A Black Girl's Poetry for the World [Kindle Edition]

Kimberly LaRocca (Author)

Book Description

Poetry on Love and Life

Editorial Reviews

Review

Through motherhood, womanhood and everything it entails, "A Black Girl's Poetry For the World" is moving and unique reading, highly recommended.

Margaret Lane
Reviewer

Midwest Book Review 

5 Stars

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Product Details

• File Size: 267 KB
• Print Length: 136 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1456595490
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0054N77TK
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #160,146 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #11 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > American > African-American

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Poetry Lives Here November 9, 2011

By Pandorasecho

Format:Paperback

"poetry Lives Here" is a poem in this collection, but it could just as well be the title of the book. I can't say that I am finished with this book, but that isn't how poetry collections work anyway, is it now? And This One Works. Everything from the beautiful cover to the poetry inside, works so well, it looks easy.

She titled it, A Black Girl's Poetry For the World, and even though I am a middle aged white woman who grew up in a town in Wyoming with Native American and Mexican Americans and White Americans and never even knew an African American until I was married and 26, I am still part of "the World" this book is for.

These poems are very human, very much the female life, filled with faith and doubts, hope, fears, joy and pain. It could be the author's journal, or mine or, I suspect almost every woman's.

I love all the poems I have read so far, although some speak more clearly to where I am now,

Let me share a piece of one

From "Nearly Broken"

"My mind said all was lost.
Hope not within my reach.
But the voice inside
said I would rise
And would not concede defeat."

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Delightful Poetic Journey! October 15, 2011

By C.C.Cole

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

"A Black Girl's Poetry for the World" by Kimberly LaRocca is a collection of insightful poems addressing many levels of the human existence, from pain, to love, and to everyday living. What I really enjoyed are the large messages delivered by so few, easy to read lines, and minimizing of clichés. I recommend this to anyone that either reads poetry often, or to novel-readers looking for a romp into creativity that's refreshing and inspirational. Five Stars!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Women & Men Can Benefit from Rare Glimpses into This Poet's Soul! February 27, 2012

By Betty L. Dravis VINE™ VOICE

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Many of the poems in this book touched my heart! Even though poet Kimberly LaRocca is from an entirely different culture, we are sisters. I felt her pain, her hopelessness, her joy...and her ultimate hope! I sense she is a powerful woman who's had it tough coming into her own... But she's doing it!

Though most of the poems are about bittersweet love, others about fulfilled love and many about other life situations, one thing they have in common: They're all lyrical and sincere, giving us a true glimpse into the heart of this beautiful, soulful woman.

The title, A Black Girl's Poetry for the World, is a perfect title and the cover is one of the most aesthetic I've ever seen.

I haven't read all the poems yet because I believe poetry should be savored slowly, like fine food; poetry is food for the soul. I glanced through each title, though, to get a feel for the entire book and found there's something for everyone in this little gem. I know I'm going to learn more life lessons as I read and ponder each poem separately. In addition to releasing her deep feelings and emotions, I believe that's how the author intends for her readers to relish this book.

My favorite so far is: A POET'S SONG. I like this one because I know a number of poets and they're just like LaRocca describes:

I live in verse.
I think in rhyme,
Thinking, rhyming
All the time.
The sadness that you may see,
Is all poetry to me.
The happiness you're feeling now
Turns into rhyme for me somehow.
I don't know how
Or even why.
It sings to me from deep inside.
And it makes up
The best of me,
Living, breathing poetry.

I think writers are like that too; only we think in words and story ideas...but always, always thinking. :-)

Author C.C. Cole summed it up perfectly in her review: "...large messages delivered by so few, easy-to-read lines and minimizing of cliches." (Thanks for letting me repeat your lines, C.C. Cole.)

I recommend this book for women AND men because there's no better way for them to understand women than by reading this all-too-rare glimpse into a woman's soul and learning what their women want and need. LaRocca is not shy about speaking the unvarnished truth; a truth that will benefit all, if we allow it.

Review by Betty Dravis, February 27, 2012
Author of award-winning "1106 Grand Boulevard"

More About the Author

Kimberly LaRocca is an avid reader and writer and has written numerous short stories, poems, and songs. She earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Technology Management degree from St. Petersburg College and is currently working on her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Tampa. Kimberly lives in Florida with her husband and four sons.

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