Critical Commentary
Colorado Creatives: Brice Maiurro
"It is truly astonishing that a man who created an open mic named Punketry and led millions of people in organized howling could write poetry that is so good at capturing the quiet moments. Brice Maiurro’s new collection is a testament to a life spent listening, sitting with the disaster while trying to make sense of it, it is a still pond reflecting back a forest fire. A sometimes Manic book filled with inconsiderate pop stars, countless trees, the occasional ghost, Congress Park and Colfax, talking animals, unanswerable questions, astral projection, ambitious flowers, dirt, hope, grief, and most importantly and undeniably - love. Not that generic love, the good honest blue collar stuff. It’s good poetry for the people, and it makes Denver Poetry proud."
--Ken Arkind
"Brice Maurrio shares the truths one can find if one looks closely. In "The Heart is an Undertaker Bee," nature is venerated. Each voice is soft, gentle, respectful, and humble. These poems do not exploit nature as a subject. They acknowledge our place within the living world, "We are still under the tree,/ beneath everything." There is wisdom in these poems, like the saguaros who "...hold their arms/ straight up towards/ the open sky—/ surrender/ in reverie/ to one/ another. ""
--Huascar Medina, Kansas Poet Laureate Emeritus
