Helium
By: poems by Rudy Francisco
Publisher: Button Poetry/Exploding Pinecone Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9781943735198
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: American poetry
Work titles: Poems
Description: Helium is the debut poetry collection by internet phenom Rudy Francisco, whose work has defined poetry for a generation of new readers. Rudy's poems and quotes have been viewed and shared millions of times as he has traveled the country and the world performing for sell-out crowds. Helium is filled with work that is simultaneously personal and political, blending love poems, self-reflection, and biting cultural critique on class, race and gender into an unforgettable whole. Ultimately, Rudy's work rises above the chaos to offer a fresh and positive perspective of shared humanity and beauty -- Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Water; title: Good morning; title: Ouch; title: Page; title: Drive; title: Horizon; title: Instructions; title: My honest poem; title: Machine; title: Correctly; title: 12 am; title: Sip; title: Petal; title: To the girl who works at Starbucks...; title: Alternatives to "Bae"; title: If I was a love poet; title: Again; title: Sinking; title: When people ask how I'm doing; title: Mess; title: Vanish; title: Why did you leave?; title: Scars; title: Museum; title: To the random dude...; title: Haunted; title: How did you lose her?; title: Chameleon; title: Windows and mirrors; title: Lopsided; title: To you; title: To him; title: And then after; title: Waves; title: Skin II; title: Adrenaline rush; title: Accent; title: 98; title: Meal; title: Margin; title: Liberty; title: To the man standing on the corner...; title: Brother; title: Sister; title: Rifle II; title: Simeona; title: In the voice of hip hop; title: I bet the trees are thinking; title: Roulette; title: Mercy; title: Forgiveness; title: Capacity; title: Strength; title: Cookout; title: Welcome; title: Silence; title: Complainers; title: Yes.