Read KnockOff Monarch Crystal Stone 9780936014258 Books

Product details Paperback 107 pages Publisher Dawn Valley Press (December 27, 2018) Language English ISBN-10 0936014253

KnockOff Monarch Crystal Stone 9780936014258 Books Reviews

• Crystal Stone demonstrates how careful study of poets and their poetry can strengthen one's own language and poetic identity.
  
  Most of the pieces are purely original, but a number of them are also styled after others. Rather than reading as mere imitation, they display Stone's ability to tackle various forms & functions.
  
  Notably, every poem is a work of love toward adjectives and verbs. When you pay attention to those parts of her language, you can see fresh takes on any subject or moment or movement.
• Stone’s poetry is resonant with people of all ages, backgrounds, sexualities, genders, and beliefs. Each poem is wrapped in allegory, humor, self-empowerment, or a delightful combination of all three, sure to interest and entertain newcomers to poetry and seasoned poetry readers alike.
• Full of bold sweet irreverence, this solidly honest collection of confessions and revelations endeared me to the writer, who unflinchingly looks at her own painful history and the beauty and pain of everyday life. Ms. Stone is a woman able to maintain her grace under less than ideal conditions and displays her complex simplicity in the process. She then shares that with the reader in engaging stories.
  
  I love her poems that imagine classic Greek, Roman and biblical characters interacting with modern personalities, and the sometimes hilarious, always revealing portraits that their interactions reveal, proving that there is nothing new under the sun and that some things are timeless. Despite a few editing flaws, this is simply a good, engaging read which I hated to see come to an end.
  
  I look forward to her next book with anticipation!
• I have been reading Crystal's work for years and her poems are nothing less than fantastic!