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The Radiance of your Soul

by Jill Allen

In The Radiance of your Soul: Love Poems and Passions, poet laureate of the International Society of Poets and critically-acclaimed verse writer George Ergo Espinosa continues the exploration of love he began in a previously-published... Read More

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Slant Room

by Rachel Mennies

"Slant Room", poet Michael Eden Reynolds’ first collection, contains dense, compressed lines of poetry which move contemplatively through the Yukon landscape. Beautifully crystallized, the images in "Slant Room" evoke a frozen scene,... Read More

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American Supper

by Margaret Cullison

No matter what topic poets may choose to write about, their poems are rooted in the intuitions and emotions of their inner selves. Readers identify with some poems more than others, because they find their own internal intimations... Read More

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The Essential Kenneth Leslie

by Jennifer Fandel

Kenneth Leslie (1892-1974) was a Canadian poet and political activist whose poetry deserves to be rediscovered for its mastery of form, meter, and language. His first four, of a total of six, books were published in the 1930s, when the... Read More

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A Suit of Nettles

by Paul Franz

The title of James Reaney’s (1926-2008) book-length poem cycle, "A Suit of Nettles", may ring a bell. Some may recall its acclaimed first publication in 1958; others will have read excerpts in the recent Essential James Reaney, also... Read More

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Missing You, Metropolis

by Jennifer Fandel

Gary Jackson’s poetry collection "Missing You, Metropolis" boldly takes readers where few poets have dared to tread: inside the world of comic books. Echoing the framed narratives from which he drew inspiration, Jackson presents... Read More

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Engaging Thoughts

by Linda Salisbury

In "Engaging Thoughts", Dr. Hubert Glover cobbles brief passages of Holy Scripture together with his free-verse musings to bring readers closer to the promises of God. His expressions are inspired by church services or his daily journeys... Read More

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Divina is Divina

by Holly Wren Spaulding

“Ay, in the very temple of Delight / Veil’d Melancholy has her sovran shrine.” These lines from Keats’ “Ode to Melancholy” open the latest and third collection of poems by Jack Wiler, a New Jersey poet who died just after... Read More

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