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Only Yesterday

by Camille-Yvette Welsch

Writing from the Welsh poetic tradition with its emphasis on musicality and landscape, Lee Robinson adds another voice to that culture’s literature. The poet moves from his personal history to the very distant past of the Celtic... Read More

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Darkening the Grass

by Holly Wren Spaulding

Married love, the simple satisfactions of daily routines and habits around the home and garden, light and darkness, and ruminations about aging and dying give this third collection by Michael Millar substance and form. There are also... Read More

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Park Songs

by Jennifer Fandel

David Budbill’s "Park Songs" is a collection of dramatic monologues, dialogues, and poetic choral pieces spoken by characters who frequent a city park. These people know each other, whether through intimate relationships or by simply... Read More

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Robinson Alone

by Daniel Coffey

The “Robinson” in the title of Kathleen Rooney’s new collection of poems refers to a persona that appears in four poems by Weldon Kees. The “Robinson” poems, as they have come to be known, are widely regarded as being among... Read More

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Life Passion

by Lisa Bower

Brimming with short essays and poems, "Life Passion" does not ask for perfection from the faithful. Redemption is everywhere, humans are human. This work encourages readers to give thanks for what they have and to embrace a life filled... Read More

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Diverse Modes

by Camille-Yvette Welsch

This collection takes the building blocks of life—literally, a number of the chemical elements featured in the poems—and tries to make sense of them. For the most part, Tan Kheng Yeang paints a very dark picture of humanity; many... Read More

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Poems

by Karen Rigby

Tan Kheng Yeang, who was born in former British Malaya and attended an English school there, is a poet of exuberance and diversity. His latest volume, following a free verse book, Diverse Modes, gathers three collections that draw from... Read More

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Drawn in Dust

by Margaret Cullison

Poets write about subjects that touch their hearts. The more universal this emotion, the wider the audience it inspires. Jane Mayes identifies poetry as the language of feelings in one of the concluding poems of her book, "Drawn in... Read More

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