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Bashō in America

by Olivia Boler

While each haiku stands on its own merit, the collection, read from beginning to end, is linked by tone and subject matter. Poet Sander Zulauf’s haiku collection "Bashō in America" takes its inspiration from Matsuo Bashō, a famous... Read More

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Canoodlers

by Camille-Yvette Welsch

The speaker in Bennett’s poetry questions her mother’s love and her sexuality, offering coming-of-age insight. "Canoodlers" looks hip—bright colors, swooping birds, titles in the table of contents alternating between black and... Read More

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Paper Doll Fetus

by Camille-Yvette Welsch

Playing with perspective and personification, Hoffman introduces new observations about pregnancy. In her poetry collection "Paper Doll Fetus", Cynthia Marie Hoffman takes on a voice of the disenfranchised, those made marginal and... Read More

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Medic Against Bomb

by Peter Dabbene

With haunting imagery and consummate skill, Foote has created a masterpiece that deserves a place alongside the very best war poetry. War poetry is a genre unto itself, and poets from Thomas Hardy and Wilfred Owen to Siegfried Sassoon... Read More

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Vittoria Colonna

by Peter Dabbene

The raw honesty and power of sixteenth century poet shines through in Zwicky’s translations. Jan Zwicky presents her translations of ten sonnets from Vittoria Colonna’s Rime Spirituali, accompanied by stunning photographs by Robert... Read More

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The Seasons

by Karen Rigby

"The Seasons", with careful descriptions of natural details, ably reminds us that enchantment can be found in ordinary hours. Bruce Meyer, poet laureate of the city of Barrie, Ontario, gathers one hundred sonnets for his wife in his... Read More

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