Poetry Books

"In After Adam, Laurance Wieder invents a new genre for talking about the Bible, distilling its wonders and weaving them together," (Dr. Ira Bashkow, University of Virginia)Alan Wearne calls this book "a work that instructs,...

The slim volume you are holding is a selection of the authors poems over nearly fifty years. He decided to gather these poems in chronological order so the reader can see an evolutionary pattern emerging over the years. The poems here were chosen because...

"Calypso, Rhyme of the Modern Mariner" is a true story told in a fanciful fashion, employing "The Ballad of Calypso," a 445-quatrain ballad derived directly from Calypso's logbook. The prose, cartoon illustrations and photos which are woven into...

Writing lyrics is an unusual craft, especially for a lyricist who is not a musician. Although lyrics can be poetic, just as a poem might be lyrical, the words of some lyricists are designed to survive alone in linear form to a reader. Of...

ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action is a magazine conceived as an agent of community building and transformation. Its innovative and accessible forum brings different perspectives to bear on the complex problems facing us, while inviting greater...

ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action is a magazine conceived as an agent of community building and transformation. Its innovative and accessible forum brings different perspectives to bear on the complex problems facing us, while inviting greater...

This book tells the story of my journey in poems. I have been asked to put them in a collection. These pieces are not in chronological order but appear in a sequence that feels right to me. Thank you for giving witness to my words such as they are...

your roof transcribed is a collection of poetry about feeling trapped and wanting your mom and when praying doesn't work and feeling sick and there are no periods, just a couple of commas and like one exclamation point. 

Like the French version it reproduces, this English edition ("Dadou My Universe") is a tribute to my wife, Dorothy, and the people who contributed to our happiness. As a blossom of our marriage and a crystallization of our love journey, it aims...

Musings Under a Buckboard is a work of poems that runs the gamut of interesting topics— romance, war, humor, family, graveyards, biography, autobiography, dreams, and animals. Rick Taylor is a published poet whose yen for writing poetry came in his...

Soul Whispers: Listening to the Wisdom Within is an inspirational book of poetic verse containing universal truths and wisdom. A second edition was released in 2023.Life often presents us with challenges and decision points that causes us to lose sight...

TRUTH AND FREEDOM is a 'no-holds barred' collection of poems written by poet/writer Luther Brown over a span of 25 years, while in-and-out of New York State prisons. It is a rare, raw and unbridled truth of self-discovery, awareness, love, social...

A Few of my Favorite Things by G. Allegra Elam

A collection of short poems that follow a journey from darkness into light, and the ultimate realization that once we have discovered our own light and power, we have a duty and a privilege to spread this light into the world."Walking With Light" refers...

Live! is a lively annual collection of contemporary art, fiction, and poetry, curated by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Ilka Scobie and Lori Ortiz. This year's collection includes art by Josiah McElheny, Julie Evans, Tamara Gonzales, Chris Lee, Uman, Erin M...

In her third book, author Nikki Merriman explores what it means to be both a wanderer and a hopeless romantic at the same time. Written on airplanes, in airports, and across time zones, Love From an Airplane window explores the beauty of this lifestyle...

This is not a love story. Exist with Me is a debut collection of poetry and prose from Cleo Sanchez that takes you through a raw, irreverent journey through heartbreak, grief, and self love. This is an ode to a woman who chose to finally fight for...

Volcano Girl is the debut poetry collection by Sarah Blakely.This collection is an explosive journey through a series of traumatic experiences and the lasting effects of these experiences. The book deals with topics of sexual assault, abuse, recovering...

The Mother Myths is a collection of poems that explores what society tells us makes a "good mother," and how those myths and narratives create internalized tension, self-doubt, and shame in new mothers. The poems in The Mother Myths span from the time of...

Ballad of Calypso is a true story told in a fanciful fashion, employing a 445-quatrain ballad derived directly from Calypso's logbook. The prose, cartoon illustrations and photos which are woven into the ballad places the reader at the helm of a 26'...

Born in the mid '60s and having grown up in the United States with some stays abroad, Raj Dronamraju has borne witness to the pains of tedious labor, the travesty of a majority of outsiders too often forgotten by media culture, and the delights of the...