A collection of poetry on a variety of subjects that expresses the mind of Alonso.
A collection of poetry on a variety of subjects that expresses the mind of Alonso. Readers pick Best Book by a Local Author Miami New Times Best of 2003 Poll.
Excerpt
Tiger in the Cage
Tiger pacing in his cage
Back and forth in growing rage
Driven to insanity
By his longing to be free
Bars of metal cold and grey
Imprisoning night and day
Slowly makes the mind go mad
Adds to the eyes something sad
This is what we've done to you
Stole away your spirit true
For our pleasure you are there
Slowly dying as we stare
The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
Still Living on my Feet is the follow up to Tichaona Chinyelu’s first book, In the Whirlwind, which was rooted in a sense of hard-hitting revolutionary black love. However, in this sophomore effort, Tichaona brings the revolutionary essence from deep
