Ravenous and Salivating
by Sarah Worrel and James Benger
published by DroneBEE Gazette on February 24, 2022
paperback
103 pages
Ravenous and Salivating is a heartbreaking call and response about the death of a relationship. It is beautifully succinct. The two poets blend their voices, each choosing the right detail (or “grenade” if you like) to throw back at the other. Despite the “yellow-green from healing bruises,” the speaker of the poems remind us that “maybe it is about reaching for a hand to hold in the dark.” In the end, readers are left hoping the speaker of the poem finds the grace to “make new mistakes.” This daring collection gives voice to many nuanced feelings about relationships that too often go unspoken.
Beth Gulley, Flying Ketchup Press
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James Benger Kansas City, Missouri
James Benger has written a bunch of stuff. So far there are two ebooks, three chapbooks, six splits, and two full-lengths. He is on the Board of Directors of the Writers Place, and the Riverfront Readings Committee. He is also the admin of an online poetry workshop called 365 Poems in 365 Days, which has produced four anthologies and counting. He lives and Kansas City with his wife and children. ... more
