After "A Great Country," the topic of social justice quickly veers to the various other realms, all woven together through a powerful use of language and poetic technique. With three of the six lines single words, the poetic voice subverts the meaning of the title and, full of irony, protests not only the social but the educational and economic state of a people. The collection includes one of the most celebrated poems in Zeron's whole body of work: "A Great Country." The poem, com posed of only six lines, denounces the social situation of, one assumes, her own country, but the theme is universal.
Although the collection at times brings in women's voices as if the narrative is searching for some light, some "truth" that is not reached, and despite moments of rebellion ("I'm better without you"), the voice does not dwell on mis ery and disenchantment but finds comfort in the search itself: "May brought me new flowers." The moving forces behind this collection include love permeated by eroti cism, motherhood, justice, faith, and race, as in the poem "Watercolor of a People." These topics complement a single idea, a witness to the forma tion or reshaping of a single perspec tive emerging from different angles. She effectively uses repetition and makes good use of rhythm. Zeron's poetry is free verse in a variety of lengths.
Her best work and provides a testa ment to the power of her voice. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:
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