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Report copyright infringementby Hannah Cajandig-Taylor (Author)If you're looking for a short-yet-compelling book of poetry relevant to the current state of the world, look no further. Romantic Portrait of a Natural Disaster is a chapbook-length collection of poems in which up-and-coming poet Hannah Cajandig-Taylor navigates what it means to live in a world that seems to always be ending. From images of mountain glaciers to cosmic odes and everything in-between, her work implores the reader to...

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Report copyright infringementby W. Luther Jett (Author)In this follow-up to his earlier chapbook, Not Quite: Poems Written in Search of My Father (FLP, 2015), Luther Jett confronts the ephemeral nature of our lives, the process of grief, and the endurance of memory. Jett draws upon recollections of family, as well as historical events and forces to weave a tapestry of image and reflection. Loss "... comes with the ticking of clocks ..." the author reminds us in his title poem, "... and that i...

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Report copyright infringementby Fredric Hildebrand (Author)In this stunning debut collection, A Glint of Light, Fredric Hildebrand celebrates--with sadness, praise, and astute observations-nature, the seasons, and people among us. In short luminous poems, he reveals the extraordinary aspects of ordinary things.A native of Neenah, Wisconsin, Hildebrand weaves this rural setting into his work, paying tribute to such poets as Tom Hennen and Ted Kooser. "At the Polling Place" praises a small-town...

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Report copyright infringementby Kathleen Holliday (Author)In this debut chapbook by Pacific Northwest poet, Kathleen Holliday, the reader is introduced to a voice sharpened by experience and imbued with a passion for words. As the title suggests, these twenty-nine well-crafted poems combine word-play and wit, history, myth ("The Wine-Dark Sea") and literature ("Ms. Havisham," "A Great White") to explore such themes as love, loss, family, place, and heritage. She can find the comic in the trag...

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Report copyright infringementby Sejal Akerkar (Author)walking down the sensory strip is a collection of poetry involving a stroll along my path of life as a young woman of color. there are ups and downs; bright moments and dark ones. trapped inside my own thoughts to fight self-inflicted stigmas. being okay with who i am, in the present moment and beyond. for every reader to explore and dive into, so they know that they are not alone.all of the proceeds from this book will be donated to Udaya...

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Report copyright infringementby John C. Morrison (Author)"How the hell did we become the way we are? Ask John Morrison. He won't tell you, because he doesn't know, but he will provide you exquisite examples with lyrical grace in poems that work like illustrations that accompany certain words in the dictionary. The ghost of God is here, and memory...that strange harbinger reminding us of what we will become. His poems are a little break from the wind, a pause from the chaos, a two-person picni...

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Report copyright infringementby Marshall Witten (Author), Elaine Franz Witten (Illustrator), Shawn Aveningo Sanders (Editor)Drawn from episodes over a long life, the poems of My Mind's Eye survey the joys and sorrows, the affirmations and contractions of the world. The natural world becomes a mirror for human actions. And if simplicity is sometimes trampled by our greed and recklessness, knowing our true place restores at least a corner of the world.Includes illustrations by internationally a...

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Report copyright infringementby Alanna Bluebird (Author), Bb Iskwew (Illustrator)About the Author Alanna is a Blackfoot, Dene multidisciplinary artist of the Tsuut'ina Nation & Siksika Nation in the Treaty 7 Territory of Canada. She has been writing poetry since she's been in grade 7, a teacher of hers inspired her to write her first poem and since then she hasn't stop writing. With life experience and learning lessons to help her as an individual, she writes for the next generation to co...

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Report copyright infringementby Tiwanna Marie (Author)TiWanna Marie believes that poetry is the expression of the soul and should be shared with others in hopes to show the world that we all have a voice and should share it with one another. The unheard voice is one that should never be forgotten. We as a people can create a sound that changes the world, but we must come together. Memoirs of a Woken Dreamer is an inspirational poetry book that every voracious reader like yourself should have....

Arthur travels Back in Time: Book for kids who love adventure

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Report copyright infringementby Gene Lipen (Author), Jennifer Rees (Editor), Judith San Nicolas (Illustrator)He's ready to learn about history. Where can this curious canine go before the clock strikes bedtime?Arthur the fearless dog is ready to take a bite out of the past. He's got his paws on a time machine, and now there's no when, where, or why that he can't go. But spending all this energy pouncing around a tiring timeline might prove tricky for Arthur to get back to his beloved house!As...

