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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hit the Road, Feel the Wind,
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This review is from: Rubber Side Down: The Biker Poet Anthology (Paperback)
Jose "JoeGo" Gouveia's Rubber Side Down: The Biker Poet Anthology is one of the best contemporary poetry anthologies on the market. These poems will appeal to not only deep thinkers, but also readers looking for detailed aesthetics. While most of us will never know what it's like to be hounded by cops, some of these poems will allow readers to live the biker life vicariously.
Bikers tend to be like brothers, easily accepting of their members no matter what location they find themselves in. These poems signify the lonely road these poets travel, the hardships they face, and the beauty of the road. In addition to the poems celebrating brotherhood and connection, some of these poems celebrate famous bikers like Evel Knievel, the evolution of bikes, and women enchanted by the biker life. Some of these poems rhyme, and rhyme well--with an easy rhythm. These poems have a life of their own, and many of them will make you want to read them out loud for emphasis like in "Highway Poets (theme poem)" by K. Peddlar Bridges (page 80) where the lines read: "We're motorcycle riding/Engine blasting/Line chasing/Gravel chewing/Bug spitting//HIGHWAY . . . POETS!" Others are simply laugh-out-loud funny, readers should buy a copy simply to read "The Six-Legged Moose." (I'm purposefully not including this poem in the review to entice you to get this anthology.) Rubber Side Down is a compilation of witty verse dealing with a number of issues including how bikers deal with aging and the prospect of no longer riding and the freedom of riding and how it makes it difficult to settle back into a "normal" life. Moreover, Rubber Side Down is set up in a format that provides readers with poems and photos of actual bikers in alternating sections, which enables readers to ponder the poems while examining the visual context of these poets' lives. Each of these biker poets knows poetic style and form and how to break convention without losing their audience, and Rubber Side Down will appeal to more than just bikers and their families. Rubber Side Down packs a punch and made me want to get that ape hanger I've always talked about and go for a ride. |
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Rubber Side Down: The Biker Poet Anthology by Beth Groundwater (Paperback - August 4, 2008)
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