Sonofabitch Poems

Sonofabitch Poems
25 Poems and 1 Long Poem

R L Raymond

“Not many men danced anymore
especially not in this type of joint
where thugs would rather stare and spit
than ask your name and shake your hand”

A collection of hard-hitting narrative poems that follow sons-of-bitches, bastards and assorted characters from cradle to grave. Non-poetry at its best.

Full Colour Gloss Cover / 60 Pages Offset Print on 70 lb Paper / Perfect Bound

ISBN – 978-0-9869509-0-2 / $13.95

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Reviews of R L Raymond’s “Sonofabitch Poems”

Is he a poet? To tell you the truth, I don’t know. That term has been so overused these days as to have become practically meaningless. Does he write good poetry? You bet he does! His poems are real and natural. Unforced. There’s no pose or pretense here. Raymond doesn’t feel the need to impress the reader with his knowledge. There’s no overwhelming need to sink these poems under a deluge of endless and laughable references to Greek and Latin. No constant quoting of obscure deities and historical personages. Just life. These poems scream with life. Really. This is not your blue-hair’d grandmother’s genteel poetry. This is shock and awe poetry…take no prisoners…bomb-blast poetry. Poetry perched on bar stools, lounging in beer joints, waiting to catch you unaware and take you to your death. Let it be said that these poems are like Paul Kersey, Charles Bronson’s character in the 1974 movie DEATH WISH. Pushed to the brink, with nothing seemingly left to lose, these poems lay it all down on the line with originality, perception and depth. Is Raymond trying to impress his reader? Not in the least. And that, my friends, is what impresses most.
- John Yamrus, author of more than 1,300 published poems and 20 books, his newest being “can’t stop now”.

A sharp and economical style in no way diminishes the emotion in this fine poetry.
- Milner Place, poet

Sonofabitch Poems is powerful, tender, compelling, tough-minded. A roiling book.
- Penn Kemp, London, Ontario’s Poet Laureate

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