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Report copyright infringementby Poetic Beauty (Author)Poetic Beauty has something to say. I want to surprise especially to young teens. Survivors, Child Abuse, Rape, Addiction, Anxiety Depression, Please don't ever give up. Never give anyone or thing Power to destroy you You are all warriors The Strenght is inside you You all Beautiful Follow your Dreams. Always -Poetic Beauty Number of Pages: 108 Dimensions: 0.26 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 27...

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Report copyright infringementby Rainer Maria Rilke (Author), Art Beck (Translator)Art Beck's introduction notes that "translating poetry is writing poetry, only harder." But he also views it as an art akin to musical performance. Returning to these pieces by Rilke many times over the years, Beck came to realize that "it wasn't so much to perfect or polish the English renditions as to listen more closely to the 'original score.'" In addition to selections from The Book of Images and New Poems,...

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Report copyright infringementby Liesl Garner (Author)"I got to see her triumph and fall apart. I wept and cheered for her. She was so beautiful and so strong, so weak and hurting, all swept together and intertwined." from an included prose piece titled, My Life Story in Music. These are poems from my idyllic youth, my rebellion, my wild abandon, up to my rescue, redemption, and rebirth as a functioning member of society, and a grown woman with a family of my own. In my early days, I wrote abo...

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Report copyright infringementby Han-Jae Lee (Author)Han-Jae Lee's book Korea is a comprehensive collection of his poetry presented in both English and Korean language. The Korean born writer, Han-Jae Lee's poems express a deep appreciation and kinship with all things -- both natural and manmade. All objects -- from flowers to tires to tattoos -- carry equal weight and sensibility. All are vital and animated, as if we have truly arrived at "a beatific place," where, lulled by the quiet underst...

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Report copyright infringementby Christine May (Author)Between Tads and Toads is an illustrated story in verse for adults about pretty frog Frederic who struggles to fit in with the pondling society of toads, frogs and tads. Set by a pond in the idyllic British countryside where everything rhymes, life is an endless parade of picnics, swimming races and all things nice, except for Frederic. Number of Pages: 98 Dimensions: 0.38 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication ...

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Report copyright infringementby Anna Renee (Author)patina nounpa-ti-na Definition of patina1: a thin surface layer or shell of varied color and texture, as on copper, developed as the result of age or weathering by exposure to deliberately harsh circumstances.2: a collection of poetry and spoken word pieces that have been written in the middle of storms and sorrow, cheering from mountaintops, stumbling in the dark, crashing, burning, choosing to stand back up for the thousandth time; this is ...

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Report copyright infringementby Ruth Smullin (Author)Ruth Ann Smullin's collection, The Open Door, invites the reader to consider the shape of memory, the way we experience our lives as moments and interactions, laden with feeling. Smullin is a clear-eyed guide; her poems unfold simply and without sentimentality. In "Pomegranate" she describes the fruit as 'my work of art-/my eye, the medium./As rosy skin begins to fade and shrivel, / I struggle to fix forever/the exact shade, the particular ...

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Report copyright infringementby Gregory Loselle (Author)Gregory Loselle's new chapbook gathers the work that has occupied him most often in the last several years: observations of the animals among us, domestic and wild. In careful, often formal verse, he draws on direct and reported experience to isolate and analyze moments of reflection, elaborating on the moral significance of our experiences with nature. News stories of remarkable encounters with nature, scientific reports, and simple, ba...

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Report copyright infringementby Janet Lowery (Author)Blending humor with pathos, The Pugilist's Daughter illuminates some of the complications inherent in a fateful family position as the daughter most emotionally enmeshed with a wayward father. Some of the poems like "First Night," "How Insomnia Runs Through a Bloodline," "Black Pearl," and the titular poem portray a childhood and youth scarred by sorrow and loss, while others, such as "Story," "It Was Like This," and "Vigil" trace some of t...

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Report copyright infringementby Oscar Wilde (Author)"Like two doomed ships that pass in stormWe had crossed each other's way: But we made no sign, we said no word, We had no word to say"-Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898) The poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898) by Oscar Wilde, was inspired by the two years he spent in the jail of Reading Gaol, England. There he experienced the hanging of Royal Horse Guards trooper Charles Thomas Wooldridge, convicted for the murder of his wife....

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Report copyright infringementby Lindheim (Author)This book explores the ways in which Latin poets of the late Republic and the Augustan Age participate in a new cultural preoccupation with the dramatically expanding geographical space of empire.Author BiographySara H. Lindheim, Associate Professor of Classics, University of California, Santa Barbara Sara H. Lindheim is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Mail and Female: Epistol...

