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Sonnets From Suburbia: More Candles Than Cake by Penny Peyser

Original, delightful, and funky… Peyser humorously navigates modern-day life through Shakespearean sonnets, touching on subjects of friendship, romantic mishaps, aging, social media, and family dynamics in her latest collections of poems. “Brad” is a poem about longing and fantasy, as…
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Sipping Life Through a Straw: Collected Poems by Ruth Newell

Enthralling and all-encompassing Newell’s latest, a collection of poems, delves deep into the spectrum of human emotion, providing profound reflections on the intricacies of life. Divided into four parts, the book invites readers on an expansive journey through the author’s…
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Offerings Made by Fire by zO-AlonzO-Gross

Original, illuminating, and visually striking… zO-AlonzO-Gross returns with this illuminating latest, a collection of poetry, containing a potent message that requires thorough examination to be comprehended and decrypted. zO-AlonzO-Gross bends the rules of language with ease, guided by the power…
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Become Your Masterpiece by Carlton J. Buller

A distinctive, remarkable guide to personal growth that uses poetry as its medium… A keeper. In this eclectic anthology of poetry and prose, Buller offers motivation, inspiration, and wisdom fostered through personal experience. Written and designed as a coffee table…
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The Shape of Darkness The Shadow of Death: Poems by Jon Trovato

Exquisitely lyrical and tender… A striking collection. Trovato’s latest is a collection of poems driven by his own experiences, enduring memories, and present-day concerns. Divided into four sections, these sharp poems combine melancholic pain, sensitivity, and resilience. With an eye…
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GILDING THE LILY: New Poems: 2023 by Don Gutteridge

Intimate, charismatic, and soul-stirring… The vibrant latest collection from Gutteridge is for “Anne who made love her gift to the world,” the ADDENDUM notes before taking readers on a journey across pages full of old memories and poignant emotions. The…
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GILDING THE LILY: New Poems: 2023 By Don Gutteridge

Exquisite and affecting; a memorable collection…   The moving, intelligent latest book from Gutteridge riffs on love, life, death, loss, grief, and memories. Poems in the collection address the fragility of life and love, the pain of losing a loved one…
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Coureurs & Cassocks: Early Narratives by Don Gutteridge

A fierce and deeply moving collection that leaves a mark. Gutteridge creates his poems out of history, folklore, and myth, and he has been thoroughly successful. Penetrating and poignant, this collection of long narrative poems, which he wrote during his…
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Early Days with Anne By Don Gutteridge

An emotionally striking work that is sure to leave a lasting mark… “We began merely as companions,/ comfortable in the other’s company,” Gutteridge narrates in his intimate and refreshing latest. “me: a kind of country/ bumpkin from a backwater town;/…
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A BUMPER CROP: New Poems by Don Gutteridge

A lyrically precise and subtle collection that deserves revisiting… Gutteridge fills his latest with vivid imagery and intense emotion that arise from living a life fully and well. Elegant and rich with memorable descriptions and images, the collection explores life,…
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Eternal Love: A Poetic Pathway to God’s Heart and Mind by C. Peggy Atoche

Meditative, insightful, and profound… A beautiful collection. Elegant and rich with vivid descriptions and images, Atoche’s debut deftly explores faith and spirituality. In her introduction, Atoche shares that “finding peace and clarity is possible with God’s guidance and help” and…
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O Frabjous Day! —A Selection of Poems: 2019-2023— by Don Gutteridge

A dazzling and impressive work from the master… Shocking in its gorgeous simplicity, Gutteridge’s marvelous latest collection is a homage to love, loss, and life. The poems, selected from Guttridge’s various books written over the course of recent years, delve…
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SAILING WITH THE WIND: New Poems 2023 by Don Gutteridge

A luminous collection that beautifully explores human connection, feelings, and the orderliness of life… Gutteridge’s latest book consists of short free-verse poems ranging from the small delights of childhood to the discovery of life’s bigger passions and griefs. The collection…
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Sit Down And Have A Beer Again by Greg Wyss

A jarring and beautiful book of poems, stories, and excerpts about everything that’s life. In his latest book, Wyss delivers a generous variety of poetry, prose, and stories. The book is divided into three chapters. Some of the pieces deal…
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Send Down the Master in Person: Reflections on Adolf Eichmann by A. Keith Carreiro

Emotionally arresting and poignant… In this beautifully composed narrative poem, Carreiro delves into the horrors unleashed by Nazi Germany, particularly Adolf Eichmann, a German-Austrian SS-Obersturmbannführer and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust, while paying homage to those who…
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A GROUND MORE ARABLE: New Poems by Don Gutteridge

Piercing and penetrating… A deceptively simple and deep collection. Gutteridge examines boyhood, love, longing, memories, morality, and life’s small delights and sorrows in this powerful collection. Mostly set in Gutteridge’s hometown, these poems are grounded in the reality of the…
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Violet by Sabrina Simon

A searing and sensitive portrait of romantic love… This beautiful and poignant book from debut author Simon beautifully encompass her intimate thoughts, exploring the intricacies of romantic love. A poignant mix of snippets of conversation and wisps of observations and…
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Love Me Breathless… Because Romance Never Dies by Mary-Lisa Russo

A lyrical, vivid, and immersive collection… In poetic language that’s both contemporary and ageless, debut author Russo brings vivid life to romantic love and longing. She beautifully captures what is both raw and relatable about romantic love, such as the first…
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A FINE-TUNED HEART: New Poems by Don Gutteridge

A collection of stunning breadth and intimacy… A wide-eyed awareness runs throughout, uplifting life’s everyday moments into something weighty and transcendent in the introspective latest from Gutteridge. In “SYMPHONIC,” Gutteridge trains his eye on the retreating shoreline of a life:…