Provocative and earthy, yet filled with sensual vice, Love Pockets: A Collection of Poems and Short Stories by outspoken wordsmith and poet Surlena White-Smith is a fascinating full-length debut collection of poems and short stories. With a sultry prose style, White-Smith's poems are intimate narratives that celebrate the hip-hop generation and illustrate her own coming of age. While the core themes are love and lust, with titles such as "Yes," "Just in Time," "Stairs," and Riddum by Roxy Hall," White-Smith Covers an array of subjects that affect women. For her, each experience is part of the journey and as she ties up loose ends, she offers syncopated verses that engage in wordplay and beg to be read aloud.