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10 Stories Down by Vincent Golphin
China taught me many things about what is important in life. Among them – to not be afraid to look at life from another angle. Whether from the top down, bottom up, a glance backward, or toward a different side, the world constantly pulls us to open to the unknown.

A Forest in His Pocket by Ray Cicetti
A Forest in His Pocket includes poems of whimsy and imagination, as well as explorations of family relationships. But the poems also speak to something greater that moves and shapes us within the poems themselves.

A Girl / Woman / Teacher / Poet by Candice Kelsey
Candice Kelsey’s A Girl / Woman / Teacher / Poet is a bildungsroman in verse, an argument for the woman poet’s role in society. Kelsey’s speaker is well-versed in the ways girls and women are socialized to shrink and suffer to be valuable. But Kelsey imagines a different future.
https://www.candicemkelseypoet.com/

A Short Supply of Viability by Annette Gagliardi
The dictionary defines “compassion fatigue” as
the physical and mental exhaustion and emotional withdrawal
experienced by those who care for sick or traumatized people
over an extended period of time. Gagliardi’s poetry offers
compassion for the compassionate, and provides insight, thoughtful
consideration of issues & glimpses those being cared for.
https://annette-gagliardi.com

A Walk With Breast Cancer by Joseph Milosch
Joseph Milosch turns the loss of his wife Patsy into a series poems using nature, Mexican traditions, and homeless vets. In One of his poems, he writes: I am a cricket and I sing to my love who has died. I sing about my arms: they long to hold her.
Https://josephdmiloschpoet.com

Alinea by Betsy Mars
This is basically a collection of my favorite poems up until the point where this chapbook was published. I think it reflects my continuing preoccupations with relationships, parent-child dynamics, memory and mortality.

All Shards and Paste by Joanna "Joey" Polisena
Shards are the chipped-off pieces and eroded grains of myself that I collected from my mid-20s, when I was almost homeless again (yes, again), through my 30s, when I fought through that poverty, depression, and grief to find myself as a survivor.
https://scorchedfeathers.com

Anthracite Coal Country; A Bygone Era In PoetryAnd Prose by GC Smith
A poetic history of anthracite coal mining in north-eastern Pennsylvania told through the eyes of the underground miners and their families. Honors those lost to mine disasters.

Approaching Valhalla by Chris Allen
The chapbook features a veteran/parent speaker, navigating the parent-child relationship and the self, and the realization that the later has a direct effect on the prior. The memoir-like poems explore PTSD, intrusive thoughts, and most importantly the hope for growth. It’s a collection haunted by grief, guilt, and anger.
https://bottlecap.press/products/valhalla?keyword=appr

Armed and Luminous by Richard Allen Taylor
Armed and Luminous riffs on the premise that "If I were running Heaven, I'd have an angel for everything, not just for annunciations and deaths, but one for chance, one for maps, one each for happiness, grief, melodrama, procrastination."

Blueberry and the Full Moon, A Medley and Other Poems by Mary Loughran
A 42 page chapbook that can be slipped into a purse, jacket or coat, for reading in a doctor's waiting room, at a car smogging station, while commuting by train or ferry – a scattering of styles, "What Tolstoy Hid in the Flour Sack" to "World Healing World Peace."

Both Distances by Ralph Culver
Winner of the 2012 Anabiosis Press Chapbook Prize, *Both Distances* was Ralph Culver's first published collection. The late Thomas Lux wrote of the book: "In these luminous and sensory (and sensuous!) poems, Ralph Culver hits notes rarely hit: the notes that help us endure and exult."
https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/ralph_culver

Bricolage, A Gathering of Centos by A. Garnett Weiss
A collection of centos, free verse poems which use lines or partial lines drawn unaltered apart from changes in punctuation, from the work of other poets from different eras, continents, and traditions. "Bricolage" was among 5 finalists for the 2022 Fred Kerner Book Award from the Canadian Authors Association.
https://www.jcsulzenko.com

Broken Bits for the Mosiac by Janice Mathis
A collection of narrative poems of the past and present, of beauty and truth, of darkness and light. In Broken Bits for the Mosaic, the writer shares bits and pieces of herself that will draw you in. Published by Alien Buddha Press.
https://amzn.to/3jpcvYE

Cauldron of Hisses by Penelope Moffet
Written in 2020 and published in 2022 by Arroyo Seco Press, Cauldron of Hisses explores themes of family, love, the physical world and a touch of the pandemic in 31 poems focused around wildcats. The poems were initially drafted as part of Cascadia Labs annual summer poetry postcard festival.

