Vampire Stories and Poems by Glenn Stevens is an interesting collection of stories with vampire and Halloween themes and beautifully crafted poems that are delightful to read. And then there is a story about the vampire teddy-bear that bites as a bonus. Two cheerleaders are...

Lonely Fellow’s Rhymes by Aleksandr Alexandrovich is an illustrated English-language collection of poems and song lyrics that have been shaped by immigration from Belarus, family, and rhymed poetic tradition. Framed by his late wife’s toast, “To the courage to live,” Alexandrovich leans into genuine, lived...

Field Notes by Charles Butterfield is a collection of 24 poems inspired or informed by the poet's 50 years raising, training, and living with German Shepherds. A New Hampshire poet, Butterfield is a graduate of the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College. His...

My Soul Is From a Different Place: Poems by Cherie Burbach is a soulful collection of poems that covers diverse topics along with her distinctive voice on faith. The poet also shares her thoughts about the ups and downs of life. The metaphors behind the...

It’s all in there: literature, science, history, art, mythology, romance, mysticism; from Fibonacci to physics, A Confederacy of Joy by Juan-Paolo Perre has something for every taste. Reading Juan-Paolo Perre’s impeccably crafted poetry and prose is like meeting the world’s most brilliant conversationalist in a...

Sapphire Stars: Poems by Christie Leigh Babirad is an enchanting and dreamy collection that will take poetry lovers into another dimension where romance, passion, and matters of the heart are expressed and will leave them fascinated with its timelessness and sensitivity. The book has been...

Disorder: Poems by Thom Kudla is a collection of clever, witty poems that help readers feel the weight and the resilience of navigating mental disorders every day. The anthology is divided into three parts: Clinical, Social, and Spiritual. It is a collection of wry little...

Night of the Hawk by Lauren Martin is a collection of the author's original poetry, consisting primarily of free verse poems but also incorporating occasional sprinklings formatted in epistolary, list, and even one in the classical ode style. Each poem exhibits its own distinctive length,...

Frayed Edges by Kahlani B. Steele is a poetry collection that traces emotional, environmental, and relational moments through observation and quiet reflection. Many poems center on small, telling moments, such as a visit to a grandparent’s home, a solitary walk, or the stillness after rain,...

Angel Toughness is by Cherie Burbach. This 70-page book contains approximately 26 poems divided into three categories: Blessed Embrace; Renewed Boundaries; and Beautiful Life. The section on Blessed Embrace relates to the inner connection of the soul with a higher source. Poem titles that stand...

Under Angel Skies by Liv Kalay Hernandez comprises twenty-eight poems. Unlike Ms Hernandez' Addicted to You, the first collection presented by this author that I had the pleasure of reviewing, they are mostly written in a traditional way rather than her previous freestyle. None are...

A collection of humorous, poignant and spiritual poems by William T. Elliott comprises the book, A War of Love. In the introduction, Mr. Elliott explains he wrote these poems over a span of thirty years. Many of the poems describe nature, whether the topic is...

Everyone’s Happier Than You by James Zerndt is a collection of poems that speaks about a wide range of topics and reveals the author’s observations on them. Written in free verse, the poems are filled with rich imagery, layered emotions, and wonderful metaphors. The poet’s...

Escape from Samsara by Vijay R. Nathan is a collection of poems that touch on several aspects of life including love, life, purpose, spirituality, and everything inbetween, intended to guide your soul to spiritual enlightenment. The pivotal aim of the collection is to enable your...

Hurricane Warning: Poems by Matthew Ryan Defibaugh shares poetic insights into the everyday challenges faced by those who have disabilities. He took the very fabric of his being and turned it into words that echo deep inside the hearts of those who can comprehend what...

It Wasn't Supposed to Be Like This: Poems by Greg Masters is a collection of poems that captures the author’s sentiment of change and the general experience of those that have experienced deception after being enticed by the American Dream. The author talks about the...

Robin Gabbert’s Diary of a Mad Poet: Poems is her first anthology of poetry, filled with emotion as she tackles themes of pain, healing, loss, recovery, joy, grief, friendship, and family. Time is no barrier as her verses talk about the past and the near...

Other Worlds, in Other Words by Jerry Lovelady is a compilation of the author's original poetry. Lovelady's work is in free form with a style that occasionally implements a rhyme scheme but does so with the freedom this style of poetry allows. It may be...

The collection Silhouette: Poems by Nancy Viera covers the movements of life from love to seeking freedom and experiencing rejection and explores the emotions in each of these shifts. “I Am” is an emphatic poem in which the narrator sheds the labels imposed on her....

Poetry is the window to the soul and the words of the heart. Poetry says so much more than mere words on paper. Poems express the inexpressible. They share the unsharable. By Fire by Rhonda Harris Slota tells of life in a poor, fundamentalist family....