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Artist and yoga teacher, Gisela Stromeyer shares her inspired views on life in this 182-page collection of poetry, paintings, and practices.
COMMENCEMENT is a collection of small poems organized into categories- alphabetical, numbers, senses, colors, directions, and question words.
Performance poet Gary Siegel transcribes his oft-spoken work to the written page in the highly-crafted collection IN THE CRADLE OF SILENCE.
BEST EVIDENCE is a thought-provoking series of poems that navigates the diverse range of human emotions.
UNDER THE OAK, a passionate reflection on the feelings that infuse a life.
In OUT OF SOMETHING UGLY, margot nothing takes readers on an often startlingly personal journey through a lifelong reckoning with abuse and its aftermath.
A collection of short, lyrical poems on topics ranging from the natural world (and the emotions it stirs) to family and other relationships.
A diverse collection of poems from poet Danny Callahan, BORN IN RAINDROPS explores several themes, including love, loss, and 1950’s sex symbols.
In Michael Kasenow's latest collection of poetry, the author reflects on the personal, the political, and the intersection where these themes meet.
The cycles of human life reflected in the beauty of nature are the main focus of the collection of poems in WHAT THE RIVER KNOWS:...
An older man, living in a retirement home, muses on life, old age, his friends, and his memories in prose and poetry.
Poe pulls back the curtain on some desperate characters, from a gay man looking for love in the wrong places, to a tormented boy who...