Reflecting on contemporary conflicts and perspectives, the poetic entries of "Eyes of Optimism and Pupils of Faith" exalt the pursuit of inner peace. Shayan Raei’s spiritual poetry collection "Eyes of Optimism and Pupils of Faith"... Read More

In the best of poetry—unmistakably present and resonant to the reader—we find the physical embodiment of wordcraft: sound, rhythm, music. What Roy Scheele creates on the page is poetry’s equivalent to the enlightenment of the... Read More

A new poet commands spontaneous attention. What never existed is suddenly, irrevocably secured between Ellie Sawatzky and reader because of the power of her work. This debut collection follows Sawatzky’s receipt of the CV2’s 2017... Read More

We can convince ourselves that we know Midwestern soil, a stream bank, the stillness of a cedar fence post, but Ted Kooser shows otherwise in this collection of eighteen poems, his fifteenth collection. He is a Pulitzer Prize winner,... Read More

With wry humor moistening the margins of her poems, Jenny Davis showcases how her Indigenous people have become experts in sorrow and seethe. Director of the American Indian Studies Program and a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, Davis is... Read More

Introducing something precious to the world is hallowed work, and we imagine Ingrid Andersson derives slightly more pleasure from fulfilling her midwife duties than those of a poet. Her study of German, Swedish, French, and English... Read More

The poems of Love is Not a Pie, crafted through moments of reflection and of intense emotion, serve as a reminder to the depth and breadth of love. A relationship rises and falls in stolen moments in Katherine Lazaruk’s emotional,... Read More

Filled with quiet reflections, "A Life Cycle" is a lovely poetry collection that explores the depths of grief and the struggle of healing. Nicole Asherah’s "A Life Cycle" is a stirring poetry collection about grief and healing. The... Read More