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In Fog Totem, Anne Mitchell takes us on a journey via poetic snapshots of ocean and fog, the pandemic, a divorce, loss of a beloved dog, knee surgery, a fledging daughter, and more...all with humor, musical wordplay, and irony. In these poems, we see tourists who "shiver in their shorts," "pelicans (who) have all the moves," a "dance to the hiss of rattlesnake grass," and the "abalone iridescence of a hummingbird's throat." Vivid imagery and a narrator's perspective that stays with you.-Susan Vespoli, author of Blame It On the Serpent, Cactus as Bad Boy, and One of Them Was MineAs one who often holds her breath for many reasons, reading Anne Mitchell's poem "Breathe," not only got me to inhale and exhale slowly and with pleasure, it got me to reclaim a level of ease and awareness that had fled. "Life will not always go your way./ The bees will disappear from the hive/ and the orange Tomcat will wander off to die/ without leaving a note..." Can't we all recognize ourselves in that? Fog Totem will bring you back to what matters most. These poems will slow you down so you too can breathe more easily and be reminded of what matters most.-Patrice Vecchione, author of My Shouting, Shattered, Whispering Voice: A Guide to Writing Poetry & Speaking Your TruthWith whimsy and wordplay Anne Mitchell scours the attic of a life filled with heartache and hope, all the while rendering the details of everyday life into a poetry of attention. Far from prose that pretends to verse, Fog Totem is poetry in its truest sense and purpose.-Rags Rosenberg is songwriter/poet and artist in residence at The Hofsas House in Carmel, Ca

A ground-breaking collection of poems exploring disability, syntax, and rhythm from a Brooklyn-based Senegalese American writer with cerebral palsy. In this fifth offering from the Multiverse series, Latif Askia Ba--a poet with Choreic Cerebral Palsy--honors all the things that arise from our unique choreographies. Meeting each reader with corporeal generosity, these poems create space to practice a radical reclamation of movement and the body. Together. In dialogue. In disability. At the bodega, in the examination room, on the move. "This way. My body looks like a dancing tattoo." Here, the drum of the body punctuates thought in unexpected and invigorating time signatures.These poems are percussive and syncopated, utilizing a polylingual braid of French, Spanish, Jamaican, Fulani, and Wolof that reminds the Anglophone reader: "I am not here to accommodate you." Because these poems are not so much for you as they are with you, an accompaniment rather than an accommodation, something to be rather than something to own.With startling nuance, The Choreic Period encourages us to "relinquish the things that we have. And mark the thing that we do," all to see and sing the vital "thing that we be."

This book started one poem at a time over several years. It was something I admired to do as far as writing poetry and wanting to create a book, but I never thought of having my poetry as a book. This book is filled with my desire to write poetry as a young girl to grow through the years as an adult writing poetry from my heart. The short poems were in the beginning stages of my trying to write poetry. Through my thoughts of how I saw things in life and what I was going through, the words leaped from my mind to the pages of each one. This book is my expression of my life's ups and downs, but to be lifted by the main character I give all the credit to, God. I was asked by God to allow him to utilize my life to help others so he may receive all the glory. If you ever had the desire to write poetry or a book, I want to encourage you to do so. These poems were my therapy to express my feelings that I could not tell others.Now, you can be a part of these stories as you read, and I pray they're an encouragement to you also.

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The Postcards I Never Sent is a beautifully sensual poetic memoir, rich with raw emotion and vulnerability. Patterson's words dance between love, loss, leaving, and returning. It is an honor to witness these poems becoming their own small rebellions on the page. This book transports us between time and place, from nature to the divine, all in a search for new and cosmic beginnings."-Nia McAllister, poet, Senior Public Programs Manager at Museum of the African Diaspora

In Celebration of International Women's Day I try to recreate what isand what washolding on to the goodreframing the badrecycle, reuseshards of mosaic glassunder my feet in the garden Eight women explore self-expression, love and loss, raising families, and growing older with grace, anger, honesty, and power. Featuring poetry and short stories from Michelle Lee, Dakoda Foxx, Jennifer DiMarco, Bree Indigo, Jonielle McMurtrey, Phoenix Noel, Sheila Mengert, and Elizabeth Wong, Rise Recreation is a raw, authentic collection where ten women become one and speak to us all.Proceeds from this volume will be donated to S.T.E.A.M. (Science Technology Engineering Art Math) projects for girls and young women sponsored by the 501(c)3 nonprofit Blue Forge Group.

