Review: Abundant Sparks of Brilliance!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2013
From deeply (and universally) personal to powerfully observant, Diana Lang is a brilliant poetess. She moves from enchanting phrases, such as "Seeking wisdom. I am a Jew. Brownies burning in the oven" and "In the river, rowers from the nearest educational palace."To observing modern life: Sleep is a luxury....Electric suns destroying rhythms here since before time""Manufactured neon bulbs flickering in theirInconsistent rhythms like an erratic heartbeat...""The ever present ticking of the silver encrusted pocket watchHanging from the stranger's trench coat, shakes me from my dream."To images of what life could be:"The earth no longer quakes" and you feel the earth quaking in fear.Her poem "Silver Winged Predators" beautifully, and very powerfully, presents life as a strengthening, learning experience.Her own heartfelt losses resonate."And now--your memory in my head three years after,Awake my soul from this bad dream!That I might hear your soulful strings serenading strangers in the symphony.That we might both have mead it out alive!"Floetry" charmingly etches the soul of a poet."If it Bleeds, It Leads!" holds the anguish of too many who have experienced, up front and personal, the atrocities of our world.Then there are the breaks we all need, like "Silly Purple Chrome Poem," five lines that lead to a smile.The goosebumps of powerful distillations tune the reader at the book's beginning with poetry that appears to be the author's most recent verse.D.L. (Diana) Lang is a name to note and remember. Highly recommended reading.