Poetry, Subjects & Themes
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The Way Words Live
A Collection of Writings by Sylvia Beveridge
A lifetime of poems, short stories and contemplations, Sylvia’s The Way Words Live is a collection that reflects her rich personal history, her many joys and sorrows, and her pithy observations of a life well-lived. Born in Calcutta, India in ...
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A Sweet New Season
Reflections by Dianne Rossol
Dianne Rossol’s latest book of poetry and prose delves into the beauty of transitions. From literal changes in seasons to evolutions within ourselves, A Sweet New Season: Reflections explores the wisdom that comes with life experience. As we age, ...
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Collecting Shells
by R. Lavender
Everyone’s heard the saying, “The world doesn’t revolve around you,” and while it's true in a sense, it can also make us feel unimportant, or like a burden. Poetry changes our relationship between the world and ourselves, recentering us and ...
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A Bedouin Dies in the City
And Other Works by Muna Abougoush
A Bedouin Dies in the City is a deep, introspective collection of short stories and poems that will challenge readers’ thoughts and feelings regarding a variety of topics, from faith to identity to love, revenge, and death. Above all, it calls ...
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Lucid Wake
Systems Determinism by Duresameen Ashraf
‘Lucid Wake' is the state of being aware of one's integral meaning. In a landscape affected by systems such as indoctrination, patriarchy, religion, and the media, the effects such as domination and maladaptive conditions are demonstrated. A ...
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From Prairie Roots to Lake Erie Shores
My Story in My Words by Joan Harder
Born in a tiny prairie hamlet in depression era Alberta, Joan Harder’s evocative writing reveals her vivid memories of growing up, moving, losing loved ones and the happiness and joy one can find in every moment. Through the everyday stumbles and ...
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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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This Grief Thing F**king Sucks
by Taya Mikado
Frank and philosophical, gentle and brave, this grief thing F**KING sucks wanders the ghost town of grief, reaching out a hand to those it encounters along the way. Through clear-eyed prose and tender-hearted poetry, Taya Mikado relays her own grief ...
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Once is so Many
Springwater Poems by Robert G. Watson
This collection of spiritual poems derives mostly from the author’s years of meditation work. The result is a series of thoughtful, meditative, poetic bursts that draw on the natural world, emotion, and what it means to be in the present moment. ...
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maybe this is a story about water
by Jessica Wiebe Schafer
maybe this is a story about water explores what it means to hold spiritual beliefs in the face of a changing world. It questions, seeks, grieves, explores new answers, and ultimately celebrates the joy that can be found in connection to the world ...
