Clarence Foster
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From the Back Cover Clarence Odell Foster, "a colored boy in the '50s," raised in the American South, has emerged bursting with a fine rich voice, the
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likes of which you've not heard before. His poetry has attracted award-winning attention with its penetrating mosaic of socio-political insight and wry humor. 'The Equinox' collection expresses a variety of moods, styles and spirits. Foster's carefully crafted and classically structured pieces identify some fierce ills of society. From the haunting legacy of slavery to the invasiveness of the media into our lives, they keep company with jaunty limericks and happily slapdash doggerel. As a bonus, the photos from the author's personal collection prove again that a picture is worth a thousand words. Clarence O. Foster plays on words and plays with words, and his memorable lines will lead the reader into deep places. As he captures your imagination and puts it to work, the author will help you look at the American experience in a new way. Gaining insights via well-placed jabs at the foibles of mankind, the reader is motivated to make a difference. About the Author A resident of Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Foster descreibes himself as a "northern Southerner" who didn't begin to write poetry until 1993. An obsession soon set in and he vowed to complete a book by his 50th birthday. ("But then again," he says, "the 55th will do.") The challenge has been handsomely met in this collection of poetry, 'The Equinox.'
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