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Upside Brown (Pale Ale Poets Series)

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There are writer's writers and reader's writers. Derrick is definately a reader's writer. What's that mean? His poetry is entertaining, clever, funny, well paced, diverse and very readable. Spend a few moments with his poems, or dig deep into them. The choice is yours. His direct writing is easy to relate to. The honesty of his voice (pacing, phrasing, subject matter) comes through written as it does spoken (I've actually heard/seen him read!). He doesn't try to alienate the reader with over-complicated imagery or flowery rhyme drenched drivel. As a writer, myself, I read his poetry in awe. Nothing is forced and all the words seem to come out from nowhere, completely unpredictable, and packed with so many lines wishe I had written. Some of the poems are silly, some very deep, some are random thoughts, but all are engaging. GET THIS BOOK!

you need this book if you are a twisted romantic. good independent books are hard to find. when you do find them, it's far greater than buried treasure. forget the weird clip art cover of this book and the picture on the back of the author being a total goofball. the interior of this will wash you with electricity. upside brown seemed flawed to me at first. rarely do you find poets who are serious and hilarious and sexual and childlike and explosively weird. this is a ride into the mind of an author who has tapped into beauty and loss. they are more fantastical imaginary trips than autobiographical. I wouldn't share it with my children, until they were ready to have their hearts broken. it was such a treat. i bought it from the strange title alone and was often broken by the authors insight into the human spirit.