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Sharon R. Foster, an award-winning writer living in the Washington, D.C. area, has been published in ESSENCE magazine, Black Enterprise Magazine, The Washington Post, The Washington Times and numerous non-profit and federal publications. She is a graduate of Norfolk State and American universities.
Reviewed by Katelyn Hensel for Readers' Favorite
Live Lightly by Sharon R. Foster is a small group of poems that equivocate on many life changing, meaningful, and just fun thoughts, events, and ideas. This collection is very dynamic. Sectioned into seven groups: Change, Inspiration, Love Lost, Love Found, the Streets, Humanity, and Beauty, there's really something for everyone no matter what state of mind they are in or where they are from.
Each poem took up an average of one page and they were usually short, sweet, and to the point. Thought is definitely applied to each and every word; what it means, what it says in the context of the poem.
My favorite poems were Detached and An Open Letter to Humanity. In Detached, the author kind of hits the nail on the head about how I feel at times. As you grow up you gain a certain level of cynicism and hardness that makes you feel like you are disenchanted with the world. It also reflects how I, and I'm sure others, feel about trying to cling to the excitement and joy of years past, but slowly becoming detached from that joy as you age. In An Open Letter to Humanity, hard questions are posed but the answers left to the interpretation of each reader. Sharon R. Foster has her finger on the pulse of humanity and she waxes poetically about all manner of things great and small. Listen and read carefully the work and you may just find the next big revelation about yourself or your own life.
