Short staccato beats that crack open the heart. Excellent read for students or the lover of words.
Alice S Shapiro is Poet Laureate Emeritus of Douglasville, Georgia, a twice Pushcart-nominated poet, and author of three collections of poetry. She was also nominated for Georgia Author of the Year for her first poetry book Cracked: Timeless Topics of Nature, Courage and Endurance. Her second collection, Life: Descending / Ascending, also published by TotalRecall Press, was released October 2010 and a third volume titled Saltian was published by unboundContent Press in 2011. Her newest publication is a coloring book of her artwork and poems titled The Awesome Adult Coloring Book.
Excerpt
Usury
Where are the roses as their fragrance wafts
over the pleasant earth? When we're
oppressed, the years carve small lines
at the corner of our mouth. Expect
nothing from the world's princes.
Rather, just paste your lips shut.
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