Cloud and Bone by Dale Lombardi
Cloud and Bone is a debut poetry collection that moves between flights of fancy and excavations of the deep. The poems beat with the question at the author’s core: how do I live both Cloud and Bone? This is a heart finding its shape in the world.

Coronary Truth by Diane Elayne Dees
Coronary Truth (Kelsay Books, 2020), is a collection of poems that examine our shared experience of fragility through such diverse subjects as the lifespan of a dragonfly, the shock of a friend’s heart attack, the navigation of blind fish, and the mystical waters of baptism.
https://dianeelaynedeesauthor.blogspot.com/

Cotton Moon: haiku & senryu by Barrie Levine
Starting with a magical childhood, moving through love and loss, living through the pandemic and acquiring a deeper life perspective, Barrie expresses her life’s journey in classic haiku tradition. Her short form haiku express universal joys and struggles in words and images that reveal the heart of a poet.
https://barrielevine.com

Cover Charge by Linda Kleinbub
Cover Charge, an Unbearables Title from Autonomedia, is the debut poetry collection by Linda Kleinbub. This book is a soul-searching journey filled with love, lust, and longing through the streets of New York City.
https://www.instagram.com/lindakleinbub/

Currents by Kendall A. Bell
Currents is the 30th chapbook from New Jersey poet Kendall A. Bell, and the first publication from Rusty McRustbeltface Press, based out of Parma, OH.
http://www.kendallabell.com

Defying Extinction by Amy Barone
Defying Extinction is a collection of 61 poems that pay homage to survivors of all genres—animal, object, spirit, place, the arts, the human heart. Injecting wit and color into poems that shine with hope and resignation, Barone underscores the essence of remembering and then moving on.

Delicate Arch: Poems and Photographs of National Parks and Monuments by John Delaney
Dedicated to natural wonder, this book hopefully resonates with the experiences others have had in our national parks or gives them reasons to go. The poems are ekphrastic reactions to the photographs.
https://www.johnmdelaney.com

Dogs on the Verge of Poetry by Joy Valerius
This is a collection of dog poems inspired by my many Poetry Pups. Dog and poetry lovers will relate to the various poems, which celebrates the human, animal bond, as well as a love of poetry. Joy, happiness, connection, grief and loss are some of the themes found within.

DogSpeak by J R Turek
DogSpeak, a 24-hour poetry marathon collection in the voice of dogs, includes 24 poems in 54 pages. Funny, spirited, dogified poems with some wise advice for humans. Part of the proceeds supports North Shore Animal League, the world's largest no-kill rescue organization. msjevus@optonline.net

Drowning the Boy by Daniel McGinn
Published by SurVision Magazine in Dublin Ireland, Drowning the Boy was the winner of the James Tate Poetry Prize 2021.

Ennui: From the Diagnostic and Statistical Field Guide of Feminine Disorders by Deborah Hauser
While important, feminist theory is rarely charming. Hauser brings charm to the subject of repression. Wordplay is combined with research and the poet’s particular brand of insight. At first glance, Ennui looks intimidating with its footnotes and literary subject headings; however, this long poem is immediately accessible.
https://www.instagram.com/deborahhauser/

Field Guide to the Human Condition by Adrian Potter
Field Guide to the Human Condition is a book of poems about how one rebuilds oneself after grief, heartbreak, and challenges. Potter uses hallmarks from modern life – pop music, discrimination, shifting identities, and toxic relationships – to construct a hall of mirrors, in which each viewpoint reflects different possibilities.
http://www.adrianspotter.com/

