Reviews for Black Wings and Blind Angels: Poems

The average rating for Black Wings and Blind Angels: Poems based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-01-22 00:00:00 Jerome Kocik So far...really, amazingly, AWESOME! Like totally RAD AWESOME! Like sit down and lean over at the end of your seat because this is a real deal OMG fucking poet! We all have a lot to learn from the talent this scribe possesses. Turns out, I just happen to be reading this while listening to D'Angelo as candles flicker and Nag Champa sizzles and sears the air. Her words move you to the edge of all things they tell you to never write about. Truth bleeds and festers, and scabs in this book! I am a Sapphire fan, for life! This will be a book that I buy and put on the shelf next to Ginsberg, Nikki, Gwendolyn, Sonia, and Saul. *Snaps*

Review # 2 was written on 2007-08-13 00:00:00 Stephen Costa A difficult but very engaging collection; rarely do I read a book of poems straight through in one sitting, but on the train to Oslo that's just what I did with Black Wings. It's sprawling LA neon and incest and Michael Jackson and race riots; spirals out from familial abuse to injustices in society at large. Some spatterings of forgiveness or attempted forgiveness, but her strongest works are intense POV pieces from the damaged perpetators of further violence. Not easy to stomach, impossible to put down.