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25 Love Poems For The NSA (2013)

by Iain S. Thomas(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

Central Avenue Publishing

review 1: An incredibly innovative idea executed really well- I absolutely love the idea of treating something so bureaucratic and cold as NSA buzzwords with poetry. This is obviously a quick read, but one that stays with you. It also accomplishes what I think is one of the fundamental goals of poetry in getting the reader to think completely differently about the subject, transforming it through language (in this case, the NSA list of buzzwords). I especially enjoyed how some of the poems are obviously political, while others are more universal and touch on the theme of love. Some of them did feel a little forced, but it would be hard for them not to with an assignment like this. Numbers 1, 10, 11, and 24 are standouts in this collection.
review 2: Iain Thomas has taken... more words off the NSA flag-list and made them about something more powerful and soul-crushing than war: love. And somehow it's not weird. Somehow the poetry is lovely and you forget that it's a political statement about the NSA. It's so moving, in fact that each one makes you truly re-consider how the NSA can flag some of the words (listed at the back) as they are incredibly common. The NSA is watching you/listening to you anyway, you might as well have them watch you read some great poems. less

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