Sondra Tyler

Thunder Road Sondra Tyler

if it rhymes, that's fine;if it skips and hops, alliteratesor not, if it leaves spacesor invisible question marks,that's okay, too, becauseall it has to be is youfrom 'Writing Poetry'In the vein of the great contemporary poets, Sont tells the story of a generation. Thunder Road brims with verse as powerful as the title of this remarkable collection. These are not pretty poems. Rather they are full of the life and energy of an artistic coming of age. Her themes span and invite youth of all generations and her poems move with sensual images and direct narrative. Her stories explore the selfthe poet's and oursand the soul of the contemporary mankind. The life of Thunder Road, however, comes not just from stark introversion, but from the surprise appearances of humor and some delightful literary metacognition. This is a volume of poems to be read and long remembered.