Dance into the World: Tanka Society of America Twentieth Anniversary Anthology

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Dylan Welch (Editor), Tanka Society of America (Author)Celebrate the Tanka Society of America's twentieth anniversary with tanka by 175 poets in seven themed sections: "The Earth Is Alive" (nature), "This Slender Thread" (death and dying), "Barefoot to the Sunset" (love), "Letting the Firefly Go" (family), "Umbrella Inside Out" (miscellaneous), "Garden of Dwindling Petals" (coronavirus pandemic), and "Path to Holy Waters" (travel). Edited and introduced...

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Report copyright infringementby Nichole McElhaney (Author)A collection of poems from best selling poet Nichole McElhaney that embrace and inspire the inner goddess in all of us. Number of Pages: 76 Dimensions: 0.18 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: December 02, 2020

Jasmine Water: A little Book about Healing, Love, and Spiritual Awakening

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Report copyright infringementby Maria Haddad (Author)Jasmine Water is a collection of poetry and writings that reflect the inner process of a woman waking up to her Divine nature inside of her humanity. The pages of this book provide the reader with heartfelt reflections about relationships with oneself, others, and God. Number of Pages: 132 Dimensions: 0.44 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: November 19, 2020

2nd Declaration of Interdependence: Advocate

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Report copyright infringementby J. S. Christian (Author)Declaration of Interdependence: Advocate Poetically! is a poetic compilation of talking points on timely challenging subject matter. It is altogether expressions of Alternate History, Dark Humor and art. Declarations ... Advocate Poetically! can also be viewed as proverbial reflections on topics which may be too difficult to discuss otherwise. It steps around political correctness straight into what "Plotters" and "Insiders" do. Declarat...

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Report copyright infringementby Paulette Geddes (Author)"Uniquely Peculiar, At The Well" is an faith based poetry book. It describes the feelings and emotions of the the SamaritanWoman who met Jesus at the well. The story is taken from the Holy Bible, John 4:1-26. The verses depicts my insight into the mind of the samaritan woman and understanding how she felt going to the well and leaving after she met Jesus at the well.Author BiographyPaulette Geddes is the author of previously published bo...

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Report copyright infringementby Kirsten Luckins (Author)In Passerine, Kirsten Luckins' epistolary poems distill the daily process of grieving, healing, remembering, through nature's wild and atomic industry. Reading this collection is like pressing your ear to the ground to hear the orchestra of the world: alive with buzzing hum and beating wing; death, all the while, lurking on the doorstep. The language is lush, tack-sharp and playful, capturing both the contradictions of being in and of th...

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Report copyright infringementby Darren J. Beaney (Author)"Honey dew is the debut pamphlet by Darren J Beaney a collection of twenty-one powerful love poems, Beaney has written a wonderful and emotionally charged pamphlet that savours the true expressions and empathy in love with all its up's and downs, the poems are sublime fragments and enchanting visions of true love and are sometimes confessional. A true and well written debut that will manifest its imagery in the mind with such lines as "...

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Report copyright infringementby Mira Hadlow (Author)Mira Hadlow's debut collection of poetry and prose goes beyond the experience of finding and losing love, and dives into what it means to discover the beauty in the in-between places. She explores the negative space in relationships, and asks the reader to embark on a journey of peace and growth through accepting the grey areas of love and loss. Number of Pages: 260 Dimensions: 0.55 x 8 x 5.25 IN Public...

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Report copyright infringementby Ian Gouge (Editor)Globally the number of people being creative with language is truly extraordinary. While each of us will have our individual reasons for writing, many of them common, where the majority truly come together is in the desire to be read.There are lots of outlets for writers, contributing to an ever-expanding and increasingly densely populated literary landscape, and people continue to submit to competitions, journals and magazines. In the vast ma...

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Report copyright infringementby Sam Rush (Author)In SWALLOW, Sam Rush sounds off at a new frequency, tuning keenly to the irreducible particularities of a body living its way into a prophecy only certain ears can hear. Ambitious in sonic play and buzzing with the verve of a private hero's journey, this collection lends gravity to understanding inherited form-the sonnet and one's own corporeal vessel-as a pyre an altar an altered /state. SWALLOW permits nonlinear passage into the choose-your-o...

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Report copyright infringementby Rafiq Kathwari (Author)Rafiq Kathwari is a dangerous man. A poet of family history, of geopolitics, he breaks down walls and leaves glittering shards whose beauties make you weep for what is and what could be. This is poetry that expects tears and earns them. From a mother's heart-wrenching madness to a nation's lost paradise, the words confront change without flinching. Experience the alchemy by which art draws solace from suffering, resolution from desolation...