This book was written as I watched the twin towers fall on television, alone in a sunny apartment, as I watched the bombs fall over Baghdad with the insane glow of fireworks on starry Montevideo nights, as I saw salmon swimming upstream in the waters of Alaska, and beaten Indian cruise ship workers sailing to Maui on their day off, for a glimpse of paradise. It is a book full of the darkness of the world at the time, and the beauty that surrounds us. It is tainted everywhere by my first unreal impressions of America, the vast, beautiful, and terrible dreamland, as it was during the first years of the 21st century.
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By LARA JOHNSTON
May 3, 2010
Excellent and actually meaningful poetry from a poet who has something to say about the state of the world today. A rarity: poetry that is actually entertaining, not only extremely musical and beautiful.
“Finally someone writing about something that matters. It's a good feeling to actually see someone writing about something else than teen angst and constant complaining.” “Striking metaphors. Full of visual rationale and the passion of stupidity, the battle of the sacred and the obscene. Bright painted chaosity.” .Brutal.Intense…Vivid……Poetic brilliance……Thought-provoking…. ……Eloquent…..Heart wrenchingly powerful… (Extracted from feedbacks by poets at poetrypoem.com)
