Rhythmical Approval for All Things Poetical
A review by Bob McNeil
Hand clapping normally signifies approval for some feat performed. Certain African American fraternities and sororities express themselves with synchronized dance moves called stepping, and those students’ hands keep the beat like a drum. Kaff, an Arabic artform, takes the slapping of appendages to a musical level as well. Around the early 2000s, Black sisters started punctuating sentences by smacking their palms together with a tympanon’s force.
Now, I feel the urge to make my mitts clash together faster and louder than cymbals. Carla M. Cherry’s poetry book, Clap Your Hands, Stomp Your Feet, inspired my newfound exuberance. For her usage of erudite allusions, clever colloquial phrases, and verse rhythms that move from the classical to the modern, I cannot stop applauding. This small collection has touched me in a big way. Hence, my upright laudation.
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Buy your copy of this stunning, new Carla M. Cherry chapbook here. Only 25 copies are left out of this first edition run of 75.
Grandma Moses Press 