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August 12, 2006: LET A NEW WOMAN RISE is the first published collection of contemporary poetry by Barbara Haskins. Although the title suggests the poems address women?s issues, the book contains two sections. It covers themes of racism, history, media portrayal, relationships, and more. Writing in mostly free verse, she uses techniques such as alliteration, repetition, and rhyme to deliver her message. The first section of the book, Fire Arise, contains poems that can be classified as a call to consciousness of African and African American culture, history, and community issues. Through these pieces, the reader learns Haskins? thoughts on music, blacks in the media, education, violence, and white society?s adoption of black culture. Love Arise, the second section, focuses on love and relationships with poems about the strength of one?s love, the downside of relationships, having a spiritual connection and friendship. Some of the stand-outs include ?Divine by Design,? ?They Stole it but?,? ?Take me to My Leader,? ?How Long,? and ?Claim Check.? While Haskins has created a thought-provoking collection, the book would be better with a wider variety of topics and themes. Most of the poems from the first section are negative which overshadow the positive ones. Also, the second section is much shorter than the first giving the reader only a glimpse of her view on the topic of love. Still, HASKINS' COLLECTION PROVES TO BE A GOOD FIRST STEP into the publishing world.
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April 07, 2006: Who knew poetry could be so good!!!!! I like fiction, but this non fiction work is outstanding. Kind of reminds me of Nikki Giovanni!
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