White Girl Problems
John
Dorsey
Night
Ballet Press
Elyria,
Ohio
$10.00
One Thousand Dead Abbie Hoffmans
I will remember you this way:
bong in hand
inhaling the fears of a
thousand dead revolutionaries
Mid-afternoon
in the Sacramento sun
where Abbie Hoffman became a
rosary
What can I say?
You knew mambo when you saw
it
Knew dreams by the way
They kissed your skin
For a taste of freedom.
This is the new chapbook by John Dorsey. I like Dorsey’s
poetry, but there is one major problem. Having recently seen the poet read from
this book at Luna’s Café in Sacramento, California, I cannot get the experience
out of my head. Dorsey’s reading voice tends to linger in one’s psyche. I
simply cannot read these poems without the experience of hearing the boom of
his voice. With that said, I highly recommend you purchase a copy of this book.
As you read these poems, you constantly have the sense of the living voice of
the poet.
1 comment:
Thank you so much for your review of White Girl Problems by John Dorsey, published by NightBallet Press. You may obtain a copy from poet John Dorsey, or directly from the Press through PayPal at www.nightballetpress.blogspot.com, or purchase it on Amazon.com.
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