Thomas McRae
Poetry
March 9, 2024, Thomas McRae Publisher, 22 pp.
Buy paperback, $7.50
About the Book
Join Thomas on a profound journey through the pages of his poetry book, where he eloquently explores themes of love, civil rights, religion, and more. Each poem is intentional, diving deep into the depths of the human heart and societal issues with poignant insight and heartfelt expression. From the tender verses about love to the powerful reflections on civil rights struggles, Thomas's words will captivate your soul and inspire reflection on the complexities of life. This poetry collection is a testament to the enduring power of words to illuminate the human experience and provoke thought on the world around us.
My Review
Lyrical Revelations by Thomas McRae is a tight read of 29 poems divided into 4 categories: Love, Religion, Politics, and Miscellaneous.
From two-line heartfelt poems, “you are my eternal forever,” to no longer than 13 lines in “America’s Truth,” “I'm calling out the Democrat and the Republican slime,” McRae’s mostly prose or rhythmic, sometimes wrenched rhyme odes are straight from the gut.
The love poems open with a deeply personal statement of faith in “Congratulations”: “Congratulations on love because everyone needs to believe,” and the beautiful pulsating beat of “I Believe”: I believe in love because love is so precious/ I believe people should love and stop being reckless./ When you open your heart, you connect with someone's soul/ Because love is a journey that will never grow old.”
It’s not much of a stretch to shift into Religious Poems. “Fear” advises McRae’s readers to “Thank God for His glory and ignore all the phonies.” He calls upon the believers to ride on the devil, tell the truth and unite in other poems. The final poem in Religious section, “Rest in Peace to Me” with its refrain of ready for death and flatlining segues into Political Poems where McRae calls out specific perpetrators of unrest, discord, along with a tribute to victims of senseless fear and hate. I am saddened to read “I pledge my allegiance to the African flag because America and Europe hate every black man” in the poem “Uganda” and want to reassure the author to the best of my ability that this American woman does not hate every Black man.
Miscellaneous poems include shout-outs to the author’s parents (“You taught me morals and self respect”); thankfulness for poetry and role models. McRae ends with a call to action, a challenge to respect ourselves and our partners and responsibility for the results of our choices in “Sperm Donor.”
Those who love poetry with purpose will find their own thought-provoking call to choose to rise above in Thomas McRae’s Lyrical Revelations.
About the Author
Hello my name is Thomas McRae I'm a poet author and writer I
have several poetry books available online Amazon and other online book stores.
Two short fiction movies. I've done numerous interviews and gotten several
reviews. Newspaper interview with The Wave paper location Far Rockaway Queens
NY. I'm working on another poetry book I'll keep you posted. I bought my co-op
working hard talking care of funny looking forward to starting my own family.
Contact me on Facebook or email quietthomas41@gmail.com McRae’s other work includes Poetry
4 the Soul, The Soul of a Poet, and Pimp in the Pulpit, and several others.
He’s also developing merchandise to go along with the messages in his work.
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