Their Names Are Mine Paperback – June 7, 2022

Praise of Their Names Are Mine byRajnii EddinsIt is one thing to possess (and be possessed by) deep wells of love and/or anger-Quite another to craft poems which honor and acknowledge the aforementioned Without drowning the artist’s originality and vision.Rajnii Eddins’s work embodies Amiri Baraka’s definition of poetry (“speech musicked”)-and it takes us into often uncomfortable, painful placesin an original –compelling , often haunting manner. Whether the poet is standing his ground with proud, searing incantations Like those found in the title poem, or successfully working the thematic tightrope Of love and personal ( and cultural) detirmination, the work in this volume Consistently pulls the reader in, and leaves our hearts no choice but to Eagerly follow, page after page after page.I admire his poetic range, depth and courage as much as I admire the fact that he practices –and shares-his work while living in a racial cauldron like Vermont .Do not sleep on the work of Rajnii Eddins. Reuben JacksonArchivist, Felix E Grant Jazz Archives, University Of The District Of Columbia, Author of the forthcoming Scattered Clouds: New And Collected Poems. (Alan Squire Publishing) Read more