Figures of Humor and Strange Beauty by Kath Abela Wilson
An 18 poem driftwood 0dyssey published in the order they were written, by Glass Lyre Press, Chicago, USA. With drawings and archival chapters about origins, lead to a illuminated moment. Memoir, nature, lyrical intuitive progression.
https://kathabela.wordpress.com/

Five poems by Christy Wise by Christy Wise
This is a one of my handmade books into which I've placed five previously published poems in an artistic presentation.
https://christywise.com

Flowers in the Dark by Mark Saba
In Flowers in the Dark, evocative poems depict landscapes of the heart, home, and time travels. Saba muses on his roots in Pittsburgh, traditions of grandparents from the Old World, and the plight of today’s immigrants. Saba brilliantly captures quotidian happenings that have evolved into treasured milestones. —Amy Barone
http://marksabawriter.com

Fog & Bone by Christian Garduno
Take a read down Memory Lane with this collection of 18 pieces that deep dive into nostalgia dipped in sepia.
https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/christian_garduno?fbclid=IwAR10ABsXrcq6FkFCxeH_qJ-bfutacPln7fhe5EAodRzUDf0g2_4BlS1_SHk

Fragments of the Universe by Pat Andrus
In her third collection of poetry, Pat Andrus through her words, her imagery, explores a variety of subjects including the wholeness and intricacies of our earth, the joys and struggles of relationships , and the continued marvels of living on this planet.

GLASSY AIR by Edward Ferri Jr
A poetry book of poems inspired by a solo motorcycle touring era when vanishing points were your friends and you did not know if you would ever go back to where you came from. A time when the rising sun pointed the way. Photos of the day accompany the poems.
https://booklocker.com/books/9813.html

hades ladies by Marnie Heyn
Observations of the underworld of women, children, pets, and servants with a distaff point of view.

Hogwash Too by Daniel Irwin
A digest size book of forty pages of off the wall, humorous, irreverent, sometimes insane poetry in colorful blank verse. A tribute to life; sex, drugs, rock and roll…toned down for the masses.

Horrific Punctuation by John Reinhart
Horrific Punctuation highlights the intersection of Reinhart's English teaching (punctuation) & fascination with the dark underbelly of life. Here commas scratch poisoned marks in blood, Thor makes an enthusiastic appearance! shotguns make dark holes to mark the end…or maybe the beginning of something new. Zombies, harpies…punctuation at its worst, best?
http://home.hampshire.edu/~jcr00/reinhart.html

Human &c. by Rich Follett
"human &c." by Rich Follett traces the harmonies of our human experience. Words squeeze, seep, obtrude and collide like the traumas and exudations they describe.

I Am Not Writing a Book of Poems in Hawaii by Rick Lupert
Rick Lupert's 26th collection and latest book of travel poems written in the "holei" land.
https://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/

If There Is No Wind by Margaret R. Sáraco
A collection of poems that includes a variety of themes, including family, love, and activism. Some poems unearth grief and loss, while others exalt in the beautiful world we live in. The book ends with two meditative poems, “Quiet Moment,” and “Invocation,” to help get through the days.
https://linktr.ee/margaretsaraco

In Search Of The Wondrous Whole by Lara Dolphin
In Search Of The Wondrous Whole "is a book of joyous, juicy, necessary observations of the crucial stuff of everyday life, from the nature of waiting to Linus Pauling choosing a flavor of ice cream. Smooth and knowing, wise and open, these are the poems we need–right now."– Robert Fromberg
https://www.amazon.com/Search-Wondrous-Whole-Lara-Dolphin/dp/B09RM8GGHM

Inherent Vice by Pat Valdata
Inherent Vice, a mix of personal and persona poems, asks how we can and should live when we are all on borrowed time. Fittingly, the book is now out of print, so very few copies remain.
https://www.patvaldata.com/

