The Wings of Adversity: Poetry That Teaches and Inspires You to Soar Above Challenges and Persevere at All Times by Vanessa Caraveo is a powerful, award-winning volume of poetry that shows how adversity can be turned into inspiration and victory. This collection covers a variety...

Dispatches from the Swinging Door Saloon: Poems from my 10-year bender inside heaven’s dive bar by Randall McNair is a unique collection of poetry about many facets of life. From the first poem, you get a feel for the personality of the author. In these...

Spirit of Your Soul: Insight into Life’s Journey and the Mind-Heart-Soul Connection (Words from the Soul) by Peg Roberts, M.Ed. is an insightful, inspirational guide to tending your heart, mind, and soul. This is a work about intuitive writing and life journeys, and the way...

Lions of Virtue: The Warrior and the Child is a story told in poetic verse in the inspirational, motivational, and emotional writing subgenres, and was penned by author Aviilokín K'shi. The work is intended for the general adult reading audience and follows a fictional journey...

A 68-page book of poetry, Aegis of Waves is a short collection of verse written by Elder Gideon. A high school English teacher for underserved students, Gideon uses the knowledge gained while securing an MFA in poetry to craft each page specifically as intended. Aegis...

Grappling to Light: A Book of Poetry by Heather D. Nelson is a brief but impactful collection of poetry about serious subjects such as depression, anxiety, grief, and other emotional and psychological conditions during COVID-19 of 2020 and 2021. It isn't the first pandemic-related volume...

A Beginner's Guide to Lycanthropy by Sam Caton is a raw, unique dive into poetry with a decidedly psychological twist. The poet relays experiences with psychotic episodes that describe mental processes, moods, and situations, but uses the language of werewolves, or lycanthropy, to explain and...

Daughter of Xiu by Aviilokín K'shi is a work of speculative narrative poetry written in dramatic metered verse and in the format of a verse novella. K'shi harnesses the power of a spiritual awakening many lifetimes in the making, tackling conventional, systemic sexism and the...

Whispers In Verse by Cynthia A. Morgan is a collection of poetry that reads like a combination of poetic Shakespeare and a mysterious conjuration of a magician from the medieval era. The two blend into one unique writing style, which creates a sense of peace...

I usually avoid reviewing books of poetry for one simple reason: these are the hardest books to review. But after I read the poem excerpt Michael Pedretti used in his description of the Dog and I, a short collection of 27 of his poems, I...