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The Alphabet Verses The Ghetto

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I wasn't moved by Care Mooore's poetry the way I am by Maya Angelou and Lucille Clifton, but she's still got talent and she's still a hip young voice that might mature into an important one. Read her just to be well read.

Jessica Care moore's second collection is a difficult read. The imagery is difficult to absorb, the metaphors are difficult to grasp, and the pure emotion behind the words is sometimes difficult to withstand. Reading this collection requires the reader to put in real work, but the effort is well worth it. In this work, Care moore becomes, teacher, mother, wife, preacher, leader, guide, and conscience to the reader, all the while not caring a bit what anyone has to say about her message. She hits hard and suddenly, and though the untrained eye may have to read a few works over again to understand what just happened to them, the collection is a powerful reflection of someone with a strong sense of self and a strong sense of purpose. A solid work.

Jessica Care Moore is a explosive writer and the best slam poet I have ever heard. I remember in high school my tescher would read from her first book " The Words Don't Fit In My Mouth" and thatnks to her I fell in love with poetry. And I thank her for my love of the art because of her I know what love, pain, and pride is and I will never take my heritage for granted ever again. I thank you and I love you work hopefully you will read this review. You are a beautiful black woman and you keep shakin it up for us I will be her to read everything you come out with. Stay strong sista!

I recommend this book to all lovers of poetry. This book is not for readers seaching for perfect form, and literary technique only. This is a book for people who understand the complex power of words, and how they can change your life. How words can make you feel!
You will not like this book is you are a linear thinker or you have issues with the powerful voices of black women writers. This book is written from an articulate black female poets perspective with no apologies. These poems are written in the tradition of so many woman writers silenced by mainstream mediums. Teachers - order it for you students! The Alphabet Verses The Ghetto is my new favorite book. Go Moore Black Press!

Honest, real and from the heart. Moore explores the world by allowing the world to understand her through poems about her experiences and observations. This book explores such issues as love and survival. "The Art of Noise" is a good poem with interesting imagery about issues around black relationships. "I am a work in Progress" is another good one that explores elements of inner city life. Worth trying.

Jessica Care Moore's The Alphabet Verses The Ghetto is a poet self-publishing, self-celebrating, self-healing journey. Not unlike many artists, this Detroit raised, New York based writer/performer carries emotional scars that can only be mended by the pen. She writes, "...are artists destined to write our dreams...lonely, depressed, alcoholic and married to the craft...who think a vow of poverty and solitude is honorable I say find magic in your turkey bacon...and eat...." Her collection of poetry is an overhand right thrown against hopelessness, the legacy of slavery in America. In this effort it is obvious this writer is in transition, has talent, and offers promise.
From Odes for AIDS victims, "for the more than 28 million people living with AIDS in Africa...I write so their lives are not in vain...I hope we walk loud so no one else dies in silence," to Haiku for her son, "I did not make him, I never made anything, that I truly love," one gets the sense that Jessica Care Moore is rightly named, and indeed does care very strongly about everything. As she continues to craft her skill from stage to page I look forward to that perfect poetic storm in future work.

I am laughing as I am reading some of these reviews because the folks writing them don't seem to get Jessica or spoken word at all. You can't compare Jessica Care Moore to Maya Angelou, and how dare you take someones outward expression of their own feelings, love, pain, and suchand give it gramatical critique? That is the great thing about spoken word it makes sense even when it doesn't...you can't look into my heart and tell me my emotions don't make sense or I am have poor grammar or tha I am using incorrect devices to express MYSELF...key word being MYSELF. Jessica this is another great one and I cant wait for a third. You are not getting the credit you deserve.

Anyone who can't understand this book, isn't reading enough in general! This books shows obvious growth on the part of this progressive young writer. From "Princess," to the imagery of "ressurection," this book hits hard politically and poetically. Her heart is on her sleeve, but this is not a book of cliches or simple emotional rabbling. Her poetry if loaded with complex metaphors and is a book all young poets hoping to take their work more seriously on the page should read. I would recommend this book to all lovers of poetry unafraid of a what's going on in the head of black woman poet. The Alphabet Verses The Ghetto isn't simply about painting everything black as another reviewer suggested, it's about redefinition and survival. It's about taking on a language and winning.
I'm happy about all 208 pages of this collection. A must read!!

jessica Care moore is a phenom. Poetry-lovers might be inspired to write some of their own after reading this collection...Her middle name says it all...she paints vivid mental pictures and picks her words with CARE. Definitely worth the time and money...

A lot to learn
The Alphabet Verses the Ghetto
By Jessica Care Moore

I really did not care for the book. Jessica Moore intensifies the argument of what is Black. People argue about rather or not Jesus is Black, well, Jessica suggests that the alphabet is black. Jessica takes language and glorifies each letter of the alphabet. However, there are some moments in the book where I was lost and I had to re-read over and over again to try and understand. She makes learning seem culturally fun and enriching. Jessica is clearly no amateur to the poetry world. She has taking her place on the throne of language arts. The Alphabet Verses the Ghetto compliments the best of both the alphabet and the ghetto, it just takes a long time to get there. I would not recommend the reading to anyone.