Categoría: Poetry Bookshelf
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The Persistence of Memory: Peter Mladinic Reviews “Far From Uncertain: One Woman’s Life of Crime and Other Righteous Deeds” by Teddy Jones
Is the character of Margaret Kenyon based on the life of one person, or is she a composite of several people, or purely made up? She lives in Amarillo, Texas, and in the pages of this very true-to-life novel, with its frame structure: a third-person narrator telling Margaret’s story and…
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Featuring «The Eternals» by Ryan Quinn Flanagan
Praise for The Eternals Well, it seems that Flanagan has finally opened the casket.And inside?We find an inflatable doll instead of your average everyday, unoriginal boring corpse. But in this case with lines of poems that range from sarcasm, humor and wit to even the whimsical and undertones of serious…
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Featuring «A Trip Wire for the Soul» by Ryan Quinn Flanagan
Interviews on Spotify about «A Tripwire for the Soul» Social Yet Distanced podcast interview 1 https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/socialyetdistanced/episodes/Social-Yet-Distanced-Pod-Collective–Ryan-Quinn-Flanagan-and-A-Tripwire-For-The-Soul-e14a53j Social Yet Distanced podcast interview 2 https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/socialyetdistanced/episodes/Video-Replay-Social-Yet-Distanced-Pod-Collective–Ryan-Quinn-Flanagan-and-A-Tripwire-For-The-Soul-e1berjc Paperback on Amazon Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author who lives in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his…
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Featuring “Blood Stew” by Todd Sullivan
In a world of swords and sorcery, illusionist Kim Nam-Gi has a dream: to become a hero. Born in the land of South Hanguk, cursed with a malformed spine, Nam-Gi longs to prove his worth against dragons and monsters. Instead, he toils in his family’s restaurant while studying advanced spells…
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Featuring “Chico the Muse: My furry inspiration” by Jolene Rice
Chico came to live with me in 2015. Not only did he work is way into my heart. But as I have developed by writing, he has found his way into every aspect of my work. From poetry to stories and my attempts at art, Chico is there. This is…
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Featuring «On the Other Side of Walls» by Ryan Quinn Flanagan
Video review by Hugh Blanton of On The Other Side Of Walls Available on Amazon in Paperback Format Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author who lives in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his garbage. His work has been published both in…
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Featuring “Discovering Sea Glass” by Brian Mahoney
A long passage of time and creativity are blended together in this 2nd poetry collection by Brian Mahoney. Brian showcases changes in his own life and in society from the 2010s to the early 2020s. There is an authentic focus on the resonating power of one’s own memory, personal/professional milestones,…
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Featuring “Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons”
Spring bursts from the pages of a book, … by Teagan Riordain Geneviene Open the coverand you will discoverPoetry Treasuresfrom the guests onRobbie Cheadle’s 2025“Treasuring Poetry”blog serieson Writing to be Read. Join poets Robbie Cheadle, Cindy Georgakas, Freya Pickard, V.M. Sang, Michelle Ayon Navajas, Marsha Ingrao, Nolcha Fox, Joy Neal…
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Featuring «Momento Mori: A Chapbook Redux» by Sterling Warner
MEMENTO MORI offers poems by Sterling Warner that present observations and tributes to life and death. Originally published in 2010, the newer edition of the text, MEMENTO MORI REDUX, includes over a dozen additional tributes to people, places, and eras gone-by. Available on Amazon in Paperback Author Biography Author of…
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Featuring “DOING CARTWHEELS ON DOOMSDAY AFTERNOON” by John Yamrus
“DOING CARTWHEELS ON DOOMSDAY AFTERNOON” came out a million years ago…in 2010. I had already been publishing for 40 years (my first book came out in 1970, which officially makes me older than snot). I bounced around the small presses, never staying for long with any publisher, mostly because of…
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Featuring “Morning Glory Moon” by Casey Robb
Author Synopsis This book reflects a kindling of poetry passion that emerged in middle age. I always loved poems that rhymed or at least were accessible to non-poets, to ordinary people. At that time, a new movement called Neo-Formalism was afoot, bringing back forms for modern topics. I fell in love with villanelles…
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Featuring “tombboy” by Mykyta Ryzhykh
What Readers Are Saying “In his book, as in books of poems written in poetic forms and free verse, language moves through a pattern, and the basic organizing unit is the line. In tombboy, the line may be a syllable, a sign, an image, or even a dot… Readers may rightfully…
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Featuring «These Many Cold Winters of the Heart» by Ryan Quinn Flanagan
These Many Cold Winters of the Heart Editorial Description These Many Cold Winters of the Heart is dancing splinters of Life, and that inevitable experience of Death that our common humanity demands we all share. A book of blue-collar poetry, with a surrealist bent, this work is also a reminder of the…
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Featuring “Shelter In Place” by Laurie Kuntz
Author Synopsis Every poem is a journey and every journey, a poem. The poems in Shelter In Place all begin with a journey to places of the heart and mind. Shelter In Place, as the title implies, is a collection of poems reflecting on finding a place of safety and acceptance while grappling with societal and personal…
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Rose Mary Boehm Reviews “Objects in Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear” by Gary Grossman
In Grossman’s poetry one does a lot of reading ‘between the lines’ because his lines do that to the reader, and we get a sense of a strong and loving relationship with his wife, as though this love has been the healing for a man who had to overcome a…
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Featuring “Home Stretch” by Phil Repko
Phil Repko is excited to release his second volume of poetry with Anxiety Press. “Home Stretch” serves up a series of contemplative, ironic, and/or insightful verses built on the lingering thought that we have plenty of race to run, even when we have recognized that we aren’t running the race to win it. …
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