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Dead Birds & Sinking Ships (Happy Little Tales of Melancholy Madness)

by John Bowie

Dead Birds & Sinking Ships is a visceral relay of emotions and disfigured memories of childhood in the country and growing old in the city. It exposes love, loss, hurt and wanting. Knowing death waits to deny us the people, places and events that make us.

DETERIORATE

by Michelle Marie Jacquot

DETERIORATE is a poetry chapbook on disdain of the digital age. Dark but infused with humor, DETERIORATE contemplates and questions our modern world and its ramifications on humanity.

Dark and Light Verse

by Allen Lee Ireland

Dark and Light Verse is Allen Ireland's second collection of poems, aptly titled, since, in serious and not-so-serious verse, it captures the darkness and light both in the natural world and in the human spirit. The poet’s disillusionment is conveyed in various forms, but in nearly all of the poems the beauty of expression consoles, and art subsumes the anguish.

The Day America Cried: So Many Innocents Died, 9-11-01: We Will Survive!

by Patricia B. Schoeler

This is a collection of poems remembering and honoring those
who lived and died on that terrible day in the history of our
country 9-11-01. This book conveys the deep feelings of everyone
who personally witnessed this tragedy and chronicles events as
they happened. May these poems offer comfort and solace to all
those who love and grieve for them.

Reflections on Life

by Patricia B. Schoeler

Situations happen to all of us in life that may be hard to deal with. Trying to express our reactions to these events can be very difficult indeed. This is a powerful but touching book, written in a style that is easy to read and easy to relate to! Those who have read this book, conclude that the author was able to put into words what the rest of us feel, but cannot quite express.

Written in Silence

by A. M. Holas

Written in Silence is a poetry collection that tells the story of a powerful mental health journey-a story of perseverance, survival, and growth. Beginning in a tunnel that was once so dark and seemingly endless, facing broken relationships and an inner world that felt like a burden. It was through the pain that the light at the end of the tunnel was finally found, transforming the meaning of silence, turning self-hate into self-love, and bringing life out of fear and into love.

God Gives you Goosebumps

by Gwendolyn Davis

This book of poems is inspired by my journey and by my Savior, Jesus Christ. It is through this that I send out my hope for the world and love for all people. Regardless of where they come from or what is going on in their lives. Their can be no greater love and no greater hope than how Christ died for our sins and I pray for all people. He saved us from ourselves and these poems reflect the will of God and bring greater understanding.

Harbingers of the Apocalypse

by Sandra A. Haynes

The book “Harbingers of the Apocalypse”, presented in rhymed and metered poetry, indicates the author’s view that the current events now transpiring in the world are not just random happenstances, which can be blamed on global warming, but are the result of fulfillment of Bible prophecy, which heralds the event of the second coming of Jesus Christ. Passages in the poetry reflect prophetic Bible truths, which are currently being observed by the calamities now occurring as warnings given to awaken... more

Poems of Love and Inspiration

by Floyd Turner Kacey

This book is a compilation of poems written for people that you love and cherish. The poems are composed for a variety of occasions and for the various people that come into our lives. There is something for everyone, especially if you are in love.

YOUR INNER BEING

by Thomas Lake

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. Thought-provoking poetry that will have you on the edge of your seat. Poetic and powerful, Your Inner Being will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.

Graffiti on the Window

by Alexej Savreux

Book of cross-genre poems and prose by international award-winning poet and critic, Alexej Savreux. First published in Kansas City, Kansas by Illogical Conceits Publishing & Multimedia in 2015, the book is being re-released in 2021. The book explores the true meaning of art and the human existence through no light psychological exploration and a heartfelt, personal touch as seen through the eyes of an individual contending with the pain of a paranoid psychosis post-hospitalization.

Beowulf

by Andrew B. F. Carnabuci

Gæð a wyrd swa hio scel! Beowulf is the classic Old English heroic-elegiac poem, presented here in a new verse translation. The poem follows the rise and fall of its titular hero on adventures in Denmark in his youth, and facing a dragon as the King of Geatland in his old age. This edition is fully annotated throughout, and includes a translator's preface and introduction, pedigree diagrams for the major royal houses, and a full bibliography. If you have never experienced the Anglo-Saxon world o... more

Venus is Grieving- A Time Travellers Odyssey

by M. Al-waadh

Venus is Grieving- A Time Travellers Odyssey is a collection of poems narrated by a time traveller looking to reconcile past memories and experiences. A coming of age story that explores the female experience through the lens of cultural identity, ambition, heartbreak, friendship and family, set against a clashing backdrop of conformity and identity. Narrated over the course of six chapters, our narrator re-visits past memories through a personal odyssey and recounts the different emotions exper... more

HATCHET'S HABIT & ME

by Craig Wells

I am the poem written for an audience of no one. I have been a disciple of moveable spirituality and literature. From Christianity to Buddhism to Native American mysticism, from Tupac to Stravinsky, from Voltaire to Hesse, I embrace whatever works. I have been more dedicated to the love of writing rather than romance. These poems reflect a life willing to discover the true nature of myself and others I encountered visually or personally.

Reduction Fired

by Jennifer Yeates Camara

In this collection spanning over 20 years, Jennifer's was inspired by traits from some of the standouts of classical world poetry. As a result, her poems often uniquely feature tight, condensed lines over rich imagery and rhythm. Calm and lingering, the stirring content's coupled with purposeful word placement.

Reduction Fired is set out in 4 sections, each named for a season that represents a period in time. Specifically, they are grouped loosely in ... more

Poems of a West Coast Pariah

by Lois C. Henderson

Poems of a West Coast Pariah: Modern Haiku 1 is a collection of modern haiku (which liberates the form in terms of number of syllables per line and number of lines) on various aspects of Lois C. Henderson’s existence on the West Coast of South Africa, during the late summer of 2021. Living on the banks of the Berg River, in a small fishing village known as Velddrif, she explores the environment and her thoughts about the life around her, both in a positive and in a negative light. The sections o... more

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