Categoría: Poetry Bookshelf
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Featuring «Something Has Changed» by Pen Pals Publishing
This intimate collection of storytelling and poetry captures the raw, beautiful, and sometimes messy truth of what it means to be a woman navigating life amidst all its changes. Our book was written by five women who’ve lived through it all—heartache, triumph, trauma, and transformation—we’ve poured our souls into these…
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Kelp Journal (The Wave) Interviews KJ Hannah (Channie)Greenberg
Our fast lives predispose us to being oblivious to the wonders around us. https://www.kelpjournal.com/post/photography-by-kj-hannah-greenberg
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Featuring «Record of Dissent : Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age» by Chaos Section Poetry Project
A literary protest against creeping authoritarianism in the United States under Donald Trump-and beyond-this anthology gathers voices of resistance from poets across the country. Record of Dissent includes 44 poems on protest, survival, memory, justice, and defiance, each one pushing back against silence in the face of collapse. From intimate reflections to sharp political critique, these poems speak to the urgency of this moment and the power of language to confront repression A project of The Chaos Section Poetry Project and edited by Nicholas Allison, this is a book for readers who refuse to look away. Sample Poems We nominated these six for the Pushcart Prize. One of them, by Dr. Matthew E. Henry, contains a racial slur…
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Featuring «Minataur Snow» by Ryan Quinn Flanagan
Minotaur Snow Editorial Description Ryan Quinn Flanagan’s Minotaur Snow is an urban menagerie of very human poems. Difficult situations, individual foibles, that unescapable rush of the modern city; the sights and sounds and smells and touch, all told with great humour and at times, compassion. Flanagan peoples the landscape in…
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“SistersRoc’N’Rhyme Presents: Unsung Canaan Ballads, A Collection of Poems, Solos-Part One” by Chyrel J. Jackson
Unsung Canaan Ballads is a poetry collection by Chyrel J. Jackson of culture, honesty, family, history, emotion, resilience, and literary excellence. It’s a love letter to Black people living in an imperfect and whitewashed world. This compilation celebrates the poetically lyrical sisterhood, Black poets, and Black writers. There is something for the grieving…
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Featuring Delighting in “To Be”: Poems for Writers by Loralee Clark
What Is the Book About? Delighting in “To Be” is a micro chapbook by Loralee Clark, published in November 2025 by Bottlecap Press. This chapbook explores the ways we are changed as we delve into the process of dancing with words. These poems provide advice for writers: enjoy the process;…
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Nigel Kent’s Interview with LindaAnn LoSchiavo about «Cancer Courts My Mother»
Artist Statement about Cancer Courts My Mother «… every poem breaks a silence that had to be overcome …» — Adrienne Rich Perhaps because I grew up in a Roman Catholic family, I am drawn to acrostics (crosses) and the punitive syllable counting (the rosary) required by formal verse. I…
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Featuring «Halcyon Days: Collected Fibonacci» by Sterling Warner
Praise for Halcyon Days Sterling Warner has managed to thoughtfully intrigue us with his new publication of Halcyon Days. These resolute verses, like golden coins, glimmer with betrayal, passion and mystery but still hold true to the Fibonacci structure. They not only cure the morning after hangover but fill us…
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Featuring «Britannia Unleashed» by Richard M. Ankers
What is «Britannia Unleashed» About? Evil will come and champions will fall, but Britannia shall reign eternal. Every world has its heroes, and every hero has tales to tell. Britannia, Queen Victoria’s realm, is not the least of these, for its many heroes are varied and inextricably linked. If but…
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Featuring «Cinder Block Kisses» by Ryan Quinn Flanagan
Sample Poems The RecitalA children’s recital.Taking turns at the piano.A matronly instructor standing over each child.A thin milling of parents half-seated in the front roomof a modest house.With a doorbell that lights up after dark.Listening half-attentively while the children strike each note in noticeable fear.A table of cookies and refreshments…
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Book Review by Nicholas Allison of «Bro Ken Rengay: Unruly Poetry»
Nickolas Allison reviewed Bro Ken Rengay: Unruly Poetry. His website, The Chaos Section Poetry Project, is linked below. If you haven’t visited it yet, you might want to explore the site. https://thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/ Here is part of the review. Follow the link below to finish reading it. Melissa Lemay, who readers…
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Featuring the New Edition of “Mystical Greenwood” by Andrew McDowell
Dermot is a fifteen-year-old boy in the kingdom of Denú. He has always longed for more in life. Then everything changes after he sees a gryphon and crosses paths with a reclusive healer. Soon, he and his brother Brian have no choice but to leave their home. They embark on…
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Featuring «Kin Types» by Luanne Castle
Book Description Eric Hoffer Award Finalist Kin Types is a collection of lyric poetry, prose poetry, and flash prose that imaginatively retells the lives of private individuals from previous generations. Using family history research, the writer has reconstructed the stories of women and men from Michigan to Illinois to the…
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Featuring “There Will Be One: The Windshine Chronicles, Book 2” by Todd Sullivan
For generations, Windshine has chronicled the exploits of young men on quests to become heroes. Most suffered brutal deaths, and distrust of the Dark Elf grew until rogue officials offer sixteen-year-old archer, Woo Jin, the chance to eliminate her. If he succeeds, they will name him hero. If he fails,…
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