Using free and narrative verse, Vivian Zems’ chapbook, Time Passes Differently Here is a collection of 2020 musings: of lockdown days, grief, sorrow, nostalgic memories, what is life and time. The first line of the first poem caught me and wrapped me in its hypnotic...

In Luisa Elena Kolker’s The Tearing Apart we are introduced to a variety of subjects such as relationships, loss, dreams, and childhood nightmares. Set in Spain and New Mexico, we travel along with the poet as she tells us her story in perfect, almost lyrical...

The Lover's Rhapsody: Ecstatic Love Poems of Rapture, Awakening, and God by Adam Siddiq is an exquisite collection of love poems that brings to mind the fascinating works by Jalaluddin Rumi, Hafiz, and the mysticism, spirituality, and Sufism that dominated their works. The author's spiritual...

Typical Tragedies by Patrick Ashe is a wonderfully unique, no holds barred collection of poetry. Over the course of 21 years, Patrick explores the diverse aspects of today's society. He explores the complexities of human behaviour, from the differing emotions found in relationships and the...

Tenebrae: A Memoir of Love and Death by Dan Flanigan is a collection of emotional poems that speaks about the death of his wife, and brings together beauty and suffering in a creative and aesthetic way. Written in free verse and as prose poems, they...

The Poetic Vibrations of a Matured Butterfly by Arthur Lee Conway is a compilation of poetry and flash fiction that focuses on themes of very human conditions of frailty and discord. Broken into three separate parts, Conway compartmentalizes his anthology into sections. Part one is...

The Collection by Jacqueline Belle features elegant and passionate poems that explore themes about love, hope, nature, and sadness. The third poem, “I Know,” combines the soft, invigorating feelings from nature with the unspoken words and lingering questions between two people. In the poem “Reach...

The Face of Expression 2: In Your Face by Aaron Woodson is a collection of poetry, ideas, and musings written in a style that is deceptively simple, and in a voice that is masked by naivety, but it is profound and thought-provoking. The reader is...

“An idea moves through the brain faster than/ the fingers can write it down, but the stories still come all the same.” It’s a sentiment shared by writers everywhere. Writing, the written word, is an art form that demands our complete and utter devotion. And,...

Twilight: Awaking the Stars: Poems of the Night's Light by Gary W. Burns is an exquisite collection of poems that will captivate readers with their beauty, timelessness, serenity, and spirituality. The poems are calming and capture the beauty of twilight, night, and nature in an...