Unlike All Ears, Along Lighted Alleys is a mashup.  Point blank: the styles weren’t intended to go together.  Some of the poets love poetry and have tried to drink deep of its ichor, the timeless and precious wavering of words, and, well, some haven’t.

              The two authors worth noting for SpiderWords are Shanna M. Ahlfs and AJ Saxon.  Ahlfs has a mournful edge and solid control of sound.  At their best, Saxon’s lines are wistful, sinewy and delicate.  She’s the moderator of The Contemporary Poet Guild that generated the anthology and her poems, “Silence,” “Sunday Morning Blue” and “If Wishes Were Razor Blades” may be a sign of beauty to come.

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