Good writers don't get PR, at least most don't. This blog is for those who write fabulous books but don't get the required publicity. I'm a reviewer. I get irritated when an editor has the gumption not even to read the book or the review but edits it anyway.
I spend days reading books and try to get the essence of it in 250-300 words. My first post is therefore a book review -- one rejected by one of my editors because she didn't like the cover image of the book. Hmmm... Judge for yourself by clicking on the Title of this post.
Love without a Net…
By
Karen Ligon
138 Pages,
Publish America
$ 19.95, Paperback
Genre:
Poetry
Available on
Amazon.com
ISBN: 1-4241-1771-2
What happens when you love without a net, a belt or something to keep you safe in case your love is not reciprocated? The book examines relationships and the various emotions one feels from anger to ecstasy. It also explores the imagined or fleeting relationships like when a youngster is convinced that the attractive girl/guy on the bus is in love with him/her and for the period of the trip forms an imaginary relationship. The poem
Not Think of Me will make you laugh or remind you of the one-sided love which you never expressed towards someone.
Are You is another
poem most readers will be able to relate to as well as
Cried a Little. Almost all women want what the poet describes in Unexpected and would agree with what is said in
Extra Credit. The poem
Your New Woman Said I Rolled My Eyes at Her is what most readers would like to send to their ex.
Born in
Jamaica and raised in
New York, Love without a Net is the second book of poetry by award winning poet and writer, Karen Ligon. The author writes in free verse and uses simple, clear language to capture complex emotions beautifully. The strength of the book is that you do not have to be a poetry connoisseur to understand what is being said. The poems manage to cut across boundaries of culture, race, religion and region making it truly global as only love can.
© 2007 by
Deepa Kandaswamy