Invitation to the Dance by June Sanders
A chapbook of Poems of the Fairy Folk, in villanelle, rhyme, un-rhyme, and free verse.
The fairy poet takes a sheet Of moonbeam, silver white;
His ink is dew from daisies sweet, His pen a point of light.
– Joyce Kilmer

it is what it is (with Phil Weidman, art by Wayne Hogan) by Michael Estabrook
40 poems by a couple of “old hands” at the poetry game, observations and concomitant commentary covering life in general, the human condition more specifically, exploring topics such as Chopin, Roadkill, The Big Bang, and John Prine, profusely illustrated by the illustrious Wayne Hogan.
https://michaelestabrook.org/

Jesse James in Hell, Book One by Paul Lyon
A mock heroic comic epic in the voice of Jesse James: not for everyone, a reworking of Wild West legends and a salty homage to American English.

Lamping for Pickled Fish by Beth McDonough
A wee collection of thoughts about foraging, swimming outdoors, the strangeness, joys and difficulties of life and language.

Lessons from the Orchard by Diane Jackman
Firmly rooted in the landscape these poems resonate with memories of the past and their effect on the present. The title sequence is set on a Midlands farm among the ruins of a Jacobean dower house. The poems in the sequence Threat of water explore timely concerns.
https://dianejackman.co.uk

Let Winter Come by Elizabeth Marchitti
A chapbook about family, and thoughts on poetry and life. Early poems from the 1990's and 2000's.

Listen and Leap by Valerie Griggs
A collection of poems in three movements. Each movement is an invitation to expand the poetic imagination in daily things: work, relationships, frustrations, fears, misplacing things, grief and all that goes with all those kinds of things. My first book published by indie publisher Words with Wings Press in 2022.

Little Smiling Hooks by Virginia Aronson
A collection of poems that reflect on the life and work of the poet Sylvia Plath, her struggle for work/life balance after marriage and motherhood. Pegasus Literary : "The poems are striking. The lines come in almost a fluid rapid succession offering a vivid combination of visuals."
https://virginiaaronsonwriter.com/

Love Songs & Naughty Bits by Deb Stewart
Love Songs & Naughty Bits is a chapbook containing poems and song lyrics about various forms of love. It is not x-rated but rather sensual. Tell me, dear reader, did my title allure you? Were you drawn to the memory of love songs you poured your heart into?
https://www.facebook.com/debstewartpoet

Lyrics From A Singing Stream by Jack Zaffos
Contemplative poems

Mad As Hell by JR Simons
The Mad as Hell anthology is a collection featuring 31 poems by 15 poets expressing the collective anger we all feel toward the current sociopolitical and economic conditions of the nation and the world.
https://www.facebook.com/SimpleSimonsPress

Magnetized By Black Irises by Denise Kolanovic
A compilation of poems about love and other emotions, including love lost, unrequited, platonic, etc.
https://dekola111.wordpress.com/

Mars or Bust by LB Sedlacek
LB Sedlacek takes us to Mars and back via Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina in these travel poems asking the ultimate question of “Will we be able to go to Mars/And back/Return/From Mars?"
http://www.lbsedlacek

Mirror, Mirror by Cathy MacKenzie
An eclectic collection of poems; some of my favourites, most of them printed here for the first time. Darkish poetry about life and death, although there are a couple of happier ones. Free verse, rhyming, prose-poetry. Several written in collaboration with A.I.
https://writingwicket.wordpress.com/

Mother Tongue by Layla Lenhardt
Mother Tongue was published by Main Street Rag and released in February 2023. It is Layla Lenhardt's first collection of poems.
https://laylalenhardt.com

Muddying the Holy Waters by Chocolate Waters
Muddying the Holy Waters is the latest collection by Chocolate Waters, a long-time radical feminist and outrageous performance poet. She offers a deep dive into the psyche of a woman who has suffered and grown for being different than her small town Christian Republican family.
https://chocolatewaters.com

Music Speaks by Bill Cushing
A chapbook of poems focused on music with illustrations to accompany selected pieces. The is a re-formatting of a book that won awards from both Southern California (2019) and New York City (2021). Topics cover classical to rock but mostly jazz.

