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

In Teresa J. Scollon’s opening poem, “The Invitation,” she carries readers into a gentle night of watching stars as a young child with her parents: “When I awoke, I was already in her arms.” From this gentleness, she travels... Read More

"June Fourth Elegies" is the first book of poetry translated into English by Chinese political dissident Liu Xiaobo, winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. A leading activist during the Tiananmen Square protests and author of the human... Read More

Winner of the 2011 Sawtooth Poetry Prize, selected by Paul Hoover, Karen Rigby’s debut collection simmers with disquiet and the cosmopolitan smarts of one who may be so self-sufficient in the hard world that she can write, “I... Read More

The old saw about not judging a book by its cover comes to mind when a reader picks up poet Eddie Morales’s spooky Count Edweird Lefang’s Rhymin’ Halloween and sees a cartoonish vampire, more reminiscent of Count Dracula than... Read More

Though the world is full of darkness, there is also light. The latter shines through in Peter Benjamin LeBuhn’s poetry collection, "Writings from the Spirit". LeBuhn invites readers to take a step back and recognize and cherish all of... Read More

South African poet A.E. Ballakisten’s latest collection of poems seethes with rage over the violence humanity inflicts upon itself and the natural world. Hope flickers amid the bleakness via the voices of Desmond Tutu, British nurse... Read More