An attentive collection of poems seeking answers about how to live meaningfully in a world saturated by white noise."The question isn't / what exists," writes Sarah V. Schweig in this engrossing collection of poems, "The question is what doesn't / die with us?" Positioned from within the morass of modern-day living, The Ocean in the Next Room searches for the hard, abiding particles of truth buried beneath the mantle of late capitalism. Stillness. Sunsets. The circadian rhythm of trees. These poems guide us to look past content, brands, and relentless jargon to find meaning in those layers of the world that operate without human intervention or interpretation.And yet: "Why this impulse to poetry if I believe the literal all that's left?" In verse that is at once inventive and innately familiar, Schweig unpacks the urge to make art, life, and connections even at the risk of becoming further entangled in the Anthropocene. In the face of the twenty-first century's fearful enormities and its persistent mundanities, she posits, we need reminders that beauty, friendship, and kindness, are all still possible. "We light lights / in the dark. It's a human thing."Profound and clear-sighted, this collection--selected by Cynthia Cruz for the 2023-24 Jake Adam York Prize--urges us to lift our gazes from our screens and really look at the world around us. If we measure our attentions and sharpen our intentions, if we "try again to write / the truth things," we might spy something real on the horizon.

It is rare to find in one collection an entire skyline burning and the quiet to follow a single worm, to hear soil breathe--in Jorie Graham's fifteenth poetry collection, you do.Jorie Graham's fifteenth poetry collection, To 2040, opens in question punctuated as fact: "Are we / extinct yet. Who owns / the map." In these visionary new poems, Graham is part historian, part cartographer as she plots an apocalyptic world where rain must be translated, silence sings louder than speech, and wired birds parrot recordings of their extinct ancestors. In one poem, the speaker is warned by a clairvoyant "the American experiment will end in 2030." Graham shows us our potentially inevitable future soundtracked by sirens among industrial ruins, contemplating the loss of those who inhabited and named them. In sparse lines that move with cinematic precision, these poems pan from overhead views of reshaped shorelines to close-ups of a worm burrowing through earth. Here, we linger, climate crisis on hold, as Graham asks us to sit silently, to hear soil breathe. An urgent open letter to the future, with a habit of looking back, To 2040 is narrated by a speaker who reflects on her own mortality--in the glass window of a radiotherapy room, in the first "claw full of hair" placed gently on a green shower ledge. In poems that look to 2040 as both future and event-horizon, we leave the collection warned, infinitely wiser, and yet more attentively on edge. "Inhale. / Are you still there / the sun says to me." And, from the title poem, "what was yr message, what were u meant to / pass on?"

Following on from the roaring international success of his debut collection of poetry, rants, and ramblings, the inimitable Dale Prudent returns with more of the same, only different.

Libro di poesie d'amore. Il libro è uno spaccato di vita dell'autore che esplora i suoi sentimenti.

¿Cabría encuadrar la poesía de Tirso Camacho Martínez-Carrasco en la conocida como "generación del 98"? Arranca la generación con el llamado "Grupo de los tres"- (Azorín, Baroja y Maeztu) que comenzaron a escribir de una manera juvenil, hipercrítica e izquierdista, aunque más tarde se orientará hacia lo tradicional. Pronto, Maeztu, y especialmente Baroja, negaron la existencia de tal generación. No obstante, posteriormente se sumaron algunos otros como, Ángel Ganivet (considerado por algunos autores como un precursor de la generación), los sevillanos hermanos Antonio y Manuel Machado y el filólogo Manuel Menéndez Pidal, entre otros. Componente de otra generación, la del 27, el gran poeta y ensayista Pedro Salinas afirmó en 1935 la existencia de la del 98, y para ello basó su análisis en el concepto "generación literaria". Se trata de un conjunto de escritores vinculados por una serie de ideologías y de estilos en un período de tiempo determinado, por lo general, de unos quince años, es decir, hasta 1915, o bien, hasta la crisis española de 1917. Así pues, a la vista de estos datos ¿cabría encuadrar la poesía de Tirso Camacho en la "generación del 98"? El tiempo dirá.

