Ratings17
Average rating3.6
Helium is the debut poetry collection by internet phenom Rudy Francisco, whose work has defined poetry for a generation of new readers. Rudy's poems and quotes have been viewed and shared millions of times as he has traveled the country and the world performing for sell-out crowds. Helium is filled with work that is simultaneously personal and political, blending love poems, self-reflection, and biting cultural critique on class, race and gender into an unforgettable whole. Ultimately, Rudy's work rises above the chaos to offer a fresh and positive perspective of shared humanity and beauty -- Provided by publisher.
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Many of these poems were just okay, and I thought there was some overuse of metaphors that gets tiresome. But the poems that were commentary on identity, race, etc, were OUTSTANDING. Four stars just based on those.