About The Book Tears and Bitter Smiles, a collection of poems - written by the Haitian-American Poet Alfred Reynolds - is filled with emotions, feelings, and poetic qualities. The poet, with his high powers of creativity, expresses himself with humility, and sometimes, with arrogance to elevate his anger, his sadness, and his joy to a worldwide audience who will find themselves becoming an accomplice of his imagination. Prose after prose, the reader won't be able to let it go. The curiosity and the needs to visit the poet's world in search of fantasies and to enter inside his mind to analyze the source of his inspiration are a catalyst for questions that may have no answers. Tears and Bitter Smiles touches almost all aspects of human life: from religion to politics, and from race relations to romance. It doesn't only stop there! In Tears and Bitter Smiles, the reader will travel sometimes to the Middle East or to the Caribbean to understand history. War and public policies are also discussed in an honest way based on the author's perception, ingenuity, and wisdom.