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Birthright
“A higher love pervades César Love’s skillfully crafted new book. He shines our awareness on the overlooked but profound beauty of life through his nourishing verse. Birthright is filled with precious gems that reach out to break your heart and then fill it back up in a surprisingly powerful way.”
— Jennifer Barone, author of Secret City and Saporoso
“A city poet with the sensibilities of a naturist—César Love blends rural and urban with a voice that embraces both the classic and the contemporary. His poems are portraits of life in our times—hence the dedication—sharp, rebellious and yet subtle in their anger, with language that stays with you for days after.”
—Alejandro Murguía, San Francisco Poet Laureate
“César Love is a romantic. His poetry sings love songs of nature, of displacement, of the kiss of the seasons. His poems sing of the sweet power of ‘Black Molasses’ and of a single drop of dew. His poetry speaks of ‘Ocean Stones,’ and the hidden resilience of ‘Mission Creek.’ And this book Birthright, like his name, always speaks of love.”
— Avotcja Jiltonilro, writer/musician/KPOO & KPFA
— Jennifer Barone, author of Secret City and Saporoso
“A city poet with the sensibilities of a naturist—César Love blends rural and urban with a voice that embraces both the classic and the contemporary. His poems are portraits of life in our times—hence the dedication—sharp, rebellious and yet subtle in their anger, with language that stays with you for days after.”
—Alejandro Murguía, San Francisco Poet Laureate
“César Love is a romantic. His poetry sings love songs of nature, of displacement, of the kiss of the seasons. His poems sing of the sweet power of ‘Black Molasses’ and of a single drop of dew. His poetry speaks of ‘Ocean Stones,’ and the hidden resilience of ‘Mission Creek.’ And this book Birthright, like his name, always speaks of love.”
— Avotcja Jiltonilro, writer/musician/KPOO & KPFA
59 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2016
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July 8, 2022These are quiet and subtle poems from and sometimes about San Francisco.
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