BORN BENEATH AN ANGRY STAR:
(Chapbook, 36 pages of original poetry written by Hannibal Tabu)
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Seventeen poems, illuminating a rage that could ignite planets. In this book, Hannibal presents poems old and new, all from the harsher side of his personality. A stark contrast to the work from Flight Manual, it still shows a wide range of emotions that can fall under the aegis of discord. Topics range from lost love to race relations, classism to hip hop and more.
Contents:
- foreword
- finality
- chickens (full text)
- the most hated people in the world
- heartless city (in two parts)
- legacy
- hatred
- 1999 (full text)
- don't move, don't think
- easy
- clever
- a girl named anger
- bitter ex-girlfriend poem #1453: last night
- turbulence
- 365-12-52
- i am hip hop
- water
- mr. sandman (full text)
- about the author
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"Hannibal Tabu writes about complicated political issues with such charged lyricism that you will remember these words -- and these issues -- long after you put this book down."
-- Michael Datcher,
Author of
RAISING FENCES
"Hannibal's work is consistently humble and thorough. He speaks as he sees with no ego interference. Humility, however, should never be confused with a lack of confidence. Hannibal acknowledges anger and beauty in equal measures and respects compassion's complexity. Not a poet offering a shot of redemption, Tabu's poems excavate the yin and yang of humanity in stark and uncompromising strokes."
-- Jason Luckett,
arrogance
procrastination
fear humility
"Born Beneath An Angry Star is very good reading. if Stephen King were a poet, he would be like [Hannibal Tabu], dark and hard to look at, but with a sense of humor."
-- Brig Feltus
Singer/Songwriter
Click here to read more of Hannibal's poetry.
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