Categoría: Poetry Bookshelf
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«The Man in The Mirror Was Lying» A Poem by Francisco Bravo Cabrera
THE MAN IN THE MIRROR WAS LYING I learned to smile before I learned to tell the truth. I am very good at it: the small theatre of the mouth. I lift my hand in strategic farewells, while I hide my heart somewhere behind the black curtain. Even my shadow…
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«The Rain» a poem by Francisco Bravo Cabrera
THE RAIN The sky is empty, can’t call it blue. The horizon is serrated, and every morning the sun comes up like it has something to prove. The fields remember water filling the cracks. Rust colours fences and grass. A tractor coughing itself awake before birds decide whether it’s worth…
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Featuring “Butchers (Vampire Series of Extreme Horror)” by Todd Sullivan
Kidnapped, turned, and locked away in a concrete basement, high school student Sey-Mi is taught the ways of the damned. Her captors, beautiful and malignant, cruel and insane, torture her until she pledges allegiance to the Gwanlyo, a secret organization of vampires now obsessed with bringing her into their ranks.…
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«Ascension» by Francisco Bravo Cabrera
ASCENSION pour me another oneas tall as you cancongratulationsto the comics on broadwaythey don’t make me laughselling used cars at three amscrubbing wrinklesbullets ripping through dreamer fleshshaved underarmsfouled underwearhow does one modernise a crucifixiondrinking microplasticsi’ll have another gin tonicmove aside caricatureit’s coltrane’sascension in my eartonight (Valencia, 28 JUN 2026, Francisco…
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I Smell Sheep Interviews Todd Sullivan
Fantasy Author Todd Sullivan: So is being a writer fulfilling? So is it fulfilling?This is the question all writers have to ask themselves as they struggle to get their voices heard. When you’re a child, you dream of being an author before understanding what it is to be an adult.…
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Featuring “it’s not what you think” by John Yamrus
Author’s Thoughts It’s Saturday here in Sinking Spring, and I’ve got yet another book coming out. I’ve been on a bit of a roll lately, with this being my 6th new book in the last 2 years and my (good God, I can’t believe it) 46th since the first one…
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Two Poems by Pat Alderman (editor Francisco Bravo Cabrera)
A POEM FOR THE THIRD OF JULY ‘Twas the Night before the Fourthand all through the White HouseTrump was raving on Truth SocialMuch louder than a MouseThat it was his way of the highwayNo detours in siteHe was forever electedStarting that nightHow did your democracyGet into this bindYou had to…
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The Korean Times Writes About Todd Sullivan and Samjoko Magazine
Samjoko was created by Todd Sullivan, an American who has lived in Korea for about 13 years. The concept of Samjoko Magazine has its origins in a Mok-dong academy where Sullivan taught writing several years ago. “I wanted to create a small journal where the students would be able to…
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«Two Highballs» (Francisco Bravo Cabrera)
TWO HIGHBALLS two highballsand dinnerat the asylum’swhiskey barripping daisieson the linoleumthe night nurse saysshe loves mewhile autumncarves into my youthi will savea song for youfor whom i oncescuttled my shipsrefresh my glassthere’s no applausethe bar is emptythe bandforgot the music Valencia, 27/06/2026, Francisco Bravo Cabrera
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“Almost Face to Face,” a Play by Stephen House
Written during an Australia Council Irish literature residency, Almost Face to Face takes a risky journey into a hidden Dublin world as it plunges into an off-beat artist’s process, his unusual wandering life, and the bizarre characters that share his world. Moving, brutal, dark, and funny, this poetic work about…
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Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub Reviews “Blood Stew” by Todd Sullivan
https://wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog/tag/blood-stew/ Purchase Links Paperback: eBook:
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«Spanish Harlem»
SPANISH HARLEM The number 6 linecarves righteously through116th and Lexington Avenue:El Barrio.Red beans,Medalla Light.Tito Puente on a distorted speaker.Dominoes.Cardboard shoesdancing on the cracksfrom where no water rises.Tenements,Sirens,The only melody freely profferedBy the city.Gun versus gun.Police sort them outaccording to their accent.Red, white and bluein shades and different patterns.Smoke spears throughThe…
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Scarlett Readz and Runz Reviews “Blood Stew” by Todd Sullivan
https://www.scarlettreadzandrunz.com/new-blog/2022/4/19/blood-stew Purchase Links Paperback: eBook:
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Suzanne S. Austin-Hill Reviews “Cultivating Diamonds” by Ihor Pavlyuk
To be cultivated, diamonds must be formed. Over millions of years, pressure at a level of insanity and heat causing all in its path to blister confirms their sparkle doesn’t come easy. So, it is with the philosophical sci-fi novel, “Cultivating Diamonds,” and author, Ihor Pavlyuk. The human soul is…
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Featuring “Neolithic Imaginings: Mythic Explorations of the Unknown” by Loralee Clark
Historians, anthropologists, and scientists of different disciplines have catalogued human life and culture in all its iterations so we can, as a people, understand what we have experienced and what we can yet achieve. There are significant gaps in our knowledge, however: what was life like before written records? “Neolithic…
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Featuring «Without Wheels» by Sterling Warner
WITHOUT WHEELS (2005) offers a wide variety of poems ranging dealing with, life, love, social barriers, and death, to metaphysical and reflective verse. Available on Amazon in Paperback Author Biography Author of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, Sterling Warner has several publications. His recent ones include: Visions Across the Americas (8th…
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