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The Revenge of Dandelions

by Olu Butterfly Woods

Summary

Olu Butterfly Woods's debut The Revenge of Dandelions has a unique approach to words, which she terms "urban juju poetry." Her influences are as diverse as her background, drawing on the likes of Toni Morisson to Paul Simon. From the panic-ridden look at humanity in Cosmic Alzheimers to the private drama in PPS to the Lovesick Lover of Motionless Things to the demand for glorious upheaval in My Dream Mud Hut with No Fences, she brings the reader on a journey via questions and affirmations. In the preface Haki R. Madhubuti (Poet, Distuinguished Professor Chicago State University) writes, "There is a critical clarity of thought communicated in a blue black-born speech. [She is] a genuine poet, an artist of rare talent and spirit, who has poured her soul, imagination, originality and creative vision into these poems. Her poems require careful reading from all who relish surprises, subtle word play and an enthusiasm for life in their literature."