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Anne Caldwell is a freelance writer, lecturer and editor. She currently works for the Open University and as an Advisory Fellow for the Royal Literary Fund. Her latest collection of prose poetry, "Alice and the North", was published by Valley Press in 2020. Her three previous collections are "Slug Language" (Happenstance, 2008), "Talking with the Dead" (Cinnamon Press, 2011), and "Painting the Spiral Staircase" (Cinnamon Press, 2016). In 2022, she edited a book of essays on prose poetry (with Oz Hardwick) entitled "Prose Poetry in Theory and Practice" (Routledge, 2022). She also edited the "Valley Press Anthology of Prose Poetry" (Valley Press) with Oz Hardwick. Poems appear in Spelt Magazine, Poetry Wales, Ink Sweat and Tears, And Other Poems, The Rialto, Axon (Australia), and in international anthologies. This chapbook won the James Tate Poetry Prize 2023.

How do you summarize poetry? How do you summarize a life? Ducker explores these questions in this moving ode to the human experience. Divided into five parts and themes, with each part exploring a different stage in life, this is a poetry collection with a distinctive voice. Ducker has a nostalgic and witty style that will resonate with readers from all walks of life.

"Luis Miguel Aguilar's work is a conversation, between the past and the present, between the educated and the lay person, between useless details and essentials, between erudite data and vital impulses. It is not a spur of the moment conversation, but one that arises from the serenity of an extended, long-term approach, tying up loose ends and giving rise to complete, complex and exalted theories." -Juan Manuel Gómez "Aguilar's poetry is unlike any other from Mexico in recent decades. Perhaps such a deliberately isolated position is even arrogant. It is a superior option in contemporary Mexican literature." -José Joaquín Blanco"There are poets who are born mature, broad-browed and clear of vision. Luis Miguel Aguilar is one of them. Each book is a gift full of surprises, riddles and enigmas that invite the reader to reread, piece by piece, to savour them: there is an erudite, cultured, referential voice; then there is a more melodic, simple voice that recites ballads and popular songs; and finally there is the intimate monologue, which deals with the familiar terroir and tries to decipher the meaning of life, with all its furies and its sorrows." -Arturo Dávila"His is a work and a voice that, as part of contemporary Mexican poetry, gives it weight and horizons that cannot be refuted. As a reader, I am grateful for this 'difficult minute' that Luis Miguel Aguilar has had to live through, which he says is between the vehement minute and the cowardly minute, adding: 'poetry is the difficult minute'." -José Javier Villarreal

With a new cover design, Haiku is an expert introduction and celebration of one of the most beautiful and accessible forms of poetry in the world. Haiku--seventeen-syllable poems that evoke worlds despite their brevity--have captivated Japanese readers since the seventeenth century. Today the form is practiced worldwide and has become established as part of our common global heritage. This beautiful traditionally hand-bound volume presents new English translations of classic poems by the four great masters of Japanese haiku--Matsuo Bashō, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa, and Masaoka Shiki--accompanied by both the original Japanese and a phonetic transcription.

all things small is a book of poems that speak to marriage, divorce, dementia, grief and all the small treasures that mark a life. Divided into five parts, the collection takes its readers on an emotional journey that reverberates with honesty, depth and familiarity. Sticky with the juice of jealousy, fragrant with lust, tasting of sorrow, and aching with tenderness, these poems invite the reader into the speaker's home, gardens, and dinner table to rejoice in the beauty within.