my (w)alter ego by Walter W Hoelbling
The book is a selection of my poems in English over several decades and covers diverse topics like nature, politics, social issues, personal experiences, meditative verse. Formally, the range goes from rhymed verse to free verse, freely associating, and limericks. – More on https://www.amazon.com/My-alter-Ego-Walter-Hoelbling/dp/1639800867/ref=sr_1_5?crid=ONXQ33UFAI2D&keywords=hoelbling&qid=1677355814&s=books&sprefix=hoelbling%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C274&sr=1-5
https://allpoetry.com/Wfred1947,

Nebraska–Conflicting Reports by Charles Peek
Poems and occasional short essays taken from the award-winning author's life-long experience of the people and places in the nation's heartland state, with topical photos.

Night Ladder by Lois P Jones
Night Ladder chronicles how the world moves spiritually and sensually through us, while also recognizing how we move through the world, watching “clouds / turn from oblivion into spectacle, / burning the world as they go.” There is a timelessness to these poems…. ~Brian Turner
https://www.loispjones.com/

Ocean is My Name by Seshendra Sharma
Seshendra is visionary poet of the millennium. His poetry reverberates with prophetic tone. His writings are a unique blend of the best of poetry and poetics Seshendra's "my country – my people" Modern Epic was nominated for Nobel Prize in 2004.
http://seshendrasharma.weebly.com

Offertories: Exclamations and Disequilibriums by Barbara Simmons
A collection of free-verse poetry travels across the author's lifetime – always finding a new path of understanding, deeply thinking about inner and external worlds. There is an element of 'exclaiming' in these offertories, an understanding that even imbalance brings equilibrium in one's life.
https://www.barbarasimmonspoetry.com

Older Wiser Shorter: An Emotional Road trip to Membership in the Senior Class by Jane Seskin
Older Wiser Shorter explores the aging process of a psychotherapist/poet with great good humor and vulnerability. This collection won Honorable Mention in the Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards.
https://olderwisershorter.com

One Month by David Flynn
61 pages of individual poems, one a day for a month. Published by an independent publisher.

Opaque Melodies that Would Bug Most People by Corey Mesler
While each poem recounts a snippet of life, together the poems create an earthy blanket that connects readers to a single mind whose voice throughout remains delicate, concrete, and vital, like an old friend. The verse engages the commonplace and the abstract with equal measures thoughtfulness.

Open Sky + Earth Song + In the Space We Leave Behind by Carol Carpenter
Three poetry chapbooks in a bundle!

Pawning My Sins by M. J. Arcangelini
"The poems here are breathtaking, heartbreaking, and ultimately lead us through the natural beauty that the poet sees reflected in his own life, and into a broken wise magic that only a poet of MJ Arcangelini’s skill can conjure." – Paul Corman-Roberts, founder of Oakland’s annual Beast Crawl poetry festival.

Penn Fields by Neil Leadbeater
A collection of poems that celebrate the pathways, waterways, hills, valleys and green corridors of Britain.

Peripeteia by Lisa Rhodes-Ryabchch
A books of poems with dark humorous comedic situations that take you to sex-filled weddings, freak accidents, jealousy in hospitals, ex. husbands & Mount Everest, irate characters who stalk men & women, deathly dishes, a hellish vacation, game show contestants, George Floyd, bartering at Starbucks & much more!
HTTPS://www.lisarhodesryabchichpoetryblog.Wordpress.com

Personal Ad Poetry by John Dorroh
This is a light-hearted book written by fictitious persons who are desperately trying to connect with other humans in newspapers and on-line personals columns.