Il "Poeta dimenticato" vol. secondo. Raccolta di poeti in auge nella prima metà del secolo scorso in Sicilia.

Tirso Camacho, un poeta que ha sido laureado en numerosos juegos florales tanto dentro como fuera de esta región, publicó en 1908 un libro de versos bajo el título 'Auras de arriba'. Casi todas las poesías que conforman este volumen, bellamente impreso en las instalaciones de los sucesores de Nogués, han recibido premios en los mencionados juegos, tal como lo señala el propio autor. Este detalle indica que los versos de Tirso ya han sido juzgados favorablemente por personas de gran erudición. El libro se inicia con una conmovedora composición dedicada a su madre, que mereció la Flor Natural en los juegos florales celebrados en esta ciudad en el año 1901. El jurado de estos juegos estuvo compuesto por D. Federico Balart, D. Pedro Díaz Cassou y D. Juan José Herránz. Todas las poesías de Tirso están inspiradas en temas nobles y elevados. El autor canta a la patria, al amor, a la fe, al progreso, al trabajo y a la caridad; por ello ha titulado su libro 'Auras de arriba', un título que le sienta perfectamente.

Nuestro poeta quiso escribir un libro sobre sus poemas de Luciérnagas y Sensitivas, pero nunca llegó a cumplir este deseo. Observamos este anhelo en su libro Auras de Arriba del 1908 y en el periódico El Diario, donde bajo la rúbrica Luciérnagas nos hace saber que los poemas a continuación eran inéditos y correspondían a "Del libro en preparación Luciérnagas y Sensitivas". Al principio, Tirso Camacho comenzó en "Luciérnagas y Sensativas" con poemas sin título, indicando solamente los números romanos I, II, III, etc., pero esto cambió rápidamente meses más tarde por números romanos con sus correspondientes títulos. Es probable que nuestro poeta tuviera hecho un borrador de este libro, porque publicó la mayoría de estos poemas en los periódicos, destacando El Diario de Murcia. Por otra parte, publicó en su libro de 1908 algunos versos: La Pira, Virtud, La Dicha, El Lago, Claro-Obscuro, Estrellas errantes, Amor al prójimo, Expiación, Compasión, Soñar despierto, y Tierra y Cielo. No ha sido tarea fácil colocar todos los poemas en el lugar adecuado, porque muchos poemas no tienen número y con otros no sabemos si pertenecen al grupo de Luciérnagas o al de Sensitivas. Por estas razones, se han creado varios grupos para facilitar la lectura de los poemas.

A Collection of Poems sharing evocative memories, situations, thoughts, emotions and feelings that can arise for Anyone, at Anytime, Anywhere from the Past, the Present or in the Future.

A Book of Paintings and Poetry - containing the artwork of Taos painter, Bill Rane (1927-2005) adorned by the poetry of eleven poets from the West and Southwest. In September of 2007, upon the two year commemoration of Rane's passing, an ekphrasis event took place at RANE Gallery in Taos, New Mexico titled: Reflections on Rane. Poets, reflecting upon their chosen Rane painting, read their poems in celebration of the artist's work. THE MASTER'S HAND is the result of that evening's spoken word performance. Each painting and a detail from the painting is shown in vibrant color accompanied by its illuminating poem. Andrea Watkins states in her preface, the poems took on unique forms - "As companion pieces to the artist's luminous paintings of women, the sea, horses, orchards of ripening fruit, birds, shells, earth and sky, they wove a tapestry of Bill's world, expressing the joyous pulse of humanity."

