City Ecologue Opening a Door

     City Ecologue by Ed Roberson the novel written in poetical form, full of beautiful things, words all of them.  The verses historical scenes past and present seem appealing.The written poems is a selections of his talented, gift of writing which has racial ethnic bias.  You will encounter unpleasant situations readable in detail. Apparently these encounters he experience small events which often hard-to-prove, events which are covert, often unintentional occurred wherever people thought he was
(perceived) to be different. This is shown in the poem "Collections"

     Every poem tells points of view of racism in America before cultural diversity in a constant eloquence of style.  It offers destructive feedback. In his poems people of color is portrayed negatively, devaluing the messages which can impair the joy of just reading a poem. He aims to communicate the challenge, struggle, destitute conditions of poverty, pain he had while living there, grief, and the commonplace experiences of America's Black people during the pre-Civil Rights Movement in many of his poems.  You would be astonished how he display this in words!

     Each stanza in some of his poems they contribute around times and places, and the carefully thoughts to the city which he live during the period. You wonder. Was he 'either singled out, or overlooked, ignored, or otherwise discount"  as race is a issue with him.  It suggest the cause that manifested in his mind of being a black man.  You become captivated did it all happen in sequence that way?  What desire he actually experience, felt when it was all happening?

     It's readable.  It's all about poverty, racism, prejudice, social injustice, social inequalities, preferring unfamiliar with the familiar of American cities.  It raises the question was past illegal discrimination a cultural phenomenon? Or was it purely a cry of social protest.  With that said was it to get along with our peers, friends or cooling one's heels to camouflaged victimize who we are.
I convinced.  He never seen  REAL day of "ghetto life" was the word back then, now it's "living in the hood", but nevertheless he personify the experience of it.  The rapture of America racism he writes out of his glorious,curiosity, polish experiences eventually deeply pains him.  His shared dreams totally undermined, by the white race how terrible he felt, physical being human suffering.  He wants a way-out; he cherishes answers to a physical dilemma.  Robertson disguises human obscene suffering: a classic of Black's social injustice treatment. 

     The book shows he was living modestly in a cruel world surrounded by being economically disadvantage.  He points to it in "Beauty Standing" chapter in the book, that he accepts it as white fault, not interstate commerce laws or other concepts.  The burdens he carry's which broaden this view is his book writes "For Colored Only.  A familiar statement of the Civil Rights Movement.  He references to other incident of being black in his book, but what Black America wanted was more rights, more social equality.  His identity is shaken, but he needed to prove he was an equal; not a signifying fool.

     Personally, I felt the gift he has for writing is colored by old environmental issues, him portraying he felt inferior without reason or cause.  The updated Langston Hughes.  He is a excellent writer, but lacks connection outside of his world, an account of his life he made for himself when he was
writing these poems.  It's readable piece of material about the Black's men historical low-culture past,and we don't think of any future events that could happen, or could relate. His storytelling is effective.

     The poems capture your heart.  It's visionary.  Will the "hero" overcome the obstacles standing is his past,path and eventually succeed?  That's what this book is about!