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Neighbor Blood: Poems

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Once I started reading this fine book of poems I found myself wishing that the book was longer. It's a page turner; one doesn't want the poems to end...Frost tells a great story. He is the hitchhiker you pick up on a long road trip that unexpectedly entrances you with interesting and entrancing stories that flash with insight and carve themselves into the deep recesses of the emotional mind. You journey invited into his life experience and realize that you have made a friend; that he wants the friendship with the reader. I think his humor sealed the deal to rate this as an excellent work. "The Clumsy Man" has the courage to be honest and laugh at one's self...I laughed out loud at "New Tooth". [The thoughts we have while having a rubber dam in the mouth and are held captive....Absolutely crazy funny.] And the story of Edna in "Kisses" where Frost's dog seems to plead for deliverence from the "ugly" housekeeper only to find that he mutually shares the love of animals with the woman. "One Morning" solemnly speaks of his final visit with his dying brother, only to find that he dovetails with his brother's denial, avoiding truth. Frost is uncomfortable. In these last moments shared with his much loved brother Frost cannot get past the meaningless chatter to broach the moumental event that will soon come to pass. He leaves the visit let down, confused and numb...
This is an unpretentious, real, honest, humorous and profound work. The poems have rhythm. Upbeat and downbeat. Frost is not afraid to tell you who he really is. He "tickles your fancy" and leaves you wanting more.