Poetry, Subjects & Themes
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Optical Prism
by Katie Trotter
Optical Prism is a collection of colourful poetry that dives into many struggles and experiences young women might have to face in this modern age. The light and dark issues of today's society – toxic relationships and masculinity, depression and ...
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Cutting Pieces in Darkness & Light
by Renata Di Valentin
This collection of lyrical and thoughtful free verse poetry takes readers on a journey through life's thoughts and sentiments. Everything from the loss of a mother to the ache of heartbreak is given a moment on the page. Readers can feel the beat of ...
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Second Millennium Poems
The Age of What? by Robert J. Mack
"In this thoughtful, lyrical, and soaring collection, Bob takes the reader on a journey of love, loss, and revelation—illuminating the quiet truths of everyday moments and a sense of the divine in unexpected places. His poems are a joy to ...
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Painted Words
Poetry, Art and Parkinson's by Chantal Wolf
Painted Words is a collection of twenty-five poems where poet Chantal Wolf finds her artistic voice again following a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. These poems reflect on and investigate the complexities of the disease, what it means to be ...
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Before Language There Was Song
Finding Nature's Truths by Nicole McGrath
Have you ever thought about walking in a jungle, but were too afraid to do so? In Before Language There Was Song, poet Nicole McGrath takes you there, safely, on a journey of discovery, of the generosity, music, and colours of Nature, her jungles ...
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Summer Seas and Autumn Leaves
A Small Collection of Poems by Robin Honiss
Summer Seas and Autumn Leaves is a short collection of eighteen poems that pack a big punch. Written over a span of seventy years, these are poems from the author’s early days as a father to the present day in 2022. Themes of personal loss, ...
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Poetry in Black & White
by Anthony Di Micco
snowflakes falling softly into a pool of silence. A black crow silhouetted against the full moon, a perfect café latte, a mother and child in a warzone, Poetry in Black & White is a book of miniature paintings-with-words, using the tools of poetry ...
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Wolves on the Road
Words of Land, Love and Loss by Ulrich Wendt
The phone rings and it is our neighbour to the east of us. There are wolves on the road again, heading our way. When we hurry to look, there they are–three wolves, bigger than you’d expect, trotting confidently on the packed snow in the middle. A ...
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Don't Tell My Parents
Queer Diasporic Truths by Alyy Patel
This book is my refusal to remain silent about the love that broke me. It is an unflinchingly honest collection of poetry that tells the story of how I developed a sense of self-worth through heartbreak and betrayal. It is the process of reconciling ...
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eyes.
a collection of poems by N. Palozzo
This collection of poems covers a wide range of topics—death, mental health, relationships, loss, substance use, nihilism—all from the perspective of an emerging poet. Rendered clearly, economically, and frankly, these poems show us, rather than ...
