Bellezza’s Text Is Spirited But Weighed Down By Clutter Affiliate links may be present in this review, meaning, at no additional cost to you, Berry’s Poetry Book Reviews receives a small commission if you click through and make a purchase. … Continue reading 'She' Is An Avalanche of Words
Marcelus’ Collection Promotes Self-Affirmation, Growth and Harmony Cheyenne Marcelus’ 2018 collection, Good To Me, is exactly what it says it is. Its poems chronicle a development of self-acceptance and self-preservation as it states on the cover. While the poems and … Continue reading Good For You Poetry
Atwood mourns love lost and celebrates love found. This review was originally published May 2019 for Vocal.Media. It have been subject to editing changes. Affiliate links may be present in this review, meaning, at no additional cost to you, Berry’s … Continue reading Love and Mourning
Drax is Unafraid to Play with Poetry Change is a constant in this 2019 collection from Latasha Drax. She constantly experiments with form throughout Metamorphosis of Rhythm but still retains her unique voice as a poet. She plays quite a … Continue reading Change as a Constant
Lynch Serves Up Flavorful Verses Good poetry provides everything “…we need: mouth, / anus and blind heart / slugging away steadily / in its cage,” but exemplary poems fuse the elements fantastic: metamorphosis, unnatural abilities of omnipotence and the capacity … Continue reading Poetry of Beautiful Abandon
