Reviews for Alabanza

The average rating for Alabanza based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-07-20 00:00:00 Mike Carnes The title poem brings tears to my eyes. It's a most noble tribute to the victims of violence in Afghanistan and the World Trade Center.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-04-24 00:00:00 Jay Marsters It's clear that Espada is an excellent poet with control of his craft. None of these poems spoke to me specifically, but I can see why he was chosen as Poet Laureate of Northampton MA. Most of the poems in this collection are lengthy, bleak, and establishment-defying. But the one copied below is my favorite. It's the only one like it in this volume, but it still makes a comment on the establishment. Sheep Haiku A lone sheep cries out: There are more of us than them! The flock keeps grazing.