Nonfiction / Poetry
Kaya Press (Muse Publishing, Inc.)
Paperback
March 31, 2013
ISBN-10 : 1885030495
ISBN-13 : 978-1885030498
152 pages
$11.83 at time of this review
5 Stars
The poems in this book bring us into the conversation about what is, what isn’t, and what was. Mr. Woon is open about his mental illness, and the poems in which he discusses it are a marvelous insight.
All of his poems are very good, readable, accessible, and some will blow your socks off. His untitled poem about coffee is outstanding, “Perhaps it is not needed to look beyond coffee as coffee.”
We learn about his family, about him, about the Chinese diaspora in this country. If you are moved by poetry, you will definitely be moved by these poems. There is humor enough to smile and laugh, and pathos to make you sad, and perhaps cry. These poems contain life as lived by a sensitive poet.
And, an added bonus, the art by Sean Chao, is great fun.
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