Near Scattered Praise Lies Our Substantial Endeavor is a collection of poems by Ron Penoyer. Titled after one of the pieces in the collection, it consists of a wide variety of topics, settings, tones, forms, rhythms, and rhymes. References to classical or historical figures or...

Everyone is familiar with America's war on terror which began after the September 11 attacks on the twin towers. What led to those attacks in the first place and was the war on terror successful? Through a series of essays and poems, Lies of an...

Weightless, Woven Words by Umar Siddiqui is a collection of poems told from the perspective and experiences of an extrovert. The poems start with the depressive state and feelings that individuals go through during their lifetime. As you progress, emotions become more intense with greater...

Awakening by Michael Trudeau is a supernatural story that chronicles a journey of discovery. The formatting of the book can be best described as narrative poetry, all written in free verse and without the traditional use of iambic pentameter, continued rhyme scheme, or verse meter...

Embody by Sonee Singh is a collection of profound and spiritually uplifting verses that were born as her creative response in the wake of the pandemic surge. These verses explore the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual conundrums she faced that brought about an enlightening transformation....

Still, the Sky by Tom Pearson is his latest collection of poetry that delves into popular mythological classics, notably the tales of Icarus and the Minotaur. In the poet’s own words, he has endeavored to complicate the otherwise rigid and often minimal representations of the...

Diane Thiel’s much-awaited anthology of poetry, Questions from Outer Space, is worth the wait. This collection is divided into four parts, each touching on a particular subject or idea that delivers critical but compassionate and witty observations. The first part is titled Questions of Time...

Gender by Anne Harding Woodworth is two short novellas in rhyme and free verse form questioning the meaning of gender. The first story is about a young woman Martina who wants to join her father when he joins the monastery, and because she has no...

Wake Me (Soundtrack Poems Book One) is a painfully emotional poetry collection penned by the resilient author Jamillah Warner. Split into two parts, Jamillah expertly pilots us through her highs and lows with love, drawing attention to the distressing fact that it's not always sunshine...

Marilyn B Wassmann’s The Opossum and the Cats is an extended poem that tells the story of how two very different animals can co-exist, and even learn to like each other. On a cold rainy night, a pregnant cat has no shelter to deliver her...