Poetry, American
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Why is "limerick" spelled incorrectly in this book?
by Donald B. Owen
This book has over 650 limericks, best described this way...Perchance, might you find time to peruse / my book of lim-ricks while on your cruise? / Most are clean…none obscene. / Most are gentle…none mean… / and all are intended to amuse. The...
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The Things that are Strange
by Duane Michael Weide
A fantastic assemblage of rude, lewd, barbarically-brutish, and crude poetry that I have deliberately, rigorously, precisely-meticulously, and thoughtfully plopped on paper for you, her, that guy over there, and your ugly neighbor in the tree who...
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Traveling East
Memoirs of a Yehuwdite Prince by California Ghost King
California Ghost King’s powerful and poignant collection of poems passionately express his struggle of being a so-called black man in America while knowing his true identity as a Hebrew Israelite, from the tribe of Judah. He understands that...
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Night Song
by Grayce Scholt
Night Song is a collection of lyrical poems that illuminates the journey of a long and introspective life. From the depths of sorrow to the heights of joy, these poems celebrate the lavish physicality of the earth and the exquisite strength and...
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Searching in Shadows and Sunshine
by Jean P. Daniel
My poems tell the journey of my life, from playing in the fields at my country home to dark and sad times going though life. My joy was as great as my despair as you cannot have one without the other. Those I wrote about will live as long as...
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Suffering in Silence
Closed mouth, Imprisoned thoughts by JaQuel D. Blanchard
Suffering in Silence: Closed Mouth, Imprisoned Thoughts is a collection of rhyme schemed poetry addressing some of the harbored feelings related to the different growing experiences of a child, adolescent, and adult. It ventures inside the mind...
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Fierce Day
by Rose Styron
In this remarkable new collection, her first in over a decade, Rose Styron confronts the death of her husband—step by step—in jewel-like poems. Seldom has a poet been so attuned to the ways in which, under the pressure of grief, time both opens...
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Following Footprints
- by Lynn A. McIntosh
It was a lonely night and I had been sitting on a bench in Jack Asbury Square for more than an hour, waiting for the moon to rise over the small hill that sheltered part of my hometown. The streetlights added to the quiet of a dark night as the...
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Splatology
and other humourous poems to tickle your funny bone and touch your heart. by Della L. Dickie
Splatology is a book of humourous poetry by Della L. Dickie that illuminates the fun side of life. Her poems reflect some hilarious real-life situations as well as other funny tales created from an active imagination. She also touches on some...
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Bits of Me
by Donna Lee Valente
With honesty, simplicity, and warmth, Bits of Me presents the harmonious composition of the soul through the power of words. By offering glimpses of a fierce love of family, a celebration of music, travel, and nature, and a passion for the poet’s...
