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Z is for Zapatazo

by Ruben Rivera

Ruben Rivera, Ph.D., was born in New York City to a mixed-race Puerto Rican family and raised in southern California in that time “when children should be seen and not heard.” As a working-class brown Latino boy, Ruben was invisible in the public school curriculum, on TV and media – except for anomalies like Tonto whose name in Spanish meant Dummy – and America as a whole, even as the long-ignored were struggling to be seen and heard in the era of Jim Crow, Civil Right... more

Rise

by Henry Lee Thomas

RISE celebrates the diversity of our beautiful planet and its inhabitants and it unveils harsh truths that need to be faced before we can experience total-world transformation. Most importantly, it inspires us to dive deep within ourselves and truly introspect, especially during these uncertain times fraught with fear, racism, and societal collapse.

Misty-Coloured Pearl

by Mzia Kvirikashvili Lawrence

In an anthology of diverse poems, Mzia Kvirikashvili Lawrence highlights the work of Georgian poets on their experiences, nature, and the people who surround their lives.

The shared poems explore the cry of a thirsty woman from the desert as she longs for the arrival of spring, the joy of the purest of friendships as others count our blessings, the breaking of invisible beliefs in dreams that remind of a flow of multi-coloured tunes and rhythms, the rain that accompanies three-day-... more

William's Christmas Dream

by Linda Carol Morris

This story takes the form of a poem about a young boy called William, who dreams of Santa’s crazy rush to deliver presents for william’s Mum and Dad and his dog, Tessa. Along the way Santa has a few hitches but William finds out about the very first Christmas and why we give gifts at this time. William is shown to be a good and thoughtful little boy who lives up to the true spirit of Christmas.

Poets Awake. Saints Alive. Lovers Among. Lives Attune

by C. T. Eck

The biggest news about C. T. Eck’s poetry-only book titled Poets Awake Saints Alive Lovers Among Lives Attune is that it arrives in 16 various categories. The subtitle states 247 Collected And Inspected Original Poems Comprising 16 Categories and here we can restate these “chapters” of categories for us: Song Style Poems; Instant Classic Poems; Humorous Poems; Audience Of One; Love Poems; True-Accounts-From-My-Own-Life Poems; On-The-Horror-Side Poems; Solid Staple Poems; Kissable Poems; Marri... more

Tears of Pain, Tears of Joy: One Mother's Story

by Paula Morhardt

When you start married life at 17, problems are everywhere you look. First baby, second baby, husband out late, children getting sick. Problems, problems, and more problems. But there are bright moments, too—the first daughter-in-law, the first grandbaby. Tears of pain and tears of joy were shed during the first 25 years of this marriage. Learn what being a mother meant to this woman, and how she handled it.

Strike a Prose: A Framework of Memories and Commentaries in Poetry

by Cat Ellington

Part of the Cat Ellington Literary Collection, Strike a Prose: A Framework of Memories and Commentaries in Poetry, features the books More Imaginative Than Ordinary Speech: The Poetry of Cat Ellington; and Memoirs in Gogyohka: A Book of Short Poems and Memoirs.

Painted in Watercolors by Ateli, this distinctive compilation also includes previously unpublished bonus material from Quill Pen Ink Publishing—in association with the Cat Elli... more

More Imaginative Than Ordinary Speech: The Poetry of Cat Ellington

by Cat Ellington

From the author of Reviews by Cat Ellington comes a gracefully adorned compilation of eccentric beauty and elegant prose flowing with milky fluidity and honey-sweet intellectuality.

Presenting More Imaginative Than Ordinary Speech: The Poetry of Cat Ellington, a mystifying collection of poetic productions that glide over multiple genres and wrap themselves around a variety of topics, including racism in America, spiritual warfare, same-sex relationships, delusional disorder, social netw... more

Blood Sisters

by Jenifer DeBellis

The characters and stories within Blood Sisters hold a familiarity that is as resonant as that song you once heard—the one you remember the melody to and have been searching for ever since. These lyrical coming-of-age narratives follow the girl next door through move after move, new school after new school. In her quest to find personal truths and understand the human condition, this collection’s speaker retraces experiences that shaped her relational, sociopolitical, and sexuality views.

Years Spent: Exploring Poetry in Adventure, Life and Love

by Lalit Kumar

This book is a collection of poems depicting various emotions as one navigates through life’s journey. The book is organized in five different sections, exploring the themes of adventure, exploration, success, love, loss and hope in verses. The message is simple. Let your inner curiosity lead you to explore, venture out into the unknown territories and ‘feel’ the grandeur of life.

Years Spent: Exploring Poetry in Adventure, Life and Love

by Lalit Kumar

This book is a collection of poems depicting various emotions as one navigates through life’s journey. The book is organized in five different sections, exploring the themes of adventure, exploration, success, love, loss and hope in verses. The message is simple. Let your inner curiosity lead you to explore, venture out into the unknown territories and ‘feel’ the grandeur of life.

all good apologies end in a #ashtag

by Brian Wilcox

A collection of the surreal, beautiful, and vulnerable words and experiences of an introverted observer of stories. All lines are truth insofar as they become fictionalized to make them at times believable and accepted.

Artscapes

by Lee Woodman

Artscapes is a 77-page collection of ekphrastic poems that dazzle with vivid imagery and expert wordplay. Lee Woodman has chosen to explore works from major museums, including The National Gallery, MOMA, The Guggenheim, The Prado, and the Louvre. Woodman invites readers to walk into paintings, enter worlds triggered by sculpture, and eavesdrop on conversations with artists. She will take you to a roaring boxing ring in Washington D.C., a cave in Indonesia with forty-thou... more

The Dawn of Speech

by Joseph Wood

"It's the high before the crash/It's wishing it would last". A beautiful poetry collection about love, loss, spirituality, and healing. Through the finely weaved verses, “The Dawn of Speech” tells the story of a young man on his search for purpose. Read "The Dawn of Speech" to follow along with the heartwarming journey!

Masters of the Craft - 2nd edition

by Don Gutteridge

A series of poems celebrating famous authors admired by the poet_ Bronte, Eliot,,, Dickens, cummings et al

Mud Ajar

by Hiram Larew

Plain and simply, a collection of wonder-filled poems.

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