Categoría: Poetry Bookshelf
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“Clouds of Pink” Video 8.5
Thanks to Christina Chin for creating this video! Thanks to Uchechukwu Onyedikam and Christina Chin for their collaboration!
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Featuring «Square Peg in a Round Hole» by Robbie Cheadle
Sample Poem from Square Peg in a Round HoleShe Stalks (99-syllable double ennead)Feline slinks cautiouslyThrough agapanthusProud of her stealth and hunting proficiencyShe eyes avian pestsTime to take them down***Loeries feast unperturbedPeach juice runs and dripsFruit left mangled in the wake of gorging beaksBirds look preoccupiedBut are quite aware***Cat measures the…
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“Clouds of Pink” Video 8
Thanks to Christina Chin for creating this video! Thanks to Uchechukwu Onyedikam and Christina Chin for their collaboration!
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W. M. Pienton’s “Swampscott Fitzgerald” Is Available for Purchase!
“The price is your childhood magic. If you agree, your worldview will change radically. You’ll see things very differently.” Swampscott Fitzgerald is a seven-year-old boy. He sees a world of magic. When his cat is killed in an accident, he leaves on a quest to bring it back to life.…
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Featuring «White Knuckle» by Steven Bruce
Excerpt from «White Knuckle» NursingPushed from the womb.Into rat-infested squalor.Where the lights didn’t burn,and the water didn’t flow.Into a world of drug and domestic abuse.Where father held fire under the spoon,and mother wept through bruised eyes.Into physical and emotional abuse.Where beatings broke the skin,and we suffered piss-taking daily.Into sleeping rough…
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Featuring “CAPTAIN BEEFHEART NEVER LICKED MY DECALS OFF, BABY” by John Yamrus
John Yamrus’ bio changes as frequently as his socks. He recently released “DON’T SHOOT THE MESSENGER JUST GIVE HIM A GOOD PLACE TO HIDE” and now “CAPTAIN BEEFHEART NEVER LICKED MY DECALS OFF, BABY”. Both books are published by Anxiety Press. To introduce CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, John is sharing the masterful introduction by Sarah…
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Reviews for Phil Repko’s «Pieces of April»
Each chapter in «Pieces of April» chronicles the themes and concerns for the calendar year in which they were written. Starting in 2023 and working backwards to 2016, the poems are rife with references to the cultural concerns of the day, while also incorporating the joys and sadness of daily…
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Featuring “Hidden Worlds” by K.R. Moore
Book 2 in the Bizarre Short Stories series. Hidden Worlds explores five tales of bizarre mysteries and secrets to discover. Dive in to read through each story below and embark on journeys unlike any other! Memorable Midnight Melodies – Alo must rediscover his passion for music whether he wants to or not, after…
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Featuring «Soul Songs» by Nolo Segundo
Amazon Book Description Many of these poems show the poet’s most impassioned moods, and are characterised by impressive felicity of style and subtle diction. The poet in several poems shows a high degree of excellence. The mere verbal felicity of style adds to the beauty of these highly impassioned and…
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Humanity, Pete Mladinic’s Review of Beware the Bourgeois Doomsday Fantasy by Heath Brougher
Heath Brougher’s Beware the Bourgeois Doomsday Fantasy is militant, not in a doctrine sense, but militant for humanity, militant for standing up for equality and human dignity, for the dignity of all living things; and against the inhumane, which, in these poems, takes shape in a police officer’s baton used not to…
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«Clouds of Pink» Video 7
Thanks to Christina Chin for creating this video! Thanks to Uchechukwu Onyedikam and Christina Chin for their collaboration!
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«The Lament of the Sunken Ship» by Fizza Abbas Is Available for Purchase!
If you’ve ever been captivated by the mysteries ships took to their watery graves, you’ll enjoy «The Lament of the Sunken Ship» by Fizza Abbas. Following are two samples from the book: R.M.S. CarpathiaWe often remember the Titanic’s heroes and victims, but forget the ship that answered its call.R.M.S. Carpathia…
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Featuring «In the Jaguar Valley» by Lorraine Caputo
Excerpt from «In the Jaguar Valley» Midnight EchoesA solitary church bell across the valley encircled by mountains & snow-peaked volcanoesSlow one toll then another & … of this hourFoot falls down grimed brick sidewalksPast a towering basalt crossAcross the worn grey stones of the plazaPast the gated fountain still spillingStray…
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Featuring “ain’t done yet!” by John Yamrus
AIN’T DONE YET! is a collection of 40 brand new poems, all written after the release of his last book, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART NEVER LICKED MY DECALS OFF, BABY. It’s got an incredible introduction by the legendary musician Jeff Cotton, who played guitar on Trout Mask Replica, the album John wrote…
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Review of Sandra Tyler’s «The Night Garden of My Mother” by Elizabeth Gauffreau
One of the reasons I enjoy reading memoir is that the form lends itself to so many different approaches to writing about significant times in a person’s life. Sandra Tyler’s The Night Garden of My Mother is a case in point. I’ve never read a memoir quite like it before. Night Garden opens…
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Farming on a Volcanic Rock: Hugh Blanton’s Review of Nathaniel Ian Miller’s «Red Dog Farm»
Iceland and its archipelago were formed by the magma erupting from the separating North American and Eurasian tectonic plates; or more accurately, are still being formed. As recently as April 1, 2025, a fissure ruptured on the Reykjanes Peninsula, releasing magma and forcing the town of Grindavík to evacuate. Iceland…
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