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2/5

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3/5

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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...

IR Approved
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...

Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

While serious readers of poetry may balk at the brevity and sentimentalism of the poems in TWILIGHT: AWAKENING THE STARS – POEMS OF THE NIGHT’S...

May 14, 2021

SHORT POEMS, LONG TALES

By Rashid Osmani
Rating:
2.5 / 5.0

SHORT POEMS, LONG TALES lives up to its name, by presenting the reader with a series of short but thought-provoking poems, which evoke longer stories...

IR Approved
May 12, 2021

DARK AND LIGHT VERSE

By Allen Lee Ireland
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

DARK AND LIGHT VERSE strikes a great balance between the darkness and light of its title, juxtaposing pain, loss and isolation with charming and often...

IR Approved
April 7, 2021

BEOWULF: A Verse Translation from the Anglo-Saxon

By Andrew B. F. Carnabuci
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

It takes some work to fully comprehend BEOWULF: A Verse Translation from the Anglo-Saxon, but readers will be rewarded with a translation that brings the...

IR Approved
March 12, 2021

CHARM AND STRANGE POEMS

By Linda Casebeer
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Linda Casebeer's CHARM AND STRANGE combines the purity of Imagism with the wittiness of the New York School into a unique collection of poems.

January 13, 2021

THE POWER OF THE TELLING: Collected Poems

By David Hathwell
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

In THE POWER OF THE TELLING, retired high-school teacher David Hathwell offers a rich and striking collection of poems, full of quiet meditations, sensory detail...

IR Approved
April 24, 2020

THAYER’S RETURN

By HJ Koch
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Part ghost story and part war history, author H.J. Koch intersperses bloody realities with fantastical elements via beautifully-written prose in four parts in THAYER'S RETURN.

April 1, 2020

LOVE CAME SOFTLY

By Luce D'Amore
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

LOVE CAME SOFTLY, a small volume of poetry by Luce D'Amore, may have a profound effect on the reader looking for comfort, hope, and the...

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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

ENDINGS is a literate look at what can happen when we face, or fight, our dark desires.

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