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by Brian Wilcox

A collection of the surreal, beautiful, and vulnerable words and experiences of an introverted observer of stories. All lines are truth insofar as they become fictionalized to make them at times believable and accepted.

Artscapes

by Lee Woodman

Artscapes is a 77-page collection of ekphrastic poems that dazzle with vivid imagery and expert wordplay. Lee Woodman has chosen to explore works from major museums, including The National Gallery, MOMA, The Guggenheim, The Prado, and the Louvre. Woodman invites readers to walk into paintings, enter worlds triggered by sculpture, and eavesdrop on conversations with artists. She will take you to a roaring boxing ring in Washington D.C., a cave in Indonesia with forty-thou... more

The Dawn of Speech

by Joseph Wood

"It's the high before the crash/It's wishing it would last". A beautiful poetry collection about love, loss, spirituality, and healing. Through the finely weaved verses, “The Dawn of Speech” tells the story of a young man on his search for purpose. Read "The Dawn of Speech" to follow along with the heartwarming journey!

Masters of the Craft - 2nd edition

by Don Gutteridge

A series of poems celebrating famous authors admired by the poet_ Bronte, Eliot,,, Dickens, cummings et al

Mud Ajar

by Hiram Larew

Plain and simply, a collection of wonder-filled poems.

The Phases of Love

by Shah Asad Rizvi

The Phases of Love is a unique and sublime collection of poems dedicated to love in its entirety. Divided into four stages, this rare and exceptional collection of verse contains 200 poems that pay homage to the heart’s truest emotion like no other collection before it has. Be prepared to have your heart touched, and soul laid bare as you are consumed by the words and the turning of the pages. You will be reminded of the excitement of new love in all its glory and magnificence. Feel the closenes... more

Outside My Garret Window

by Bolivar T. Caceres

Will the Garret Poet become what he desires most? The Garret Poet dreams of being a bard. He dreams of flying and singing like a nightingale — like any bird for that matter. However, his work holds him tight to his narrow room, where he watches the world he labors to be part of pass by his window. He loves. He yearns. He gives, and he takes life. He reads, he writes, he cries, and he broods over that which causes him existential strife. He does this in his garret room, offering all for the sake ... more

Poetic Gems

by Elsie D. Morris

Romantically Erotic Deadly Spiritual Society

by Jennifer Mauvea Garnatz

Stripping Myself My writings are not all about me.They are the joys, the pains of more than a few of us. Look within, you may discovery our self looking back at your consciousness instead of at my nakedness.

Flowers That Die

by Gideon Halpin

In this collection of poems, Sad Boy is both protagonist and narrator, enchanted by beauty while seeking eternity. He crosses rainbows and falls from the clouds of love, the sting a reminder that it’s all for real. Caught between prayers and punches, Sad Boy searches for satisfaction in a world where everything fades. In the end, he is neither sad nor a boy. All that remains is a covenant to dance in the sun until his face resembles a crumpled napkin.

Pain Painter Poetry: Pride, arrogance, insecurities, and negativity put the pain in poetry.

by Brittney King

A romantic, heartbroken, abandoned, under-resourced still finding room for both empathy and sympathy for the world around me. Pressure can make diamonds but it can also produce coal so be careful how you respond. These stories start off with great sadness, but there is always opportunity for a more fulfilling life. I tell stories of the unheard; feelings that are never exposed, but the healing has to take place. Poetry is my safe space. This is the no judgement zone. This book is not just for po... more

Black Forest Dreams: A Journey through Germany

by Joseph Kuhn Carey

“Back to The Black Forest, A Journey Through Germany” contains fifty-five travel poems that were written over the past eight years after a moving, meaningful trip the author took to a number of German cities with my wife and (then) ten and twelve-year-old sons, in order to explore his German heritage and visit relatives in the Black Forest, where his grandmother, grandfather, and great uncle (on his mother’s side) were born and worked as farmers until emigrating to America in 1927. ... more

A Life Cycle

by Nicole Asherah

A Life Cycle, Nicole Asherah’s debut book, follows the introspective process of transformation after emotional hardship through poetic language. Asherah serves as a guide through the sections of her book while also allowing the readers to see the words as their own. A Life Cycle is broken into sections after a traumatic event that represents the final tipping point. What follows is The Shattering: a deep dive into the suffering of fully losing one’s sense of self and safety, The Healing: a journ... more

The Living Wound

by Shamir Kali Griffin

The Living Wound is a collection of free verse poetry and prose from the 2014 Central Valley Favorite Author recipient Shamir Griffin. The poems paint vivid images of battling rape trauma, finding love, bereavement, and affirmation while keeping strong connections to Griffin's roots. Many of the poems draw on Griffin's Black and Native American ancestry, as well as his experience being a gay male within these two cultural spheres.

In Black Skin: Poetic Journey from Black Enslavement in America to Black Lives Matter

by Tanya DeVonne

In Black Skin is a reflective and illustrative poetry collection that takes the reader on a lyrical journey from Black enslavement in America to the Black Lives Matter movement. This literary work, divided into five chapters and inspired by actual events, expresses sentiments around injustice, inequality, and inhumanity from the Black American lens. Chapter One: “Sankofa Reflections,” covers American slavery, segregation, the Great Migration, the Tuskegee Study, and environmental issues pl... more

Twilight: Awaking the Stars - Poems of the Night's Light

by Gary W. Burns

Awarded Reader's Favorite 2020 Book Award: Finalist, Poetry - Inspirational Written by multi-award winning poet Gary W. Burns this volume of poetry offers the reader a peaceful and inspiring poetic harbor. Hope, kindness, love and nature are but some of the themes that run throughout this meditative and calming book of poetry. The restful verse in this volume engenders wholeness, well-being, inner balance and healing. The poems in this collection sometimes rhymed, sometimes haiku-esque in style... more

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