Troubled Tongues

By Crystal Williams

2006 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award winning collection.

In each of the three sections of this book is a prose poem meant to be read aloud in which a character, interacting with other characters, is named for a quality. They are Beauty, Happiness, and Patience. The author is strong on parables: "Parable of Divas," "Parable of the Chicken Wing," "Parable of Ancestors," "Parable of Kings & Queens," and "Sugar, or Parable on Liberals." We find the characters in this book in beauty salons, in a tornado, on a porch, and in various locations where discuss and interact with one. another. The author's style is interestingly unique. Troubled Tongues was the winner of the 2006 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979750911
• ISBN13: 9780979750915
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Lotus Press (WI)
• Length: 71 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.4"