Fusing a Fragmented Soul is a transformational memoir about the return to wholeness after trauma. Honest, raw and inspirational, it's a poetic retelling of abuse spanning from childhood to early adulthood - and the liberating journey through recovery.Shayleen Muzi brings awareness to what happens behind closed doors - the things people often don't want to see. Through poetry, she openly shares the pain of abuse, self-loathing, anxiety, bullying and addiction. If you currently feel alone in your suffering, you will feel understood, hopeful and inspired to follow the path to self-healing. Fusing a Fragmented Soul is a beautiful and loving invitation to take back your power, self-love and self-worth.This poetry book for self-healing explores topics including: Getting over childhood traumaCultivating self-love for your inner childEmotional abuse self-helpLeaving abusive relationshipsShadow work self-carePersonal transformation

'When the Mask Slips...' by Emma Veilwood is a heartfelt dive into the silent battles against loneliness and self-doubt. It's a book of poems for anyone who's felt the weight of the world, offering a hand to hold on the road to healing. Here, we celebrate the brave moments of showing our true selves and finding strength. These pages whisper a simple, powerful message: you're not alone, your story matters, and your mental health is important.

Heshmat Tayeb, a poet deeply rooted in the rich cultural and natural landscape of Baghlan, Afghanistan, presents his latest poetic collection, "Nardbane Mozha" written in Persian. Born in 1950, Tayeb's poetry is a reflection of his intimate connection with the land, its people, and the diverse dialects and ideas that have shaped his artistic expression. Influenced by his father, Ibrahim Hairat, a renowned poet of the constitutional era, Tayeb's poetry is a testament to his lifelong dedication to the craft."Nardbane Mozha" is a journey through the imaginative and artistic realms of Tayeb's mind. The book is divided into two parts, with the first featuring a selection of "Ghazal" poems that showcase Tayeb's mastery in weaving together vivid imagery, proverbs, and unique linguistic elements. His use of uncommon words and phrases adds a fresh dimension to the poetic landscape, inviting readers to explore new terrains of expression.The second part of the book is dedicated to "Couplets," highlighting the condensed energy and creativity that characterize Tayeb's work. His precise and beautiful use of proverbs and similes in the semantic decoration of his compositions demonstrates his skill as a poet. The style of equation, an artistic combination of allegory is prominently featured, showcasing the elegance of Tayeb's poetic perceptions.Published by Barmakids Press, "Nardbane Mozha" is a must-read for anyone seeking to immerse themselves in the world of Afghan poetry and experience the lyrical beauty of Heshmat Tayeb's work.

In Glass Shadows, B. A. Mazur invites readers on a journey through the tapestry of human emotion, exploring the themes of longing, loss, and the transformative power of hope. With a unique blend of eloquence and vulnerability, Mazur weaves together poetry that resonate deeply with the complexities of the human experience.This collection is a poignant exploration of the shadows that linger in the corridors of the heart. Through carefully crafted verses, Mazur delves into the intricate dance of emotions, capturing the essence of yearning, the ache of separation, and the inevitable fractures that time can impose.Glass Shadows is a testament to the enduring power of faith and the transformative nature of hope, reminding us that even in the midst of shattered dreams, there is the potential for a beautiful mosaic of new beginnings. This book will resonate with anyone who has grappled with the complexities of love, loss, and the unwavering hope that emerges from the shadows.

This is a delightful book, one as quirkily insightful as it is entertaining.- Kirkus Reviews Little Data turns like an Alfa Romeo racing Formula One. Here, says the title, take a nut of an idea then squeeze it until the juice comes out. Each bit of data here is extracted, transformed, crushed, then palpated back to life. Who knew so much love could be drawn from airports and backpacks, obstacle courses and salami? Schaberg and Yakich are excellent drivers and take the turns with mad skill - a high-speed Dickinson, an autobahn Basho, a freeway Rimbaud.- NICOLE WALKER, author of Processed Meats In this glossary of contemporary terms and concepts, deftly and delightfully defamiliarized, the authors reveal an uncanny ability to zoom in on the details of modernity and consider them in such a way that the everyday becomes once again miraculous.- MATTHEW VOLLMER, author of All of Us Together in the End Against certainty and smug quantification, Little Data resists the banal commodification of contemporary parenting manuals. By exploring the humility of being human, the sordid failures of our idealisms, and the insoluble paradox of choice, these mini-essays remind us that although test results and quizzes haven't made people more legible to one another, children still can.- ALINA STEFANESCU, author of Every Mask I Tried On CHRISTOPHER SCHABERG is the Director of Public Scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. His most recent books are Adventure: An Argument for Limits (Bloomsbury, 2023), Fly-Fishing (Duke University Press, 2023), and Pedagogy of the Depressed (Bloomsbury, 2022). MARK YAKICH is the Gregory F. Curtin S.J., Distinguished Professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans. His most recent books are Poetry: A Survivor's Guide (Bloomsbury, 2022), Football: An Object Lesson(Bloomsbury, 2022), and Spiritual Exercises (Penguin, 2019). Product Details: Copyright: Christopher Schaberg & Mark Yakich (Standard Copyright License)Publisher: Red Flag PressPublished: March 2024Language: EnglishPages: 108Binding: Perfect BoundInterior Ink: Black & white textDimensions (inches): 8.5x5.5ISBN: 978-1-73781-642-3