Poetic Ramblings Of A Hopeful Heart by Sheryl Griffin
This book is a collection of poetry written by a bipolar poet in search of her authentic self. Using her poetry as therapy through years of exploration and introspection on her search for balance and love and meaning to life.
https://poeticramblingsofsherylgriffin.godaddysites.com/

Quintessence by William F. DeVault
The merger of a previously published quartet of books by the US National Beat Poet Laureate Emeritus William F. DeVault; Grace, Cleave, Mythos, and Bragi. The four volumes were published 2014-2017 and contain works that interwoven provide a web of romance, eroticism, and identity. Hardbound, 184 pages.
http://www.cityoflegends.com

Seeing Voices: Poetry in Motion by Kelly Sargent
A memoir in verse reflects on twinhood, adoption, deafness, and sign language — and the mirrors through which we see, lose, and find ourselves again.
http://www.kellysargent.com

Shooting Myself in the Dark by Carrie Magness Radna
Published in January 2023 by Cajun Mutt Press. Carrie Magness Radna tackles her past, loves and self-worth, using the backdrops of evening. Using both poetry and music lyrics, she gets her points across, with words as balm for inner wounds. Darkly gorgeous! Blurbs by Cindy Hochman and Puma Perl.
https://carriemagnessradna.com

Steaming A Head by F. J. Bergmann
Early amusing and/or disrespectful poems. I haven't changed much.
https://fjbergmann.com

Stumbling in CrazyTown by Peggy Gerber
Winner of the 2021 Open Contract Challenge, Stumbling in CrazyTown takes you on a journey from mental illness to back again, and all the lessons learned along the way.

Swimming in the Shallow End by Ron Kolm
A collection of recent poems, many of them dealing with the bookstore I worked in before and after the pandemic of COVID-19.

Taking Leave by Beverly Fenig
With themes of love, loss, aging and desire, the poems also explore the poet's attempt to reconcile the claims of feminism with traditional Judaism. Add to the mix lyrical poems about a failed marriage, the frustrations of being a contingent college instructor, and the joys of motherhood.

Thawed Stars by Alice Pero
Alice Pero’s book, “Thawed Stars,” was praised by Kenneth Koch as having “clarity and surprises.” Her poems have been published in anthologies: Wide Awake, Coiled Serpent, We Are Here, Altadena Poetry Review and many others. She is the 10th Poet Laureate of Sunland/Tujunga and founder of the reading series, “Moonday.”
https://www.alicepero.com

The Annoying megaphone pigeon by Dwane Reads
This book from Dwane Reads is his third. Reprinted for the second time. Grab a copy before they are all gone !!!!

The Broken Poem and Other Strange Ideas About God by John Berry
The Broken Poem and Other Strange Ideas About God is a series of short poetic mythologies imagining God and friends; Darkness, Silence, Light, Gravity and Beauty in the Forevers before and after the creation of the Universe. Author, John Berry, hand-publishes this series from his Virginia home.
https://www.thesockdrawerpoet.com

The Camera Artist by Joan E. Bauer
In The Camera Artist, Joan E. Bauer looks back at the past century through the lens of "camera artists" like Dorothea Lange, Diane Arbus, Roy DeCarava, Toyo Miyatake, and Cindy Sherman, inspired by the words of documentary photographer Robert Frank: "It is important to see what is invisible to others."

The Drunken Honeybee: A Collection of Haiku and Senryu by Joan Fingon
A delightful little book of haiku and senryu written by the author walking through her beloved garden and the changing seasons. It bursts with vibrant bee-friendly mixtures of flowers, chattering songbirds, and other creatures transported in the beauty and rhythm of the author's "safe harbor."

The Forsaken Little Black Book by Julie Standig
This is a full collection of poetry based on items left behind by my dead people. And also reflections. Written with the hope to bring meaning to the countless people left to unpack what is left behind.
https://juliestandig.com

The Leighton Explosion by Anne Leighton
My book is called THE LEIGHTON EXPLOSION, which is a title I've played with throughout my entire adult life. It's based on The Music Explosion who rocked with a favorite song, "A Little Bit Of Soul." It's optimistic, and self-empowering, which is a quality I love in art…

The Ocean Between Us by Beatriz Fernandez
Chapbook of poems inspired by life in Puerto Rico and Florida. Published by Backbone press 2017.
HTTPS://www.beasbooks.blogspot.com

The Power Of Summer! by Waide Riddle
Pop Poetry and Bubble Gum Poetry at its tastiest and funnest! The L.A. lifestyle described in 9 poems, all taking place during Summer time! There's nothing like Summer in Southern California!
http://www.amazon.com/author/waideriddle

The Shaman in the Library by Jon Wesick
Hilarious!! Here’s a poetry collection that will not disappoint. From the pitfalls of seeking peace at a Zen retreat to discovering Second Chances don’t live in his neighborhood anymore.

