"Todd Cirillo is the best American poet hammering out clean, honest lines. His newest book KISSES FROM A STRAIGHT RAZOR represents poetry without smoke and mirrors, stripped down to its barest essentials-where everyday, ordinary language is transformed into high art. This book is a line drawn in the sand, a declaration of war, a benchmark of where modern poetry stands. Forget Charles Bukowski-have you read poetry by Todd Cirillo?" -Wolfgang Carstens, Epic Rites Press