Poetry In Motion Vol.1 leaves the door ajar to enter into the creative of Neal Sellers. With poetry, rhyme, and song, the Author elicits the gamut of emotions and feelings with musings of love, desire, acrimony, hope, happiness, sadness, surprise, guilt, and pride.

Mitchell's verses guide you through the labyrinth of human emotions as you turn each page, painting vivid landscapes of introspection and self-discovery. You'll discover a delicate balance between vulnerability and strength within the lines of his poetry. Mitch navigates the complexities of existence with truth, rawness, and profound insight. He invites everyone to explore the interplay of light and shadow, love and loss, crafting verses that resonate with the flow of each life experience. This collection serves as a sanctuary where readers can find inspiration and the gentle reassurance that they are not alone in their journey. Mitch writes poems that are not just words on paper; they are windows into the depths of the human soul, inviting you to peer into the heart of shared emotions and collective experiences. Join Mitchell in this exploration of the poetic realm, where every stanza is an invitation to reflect, feel, and embrace the beauty of the written word.

This is a true book regarding the three essentials of life: faith, family, and friends. As such, my daughter as well as two of my friends have either poem and/or prose selections included. Additionally, several of my favorite passages from God's Word are shared as He calls me friend and loves me unconditionally. Value is given to the people and things that matter.

The first comprehensive English-language collection of one of the most important voices in contemporary Ukrainian literature, a collection of poems about the region's history of violence as seen through geography, myth, and city life. Yuri Andrukhovych, one of the most significant voices in contemporary Ukrainian literature, began his career as a poet, producing three collections and two separately published poem cycles in the 1980s and 1990s, the late Soviet and early post-Soviet period, a time of great political change and artistic revolution. Set Change: Selected Poems presents for the first time in English comprehensive selections from all three collections and both cycles. In modern Ukrainian letters, Andrukhovych occupies a position similar to the literary giant Nikolai Gogol. While his influence is broad and significant, he is constantly reinventing himself as a writer: his work represents everything playful, free-spirited, and new, and epitomizes all the most original aspects of Ukrainian literature. The poems collected here showcase the poet's prolonged quest for a representation of--and response to--the region's history of violence. In this quest Andrukhovych explores various settings and themes of geography, investigates the shifting borders of Eastern Europe, and invokes a gamut of myths and fantastical elements set in the territory of present-day Ukraine. The cornerstone of his poems is a deep fascination with the idea of the city. Andrukhovych's vivid descriptions lend themselves to his investigations of the carnivalesque and the grotesque, two of the city's most significant aspects. The poet's deep interest in the baroque, his obsession with verbal play and irony, the elegiac mode, the many hidden as well as overt allusions to other literary works and writers, and the poet's need for textual experimentation are those elements that make his poems arresting, timely, and perpetually fascinating. (Translated by the award-winning duo of John Hennessy and Ostap Kin, whose work on this project has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts.)

