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January 14, 2022

TWENTYONE OLIVE TREES

By Laura Formentini
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

TWENTYONE OLIVE TREES is a collection of poignant, heartwarming poems and lighthearted children’s fables written by Laura Formentini following her son’s suicide that may provide...

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December 10, 2021

FLOWERS GROW ON BROKEN WALLS

By Farena Bajwa
Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

From the evocative title to the meticulously crafted presentation, FLOWERS GROW ON BROKEN WALLS bears all the hallmarks of a labor of love that will...

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November 22, 2021

FROM A STRIDENT WORLD OF SOFT PREVAILING THINGS

By Aldyth M Irvine-Harrison
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

In FROM A STRIDENT WORLD OF SOFT PREVAILING THINGS, Aldyth Irvine Harrison celebrates the beauty of the world around her. It is a wide-ranging collection...

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October 25, 2021

FAIR NOW, LATER RAIN

By Jeremy Long
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Jeremy Long’s elegant verse captures the many phases of grief and the hope of renewal in FAIR NOW, LATER RAIN, a moving collection of poems...

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September 24, 2021

MILIEU

By Jay Green
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

MILIEU offers a thought-provoking, intelligent, and sometimes controversial panorama of what it’s like to live on this planet in the early 21st century. Whether readers...

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September 15, 2021

LEAP THIRTY

By Diane Lowell Wilder
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

In LEAP THIRTY, Diane Lowell Wilder plumbs the depths of memory to explore how relationships change over time, particularly our relationships to ourselves. It is...

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September 13, 2021

SONGS FOR THE CLEVELAND AVENUE WARRIORS

By Gary E. Moore
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Combining of-the-moment racial outrage with timeless themes like the slippage of childhood, the  poems in Gary Moore's SONGS FOR THE CLEVELAND AVENUE WARRIORS are an...

August 23, 2021

VIGNETTES OF THE POSSIBLY DYING

By KB Eliza
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

KB Eliza’s VIGNETTES OF THE POSSIBLY DYING is a hard-to-classify book which couches truth in ambiguous language. Receptive readers will find it a challenging but...

Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Dan Burns' A NECESSARY EXPLOSION is easy to read and filled with inspiring, relatable poems and while the collection lacks the subtlety and nuance that...

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August 2, 2021

SONGS FOR SOLO VOICE

By James R. Whitley
Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

In his SONGS FOR SOLO VOICE, James R. Whitley’s poems form an elegant, darkly humorous, emotionally charged story arc worthy of discussion.

Rating:
3.2 / 5.0

Ellen Beth Berman's THE VOICE OF THE ROOSTER AND THE LESSONS IT TEACHES is something of a religious tract that advocates waking up to what...

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July 2, 2021

REFLECTIONS ON MOUNTAINEERING

By Alan V. Goldman
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

REFLECTIONS ON MOUNTAINEERING (A Journey Through Life as Experienced in the Mountains) is enjoyable and thought-provoking for both devotees of mountaineering and casual readers who...

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