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Uno

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Thanks to the open-minded eclecticism of Comrades Press editor Verian Thomas, in UNO we find 75 poets of varying styles under one cover. Buy this book - it's a richly satisfying read and proof that contemporary poetry is alive and kicking in the 21st century!

Uno is an eclectic collection of very thoughtful and well done new contemporary poetry. Comrades Press does a big service for all of us by recognizing and publishing the new and emerging writers who will one day be remembered in literature classes and well known volumes of poetry. This is truly a pleasure to read --whether you read a poem here or there, or read most of the coellection in one sitting on a rainy day. I'm very impressed with its quality.

I was pleasantly surprised when my copy of Uno arrived through the letterbox. There is a wide range of poetry included in the book and yet it holds together as a collection extremely well. Some names I recognised such as Lyn Lifshin, Larry Jaffe, Richard Denner and John Bennett but there a lot of poets inside these covers that I had never been exposed to before. I was particularly taken by the poems of Deborah Swain, Claudine Moreau, Allyson Kallea Bogges and Adrienne Lee, they write well crafted poems that have interesting ideas, occasionally I was left thinking "I wish I'd written that" which is always the sign of a good poem. The great thing about anthologies such as this one are that they are source books for further reading. If you find a poet that you like then you can go looking for more of their work. I do wonder if, by reading this book, I am participating in the birth of some of the big names in poetry of the future...Overall, a very satisfying read.