I never thought about writing a book. One day, while in my LLV, God instructed me to take out my pen and paper and begin writing. That was the beginning. From then on, I write the words He tells me to, none are my own. This book is a collection of poems about personal experiences in my life and some that are written for others. These poems are about hope, forgiveness, kindness, understanding and love. They are also about fears and failures yet always coming back to God's love and forgiveness. I hope this affects everyone who reads this as it has the friends, family and strangers that I have read these to. I may not know until I reach heaven who these words have helped, but I know that I wrote all of them because God told me to. May the love and peace of our God and Almighty Savior bless and keep you forever. I have been a mail carrier in the New Mexico Permian Basin for over six years. I was born and raised in the Roman Catholic Faith and was taught to serve God above all else. I was blessed with the perfect parents for me. I have received more blessings than I can count and deserve. Going to heaven is my only goal. My pen name was bestowed upon by Scott from KLOVE's Scott and Kelli Show.

This book, The Lone Man Near the Window, is like an identity to the experiences of a keen family person in his/her lonesome moments. It is not only about the poet's life, lessons, thoughts rather an extension of you, me and all sensitive persons who in real face, feel and resemble such phases narrated in each individual poetry.This piece of art can't be absorbed by an one go reading. Though it is adorned with very simple words yet has deep impacting topics orchestrated with word senses and harmony.The concept and the purpose of the book can't be gulped down in a single reading. To understand the seamless process, one has to live each and every philosophy coated in words. The original book by revered Poet Dr. Bibhudatta Nayak is literally an experience manual which describes the tit bits of life tools. It enlists the ingredients and principles of life which make our lives sweet, sour, annoying, energetic, challenging, emotional, decisive, philosophical at times. Most of the experiences of daily chores in this mundane world have given a euphonious shape of distinct poetry in this book.

In her newest collection, Abundance/Diminishment, Ann E. Michael knows "the nature of memory...that we forget." At the same time, she acknowledges within nature "a place to remember and to rest." It is between these two markers-nature and the nature of memory-that her poems flourish. An avid gardener and hiker-as well as a lover of learning, language, and the arts-she names abundance and diminishment; she identifies pivotal points, "lattices of a single molecule/that balances the morning." Unsurprisingly, much of Abundance/Diminishment consists of elegies-for the earth, for being wholly present, for a father, for friends, for a mother's lost memories, for a missed daughter, and for children unborn. Here, "the floor drops out of the bottom/of our daily prayers." Here, she recites, "Empty accepts what is given. Sorrow. Joy." Here, when grief overwhelms, she remembers to "feel the cellist's breath/swell against resonant spruce"; to listen to "animals, who tell us what we won't hear." And here, she asks, "How can I teach myself...the fact of gone/during a humid night/in late summer//while crickets sing?" The answer to the reader is in these well-tended and moving poems. -Marjorie Maddox, author of In the Museum of My Daughter's Mind Abundance/Diminishment reminds us of the ethics of craft, language, diction and illuminative rhyme. Whether the topic at hand is gardening, meteor showers, or grief, the surprise of irony swerves towards the "something more" to life, a new way of experiencing the world through felt imagery. Voice, tone, and style play with and against literature that has come before this text to arrive at an understanding of a before and after in the present, wisely speaking to how love provides motivation, in spite of despair, by finding solace in connection. Ann Michael's complete and accomplished poems, through semantic sleight of hand, sensitize us to how alive a human can be, illustrating time is a thing enlivening the body, and change is not necessarily enervating: hope and perseverance, demonstrated through the workings of the natural world, show how humanity progresses and evolves. The religiosity of a lived day in these poems grounds a generosity towards the world that feels rare in this contemporary moment of poetry. These beautifully achieved poems of finality and continuance, dispassionate and humorous, represent a voice of a generation and place, a poetry not just anyone can write. -Ian Haight, author of Celadon Ann E. Michael's poems of fullness and emptiness combine keen observation, philosophical questions, and a refreshing groundedness that invite the reader into complex, cleanly crafted contemplations of ordinary moments-moments turned extraordinary through her clear-eyed vision and delicious language. Smart, surprising, and wry, these poems honor equally the losses and the gains. A rich and rewarding collection. -Hayden Saunier, author of A Cartography of Home

