Todd Cirillo is the best American poet hammering out clean honest lines. His newest book KISSES FROM A STRAIGHT RAZOR represents poetry without smoke and mirrors stripped down to its barest essentials-where everyday ordinary language is transformed into high art. This book is a line drawn in the sand a declaration of war a benchmark of where modern poetry stands. Forget Charles Bukowski-have you read poetry by Todd Cirillo? -Wolfgang Carstens Epic Rites Press