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Eyes with Winged Thoughts: Poems and Photographs

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Gordon Parks is a national treasure. That surely isn't news. But of all his many volumes (not to mention films, symphonies, photos, journalism, and on and on) this slender and profound volume stands alone in its fearlessness, poetic and heartbreaking beauty, and its unflinching spareness. If not for the wisdom and gravity of his words and images, one would think that the sheer spareness of this book came from a young firebrand. Timeless!

He speaks of war, peace, empathy. On a more personal note, there is love: Love of family, friends, the beauty of the world we live in despite -- and sometimes because of -- the squalor or desperate circumstances that coexist with being human.

If you never buy another Gordon Parks book, or if you just aren't up to a physically "big" book right now, treat yourself to this. It will be among one of the truly BIGGEST books you will ever luxuriate in.

I've been an admirer of Gordon Parks for some years. This was a replacement copy of his book - my first copy was loaned out and never returned.

His poems are wonderful in their simplicity and perception. One need not be of African descent to appreciate his words and be stirred by them. It is comforting to me that a human being named Gordon Parks exists and has shared himself with us, to our betterment.

Gordon Parks to Me was the Black Andy Warhol. He truly was a Man who was always Hip&Knew what was happening. He was the Pulse of Life in America.Gordon Parks captured so many things through life be it through Photo,Poems,His Films,etc... this Book captures the full beauty of life,Liberty. the Man had a Zest for so much&it comes through loud&Clear in his work. He was a true Pioneer.

This book reveals another side of famed photographer Gordon Parks. He has accompanied arresting photographic shots with poetry -- his own original works. Poetry, it seems, came to him as naturally as his picture taking. It was an innate gift.

Parks, born black and the last child of many produced by his sharecropper parents, transcended all the limitations set upon him in his time and place. I suspect he even surprised himself. He was not only a prize-winning photographer, but a poet, musician, film director, and author.

This book gives glimpses into his complicated and fascinating soul through combining two forms of his artistic talents.