Marc Darnell is an online tutor and lead custodian in Omaha, Nebraska, and has also been a phlebotomist, hotel supervisor, busboy, editorial assistant, and farmhand. He received his MFA from the University of Iowa where he studied under Gerald Stern, Marvin Bell, and Pulitzer Prize winner James Tate. First published at age 15, he has published in numerous journals in the last 40 years and has been published on 4 continents. His second book, The Sower, was recently published by CyberWit Press. He has forthcoming books from Impspired Press and CyberWit Press. He twice received the Academy of American Poets Award for the state of Nebraska and once for the state of Iowa.

Ann E. Wallace had to fight for language just as she had to fight for air in her journey with Long Covid, and the poems here are hard won marvels, full of insight and compassion and fiercely nurtured hope. Here, the world becomes poem-the virus is a "mad villanelle", each of us a stanza "braided to the other to the other, /with no beginning and no end." Here, breath is painful and precious, never taken for granted. I could feel my own breath change as I read this necessary collection, this important chronicle of our pandemic era. "..for every/piece of you that has broken," the poet reminds us, "a new angle/becomes visible." I'm so grateful for all the new angles Wallace makes visible in these pages, for the narrative she's woven from and about our ruptured time.-Gayle Brandeis, author of The Art of Misdiagnosis: Surviving My Mother's SuicideIn her evocative new collection Days of Grace And Silence, Ann E. Wallace delves into the profound question of living deliberately in the midst of a pandemic. With poignant insight, she guides us through this time of uncertainty as we coexist yet remain apart. Wallace's poems serve as a profound documentation of our interior worlds and the lodestar that guide us. These missives are a gentle reminder that poetry is a tool for understanding and empathy, as we craft words as evidence to make sense of our lives. In the dailyness of her poems, Wallace uncovers the extraordinary concealed within the ordinary. This book is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit, making meaning and connections through adversity, offering readers a journey through the uncharted territories-the infinity of hope.-January Gill O'Neil, author of Glitter RoadAnn E. Wallace navigates her Covid experience with poetic finesse, and in the process reveals to readers her grace, fortitude, and stunning perseverance. Wallace weaves her words into a powerful meditation of spirit from the early days of her illness and of the pandemic and through the later days with effortless eloquence and arresting authenticity. "Could you ever understand, if you were not / here in this quiet place of fear with me?" Wallace's renderings of her plight with Covid and of the rigors of the pandemic are steeped with not only hard truths, but of compassion and luminous respites. Days of Grace and Silence by Ann E. Wallace is a tender, dynamic, and enlightening poetry collection for our times.-Jeannie E. Roberts, author of As If Labyrinth-Pandemic Inspired Poems and other books

In Hours of the Desert, Roxanne Doty leads us through a "blind land," from academic conferences to brutal stretches of desert, to downtown Phoenix, where the unhoused dance, share their apples, and bow down in front of traffic. We meet immigrants, scholars, police, policy makers, border patrol agents, a priest, grey wolves and even an angel. In tales conveyed with a deep reverence for the Sonoran Desert-which becomes a living entity in these poems, a witness to struggle, tragedy, and rising urban sprawl-Doty reminds us that "beauty has a strangeness, and sadness a dignity." With a clear eye and a steadfast hand, she recounts stories of the dispossessed, and in those tales we see reflections of ourselves and a failed American dream.-Alfred Fournier, author of A Summons on the WindPoems go deeper than facts. Roxanne Doty has filled her book with observations and stories begging to be noticed. She points to the cold eyes of bureaucracy as she makes compassion a priority when looking closely instead of dismissing individual dramas as a disturbance to social complacency. Every person crossing the border in pursuit of a better life deserves the attention afforded in these pages which bring out what news bulletins generally omit. With a writing style that flows easily and creates clear pictures of those in need Roxanne brings color and atmosphere to the otherwise urgent scenes she describes. Back in the city, she is alert to those people struggling to make it through life or just across the road and in any situation she sees and records what is easily overlooked. A few written lines work here like lines drawn by a skilled artist to suggest much more than is immediately seen.-David Chorlton, author of Life Goes On and Unmapped Worlds

