Poetry, Subjects & Themes
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The Stars We Find in Dust
by Emma-Rose Wallner
In The Stars We Find in Dust, sixteen-year-old Emma-Rose Wallner offers an intimate, unflinching glimpse into the heart and mind of a young soul navigating the complexities of growing up. Across three carefully curated sections, Wallner invites...
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You are not here
by Birgit Ohms
I would be with you when you are asleep I would touch your head with my hands I would hug you and stroke your cheeks I’d be with you when you dream And every night I would be there You are not here is a book of poetry reflecting on life and love....
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For Those Who Mourn
by Trudy Kleckner
Death, grief, and loss are as much a part of life as birth, love, and celebration. Yet when we lose someone we love dearly—a parent, a sibling, a partner—we are stunned, bewildered. In some deep pocket of our hearts or minds, we thought they...
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Up at Gabby's House
by Kimberly Friesen
For Up at Gabby’s House, we’re making brand new memories Please know my door is open, visit any time you please There are few things more special than spending time with those you love the most—or looking back fondly at the many wonderful...
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Winter Wonderland?
Poetic Form in Service of the Modern Experience by Kevin Girard
A fairy tale that does unfold a red carpet, on which we are actors trying to live other people’s lives. It is meaning that we are losing as we try to just survive. Madness of the medicated, it’s all a violation of the question, “What is it to be...
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A Plea to Our Mother
A Poetic Journey of Childhood Incest to Resilience by Kathleen Rooney
A Plea to Our Mother is a beautiful, complex, difficult collection of autobiographical poems that chronicles one woman’s experience of childhood sexual abuse, and how the abuse suffered by other members of her family led to and complicated her...
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Relatable
by Candice Spilchuk
Relatable is a collection of easy-to-read rhyming poems exploring marriage, divorce, parenting, mental health, and so much more. While some poems were written when the poet was a kid, most are inspired by all of the life events Candice has...
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Little Painted Eagle and The Teaching Rocks
A Journey of Self-Discovery by Larry Busch
"Little Painted Eagle and The Teaching Rocks: A Journey of Self-Discovery" is a free-verse poem about a young mixed-blood (European and Indigenous) male who, during a solo canoe trip, discovers hundreds of petroglyphs and pictographs. By...
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The Courage to Be You
Poems Sharing About Our Life Struggles to Become Persons of Integrity in Todays World of Interconnectedness by Andre Piquette
My poetry wants to speak to more life experienced readers who are interested in exploring more deeply various facets of life. The poems are introspective glimpses into my contemplations on various issues of life often expressed in a thought...
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the bee and the fleur de lis
love poems for the broken hearted and unrequited by D R Kendel
Love is primal…and heartbreak? Inevitable. the bee and the fleur de lis is a collection of deeply personal poetry born of hopeless romanticism and truly heartbreaking experiences. Through both free verse and rhyming poetry, D R Kendel plays with...
