A review by toochicforsoup
Helium by Rudy Francisco

2.0

I really was underwhelmed by this collection. About 20% of the poems were extremely poignant, especially those about racism. I wish the collection would have been a more focused chapbook.
The so-called love poems were not even close to compelling and I found many cliche phrases that felt unoriginal or not reworked enough to feel new and original.