"Where will the accumulations of the daily joys go?" asks the still and tender voice in Angela Hoffman's Hold the Contraries. The answer, this collection suggests, depends-not on our ability to control or limit suffering, but on our full surrender to a "broken-open" attention-a frailty that startles each person "back into the world." The quiet courage found here invites us to "live into our answers" by embracing fullness and emptiness, both. A pilgrimage rooted in well-earned wisdom and beauty.-Lauren K. Carlson, inaugural Lorine Niedecker Fellow and author of Animals I Have Killed In Hold the Contraries, Angela Hoffman explores the paradoxes that life presents. Here are poems of emotional complexity, rapturous imagery, and surprising juxtapositions: "I cut the last of the pink hydrangeas. I cut off intimacy." They acknowledge pain, doubt, "driving in fog, snow, rain, ice," reveal "evening primrose, night phlox / all dancing in their nightgowns." Amid suffering, Hoffman struggles to find peace: "sit in the stillness, / feel earth's tender breath, just like the moth." Both spiritual and deeply human, these poems were "composted in my garden, / turned over and over into wisdom." I savored them; so will you.-Peggy Turnbull, author of The Joy of Their HolinessThis is a most enjoyable collection of poems. The works engage the senses and massage all emotions. Angela's skill in a poem's universality shines in "When Clouds Break Open" and "Rain" Her keen observation skills give the reader focus on a wide range of science facts and human interactions. Her personal poems take the reader on the journey of Angela's adult life and finding her voice.-Nancy Rafal, Door County Poet Laureate 2019-2021

One of life's most delightful occurrences is being introduced to a world you didn't realize existed and certainly didn't understand. Kelly Sargent pulls the curtain back on the struggles and giggles of twin sisters-one deaf, one partially deaf-and their innocent solutions to communication. Using sign language is not a new concept, but when you're a child without access to a formal language, you do what is natural-you create your own. Each poem is a treasure of understanding, compassion, and persistence in overcoming the challenges of functioning in a world that can't be heard. This book is a touching tribute to a young girl born with "limitations" who outgrew them all, and a sister who loved her without limits.-j.lewis, Editor of Verse-Virtual and author of goodbye sounds likeWho steps in to provide therapeutic services when twin girls, one hearing-impaired and one deaf, are adopted overseas by military parents? Of course, the little girls do it themselves! In beautiful poems, we see fingers touching throats to feel sound and children signing into cupped hands in the dark of night, as in "Handheld Voices" where "fingers wiggled, / thumbs folded, / knuckles bent, / tendons flexed. // Palms opened and closed, like oysters." Kelly Sargent conveys her role as defender, interpreter, speech therapist, and friend to her sister. Her poems deftly illustrate how she navigated these roles until her sister left for a residential school for the deaf at age twelve- a painful separation, but one that enabled both girls to develop as individuals. This perfectly balanced collection is full of love, humor, metaphor, resiliency, and narrative reflection.-Mary Ellen Talley, retired speech-language pathologist and author of Taking LeaveNo eye will remain dry while reading Echoes in My Eyes, Kelly Sargent's poetry collection that tells a story. It is a story where love and protection live side by side with stigma and stereotypes, white lies, misunderstanding, and separation. Written from the perspective of a loving sister, the reader gets a rare opportunity to learn about what it means to grow up as a deaf person in a hearing society and the crucial role that a significant relationship plays in the course of one journey. I believe this chapbook is a must on every shelf.-Gal Slonim, Founder of Beyond Words Publishing House

