BOOK REVIEW: The Rebirth of Seedskeneteph 2006-10-10 01.jpgThe Rebirth of Seeds (myspace.com/therebirthofseeds) by Renard "Zo" Williams, and published by Event-Horizon publishers, is not your average book of poems. Many other poetry books are just filled with words of hopes and dreams accomplished and lost, but do not really leave the reader something to carry with themselves in their daily lives. Rebirth isn’t one of those books. In this collection Williams leave the reader with enough insightful heat to re-spark the soul in its journey to know itself. For him, the inspiration behind the book was to act as a guide to give his children a greater outlook on life. “In writing this work, I wanted to make a sort of family manual-something I could pass on to my children so they wouldn’t make the same mistakes I did,†Williams explains.Uniquely done, the book is broken down into three sections; poetry, commentaries on selected poems, and a glossary of terms. The book is an easy read no matter what frame of thought the reader is coming from. He bears his soul allowing the audience to see the internal struggles that are common to all. For example, the poem “Big Momma Speaks†talks about dealing with the loss of a loved one, and hearing their words in order to gain a better understanding of ourselves. Another poem in the book entitled, “INC†compares love relationships to corporations where each party comes with an agenda to only benefit themselves. Even more magnetizing, he eloquently speaks on social and spiritual issues from an unbiased observer’s point of view, so that everyone can take his words and apply it to their own situation. If that’s not enough he then bears his intellect so readers can see his thought process behind his writing in the commentaries. All in all “Rebirth†is a great re-remembering of what we’ve always known about ourselves but often tend to forget.