"Poem after poem raised the hair on my arms. I was moved and inspired all the way through."- Marsha de la O, poet, author of CreaturesMary Kay Rummel grew up in St. Paul near the Mississippi and the corner where Montreal, Lexington and West Seventh meet near Highland Park. She was the first Poet Laureate of Ventura County, CA. Little River of Amazements: New and Selected Poems is her tenth published poetry book, her eighth full collection. Blue Light Press also published Nocturnes: Between Flesh and Stone, Cypher Garden, The Lifeline Trembles, as a winner of the 2014 Blue Light Press Award and What's Left is the Singing. This Body She's Entered, her first book, won the Minnesota Voices Award for poetry and was published by New Rivers Press in 1989. It was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award. She was a recipient of a Loft Mentor award. Her work has appeared in numerous regional, national, and international literary journals and anthologies and has received several awards, including ten Pushcart nominations. She was a co-editor of Psalms of Cinder & Silt, a collection of community poems related to recent California wildfires published by Glenna Luschei at Solo Press. Her poems have been published in many journals and anthologies centered in both California and the Midwest including Water Stone Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, MiraMar, Anacapa Review, Gyroscope Review, Conestoga Zen, Pirene's Fountain, Salt, Askew, Spillway and as a frequent finalist for the Pablo Neruda Prize, in Nimrod.Mary Kay has read her poems in many venues in the US, England and Ireland and has been a featured reader at poetry festivals including in the Ojai Poetry Festival and San Luis Obisbo Poetry Fest. She has participated in numerous poetry residencies including Anderson House and Vermont Studio Center and performs poetry with musicians. She has collaborated with artists in the US and England, most recently at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. A Professor Emerita from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, Mary Kay also taught at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and at California State University, Channel Islands.She is a founding board member of the nonprofit Ventura County Poetry Project. She and her husband, Conrad (Tim), live in California and Minnesota, near children and grandchildren in both states. She can be contacted through email at marykayrummel.com

Readers are beckoned into a mesmerizing exploration of the profound landscapes within the soul and the vast reaches of the universe. Within the pages of this collection, each poem emerges as a whispered revelation-an eloquent testament to the quiet moments of inspiration that permeate the poet's journey. These verses transcend mere compositions; rather, they are ethereal whispers brought forth by the hidden melodies of the heart, the rustling leaves, the celestial ballet of stars, and the subtle echoes of the digital age. Woven into existence with a delicate touch, they mirror the eternal dance of seasons, the flights of dreams in moonlit reveries, and the soul's navigation through the intricate labyrinth of existence. From the gentle symphony of nature's changing months to the resonant chords of love and devotion, each poem encapsulates the hushed secrets and profound wisdom that envelop us daily. This book extends an invitation to embark on a journey, encouraging readers to discover the enchanting world of whispered truths and immerse themselves in the timeless beauty of verse.

This is my third collection of poetry, mired in the middle aged (and over) struggles as life keeps inventing new stuff to throw at me and I flail about wildly, unable to handle it.

P.E.A.C.E.: Progressive Evolution and Conscious Expansion is a compilation of autobiographic poems and prose that provide a glimpse of one women's growth and transformation. As you proceed on this literary journey, you'll get to explore the various emotions, thoughts, and feelings she experienced. You'll feel the importance of reflection, the bond of sisterhood, love changes, family relationships, and even life's lessons. All of these aforementioned topics were a catalyst to the author's own road of self-discovery and ultimate evolution to womanhood. May this collection of writings resonate with you! May your curiosity be sparked! May you confront challenges with confidence and caution! May you be inspired to tell your own truth! May you be inspired to live your best life in P.E.A.C.E...

Is America so great? Is the American dream possible, or just a smokescreen to lure in laborers? What does it feel like to be rejected by the people who are supposed to love you? What would you give to feel loved in return? Where would you go to feel supported? Accepted? This collection of poems examines these questions and more; exploring emotions about love, family, country, hope and disillusion.

Kid, people are breaking their backs for those dollar bills you're breathing up your nose. Awake, unaware, I stare out the glassy window screen. Where have you been? (Where have you bean?) He quips. His shoes, unclean, boots to bear the brunt of a days hard work. So I stare him up and down like a jerk. What are you doing at my door? I find my insecurity lying on the floor. Befuddled- begging to ask about your falling mask of sobriety. Why do I? Oh, why do I support your special type of negligence? It's been six months since we last spoke... The ode to muddy boots- Hey man, here's a buck if you're down on your luck. I'm curious, does he think I don't know? I can't see? A dusty nose- rail thin- skin and bones. Boy, when's the last time you had a decent meal? I pull you in- for a second let's get real. Have you seen yourself lately? Tell me, what's the deal? Seems to always be- some girl broke your heart. He takes a bite of broccoli and begins to sing his sad love song once again. Empty plate filled again, starving for a future he will never see without the ability to keep his nose clean.

