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About the Book

Ron Cervero's Barbaric Yawp

In a long tradition of "outside" poets, from Whitman's "barbaric yawp" through Bukowski, comes Ron Cervero, who has crafted a volume of short raw poems which primarily are written as responses to daily occurences, or, more often, outrages. The outrage is keenly felt, and Mr. Cervero's responses are often bitter and sardonic.
Cervero claims not to have read Bukowski before writing this volume and while comparisons, especially eternally being at odds with the Establishment, are evident, these poems are as fragmentary and episodic as, say, videotaping a hanging surreptitously with a cell phone. Still, they add to define the personality of the poet, whose tattooed legs and torso are displayed on the cover and whose unique view becomes more clear with each poem.

Prof. David Mix
Northeast Review

About the Author

Ron was born in New Haven, CT. Ron began writing poetry and prose in 1988 when he worked in the TV & film industry in Los Angeles, CA. The pain and suffering within himself, and his street surroundings caused his pen to move in a dark poetic direction. Ron’ s freshman publication “A blessing in Flames” has created a buzz in the poetic community, as a uniquely original writing, and one of the up and coming poets of the modern era.