Discontentment and desire, death and new beginnings weave together in this collection of poems. Yokel gives voice to an eclectic menagerie of characters, from a college co-ed getting her first tattoo in "Virgin," to an increasingly dissatisfied Helen of Troy in "Helen I-V," to a war veteran struggling with Alzheimer's in "Rag Doll." In language at times gentle, at times vicious, these poems tell stories of ...Täielik kirjeldus
Discontentment and desire, death and new beginnings weave together in this collection of poems. Yokel gives voice to an eclectic menagerie of characters, from a college co-ed getting her first tattoo in "Virgin," to an increasingly dissatisfied Helen of Troy in "Helen I-V," to a war veteran struggling with Alzheimer's in "Rag Doll." In language at times gentle, at times vicious, these poems tell stories of first love, self-acceptance, and the fallibility of perception and memory. As Yokel says in "Green," "Colors might be just a trick of the light," but words, and the images and memories they evoke, are what distinguish us as human.