These are new words needed in these new times to help coalesce these ancient feelings. “What Rudy Francisco has done in I’ll Fly Away (Button Poetry) is to build a language where one did not exist. It’s a relevant and unflinchingly honest collection of thoughtful poetry.” Intimate, creative, and vulnerable, Francisco reflects on topics of identity, race, police brutality, family, and so much more. Though many poems are short, they pack a poignant, powerful gut punch of an emotional landing. I’ll Fly Away is divided into multiple parts, sprinkled with words that do not currently exist in the English language, but should, setting a thematic tone for the poems that follow. “Francisco’s poetry collection isn’t one to miss this year. AwardsĢ022 Feathered Quill Book Awards – Bronze (Poetry) Praise for Rudy Francisco Using fascinating metaphors to convey common emotional states these poems are an act of remembrance, and an act of believing that you dear reader, are a celebration waiting for the lights to come up. “Felenter (Noun) Definition: Someone who finds joy in things that people believe to be mundane.” Language so often fails us, but Francisco has found his way around this as he creates his own words for the things our language cannot give name to. In his stunningly intimate, highly anticipated follow up to Helium, Rudy Francisco has created a collection of poems that savor the day-to-day, treating it as worship, turning it into an opportunity to plant new seeds of growth.
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