The tickling of ivories, or birdsong, how one note relates to the next and amounts to something more—that’s the initial impression of Adam Houle’s lines, as they go about their work describing outdoor trades, chores, and pursuits.... Read More

No, we won’t find much comfort here, or words pretty for pretty’s sake. Sheila McMullin scores the flesh of her observations and sears them with ponderous, mostly unanswerable questions about pain and anger, consequences, finality.... Read More

These evocative poems are a detailed but disciplined examination of a daughter’s understanding of her father. Laura Foley’s WTF is a collection of poems that reflect on and process the author’s relationship with her father, who... Read More

These poems give deep insights into their Australian backdrop and into the poet’s life. "Into the Fire" is an entertaining collection of poems recalling the personal adventures—and misadventures—of Australian Sean Kennedy, marked... Read More

Sumich’s collection draws surprising connections between images and verse. David Sumich’s "The Picture Show" is a unique blend of verse and graphic art. Holding to a strict structure and narrow rhyme schemes, poems explore the... Read More

Younger & Wiser goes behind the scenes of poems, enriching an already appealing and rewarding collection. Gene S. Jones’s Younger & Wiser is an inspiring collection of poetry with mainstream appeal that merges ardent verses... Read More

Kriewall’s collection makes use of aural pleasures to lift and enliven the verses within. Heart Rhythms ’n Rhymes: Trees is poet Rod Kriewall’s return to the perennial subject of trees, reveling in the simple joy of patterned rhyme... Read More

Her lines storm out of the gate and maintain a thrilling, cogent sense of direction, as if Rebecca Aronson has only recently been given permission to communicate and she is eager to share. A resident of New Mexico, where she teaches... Read More