Emotions of loss and images of aging echo throughout most of the poems in "Clouds, Rain" by Maria Maris. Although the collection is eclectic and sometimes repetitive, a strong voice and visceral language strengthen this beautifully... Read More

In “Would I Be Able to Stand,” the first poem of Laura Cronk’s collection, a woman tests the boundaries, real and imagined, of herself. “Would I be able to stand / a horse charging past?” she asks, and suddenly horse hooves... Read More

"Coping with Madness" is “not for the slavishly politically correct or over squeamish,” warns author Philip Fletcher in this audacious and gritty book. Readers brave enough to pardon the narrator’s homophobic remarks and... Read More

“There’s a hole in my heart, / a place where the dead hide / in their secret clubhouse,” writes veteran poet Carole Stone in the poem “Root,” from her latest collection, "American Rhapsody". The hole, made by the death of... Read More

One of the pleasures of anthologies is that the reader is usually exposed to new material, or at least prodded to see old material in a new light. Fragments: Poetry Ancient & Modern, an anthology selected by the pseudonymous Blue... Read More

Directly and urgently, Gregory Austin makes a case for change in his collection "End Times Prose and Poetry". Only people can decide to save the earth by taking the necessary steps toward change at home and by urging lawmakers, leaders,... Read More

Ranging from the ghostly to the gruesome, the poems in J.T. Holden’s chilling new collection, Twilight Tales, are filled with atmospheric rhymes and eerie images. The twenty-two poems are roughly organized into four main sections, with... Read More

In the heartfelt preface of "Turning the Dragon Beautiful", John Mackeigan states that, “This collection of poems is dedicated for all those who have faced and will face the dragon that is depression.” Unfortunately, his collection,... Read More