Crossing Over to the Secret Witness

In this collection, Frank Romano has the unusual poetic ability to focus on the commonplace, such as his "Squirrel" piece, and then to show how it radiates some of the deepest of life's themes. His other new poem, "Bread and Gladiators" is both pungent and melodic, but hardly subdued. Romano targets us with some of the most provocative of thoughts, thought meant to jar us out of our dullest complacency. Read him at your risk.

--Alan Baxter, Professor at Ramapo College in New Jersey, author o...