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Turning on the Wasp Paperback – December 22, 2020

by Rob Azevedo (Author), Jason Ryberg (Editor)

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"Rob Azevedo, the gregarious radio host and Manchester's resident raconteur, now throws another one of his many hats into the poetry arena, and he does not disappoint in his debut collection, Turning on the Wasp. Azevedo's verse combines Bukowski's rawness with Kerouac's cosmic musings-maybe a dash of Rimbaud-thrown in a Petri dish with his own distinct poetic vision. So welcome to world of poetry, Mr. Azevedo. We've been waiting for you."

-Nathan Graziano, author of Fly Like The Seagull

"If your musical knowledge is in the Dark Ages, Azevedo will bring it new light. He is also an excellent writer. His words add dimension to flatness, and freshness to anything gone stale. Some poets are diamonds, some are stones: Rob's many facets reveal he is in the first group, not the second...."

-Steve Shaw, poet, writer, musician.

"With a fine tuned musical ear for rhythm and syntax, a razor sharp keenly honest poetic voice, in Turning on the Wasp, his virgin voyage into the holy unholy realms

of poetry, from the first poem to the last, Rob Azevedo kept me on the edge of my seat wanting more."

-Ron Whitehead, poet, writer, editor, scholar and activist.

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76 pages
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Kung Fu Treachery Press
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December 22, 2020
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5 x 0.18 x 7.99 inches
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1952411386
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978-1952411380
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kung Fu Treachery Press (December 22, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 76 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1952411386
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1952411380
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.18 x 7.99 inches

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Dave Cummings

Yummy and relatable

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2021

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Rob's voice rushes through like the brash, throaty gurgle of a Harley-Davidson rumbling by a bedroom window on a summer evening. It snaps your head to attention, then too abruptly it's gone, leaving you with familiar notes, recognizable because they're yours, too. Rob brings both his sledgehammer and scalpel to the job, sometimes in the same breath, the lumberjack-surgeon deftly and unapologetically teasing out our base instincts – on full display, like it or not. Chances are, you'll want more soon.

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Jeff

Thoughtful and emotional.

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2021

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Love, death, crime, and music. Rob takes it all on with his acerbic style. Loved it. He’s quite the talent...a voice of a generation that is underserved. Get your copy now so you can say “I knew him when.”

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Always fun to read his work!

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2021

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Another great read by a childhood friend. Looking forward to his next one!

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2021

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Real, sometimes dark and dirty poetry for the times. Highly recommend!

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2021

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AWESOME! Modern day poetry with a punch.

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Michael

great poetry by a dear friend

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2021

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Great poetry by a great friend

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2021

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Powerhouse Poet with a Distinct Voice

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2021

Rob Azevedo is poet with a voice of electric thunder. His poems strike brilliance with distinct colorful imagery. Powerful and right to the bone, his writing style feels honest, experienced, and wise. These are the words that pour from the font of a man that has seen his fair share of beauty and pain. To read, is to lose yourself. Time and time again, you will find yourself appreciating the words, the depth, poetic insights that Rob Azevedo has placed upon the altar of the poetic gods and muse. His latest work Turning On The Wasp is a literary gold mine waiting to be explored and shared.

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daknight

A great collection of poems, with some empathy, yet harsh observation too.

Reviewed in Canada on March 4, 2022

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Turning on The Wasp is Rob Azevado's cleverly titled debut collection of poetry.

His voice is very American, by way of Charles Bukowski and other free verse poets, perhaps with a little Corso here and there, and maybe some Sandburg. Overall and throughout his collection, these are just the shoulders he is standing on, but no mimicry or pastiche occurs here. He is very much in command of his own voice, well developed for a first collection.

The reader has fair warning right from the beginning, with first poem "Snaggle Tooth" wherein he gets quickly to the point with blooding images, unromantic observations of those living low. Then he turns quickly, in "Velvet Walls" to something of epic tone but far from epic length, a profound musing on existence evolved from similar musings found among the better work of The Beats taking the best, leaving out the worst, in inspiration, clearly discerning in his approach.

Most of the poems in this volume are worthy of comment, but for the sake of brevity, I find some deserve special note.

"I Can't Wait" is a spoken word styled poem, that would grip an audience in live reading I am sure. It uses the rhythms and some repetition typical in spoken word performance, but he throws in an observation every other line that engages the reader/listener, with thoughts from a seeker more than showman. "The Waning Light Of Dawn" is one of the best structured poems, with perhaps the most potent imagery, cinematic in its placement of people, environment, and what I feel is a blend of weary hope wrestling realistic cynicism. "One toe digs in the supple earth, content to hide / beneath the devastating wane of decency." Perhaps, only to be matched by "Night Breaks Against The Pupil" later on in this collection.

Azevado does not express anything in isolation. His writing is well aware of music culture, past and present. His poem "Electric Skirt (or Iggy Pop)" is as much about Iggy as it is Iggy's audiences. I found "Gone Uptown (For Justin Townes Earle)" particularly moving, with lines like "His fingers flew once / with the arc of sawdust, / plucked sweet off Delta din floors." "Love Before Death" is one of his most outward looking cinematic poems: it skillfully places one among those being observed in steamy streets.

Certainly, one of the best 'indie' poetry publications I have read in the last few years.

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