Oxpecker: Poetry for Picky Eaters

by M. C. Thedieck

In Poetry for Picky Eaters , Thedieck serves up country-size portions of braggadocio with humble pie for dessert. His signature stew blends poetry, prose, and a handful of short stories in a stock of irreverence and warped humor. He whisks in counter-truisms, cynicism, mirth, and a generous dollop of misperceived reality. On the visceral palette, Oxpecker’s medley evokes a familiar the loss of life’s sacredness. Love and grief are two sides of the same coin. We never know when the author’s shibboleths are flipping a coin or the bird. Oxpecker is a crafty little fellow that frees us of our ticks so we can emerge from the wallow of blackness and despair into the savanna of hopefulness and joy.

186 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 13, 2024