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Publisher:
Perennial (HarperCollins) |
Release
Date: June 29, 2004 |
ISBN:
0060726032 |
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Format
Reviewed: Paperback |
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Genre:
Poetry |
Reviewed:
2004 |
Reviewer:
Carisa Weeaks |
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MyShelf.com |
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Citizen: Poems
By Andrew Feld
Political
activism has become the latest fad, but the difference between the
fad and the truth is this: there are those who use their talents
to preach and there are those who use their talents to teach. Andrew
Feld is one of the teachers. He has an immense talent of molding
and shaping words into incredibly reality-halting masterpieces that
speak to everything a citizen is.
There
are four sections of poems that range from experiences with nature,
family, work, society, childhood – anything and everything
a human will encounter in their lifetime. I am a huge poetry fanatic,
and, although it annoys me when some people feel it’s ok to
try to embed their beliefs in other people by pounding out the same
messages over and over in politically-driven poetry and prose, Feld
is not one of those preachers. He’s an incredible poet with
a talent to see inside a human soul deeper than any other human
ever could. I definitely recommend this book for ANYONE who is a
fan of poetry.
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