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What I Should Have Said: A Poetry Memoir about Losing a Child to Addiction

by Lanette Sweeney

What I Should Have Said: A Poetry Memoir about Losing a Child to Addiction recounts a mother's grief, guilt, sorrow, and search for meaning after her 26-year-old son's death by overdose. The book is divided into the stages of grief, with sections on denial and depression, anger, bargaining and, eventually, acceptance. Sweeney's son's poems appear throughout the collection, often in seeming conversation with his grieving mother's words. The author hopes the book demonstrates that even the most de... more

My Daddy Slays Dragons

by Stephanie Kahle

There is nothing scarier than a firebreathing dragon, ask any firefighter. The age-old tales of dragons are real today, in the forests of California and all over this land. Fire season brings modern day heroes to the front line in droves. They gather their armor and gear and travel toward danger to protect life, property and the environment. They leave behind families who guard their castles and hold down the fort awaiting their valiant return and the stories of adventure to follow.

Violet

by Sabrina Simon

Violet is poems for the ones who are willing to wait, idealistic in love, and love silently. It represents the true essence of intimacy: sensitive, emotional, authentic, and true.

Naughty Nonsense, Lascivious Limericks and Much More

by David Ellis

WARNING Be prepared to be amused by the odd ways of the characters here portrayed in the first section of the book devoted to Limericks. Be prepared to feel sympathy for their mishaps and trials. But especially be prepared to be shocked by their goings-on and shenanigans - the forger, the glutton, the cheat, the drunkard, the proud, the greedy, the slothful, the unfaithful, the exhibitionist, the sex-mad, the dominatrix, the cougar, the transsexual, the transvestite, the masochist, the ho... more

Poems for Wee Ones

by MaryAnn Diorio

POEMS FOR WEE ONES will delight the young child in your life with its gentle humor, its lilting verses, and its charming illustrations. Studies have shown that reading poetry to children contributes to their healthful emotional development and sharpens their pre-reading skills. According to Scholastic Parents Magazine, "nursery rhymes, songs, and poetry are key parts of preschool reading. Listening to, and repeating, poetry is a wonderful way for children to learn phonemic awareness." * ... more

Spirit

by James Murdock

Spirit dives deep into present beauty and brutality, enhancing the prism through which we perceive and value our experience. Murdock’s take is timeless; his poems are born when his heart catches his soul, exploring the warmth of friendship, joy of love, and shameful justification for cruelty and violence. The gamut lies within / sit down / open it / and bring your spirit along.

Don't put me in a box

by Lady Elegance

Skin & Bones: Song Lyrics

by Jeff Mellin

Skin & Bones is the first-ever collection of lyrics by songwriter / artist Jeff Mellin. Named for a lyric from his "tour de force"* album Jeff Mellin Saves the World (Stereorrific, 1999), the book covers songs from Mellin's bare-bones coffeehouse days to his later, more fleshed-out power-pop material. "While it’s often difficult to gauge the worth of pop lyrics printed on the page without musical accompaniment, it’s remarkable how well Skin and Bones reads, as l... more

Driveway Chalk Stars of Pajama Astronomers: A Year of Haiku

by Jeff Mellin

A year of observation and reflection. Of snapshots, soundbites, and tiny stories. Of kōans, riddles, and magic tricks. Of meditations and revelations. A year of haiku. Artist, writer, designer, and musician Jeff Mellin shares his year-long project to chronicle, in both words and images, the micro-moments of day-to-day life raising his three boys. Illustrated with 60 black & white photographs.

Player Piano (Dream 19)

by Jeff Mellin

A mysterious vision. A cryptic epiphany. A hopeful dream ballad for strange and dangerous times. Decorated with images adapted and collaged from “Chant d’Amour (The Love Song),” a painting by Pre Raphaelite artist Edward Coley Burne Jones, and the “Book of Flowers,” a 16th century nature catalog illuminated for Queen Claude de France.

Don't put me in a box

by Lady Elegance

In a world full of hatred and discrimination, wouldn't it be great to gain a sense of adulation? In this 2 part poetry book, discover the poems of affliction with my daily battles with the world and within myself. Just remember that love always triumphs in the end!

Race. Resistance. Love.

by H. "Herukhuti" Sharif Williams

Race. Resistance. Love. is a collection of poetry and spoken word expressing 30+ years of living, loving, and learning in the Black liberation movement, Black queer communities, and Black radical tradition. Presented through the themes of race, resistance, and love, this body of work challenges simplistic ideas about what these three words mean while calling readers to define and redefine them in their own lives.

Brain Crumbs

by Sasha Dylus

A quirky collection of witty and whimsical poems for rhyme lovers of all ages. This lighthearted, pick-up-anywhere book is packed with dozens of bite-size ballads that are guaranteed to tickle the brain. From odd thoughts and ideas, to life lessons and laughs, Brain Crumbs takes a delightfully deep look at the world through the eyes of writer Sasha Dylus.

Tales for Two

by Nathan H Chan

Tales for Two is a series of picture books based on traditional stories and proverbs from around the globe. Each book seeks to make learning English interactive, colorful, and fun, while also introducing children to wisdom tales they might not otherwise come across. Book One presents stories from ancient China. Tales for Two is also about developing a mind of active listening and critical thinking rather than passive reading. The book is best read by an adult and a child together, hence the t... more

Riot of Roses

by Brenda Vaca

This collection of poems, RIOT OF ROSES, is at once a confrontation, a confession, an embrace. It took me 44 years to love myself with abandon and to trust myself as a writer. I caught glimpses of this deep love throughout my life. I even preached about it on Sundays twice - in English and en Español - for over a decade as a pastor. Still, I was restrained and bound by my gender and by my culture, and literally collared by religiosity. Thankfully, Spirit planted a love for words and stories deep... more

The Lesser Light

by Philip Wexler

These are the first 500 of a larger in-progress collection of poems related to the moon. They were inspired by the woodblock print series, 100 Views of the Moon by the 19th century Japanese artist, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, though the poems do not directly correspond to the prints. Rather, the prints were a jumping-off point. The poems represent the author’s personal take on the moon or what, in his environment or psyche, brings the moon to mind or into view. They were triggered by thoughts, fanta... more

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