Editor and publisher Joyce Metzger says of Steve De France “that he is one of a handful of great names in the contemporary alternative press.” Steve De France writes about modern life in America. His poems capture the mystery and terror of ordinary occurrences. It has been noted many times that he finds a way of framing the human condition in all of his poetry. His work has its own voice & unique temper. He is a true original in a poetry world of carbon copies. The Sunday Monterey Herald says, “Steve De France has a voice all his own.” Each finely wrought poem is a minimalist drama with a punch to it that you remember like a lived experience. This is poetry for people who want to experience a fresh use of language and a perspective on reality that is at once unique and sometimes extraordinary. Randolph Healy writing for New Hope International in the United Kingdom states that “Steve writes poems that start from detailed actuality and move toward a more abstract epiphany, which is very impressive. The language, at times, tends to the conversational…which works extremely well as a counter to the often highly charged descriptive metaphorical burden. The modesty of the diction becoming more and more moving as one reads.” Editors like Melody Sheronsky of Blindman’s Rainbow are more succinct: “Your poems really do kick serious Ass.” The poems in this book are meant to be experienced & enjoyed & understood. They are modern poems in temper. These are finely wrought narrative pieces & character pieces; moreover, the reader will discover a multitude of beautiful lines and images that capture and charge the imagination. Editor Nate Graziano observes, “ His narrative poems take the reader through a world that’s funny, witty and familiar to most of us. A poet of the street, suburbs, classroom, cheap motels, dirty kitchens…Steve De France has done it all and writes with keen attention to detail. He writes like an angel slumming in the mean streets of Los Angeles, but what I appreciate most is De France’s quick wit and humor.”
