Hard-hitting and well-honed, sometimes there's a tension between the craftedness of these poems and the violence of the subject matter. Suicide, sex, drugs and betrayal--this is not a prettified view of life. The work rings true, as honest and necessary, which is somewhat rare in the genre. "Published annually, submissions are excepted only during October"--luigi
This review originally appeared in TapRoot Reviews #1,
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