In Poemas Callejeros / Streetwise Poems, the urgent rhythms of a new bomba and the "periódico cantado" of the timeless plena blow down urban alleyways and around the corners of our consciousness. Their call demands our response. These poems are "the chosen ones for dancing / sliding on the spins with fineness / and improvising new steps." And Johanny Vázquez Paz's is an oceanic vision that spots the smooth edges of sea glass among the sharp refuse scattered about the sidewalk, then arranges the disparate pieces into a mosaic that reflects light like water. --Brenda Cárdenas Vázquez Paz decodes via poetry urban aesthetics, mad house manners and mysteriousness disguised as business as usual. She succeeds with sensuous and social consciousness--bilingually. --Carlos Cumpián