despite attracting few critical analyses, henderson-holmes was popular in the new york poetry community, and her work has been published in multiple anthologies and editions. one critic from the "amsterdam news" described henderson-holmes as "positive, fiery, revolutionary", commenting that her "eloquent, yet stinging, poignant poetic words pierce souls". writer and poet june jordan wrote that henderson-holmes gave readers "spine and joy and the grace of laughter – with a surety of craft that cannot fail".