Categoría: Poetry Bookshelf
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Featuring «Square Peg in a Round Hole» by Robbie Cheadle
The Visitor“Hello, lovely humanIt’s good to see youThe back door was openSo, I popped in for a visitI hope you don’t mindOh dear, I can seeWhere you’re lookingSorry about the messMy breakfast alwaysGoes straight through meIt’s a bird problemYou understand, don’t you?I knew you wouldYou’re a kind humanAll the birds…
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Publisher Spotlight: LJMcD Communications
LJMcD Communications focuses on publishing experimental and really out there literature. It was founded in 2022 by Lachlan J McDougall and publishes both his work and that of other international contributors. They are actively accepting submissions for poetry and prose, including fiction and non-fiction, and are interested in work that pushes the boundaries…
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“Road Trip” by Barbara Leonhard and Nolcha Fox
Barbara’s text is in italics, Nolcha’s is in what’s left. The moon is a vacancy sign, and I want to pull in for a rest. But the parking lot is full of stars, their headlights blinking through the dust my tires kick up. No room, no room. I must drive…
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Featuring «Good Job, Lightning» by Tony Brewer
The Guy in the Clutch Tshirtfor Jason RybergSomewhere between spicy IPA & some flavorless Schlitza car is born idling both feet ready to burn rubber — both pedalsoptions on the constant road& the voice is a burnout popped out of granny gear all the way to red line back to…
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«Clouds of Pink» Video 2
Thanks to Christina Chin for creating this video! Thanks to Uchechukwu Onyedikam and Christina Chin for their collaboration!
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The Unbecoming of Metaphor: Book Review by Hugh Blanton
In Isa Arsén’s second novel The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf she continues with the poorly contrived plot points, anachronisms, and risible metaphor that littered her debut Shoot the Moon. Set in the 1950’s, Unbecoming is about two up-and-coming Shakespearean actors, Wesley Shoard and Margaret Wolf. They’ve just had a successful run with Twelfth Night and Macbeth is coming up…
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Featuring «MIDDLER» by Marlene Lee
Excerpt from «MIDDLER» by Marlene Lee I knew the letter was from my daughters the minute I opened the mailbox. I stopped to read it beside the highway. The Kansas day was hot and yellow, like the day before and the day before that. But standing on the dirt shoulder,…
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Not a Review of John Yamrus’ Book «Don’t Shoot the Messenger» by Ken Tomaro
THIS IS NOT A REVIEW! A couple of days ago, I ordered and received a copy of John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany (see, do you see what I did up there?) I’ve been a fan of his writing for years, but for whatever reason, I put the books down. I…
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Ken Anderson’s “The Goose Liver Anthology” Is Available for Purchase!
The Goose Liver Anthology seamlessly weaves together two distinct literary traditions: the English in Mother Goose and the American in Spoon River Anthology. It is a cynical look at doom with flashes of love and spunk. Many characters are doomed by mere chance, others by the fate of human nature. Age and…
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Featuring «Sunflower Tanka» (Editors Robbie Cheadle and Colleen M. Chesebro)
The following garland tanka by Robbie Cheadle is from Sunflower Tanka: An Anthology of Tanka, Tanka Prose, and Experimental Tanka. (Unicorn Cats Publishing Services, 2024) Painter’s challenge (garland tanka) by Robbie CheadleAnguish reflectedBut not absorbed by waterWhich also soaks upEssence of trees and buildingsFor serene contemplation***Natures pain entrappedWithin deep, inky…
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«Clouds of Pink» Video 1
Thanks to Christina Chin for creating this video! Thanks to Uchechukwu Onyedikam and Christina Chin for their collaboration!
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Review of Colin Gee’s “All you want (a series of lies)” by Nolcha Fox
“All you want” is a collection of remarkable poetry by Colin Gee. Each poem is fueled by a wild imagination, liquor (lots of it), and food. Don’t expect introspection or philosophy. These poems are earthy, a sharing of wonder at worldly goings-on with a good friend. This book is well…
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Featuring «Sun Haiku» by Dawn Pisturino
21.sun sinks behind hillspeach daiquiris sipped slowlyjacuzzi bubbling22.pink marshmallow cloudsraindrops glisten with sunlightfairy serenades23.january snowsparkles with sun-lit crystalsmaking angel wings24.jerusalem brightwith golden sunlight undercanopy of peace25.autumn leaves rustlein the wind — burned red and goldby apollo’s fireCopyright © 2025 Dawn PisturinoThese poems are from Dawn Pisturino’s best-selling collection Sun Haiku:…
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«Fishing Expedition» Part 2 by Christine Chin and Jerome Berglund, and a Kyōka by Jerome Berglund
Thanks to Christina Chin for the video, and to Christina and Jerome Berglund for collaborating on the renga! Thanks to Jerome Berglund for his kyōka!
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Interview of John Yamrus by Ray Whitaker
John Yamrus is widely recognized as master of minimalism and the neo-noir in modern poetry. In a career spanning more than 50 years as a working writer, he has had more than 3,500 poems published in books, magazines and anthologies around the world. His writing is often taught in college…
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«Fishing Expedition» by Christine Chin and Jerome Berglund
Thanks to Christina Chin for the video, and to Christina and Jerome Berglund for collaborating on the renga!
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