Blood & Tears: Poems for Matthew Shepard

Matthew Shepard, a gentle, petite 21-year old-student at the University of Wyoming was found tied to a fence outside Laramie on a chilly October morning, the victim of a brutal gay bashing. His... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891305158
• ISBN13: 9781891305153
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Painted Leaf Pr
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Great collection

This is a great collection of poems about Matthew Shepard. One of the poems that really made me think simply has a "," (comma) on the page, many of the others pages long.All of the poems are excellent. Great job Scott!

Sensitive and want to stay that way....

Wow! Such mixed reviews on this one! It's true we cash in on the crimes that haunt us, but why look at it that way? Why not see the written word as a way to preserve that which we don't want to forget and that which we wish to use to teach others of our mistakes? MTV recently showed "Anatomy of A Hate Crime," the first movie-type documentation of this tragedy, but I didn't once think the station used it as a ploy to boost ratings. Have a heart! Who said true life is better than fiction? Yet, the tragedy of that "true life" is what has sparked the fire in so many writers throughout the past. Expression, imagination...freedom, let's not forget what we learned from this hate crime. So, I applaud the prose and am sure the poets meant it well. As for you readers who didn't get it, go take out your anger by hitting someone in the head 18 times with the handle of a gun and then let's see what you choose to write about.

MOVING!

A beautiful collection of hearts and minds. This is an example of passion and rage painting a beautiful collaboration of talent.A real heart/eye/soul opener!

more people should read and understand. this should help.

I am constantly amazed when someone puts a group of writings together with such a sense of focus. If the "names" who wrote these poems are able to reach but a few then this book will be a huge success. It will be the start of something really good. I hope more people will read and enjoy this marvelous collection of poems by poets like greyson, kavanaugh, campo, ashbery, etal. Make sure you don't miss this one.