Sergio Ortiz’s debut chapbook, At the Tail End of Dusk, is as much a celebration of place—the Caribbean—as the identity of a middle age gay man coming to grips with life, death, and love. His poems are street-wise and have a hard edge. They commemorate the imagination.
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By Sandy Benitez
Nov 30, 2009
At the Tail End of Dusk is an insightful look inside the heart of a gay man, poet Sergio Ortiz. It is clear from the beginning that he has no desire to hide his sexual orientation and why should he. The poems Gray and Gay "I’ve thought about mangrove crabs living in mud holes, pushed back into the closet", Trembling, Talking to Ron, and Runways explore what it means to be gay and of relationships encountered along the way. Sergio's chapbook is also full of compassion for the plight of fellow human beings as seen in the poems At the Tail End of Dusk Inn, In Memory, and Illegal. I would highly recommend this chapbook written with a delicate touch and intimate musings about self.
