Poetry, Subjects & Themes
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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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Picking Thorns
by Victoria Rose
Picking Thorns is a powerful collection of poetry and prose that explores themes of mental illness, love, heartbreak, and the art of letting go. Divided into three sections—Eradication, Incandescence, and Rebirth—this collection captures the...
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Rebel Dove Poems
Poet passenger pigeons taken over the Way of Horus notify their messages along the pharaonic line. by Sylvia Oriente Horricks
Rebel doves in kite formation num’rous fly. Above Horus Way line, Thot’s envoys darken lunar tides. A flock of passenger pigeons transformed military messages into poems on what they saw between watchtowers on the Way of Horus and Tanis. Over the...
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Robin and Daisy Play in the Spring
by Mark Tadros
The stove light shining on stars The linoleum dance floor Singing into a wooden spoon An audience of bubbling cauldrons Epic moves too great for public eyes A celebration of simple pleasures and the everyday, Robin and Daisy Play in the Spring is...
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Remnants of Our Life with Your Dementia
A Poetic Memoir by David R. Topper
A poignant account in poetic verse of one man’s journey with his wife, into the all-encompassing realm of her dementia.
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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...
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River of Life
A Poetic Journey by Sandy Moonias
The future’s unfolding Swaths of possibilities Rapids of change With cliffs of discovery. In this vibrant collection of poems, Sandy Moonias guides readers from the unknown to the edge where they may discover and find themselves. These free verse...
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The Loss Of Innocence
by Anna
The Loss of Innocence is a book of poetry written by a child, who is a separate and distinct part of the adult. She prefers to be called Anna. She has no voice; her pain, fear, sadness, and loneliness have been buried inside for over fifty years....
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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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Voices of Awdal
Somali Wisdom and Heritage in Verse by Safiya Jowhar and Hodan Osman
“Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful” – Rita Dov What does it mean to preserve a legacy through words? Somali poets answer this question with the fierce beauty and timeless wisdom of their verse. This anthology shines a...