Roger Aplon, author of The Omnipotent Sorcerer
http://jonwesick.com

The Sharp Edges of Water by Angélique Jamail
These are stories as much as poems, both relatable and surreal. The characters swerve between the rain-drenched, tree-lined, concrete plains of Houston and the voluptuous, dynamic terrain of Los Angeles. They face multiple realities, and though they’re earnestly grounded, they sometimes swim in the waters of magic realism.
https://www.AngeliqueJamail.com

The Space Between by Jill Jupen
My book is a chapbook published by Plan B Press first in 2017, followed by a second and third printing.
It contains 24 poems. It was used at the University of Hong Kong as the text for one semester entitled, "The Poetry of Loneliness."

This Will Remain With Us by Melissa Mendelson
This Will Remain With Us is a collection of poems written during the Covid-19 pandemic when Melissa Mendelson suddenly found herself declared an "essential worker."

Touch My Head Softly (Finishing Line Press, 2021) by Eileen P. Kennedy
In this passionate second book of poems, Eileen P. Kennedy explores the dynamic between lovers as Alzheimer’s disease progresses. Kennedy weaves the collection about the relationship into three sections. Literary Titan has described as “a collection of emotionally-charged poetry .” It was a finalist for the International Book Awards.
https://www.eileenpkennedy.com

Trumpets in the Sky by Jerry Garcia
Trumpets in the Sky is a collection of poems that point to the universe while proclaiming the complexities of living on planet earth. These poems are full of astonishment, absurdity, reverence, and social science. Some are surreal, some are staid, all are sincere.
https://www.gratefulnotdead.com/

Two Truths and a FIB Poetry Anthology:A Poetic Introduction to 30 Subjects with a TWIST by Bridget Magee
This 200 page poetry anthology includes 90 poems about 30 subjects written in 32 poetry forms by 29 poets. I FIB you not, this poetry anthology has something for everyone of all ages – "from celestial bodies to truth-telling body parts" and much more.
http://www.bridgetmagee.com

Uncertain Resident by Tova Hinda Siegel
This is my first book of poetry..it represents a compilation of my earlier poems, with lots of self-reflection. It felt amazing to actually put together a book and now it’s become a springboard for my second soon to be published one.

Unpacking for the Journey by Carol Clark Williams
Winner of the 2021 NFSPS Stevens Chapbook Contest, Unpacking for the Journey "reframes and recasts the stories of childhood, stories of relationship, and even the stories we tell ourselves in the present. The poems are beautifully crafted in free verse and formal verse—" (comments from judge, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer)
http://lucybeanstalk.wordpress.com

Upturned Daisies by Rosalind Lee
A book of experiences, gathered together after I wrote a poem about the beauty of the suddenly frozen daisy outside my window… It's experience had suddenly stopped! A sobering thought that one sudden experience can totally stop a person in their journey….

We Hold the Bones by Betsey Cullen
Selected as Harvest Review's Chapbook Contest winner in 2022, these poems encircle father's death when he was 39 and I 6. A father search story, my poems have been lauded for their emotion, precision and poignancy.

Wedding Grief by A C Clarke
A poetry pamphlet (30pp published by Tapsalteerie 2021) centred on the courtship and marriage of the French surrealist poet Paul Eluard and his first wife Gala and drawing on her letters and his poems. The central section won first prize in the Second Light Long Poem competition 2019.

White Noise Crucible by Elyse Hart
White Noise Crucible is a poetic memoir that embraces—in few words—life and death with all its unanswered questions. It is a grasp for human connection that comes up empty, instead turning toward self-realization and inner peace.
https://www.elysehart.com