Drawing inspiration from a childhood fascination with the stories of King Solomon and Empress Makeda of Sheba in the Biblical Song of Songs, The Kebra Nagast, and the works of Josephus, as well as Gnostic depictions of the unique intimacy between the Messiah called Yeshua and Mary Magdalene, this book evokes an ecstatic narrative of the forbidden love-- at once historical, Scriptural, and mythical-- between King David & Bathsheba. A unique reverie that is at once ancient and anachronistic, the poems and bits of surreal prose contained herein bring the story of David and Bathsheba to life with a bit of a post-postmodern voice, revealing the truth of passion that endures, haunts, & heals.

A book of short stories and poems from two sistering eras of my life.

The present volume was assembled in order to provide for you, the reader, a more "compact" edition of the original script versions of the OCCULATIOMORBIT, the product of centuries of thought and discussion by the ancient order of Occulatists. The Occulatists were a fraternal order of nomadic mystics and theologians. In their prime, they generated thousands of tracts, despite their nomadic existence. Preserving the ideas and practices fell to a select few over the ages, particularly the efforts of AMESTIMTHAT in the 15th century and of AMEFFERSRE in the 18th. The last settlement of the order, in the Andalusian region of Spain, was decimated by a swarm of bees in 1909. The present volume collects the original texts from the original script editions, for comparison and exploration.

"Sex Is From Mars But I Love You From Venus" is a collection of love poems for the zodiac. A love poem for each sign. Whether you're an astro expert, a curious newbie, or just here for the thrill and delight of poetry, this chapbook wants to remind you how love happens-like strawberries, like the movies, like a wild thing howling at the moon.

My name is Ahuva Chachasvili I live in Israel. I am a cyber security analyst and former computer technician and programmer developer. I am involved in several poetry groups to include Cut from the same cloth and my own group "Global poetry legacy." I have been a moderator and active in promoting poetry that illuminates causes near and dear to my heart. Those include equality and justice as well as children's rights. I'm presently studying music, as well as many creative ventures combining music and poetry. This is my first book of poetry by Wildfire Publications. My favorite style of poetry would be dark. Most of my poems are based on real events (non-fiction) and philosophy. I love to enter into the character's mind giving life and energy to my words. My writing is not limited to poems. I have also done my own quotes which I designed as a digital book. I write in three languages: English, Hebrew, and Spanish. Some of my poems are written in English and Hebrew. My Hebrew poems about my dad were recently recognized and published in a popular Israelite magazine. I have recently become a "Guardian of the Quill," which is a result of being seen as someone advancing poetry and giving back to this noble endeavor. I have a love for the arts, particularly photography; capturing nature's awesomeness, admiring its beauty, and enjoying the brightness of the sky, which garnishes it with sun, moon, and stars. To me light is the beauty that makes the world Paradise on earth. One great passion which I have that always was a dream, but is lately coming to reality, is my love for music. From childhood, I really enjoyed music in all its fullness and always dreamt of making my own music, taking my writing to another dimension and giving it a new allure via music.

I was imprisoned behind closed doors also inside my mind. In my imprisonment, I grew closer to my God and my Savior and Christ. Here I stand today as an Afro American queen. I love You, Almighty God! I love You, my Lord, Savior, and Christ! I dedicate this book to Almighty God and The King of all kings. My brothers and sisters, each journey will have its ups and downs. Nonetheless, allow your light to shine through. This written work in poetry is the sixth book in the "Behind Closed Doors" series. Healed of the pains from surviving bullying, domestic violence, stalking, and abuse I share my healing with others. This journey is not about me. This journey is about helping other people and giving back to our communities across the world. Readers and friends, I invite you, through opened doors in the light.

This is a book filled with poems and song lyrics in honor, of fellow men and women soldiers. It also takes you through a poetic journey through the love of family and friends and what it means to have them in your lives.these pomes give you a sense of meaning and love and honor and respect for those in your life.