https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/soundings Mon, 20 Nov 2023 23:08:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/soundings#comment-50026 Fri, 30 Dec 2022 15:42:09 +0000 https://thepoetrybox.com/?post_type=product&p=9215#comment-50026 What a precious treasure of soulful poetry. Through the poet’s heart, I felt what it was like to suffer loss, to embrace grief, to relish an embrace, and to soar with joy. I now see the wonders of nature through his eyes, the warmth of sunshine, the roar of waves, the sparkle of stars. If you are not a New Yorker (I am), you will sense the squeal of the F train, the screech of its wheels, inhale the aroma of ‘minestrone, wonton, gumbo stew,’ and listen to the sounds of the ‘sixteen steel drums parading down Nostrand Avenue.’ I for one am longing to behold ‘the steep slope of Kilimanjaro on a moonless night.’ Such imagery, such sensuous lyrics, such powerful emotions. Its poetry at its finest.

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