An Apron Full of Beans.

An Apron Full of Beans

Sam Cornish

CavanKerry Press

6 Horizon Road, No. 2901, Fort Lee, NJ 07024

9781933880099, $16.00, www.cavankerrypress.org

Presenting itself as a successor to the work of Walt Whitman, "An Apron Full of Beans" is about nothing in particular, touching on a wide array of subjects and discussing them in poignant, entertaining verse sure to please. With a focus on the African American perspective, "An Apron Full of Beans" is a fine choice for poetry fans looking for variety. "Hungry": Nat Turner his blood is on the corn/His number on the leaves/Nat Turner/Slave/Composer/Man/Death/And darkness.