Long Live the 2 of Spades

By Daniel Crocker

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891408100
• ISBN13: 9781891408106
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Green Bean Press
• Length: 63 Pages

Customer Reviews

The 2 Of Spades Is Dead! Long Live The 2 Of Spades

As a long-time fan of Dan Crocker, and a former editor of his work it was with much anticipation that I read his latest collection. Those familiar with Crocker's "telling like it is" approach ala PEOPLE EVERYDAY and OTHER POEMS will find nothing lacking in this volume which would detract from the brutal self honest assesment of a man coming to terms with himself, his art, and his world. This is not poetry for the timid or weak. These 63 pages have blood spurting; guts groaning; eternal question marks hanging like pieces of his own flesh from the meat-locker walls which are the gallery of modern poetic reality. Each word comes from a man who has lived each word. This alone is worth the price of admission. The third in the 2 OF SPADES trilogy, LONG LIVE THE 2 OF SPADES is a fitting capstone. I will miss reading of his further adventures, but I know the author will provide for our appetite with future poetic fare stewed up raw and delivered fresh. Just don't ask him to "do the dishes." Shine on Daniel, shine On.

Dan Crocker is one of our best.

This is one beautiful production. The appearance only compliments Crocker's brash, brave, and resounding poetic voice. The third and final part of Crocker's 2 of Spades trilogy takes a journey through the life of one of the small press' most accomplished young poets. Crocker has a unique ability to tap into the mechanisms of the everday person and make them shine on the page. "Father", a longer piece drawing parallels between the poet and his father, stands out as one of the many profound pieces in this collection. Dan Crocker is one of our best.