Product Description

Kokumo Rocks poetry is alive with love, passion, humour and brutal honesty. It is sharply observed, potent and insightful, capturing beautifully the sixth dimension of the creative eye. It has a rich diversity of time and content which embraces the globe and its conflicts, domestic and urban. You can hear the monsoon rains of Africa, taste the mangoes of India, touch the compassion and spirit of the child and sense the pain of burning flesh as race riots rage. Read the eclectic, electrifying poetry of Kokumo Rocks in this collection containing over 30 of her most popular poems. Full of Kokumo s distinctive humour, Bad Ass Raindrop challenges the questions we answer unquestioning. Kokumo has been performing her poetry for the last ten years, and now, in her first published collection, she brings together her best work. Equally entertaining read or performed, Kokumo s distinctive voice and unique brand of humour shine through.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2180474 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 76 pages

Review
"Kokumo Rocks is the Tiger Woods of performance poetry" - Angus Calder.

About the Author
Kokumo Rocks was born in Dundee in 1965, but was raised in the Fife mining village of Cowdenbeath. Kokumo's poetry explores the themes of love, race, freedom and imprisonment, and she does so with a sense of the importance of fun and humour - proud to include "the flabby bits". Kokumo - the name means "this one will not die" - lives by the motto "if you don't ask you won't get", and believes that passion can turn the "mundane into excitement". She has been inspired by poets including Maya Angelou, Benjamin Zephaniah and Ivor Cutler, but above all by 'growing up black in Scotland'.