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  • War and Other Inconveniences

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    This collection combines several poems written since 2020 with five poems of older origin. An earlier version of “A Pretty Good Planet” appeared in Alberta Views in March 2022. An earlier version of “Guernica, Then and Now,” appeared in Canadian...


  • Water

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    To live while drowning. To endure without expecting rescue. Water is a raw and luminous collection of poetry that wades deep into the currents of trauma, mental illness, and survival. With the wise voice of an old mountain woman—weathered, wise,...


  • Poetry Without Borders

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    Best known as a political sociologist and public intellectual, Trevor W. Harrison in this collection of poems explores questions of remembrance, regret, nature, and loss. These previously unpublished poems were written over several decades....


  • Touch of an Angel

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    Step into the soul of a single day, where sunlight sways with precocious softness, dreams dissolve like dew, and each moment is both fleeting and eternal. Touch Of An Angel is a collection of meditative poems that explore the passage of time...


  • Banished Rose

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    Banished Rose is a luminous collection of poetry spanning over two decades, tracing the delicate arc of one woman’s journey from adolescence to creative maturity. With raw honesty and lyrical grace, Leila invites readers into an intimate world...


  • Weaving the World

    A Tapestry of Eclectic Verse
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    Weaving the World is a collection of over one hundred eclectic verses on a variety of themes, people, animals, plants and nature. Themes throughout the sixteen chapters range from family, marriage & friendship to community connections, from race,...


  • Inner Tides

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    If I were to die today, I am not sure the words to say. Live on, be free, and take part of me Into the world filled with apathy. The ebb and flow of life, its highs and lows—we spend our lives searching for balance, fighting to maintain it, even...


  • Robin and Daisy Play in the Spring

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    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...


  • River of Life

    A Poetic Journey
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    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...


  • In the Presence of Beauty

    New and Selected Poems
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    With remarkable attention to detail, a broad range of knowledge, and an obvious love of language, Dow moves between detailed nature poems, poems about personal grief, lyrical love poems, and narrative poems of times spent in far-off places. With...