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Hum | Jamaal May
8 posts | 6 read | 2 to read
Jamaal May's language hits us hard and fast, immersing us in the rhythm and rush of his city's ardent heart.
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IndoorDame
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TheSpineView Excellent 2y
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Staci
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Mehso-so

A series of poems which are okay, some I loved, some I was bored reading.

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Bertha_Mason
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Bertha_Mason
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"It‘s as though they found the wrench that could set / free a bike from its training wheels only to discover / their daughter has had a driver‘s license for years."
-"On Metal"

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Bertha_Mason
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"There‘s always a hymn / waiting for ears. A Tibetan singing bowl / looking for an audience. A vibraphone / begs to collide over and over / with the yarn-tipped mallets you hold. / And even when you were young and smirking / and the clerk was definitely afraid of you, / the tremble of his hand made your change clink / out the notes of a small tune / made of fear, just for you."
-"A Detroit Hum Ending With Bones"

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thelizflynn
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I know next to nothing about poetry, but I'm really enjoying this. I've been reading a couple poems every night. I'm almost done! (ps I love the cover).

WanderingBookaneer Cover is amazing! Does it say who designed it? 8y
LauraBeth I ❤️ this cover! 8y
thelizflynn It says the cover art is "A Vexing Quiet" by Brian Despain @JaimitaPR @LauraBeth ? 8y
WanderingBookaneer Title of cover art is amazing as well. 8y
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suvata
Hum | Jamaal May
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This book made me realize something about myself. I have absolutely NO aptitude for poetry. I'm sure it was lovely, as poetry goes, but I have no idea what it all meant.

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suvata
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Way out of my wheelhouse. Poetry by a fellow Detroiter.

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