Poetry Review of He Art

January 25th, 2010

He Art: Pieces of a Whole is a short collection of poems by Yonkers New York writer Judith D. Angeles. As is stated on the back cover, He Art is her “first published chapbook of poems, that explores through the matter of her heart.” And indeed it does, as the first piece opens, exploding off the page with the senses titling words “You could have been my end and beginning of all the sleepless searches for my panties in the morning.”

Judith Angeles

You quickly learn that the essence of the work is stretches deeper than those surface things that titillate us. As the piece continues, Judith weaves poignant metaphoric prose to paint the picture of the emotions of realizing a love that had different long term plans than she.

Using an urban motif from blunt lit Hip Hop parties, to rainy New York city streets; Angeles use elegant but gritty world play to describe love found, then love lost; of passion and pain.

“I know God will love me no matter what I do, but Lucifer’s passion is conditioned in destruction.”


He Art is introspective and emotionally honest, capturing thoughts that are not foreign to most of us in navigating dating and romance.

“I’m afraid to release this to you – afraid that it might inflate your ego and not your heart”

All and in all it personally reminds me of the early work of a Yonkers singer, Mary J. Blige, without the music in the background. Likewise, while listening to Ms. Blige, I take in the words of Angeles through a male filter, and likewise she does a good job of crafting a verbal picture that allows me to feel her perceptive.

The 13 piece chapbook is a nice first outing from the 2004 Russel Simmons’ Young Voices Presents Def Poetry winner. I look forward to what she has to offer in the future.

You can visit Ms. Angeles at jujuthepoet.com



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