Shaheen Dil's poems blossom with lush descriptions, from Kennywood, an amusement park in Pittsburgh, to Karimpur, a village in Bangladesh. Her sharp powers of observation peel away the surface layers to get to the heart of the matter, and the matter of the heart. This wide-ranging collection is not afraid to take on larger philosophical issues with honesty, humility and grace, asking questions for which there are no easy answers, like the best poems do. Jim Daniels' recent poetry books includeThe Human Engine at Dawn, Wolfson Press, and Gun/Shy, Wayne State University Press. Shaheen Dil writes with authenticity about what she knows well. From the waterways of Bangladesh to the mysterious engines of Wall Street, this collection traverses a vast range of topics with a unique voice that is no less vigorous than it is charming. In The Boat-maker's Art, the reader will rediscover themes and imagery from Dil's first book, Acts of Deference, revisited and enhanced by her apparently inexhaustible lyrical curiosity.The Bulgarian poet Lyubomir Nikolov is the author of numerous books, translated into seven languages. His latest book is The Wine's Angel, (Fakel Press 2018.) In The Boat-maker's Art, Shaheen Dil displays the whole range of poetics and of her culturally-engaged imagination. Dreamy and full of sensibility, these poems turn with the lightest of touches to reveal the wit and allusion that underpins every description. Dil is a poet who eschews the tired gestures of confessional verse to share with us a deeply-felt view of the human world itself. In her vision contemporary experience is still richly meaningful and connected through myth and religion with past and future human lives.Fiona Sampson, MBE, FRSL, is one of the UK's leading poets and writers. Her work has been translated into 37 languages. Her honors include: the European Lyric Atlas prize, the Naim Frasheri international laureateship, and the Wales Poetry Book of the Year. Earth, air, fire and water. Especially water. "The Boat-maker's Art" is a great poem of our language and sets the tone for the volume of that same name. Shaheen Dil's Bangladesh origins permit her a unique perspective on American life. The Boat-maker's Art is an essential book of poems and reading it is an homage to the human spirit.Michael Wurster is the author of numerous poetry books and a founding member of the Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange. His latest book is Even Then, (University of Pittsburgh Press 2019.)

In Fog Totem, Anne Mitchell takes us on a journey via poetic snapshots of ocean and fog, the pandemic, a divorce, loss of a beloved dog, knee surgery, a fledging daughter, and more...all with humor, musical wordplay, and irony. In these poems, we see tourists who "shiver in their shorts," "pelicans (who) have all the moves," a "dance to the hiss of rattlesnake grass," and the "abalone iridescence of a hummingbird's throat." Vivid imagery and a narrator's perspective that stays with you.-Susan Vespoli, author of Blame It On the Serpent, Cactus as Bad Boy, and One of Them Was MineAs one who often holds her breath for many reasons, reading Anne Mitchell's poem "Breathe," not only got me to inhale and exhale slowly and with pleasure, it got me to reclaim a level of ease and awareness that had fled. "Life will not always go your way./ The bees will disappear from the hive/ and the orange Tomcat will wander off to die/ without leaving a note..." Can't we all recognize ourselves in that? Fog Totem will bring you back to what matters most. These poems will slow you down so you too can breathe more easily and be reminded of what matters most.-Patrice Vecchione, author of My Shouting, Shattered, Whispering Voice: A Guide to Writing Poetry & Speaking Your TruthWith whimsy and wordplay Anne Mitchell scours the attic of a life filled with heartache and hope, all the while rendering the details of everyday life into a poetry of attention. Far from prose that pretends to verse, Fog Totem is poetry in its truest sense and purpose.-Rags Rosenberg is songwriter/poet and artist in residence at The Hofsas House in Carmel, Ca

