false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255864939m/4681850.jpg 4681850 1 Here is a voice of America singing, Mary E. Weems is a poet laureate of Cleveland Heights, but also of Ohio, the Midwest, and America. Her relentless journeys into the truth of experience make her a spokesperson for us all. "An Unmistakable Shade of Red… is the bomb. I found so many moments, so many moods, so many insights. Yours is the voice of compassion, of elegant rage. It is country but urban-wise." --Lamont B. Steptoe "In this deftly crafted collection--defiantly rooted in the real world--Mary Weems' stanzas manage to be both tight and explosive, concise and wildly lyrical. She brings an enviable experience to the page, an experience fueled by unerring focus and a knowledge of just what it takes to jolt a reader out of complacency." --Patricia Smith Yes, this writer is a woman, who knows that “every mouth’s its own love language, / lust’s first cousin.” And yes, she is a black woman, for whom the eyes of Barack Obama “are so deep brown / I see blue in them, / ocean water, / bones rising, / right fists raised.” And yes, like the rest of us, she’s getting older, “hair graying in places / I shouldn’t have hair.” But beyond all divisions, she is a poet, who knows that poetry is music, and music is “the first place Black and White / came together like unwritten notes / in a jazz composition.” In these poems Mary Weems both challenges and embraces America in all its turbulence and beauty. We should be grateful. --George Bilgere, author of Haywire 4732403 25 8 2008 An Unmistakable Shade of Red, and the Obama Chronicles: Poems total:1|4:1| 1 4 6 1 4681850 1933964189 9781933964188 1 1 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255864939m/4681850.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681850.An_Unmistakable_Shade_of_Red_and_the_Obama_Chronicles_Poems 4 0 false Wed Sep 17 10:36:47 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 03:50:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4681850 1933964189 9781933964188 1 1 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255864939m/4681850.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681850.An_Unmistakable_Shade_of_Red_and_the_Obama_Chronicles_Poems 0 0 false Fri May 01 12:37:08 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 12:37:08 -0700 2009 4681850 1933964189 9781933964188 1 1 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255864939m/4681850.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681850.An_Unmistakable_Shade_of_Red_and_the_Obama_Chronicles_Poems 0 0 false Thu Nov 20 10:52:45 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 10:52:45 -0800 2008 4681850 1933964189 9781933964188 1 1 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255864939m/4681850.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681850.An_Unmistakable_Shade_of_Red_and_the_Obama_Chronicles_Poems 0 0 false Tue Oct 07 20:17:58 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 20:20:06 -0700 2008 4681850 1933964189 9781933964188 1 1 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255864939m/4681850.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681850.An_Unmistakable_Shade_of_Red_and_the_Obama_Chronicles_Poems 0 0 false Tue Sep 16 17:36:35 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 17:36:35 -0700 2008 4681850 1933964189 9781933964188 1 1 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255864939m/4681850.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681850.An_Unmistakable_Shade_of_Red_and_the_Obama_Chronicles_Poems 0 0 false Tue Sep 16 10:26:39 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 10:26:42 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4681850