TAPPING MY OWN PHONE by Ron Whitehead

U.S. National Lifetime Beat Poet Laureate Ron Whitehead is a force unlike any other, both the thunder and the one who brings it, his words like the wind of a hurricane, powerful and not easily forgotten.

TAPPING MY OWN PHONE, released in May through the National Beat Poetry Foundation Inc, as the first in the New Generation Beat Poets Laureate Series; it is an impressive collection of poems, interviews, thoughts and calls to not give up or give in for anyone, or anything.

I could list all the poems that stood out, the ones that lingered in my head long after I’d read them, but if I am honest, it would not do justice to it. I cannot actually make you feel the way I felt when reading it.

This book contains some of the best written words and contains one of my favorite poems I’ve ever read; Music Saved My Life and Bob Dylan Saved My Soul. I had the fortune of seeing this read live, reading it here it’s still so powerful. I wish I could make you feel the way I felt when I first read it, and how now, many months after I first saw this poem, it’s still one of my favorite poems I’ve ever read.

From incredible pieces like Deliver Me, I Refuse and Tapping My Own Phone, to one of the sweetest poems (and, I will add, another on my favorite poems overall list), In The Window of Light, this book is filled with amazing poems I strongly encourage everyone to look into.

You can find a copy of TAPPING MY OWN PHONE here: https://a.co/d/0998ZGAk