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A Cherub That Sees Them

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I edited the book, so it better be good! In all honesty, Mr. Twigg is one of the finest poets I have ever met and had the pleasure of working for. I enjoy his poetry and his music immensely - each piece reflects the great humor and insight of his personality. I hope you enjoy it as well ...

and to read his poetry, is to admire him. I have never been so touched by such a visceral sense of gravitas that words can carry. Then there are just some poems in there that are so damn funny, I peed a little.

I am so lucky to have gotten to meet and know him. He is a wonderfuLL person and an amazing poet. An all around ArTisTe.

I would gladly follow him to hell and back.

I first heard about Christopher Twigg when I was traveling through Ireland and stumbled upon his book, In the Choir (out of print now I think). I remember flipping through it and thinking that it was some of the most hilarious, profound, bizarre, intelligent, and inspiring poetry I had read in a long time. Through a series of fortunate circumstances I became friends with Twigg a few years later. Since then, I have had the pleasure to watch Twigg perform at a number of venues. Twigg is one of the best damn performers I have ever seen. My only complaint about this collection is that it does not come with a CD of Twigg reading (a mistake we at Zenane are in the process of rectifying). Read this book. If you are a fan of Whitman, of Ginsberg, or of Lowell, you'll love this stuff. No pretentious angsty crap here--just solid and honest poetry. Plus, he looks like a Cherub.