Divided into four sections, Heathen is a unified collection of
poetry satisfying both intellectual and emotional appetites. The
vocabulary, phrasing, and figurative language prove author R.
Flowers Rivera to be a master of technique. A few of the poems
include ""Black English"" suggesting that they are universal in
their application. The characters in Part I, Isle of Promethea,
bring classical mythology, especially Homer's Iliad and Odyssey,
vividly to life through applications to modern life and a sense of
being present. Part II, I Am Hephaestus, consists of a single poem
with the same title divided into twelve sections and continues its
mythological basis. In Part III, Doubt, there is more variety,
suggested by epigraphs by authors as different as James Seamon
Cotter, Jr, Gertrude Stein, and the author of the biblical book of
John; personal and symbolic romantic love is introduced in such
poems as ""Vivid,"" ""Anniversary Apart,"" and ""Stay"" although
the ""you"" does not necessarily refer to a person. ""Her,"" for
example, describes a poet's pen as ""a fickle lover"" who refuses
to produce the magic words of poetry. Part IV, ""Mustard Seed,"" is
the most personal section as ""a conversation with myself."" Here
the author transforms the ordinary into provocative extraordinary
expression. Her love of the South, the simple act of ironing
clothing on a hot summer day, driving a car, braiding a child's
hair, and observing a Muslim man praying at an airport are some of
the subjects in this final group. This is an extremely satisfying
collection of poems that invite the reader to return to it again
and again. Distributed for Lotus Press.
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