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Introspections from a Clouded Mind by Jeffrey Robb

A contemplative, honest collection… Simultaneously dark and poignant, Robb’s short collection of poetry describes with sorrow and passion the innermost feelings of someone suffering from mental illness. In these poems, the protagonist takes the reader on a journey into the…
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The Man Who Married Death by Amy Langevin

Gloriously dark… Langevin’s engrossing narrative poetry captures its depressive protagonist’s tortured reckoning with Death. Langevin uses the supernatural to take the reader through twenty-eight-year-old Zylen LaRocque’s descent into insanity as he pines for the fathomless love of Death. The darkness…
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Wonder: In The Presence Of Infinity by Jon Trovato

Beautifully Illuminating… In this clear-eyed and intriguing collection, Trovato takes readers into a vivid cosmic world filled with life’s musings, questions, and wonder. The poems do not follow any strict rhyme scheme, and the writing feels immersive, offering readers an…
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Lonely Kings and Queens: Modern Poetry For Lovers by Julie Steeves Benson

Erotic, extensive, and evocative… In her latest tantalizing collection, Benson draws from both her own hopeless romantic persona and the shared human experience, capturing the spirit and gist of emotional and physical love. The first poem “She Is,” is a…
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A Booktiful Love by Tolu’ A. Akinyemi

Beautifully executed, astonishing collection… In his latest evocative collection, Akinyemi reflects on love, relationships, and mortality along with nitty gritty of everyday life, revealing the many ways that life goes on. In “Isolation” and “Lockdown,” Akinyemi suffuses familiar landscapes with…
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Concupiscent Consumption by LindaAnn LoSchiavo

  “Concupiscent Consumption” is a treatise on erotic sex… In this brilliant collection of 18 erotic poems, LoSchiavo stuns with her depiction of romantic and erotic and the vagaries of love-making. The emotional snapshots of the young Italian protagonist feel…
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A Route Obscure and Lonely by LindaAnn LoSchiavo

A dynamic collection… In her latest collection of 33 poems, the title of which she has borrowed from a line from Edgar Allan Poe’s Dream-land, LoSchiavo proves she is clearly at the top of her form as she blends fantastic…
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Lines at the Amusement Rides by Eric Keegan

Delightful and engrossing… Chock-full of sardonic observations and hilarious interpretations of life’s small, cherished moments, Keegan’s latest enthralling collection takes readers on an exhilarating journey through amusement parks. “growing up, / the line itself was a nuisance, / a fevering…
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Travel in Time by Anişoara Laura Musteţiu

  An earnest collection… Drawn from her own life experiences and written in a compelling prose, Musteţiu’s poignant debut is highlighted by moments of startling insight into life’s journey, exploring various themes of love, dreams, grief, and memories. The first…
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The Collection: a poetic exploration of friendship, love, fantasies & the soulmate by Jacqueline Belle

A graceful, elegiac contemplation of life… In her second collection of poems which feels familiar, yet honest and original, Belle creates an exhilarating matrix of love, friendship, and life. “My Heart Lay Open” examine the susceptibility that comes with loving…
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When I Walk Upon the Earth by Jacqueline Belle

  A rich and ruminative collection… In her exquisite, electrifying debut, a collection of eleven poems, Belle studies tiny, significant moments of life through her sense of acute observation, suggesting that to celebrate life, one must appreciate the smallest of…
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The Blues Cry For A Revolution by Rashaun J. Allen

Intense and compelling… Award-winning Poet, Writer, and Professor, Rashaun J. Allen returns with a gripping collection of poetry as he talks about racism in the twenty-first century America. Combining poetry and short prose, Allen’s poetics captures the racially charged interactions…
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Raw Thoughts: A mindful fusion of literary and photographic art by John Casey

  A radiant collection… Casey offers in his fine debut a compelling exploration of hope and mindfulness through a beautiful combination of poems and black and white photographic art. The collection is a spiritual voyage, a journey of darkness and…
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Head Lines: Poems and Provocations, A 60 Day Devotional to Personal Psalmistry by Will Schmit

  An elegantly written, earnest collection… With this meditative collection of poems and essays, Schmit balances mysticism with a celebration of the everyday. Earnest and reflective with a continual undertone of humor, poems in the collection capture the essence of…
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A Collection of Poetic Wisdom for the Discerning Series (3 books) By Tolu’ A. Akinyemi

Marvelous and thought-provoking… An exploration of personal and social issues, Akinyemi’s A Collection of Poetic Wisdom for the Discerning Series is both challenging and visionary. Dead Lion’s Don’t Roar, the first in the series—a collection of symbolic verses that challenges…