Race is part of the Rebirth of Free Verse series by J.E. Rosser that explores beyond the normal boundaries of literature, fearlessly and skillfully melding poetry with intense emotions, expressing turmoil and order through various poems with unique, eye-catching titles. Race explores the boundaries of...

Rosebud: A Poetry Collection by Nick Jameson is, as the title says, a collection of poems, but not just any poems. Rosebud is filled with every type of emotion anyone might feel at any point in their lives. It is overflowing with reflections, metaphors, lessons,...

Rescue Mission, written by Gad Kaynar-Kissinger and translated into English by Natalie Fainstein, is an exciting collection of poems with remarkable and surprising depth. Each poem varies in length and topic. As such, there are some short poems with only a few lines. Yet, readers...

If you agree that there is something amazing in conciseness when you read a work in prose, you may find that it is also true for poetry. This is what I experienced when I read Reduction Fired, a poetic collection by Jennifer Yeates Camara. Here,...

Repeating Moments is a collection of poems written by G.C. Saiz. There are many different types of poems in this book, covering a lot of different feelings. Some poems are on the lighter side and there are many on the darker side. Each poem is...

Rise Unstoppable is the third book in the Rising poetry series by Michelle G Stradford, a compelling collection of poetry that delights as it inspires. The poems celebrate womanhood and the entire collection is divided into five parts: self-care, transform, amplify, rise, and unstoppable. Themes...

Michelle Anderstarr writes verses with the sense of longing for a respite from the arduous vocation of motherhood. She does a good job of this in Ring a Ring a Rosé: A tweak on your favourite nursery rhymes. For tired mums who could do with...

Robert Letters’ poetry collection, Recipe for Garum, throws us pleasantly into a world of alliteration and words that have a life all of their own, such as on page 78: “Cassiopeia in the east/last locust/rubs her legs together” from Part III Then You Said Come...

Roots and Tendrils by Heidi Dellaire is a beautiful book of poems dealing with love. She writes about lost loves, heartache and finding herself. The poems show us how the one person we need to love is ourselves before we can love others. Heidi Dellaire...

Reflections by poet Rockebah Charles-Stewart is a concise collection filled with rhyming poetry as well as free verse. The style of voice that is used is strong and is consumed with several different emotions. Many of those varying feelings can be found on Plutchik’s wheel...