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Unrested

出版	VAGABOND, 2024-11-15
主題	Poetry / General
ISBN	19583070689781958307069
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=vssG0QEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋"Unrested" is a poignant collection of heartfelt poems by Gregory Pond, a Black poet whose work resonates with the raw realities of living in contemporary America. Through his lived experiences and profound reflections, Pond's verses beautifully encapsulate the struggle and resilience of navigating a predominantly white society. Each poem is skillfully crafted, offering a compelling exploration of identity, injustice, and the ongoing quest for civil rights. A poignant line from the collection encapsulates its essence: "how is it right that I still have to fight for my civil rights just 'cause my skin ain't white?" ~ Mahnaz Badihian From the first poem of Gregory Pond's masterful collection unrested, that speaks of the realities of 'Ameri-can't' and 'the burn of the Ameri-rope' - we are brought into the light of a poetry that both remembers and envisions in powerful lyric and narrative form, the heart always ascendant, always resting in the nitty gritty - 'feeds that haven't eaten/ beds that can't find sleep.' Greg Pond is one of our clear-eyed visionaries in these times of lies and 'people bamboozled and taken for a ride.' Above all these poems speak with clear-eyed compassion of the lonely and communal struggle toward 'a world-wide revolution,' 'a new humanitarianism.' From 'beneath a galactic blanket/ of stars and planets' the poet is 'weeping into/ tissues soaked wet/ with poetry.' ~ Sarah Menefee