Poetry, American
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My Soul Speaks
by Joyce Robinson-Brim
The soul is trapped in our mortal bodies waiting to break free like a caterpillar struggling against the cocoon. Yet the soul will not be silenced. It whispers sweet messages of comfort and shouts loudly to get our attention. It is the best friend ...
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Down the Highway, a Peace
by Richard J. (Rick) Hilber
The northern Great Plains have given this poet a first canvas for his imaginative art as found in his first published poetry collection. In recent years he has began to struggle with the difficult topics of his home region, primarily the ...
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Knickerbocker Harmonies
A Collection of Jewish-Themed Verse by Barbara Hantman
KNICKERBOCKER HARMONIES guides the reader on a journey that involves the last precious years when love of an aged parent is possible. A stop is made to examine the companionship and comfort of a romantic relationship in the life of a single senior ...
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Offertories
Exclamations and Disequilibriums by Barbara Simmons
This collection of free-verse poetry travels, along with the author, across her lifetime—from high school through college and graduate school, past marriage, divorce, and the death of a parent, deep into raising children, always finding a new path ...
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The Visionary
by Randy Jay Montoya
I have some trouble titling this book because I wasn’t sure what my book really meant to me. I would like to tell myself that I’m a visionary, but in all aspects I know deep down I think originally. I use common sense in most of my poems that are ...
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Wonders and Mazes
by Randy Jay Montoya
Stark in tone and unique in format, Wonders and Mazes is an eclectic, wholly original collection of short, freeform poems. The poems range from reflections on schizophrenia to contemplations on the powers of meditation to what constitutes a “writer” ...
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Pathology of a Pandemic
a collection of poems by Canute Lawrence
Pathology of a Pandemic is a collection of poems that was written during the onslaught of the novel corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic. Teenagers, young adults, and mature adults will find this book of poetry captivating because the voice in each poem ...
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Creative Words
Poetic Reflections on Creativity, Creation, and the Power of Words by Neil E. White
Words can describe reality, but they are also capable of creating new purposes, behaviors, shapes, and meanings. The poems in Creative Words are a part of the author’s own search for something expansive and deep in our relationship with God, the ...
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Pricking Balloons
by James C. MacDonald
These poems transport the reader to an imaginative world resonating with mythological, spiritual, and existential significance. Here, with wit and irony, the poet challenges us to resist common assumptions with measured skepticism, and posits that ...
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Now, My Perspective
by Hannah Zuta
Now, My Perspective is a book of poems about the Black experience, femininity, religion, belonging, and self-realization. The book is divided into three chapters, each of which documents a different phase of understanding about what it means to be ...