A ground-breaking collection of poems exploring disability, syntax, and rhythm from a Brooklyn-based Senegalese American writer with cerebral palsy. In this fifth offering from the Multiverse series, Latif Askia Ba--a poet with Choreic Cerebral Palsy--honors all the things that arise from our unique choreographies. Meeting each reader with corporeal generosity, these poems create space to practice a radical reclamation of movement and the body. Together. In dialogue. In disability. At the bodega, in the examination room, on the move. "This way. My body looks like a dancing tattoo." Here, the drum of the body punctuates thought in unexpected and invigorating time signatures.These poems are percussive and syncopated, utilizing a polylingual braid of French, Spanish, Jamaican, Fulani, and Wolof that reminds the Anglophone reader: "I am not here to accommodate you." Because these poems are not so much for you as they are with you, an accompaniment rather than an accommodation, something to be rather than something to own.With startling nuance, The Choreic Period encourages us to "relinquish the things that we have. And mark the thing that we do," all to see and sing the vital "thing that we be."

This book started one poem at a time over several years. It was something I admired to do as far as writing poetry and wanting to create a book, but I never thought of having my poetry as a book. This book is filled with my desire to write poetry as a young girl to grow through the years as an adult writing poetry from my heart. The short poems were in the beginning stages of my trying to write poetry. Through my thoughts of how I saw things in life and what I was going through, the words leaped from my mind to the pages of each one. This book is my expression of my life's ups and downs, but to be lifted by the main character I give all the credit to, God. I was asked by God to allow him to utilize my life to help others so he may receive all the glory. If you ever had the desire to write poetry or a book, I want to encourage you to do so. These poems were my therapy to express my feelings that I could not tell others.Now, you can be a part of these stories as you read, and I pray they're an encouragement to you also.

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The Postcards I Never Sent is a beautifully sensual poetic memoir, rich with raw emotion and vulnerability. Patterson's words dance between love, loss, leaving, and returning. It is an honor to witness these poems becoming their own small rebellions on the page. This book transports us between time and place, from nature to the divine, all in a search for new and cosmic beginnings."-Nia McAllister, poet, Senior Public Programs Manager at Museum of the African Diaspora

In Celebration of International Women's Day I try to recreate what isand what washolding on to the goodreframing the badrecycle, reuseshards of mosaic glassunder my feet in the garden Eight women explore self-expression, love and loss, raising families, and growing older with grace, anger, honesty, and power. Featuring poetry and short stories from Michelle Lee, Dakoda Foxx, Jennifer DiMarco, Bree Indigo, Jonielle McMurtrey, Phoenix Noel, Sheila Mengert, and Elizabeth Wong, Rise Recreation is a raw, authentic collection where ten women become one and speak to us all.Proceeds from this volume will be donated to S.T.E.A.M. (Science Technology Engineering Art Math) projects for girls and young women sponsored by the 501(c)3 nonprofit Blue Forge Group.

An attentive collection of poems seeking answers about how to live meaningfully in a world saturated by white noise."The question isn't / what exists," writes Sarah V. Schweig in this engrossing collection of poems, "The question is what doesn't / die with us?" Positioned from within the morass of modern-day living, The Ocean in the Next Room searches for the hard, abiding particles of truth buried beneath the mantle of late capitalism. Stillness. Sunsets. The circadian rhythm of trees. These poems guide us to look past content, brands, and relentless jargon to find meaning in those layers of the world that operate without human intervention or interpretation.And yet: "Why this impulse to poetry if I believe the literal all that's left?" In verse that is at once inventive and innately familiar, Schweig unpacks the urge to make art, life, and connections even at the risk of becoming further entangled in the Anthropocene. In the face of the twenty-first century's fearful enormities and its persistent mundanities, she posits, we need reminders that beauty, friendship, and kindness, are all still possible. "We light lights / in the dark. It's a human thing."Profound and clear-sighted, this collection--selected by Cynthia Cruz for the 2023-24 Jake Adam York Prize--urges us to lift our gazes from our screens and really look at the world around us. If we measure our attentions and sharpen our intentions, if we "try again to write / the truth things," we might spy something real on the horizon.