News at Eleven: Ready-To-Eat Individual deserves a larger audience

than the in-the-know poets already plugged in, as do so many poetic works published each day from apartments and houses everywhere. [Frank] Sherlock and [Brett] Evans' testament to the light and dark magic of New Orleans is insightful, heartbreaking, and sometimes hilarious. In this text message age of sudden, short and plentiful bursts of words, poems seem poised for a comeback, especially poems like Frank's, which blend pop culture, journalism, and a distinct lyricism together in short lines.

from Oxford American: Poems Ready-to-Eat: A collaborative poem by the city of New Orleans

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