My initial reaction on reading several of the poems in Words Never Spoken, by Cheryl Denise Bannerman, was: “Wow. What pain. What honesty.” Set forth in seven parts, following the subject’s life struggles, the book invites readers to consider a series of questions at the...

What the River Knows: Conversations with the Natural World is a collection of poems written by Andrea Freeman. Freeman is a naturalist and an educator, as well as a poet, harpist and artist, whose company, Awakening Wonder Edventures (AWE), teaches nature appreciation in the field....

Who Is Black Hamlet? by Black Hamlet is a collection of poetry that some may describe as esoteric or even a bit dark. Who Is Black Hamlet? contains poems that are meant to be read in a sequential order and to be interpreted in a...

Wisdom's Way: Tales, Treasures, Truths by Steven A. Barben, as the title suggests, is essentially a collection of short stories. Wisdom's Way is comprised of numerous tales, each of them on average just a few pages long, and which are meant to provoke the reader...

Without From Within: Poems by Ron Shaw is a collection of 43 poems that gives readers a peek into the heart and soul of the poet. The entire collection reveals a wide range of emotions, from pain to pleasure to loneliness to his observations on...

When She Speaks: A Collection of Words and Thoughts - Volume 2 by Amber Whitted is a creative display of poetic ability. The author hooked me right away with her first expression entitled Declarations. I’m tired of being silent. I’m tired of silently watching the ships...

“This collection of poems, connected by short commentaries, is an attempt to tell the possible journey of an aspiring poet, beginning from when he decides to start writing poems, inspired by the words that whirl around him during his life (‘Walking Words’), till the time...

Wanderlust by Dawn Schout is a poetry book filled with easy to read and easy to understand poems about a wide range of topics. Some of those topics include cats, husbands and wives, a flight attendant, and hiking in the Colorado river. But even with...

Darrick Williams offers a variety of topics with his collection Writers of Words. There's love and motivation and everything in between offered in a range of poetry styles. He'll offer you the chance to think and rethink and see the world of thoughts and emotions...

We Whisper: And Other Poems is a touching collection of poetry by a gay black American author, Cedric Jones. Cedric is a talented writer and several themes are addressed simply and poignantly. The poem “I am more” is a stark and beautiful work where the...