There is an aching fragility - an heart-rending honesty - in the poetic voice of an adolescent that has never been equaled or even approximated in the history of the written word. Through the exacting lens of a tween-ager or teenager’s perspective, the world is...

A Treasure More Than Gold by Ritt Jordan is an account of how the author was enticed into the “thrill of the chase,” somewhere in the Rocky Mountains north of Santa Fe, NM. An ancient cast bronze, and a hidden treasure chest. To find it,...

Shards is a collection of thirty-four poems by James Mirarchi. From the offset, Mirarchi transforms the mundane vision that many people have of their everyday lives, peeling back the layers of what we expect to see and uncovering new truths about what’s really lurking there....

Body Language: Another Collection of Poems About Aging by Janet Cameron Hoult is a humorous collection of poems about growing older. No part of the body is spared in this book as the author pokes good-natured fun at the ears, eyes, nose, teeth, colon, heart,...

The Tears of Olive Trees: An Autobiographic Story Featuring Poems From Mahmoud Darwish is a non-fiction memoir written by AbdulKarim Al Makadma, with illustrations by Rawya M. Wadi. The author was born and grew up in a refugee camp in Gaza. His family was uprooted...

Wow! That's what I thought when I got through reading Questions Not Being Asked: Topical Philosophical Critiques in Prose, Proverbs and Poems, the newest offering by author Inno Chukuma Onwueme. Covering topics as varying as civil unions, war and warlessness, the American Dream, human suffering,...

There was a time when running through open fields and splashing in muddy puddles was a delightful afternoon pastime for a young child. A large tree that boasted supporting the wounded Revolutionary soldier, Lafayette, was enough to stimulate the creative imaginations of youngsters who passed...

Nameless: A Collection of Poems by Sana Rafiq-Mitchell is a provocative collection of short poems about many different topics, but mostly romantically inclined. There are love poems, poems about the aching loss that people can experience if they refuse to live, poems about strong women...

Musings of a Tangled Tongue: Prittle-prattle and Pickled Poems is an exciting collection of poems comprising a wide range of subjects, including love, life, lust, passion, adventure, work-life balance and heartfelt grumbles. This is a fresh, exciting, mischievous, and experimental style of poetry that will...

I Come to Morning: Selected Poems of Gale Gesner has an intriguing history. The author, Gale Gesner, was the daughter of the widely acclaimed American artist and sculptor, Galed Gesner, and she chose to use the name Gale, rather than Leonora-Louise, the names of her...

Creepy, Funny & Just Plain Weird: Stories and Poems for Kids is written by Maranda Russell. Detective Schnauzer takes on the saucy case of the Killer Meatballs! Hiccup has a few odd remedies to cure yours. The poem Dessert Heaven will have you craving for...

On Softer Ground: Paintings, Poems and Calligraphy by Sherrie Lovler is a collection of over fifteen beautifully written poems accompanied by colorful artwork. Sherrie exclusively created some beautiful works of art in On Softer Ground: Paintings, Poems and Calligraphy. Sherrie went on a seven-year artistic...

Fathers: Collected Poems 1973-2015 is exactly as its title indicates, a collection of deeply personal and oftentimes moving poems written between 1973 and 2015 by poet Ken Koprowski. As we grow from children to adulthood, we are exposed to various forms of poetry throughout our...

Cameron Hendricks’ Which Way is Up is a collection of poems focusing on the balance between the darker things in life with the lighter ones. I love the quote at the beginning of the first section that reminds us that you need darkness and sadness...

No Voice is a book of poetry written by Sarah Callus. Each chapter title gives a brief indication of what the author was feeling at the time of writing – poems such as Broken, Be the Lighthouse, Crack of Light, Lost, No Voice, The Girl...

Words expressed in poetry are words that speak from the heart. Reflexions, Crappy Poetry And A Love Letter: A Non-Substantial Guide Of Poems And Reflexions For A Modern Era by Nicholas Bluebocks provides over fifteen poems of life, transparency and love. As you read through...

Honey & Pearls: A Unique Collection of 100 Word Poems is sort of what author L.A. Jones says it is – a collection of one hundred poems, each roughly 100 words long. This is a substantial volume in comparison to many poetry books I have...

Something Completely Crazy! More Poems and Ramblings by Christopher Dyer is a compilation of poetry that runs from light to serious, homely to amusing. Each poem in the book manages to feel authentically Dyer's, whether he is speaking on his passion for horses or dipping into...

When a woman speaks, she's every woman. She is strong, weak, powerful, timid; she is who God meant for her to be. She's a mother, wife, sister and aunt; she is who she's intended to be. A Woman's Voice: A Little Book of Poems by...

There is nothing more soothing than a comforting lullaby. The gentle lyrics, often set to a simple tune, have lulled infants to sleep for centuries. Mothers everywhere make up their own little ditties. Some have survived through the generations and there are definitely some that...