant ‘Cuttin Edge’. Any Commentary Would Be Remiss If It Did Not Also Point With Excitement To The Romance / Relationship Portion Of This Offering.Let The Reader Be Warned ; The Images And Ideas Represented Here With Such Artful Conviction Are Bound To Infuse Our Future Musings Even Against Our Will.. Marguerite Brown City University Of New York.