After the death of her mother and grandmother, seventeen-year-old Esme lives with her foster family. Her life, however, takes a turn for the worse when her foster sister, Cambria, who is only a year older than her, is raped, and, after the detective asks if...

Book Smart by O Persaud is a compilation of the author's original poetry and part of The Apple Orchard series, which also includes An Open Wound, Shitolian, and Writer's Block. Persaud focuses on the inequity of education and what intelligence actually is, and the tendency...

Who said that technology and poetry have nothing in common? It is possible to find a writer who has excellent knowledge of the former and is able to compose the latter in a way that will change our perspective on these matters? In this case,...

Breadcrumbs on a Koi Pond comprises over fifty items by Donna Stavely. They vary in length from a few lines to a few pages. The words evoke scenes, colors, relationships, and emotions. The mood varies from contemplative to reflective, romantic, philosophical, or witty. There are...

Be Patient, Be Brave, Fearless, Never In A Haste by Keith Paul Phillip is an awesome and empowering collection. The poetry explores philosophical topics such as life, love, humanity, and many more. Humans have many conflicts between themselves, and this hostility has resulted in wars...

Poetry is the window to the soul and the words of the heart. Poetry says so much more than mere words on paper. Poems express the inexpressible. They share the unsharable. By Fire by Rhonda Harris Slota tells of life in a poor, fundamentalist family....

Bag O’ Goodies by Jolly Walker Bittick is a set of poems and short stories including characters from the U.S Navy and biker gangs. Predominant themes in the book include alcoholism, friendship, and romantic encounters and relationships. All the poems and short stories seem connected....

Butch & Louie's Book of Poetry is a clear example that poetry is everywhere; you just have to know how to see it. The book begins by speaking in general of what poetry is, and that anyone can enjoy it. It succeeds very well with...

A deeply personal and emotional work, Butterfly Wings is Kasthuri Packiyanathan’s anthology of poems divided into three sections of love, pain, and believing. A job that began when the author was facing one of the most difficult challenges in her life physically, the experience also...

Bluebirds and Faith by M. Gail Grant is a heartwarming collection of poetry that reminds us of God's love for us all and His never-ending guidance. Throughout our lives, we can fall victim to all manner of dark emotions such as losing a loved one,...