In "Trapped in Oblivion: Between the Rule of Heaven and Hell," poet Richard D. Kydd Jr. describes exactly that human condition: Souls at once held in the hand and vision of God, while suffering the struggles of the damned and blind. And therein lies Kydd's gift; the ability to realistically portray both the endless human capacity for hope and love amid a life of sorrow and loss. His ability to reconcile this paradox and juxtapose hope and despair in the same poem is what makes his work so compelling.
As in his previous work, Kydd shows wide range. In "By the Pale Moonlight" he describes...
In "Trapped in Oblivion: Between the Rule of Heaven and Hell," poet Richard D. Kydd Jr. describes exactly that human condition: Souls at once held in ...
Once again, in "Dialectic Incursion," his seventh book, street poet Richard D. Kydd Jr. balances a bleak, unsparing look at the human condition and the lives of the disadvantaged, with humor, romanticism, and occasionally soaring hope.
"Alexander the Ingrate" describes a character we all recognize, a hustler and con man who plays on the sympathy of friends to use them, while "Unto Thy Heart" is a positive, lyrical statement of hope that verges on the romantic.
As always with Kydd's work, "Dialectic Incursion" is refreshingly sprinkled with humor. "Office Party" is a description of the...
Once again, in "Dialectic Incursion," his seventh book, street poet Richard D. Kydd Jr. balances a bleak, unsparing look at the human condition and th...
As in his previous works, in "Idiomatic Anomalies: The Dissident Passions of a Malcontent," street poet Richard D. Kydd, Jr. has produced a work of unusual breadth and sensitivity. As usual, his topics range widely. Politics is a common theme; in "Politically - In - Reject," he shows the world as apparently at his "beck and call" through the media, then shatters that illusion with an example of censorship. His trademark cynical, almost bitter condemnation of hypocrisy is blunt in "Curse of Greed," although he can make the same statement more subtly, as in "A Writer's Block." His work is...
As in his previous works, in "Idiomatic Anomalies: The Dissident Passions of a Malcontent," street poet Richard D. Kydd, Jr. has produced a work of un...
