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Across My Silence
Click Here to Purchase From Amazon Across My Silence Author: Jack CooperPublisher: World Audience ISBN: 978-1-934209-37-0Jack Cooper who has written for television, film and the stage, was a runner-up in the Georgetown Review 2006 writing contest and also winner of the Palabra Productions 2006 National Poetry Month Contest. He has had many other achievements with his literary skills and has had recent work appear in many national and regional journals. Jack received a Bachelor’s of Science at...
(No rating) 8-15-2007 Views: 2808

Emotions-Love Made Courageous
Author: Milena Gomez AlvarezaISBN Number: 074141404X The following review was contributed by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERE
(No rating) 2-23-2005 Views: 15835

La Boheme: melody of poems
Title: . La Boheme: melody of poemsGenre: PoetryAuthor: . Milena Gomez, Patricia Alzate, Xenia MartinezISBN: 1410788032The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's ReviewsLA BOHEME MELODY OF POEMS is a 132 page offering presented by lyrists Milena Gomez, Patricia Alzate, Xenia Martiinez. The elegant, lyrical elegies dispensed by poet Gomez are located on the first 40 pages of the volume and run a spectrum of emotions from the titillation of...
(No rating) 11-27-2004 Views: 16100

The Meaning of Life (Existentialism, The Universe and Social Problems)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Meaning of Life (Existentialism, The Universe and Social Problems)Author: Ronnie Ka Ching LeePublisher: Outskirts PressISBN: 978-1-4327-0675-3 Chinese poet and philosopher, Ronnie Ka Ching Lee, is working to discover the truth and morality in life through knowelage, understanding and reason. Lee has studied in England and now lives in Hong Kong. His previous books include The Book of Life. In the Meaning of Life Ronnie Lee has tried in a series of poems...
(No rating) 12-20-2007 Views: 3497

A Chorus of Voices (Genre Poetry) by Kurt Messick
The Following review was contributed by: Molly Martin The poems presented within the covers of A Chorus of Voices are grouped into First Poems, where the offerings include a thought provoking I am not ee cummings, the poignant I saw two men, hope in a friend is (any) sadness in love is a prison and one engaging work I particularly enjoyed stars. Sonnet Sequence, runs a gamut from nature, man, god, night, stars, my own particular favorite in this grouping was the first with its view of the...
(No rating) 10-11-2004 Views: 5822

Being Frank with Anne
Author: Phyllis Johnson ISBN: 978-0-9790878-2-0 In 1942 a young Jewish girl living in Amsterdam moved with her family into a tiny secret annex above her father’s office. Over the next two years the young teenager and her family hid from the German Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to wait out the war safe from the horrors of the concentration camps. Throughout her time in hiding, Anne recorded events of daily life, hopes, dreams and sheer frustration in her valued diary. After twenty-five...
(No rating) 10-18-2007 Views: 2968

Best New Poets 2006: 50 Poems From Emerging Writers
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Best New Poets 2007Edited by Eric PankeyJeb Livingood, Series EditorISBN: 13:978-0-9766296-1-0University of Virginia Press After reading through the biography section of “Best New Poets 2006,” one comes to realize that the adjectives “new” and “emerging” are mere technicalities in this instance. Although none of the poets included here have published a full-length book of poetry,
(No rating) 3-20-2007 Views: 7709

Beyond the Second Traffic Light
Author: Tom ConroyISBN: 1598004654The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Interview With Poet Tom Conroy CLICK HERE
(No rating) 5-12-2006 Views: 5433

Dance With Your Heart Tales and Poems That the Heart Tells
Author: Shirley ChengGenre: Poetry Line/Publisher lulu.com ISBN: 1 4116 1858 0 The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's ReviewsDance With Your Heart Tales and Poems That the Heart Tells A publication of poetry and prose wherein the table of contents offers a mix of titles such as ‘Free the Magic,’ ‘One Petal Falls,’ and ‘The Greedy Cat’ for reader
(No rating) 6-1-2005 Views: 6031

Dark Soul of the Millennium
Click Here to Purchase From Amazon Dark Soul of the Millennium Book title: Dark Soul of the Millennium Publisher: World Audience ISBN: 978-1-934209-41-7Mel Waldman Ph.D. is an American psychologist at the Centre for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies. He is a writer of stories in numerous magazines and literary reviews. He is a poet singer/songwriter and has also written plays. He won the Literary Gradiva Award in psychoanalysis. He was also nominated for a Pushcart Prize in literature. He has...
(No rating) 8-18-2007 Views: 3386

Days Like These by Tom McCoy
The following review was contributed by: PAULA BARDELL For over thirty-three years, Tom McCoy composed poetry purely to satisfy a personal need and to share his deepest thoughts with family, friends and neighbors, never once considering publication or wider recognition. From his home in Silver City, a rural New Mexico town in the foothills of the Pinos Altos Range, he earned his living as a stained glass artist, farmer and mechanic, while calmly absorbing the subtle details of the quiet,...
(No rating) 10-19-2004 Views: 5744

Departures
Click Here Tp Purchase From Amazon Departures Author: Linda BenninghoffISBN: 1596610115Linda Benninghoff’s departures (March Street Press, North Carolina, 2004) is a chapbook of 19 poems, along with some images, that are themed on the feelings connected with the act of ‘leaving’. Some of the poems address those who are no more but whose memories still ache in the heart and mind of the poet. Other poems focus on people, places, things, and animals that have been part of a lasting memory but...
(No rating) 10-30-2007 Views: 2094

Emotions: Love Made Courageous
Author: Milena Gomez AlvarezISBN: 074141404XGenre: poetryThis review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's Reviews
(No rating) 1-10-2005 Views: 17792

F2F
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon F2F Author: Janet HolmesISBN: 0-268-030766 Janet Holmes’s fourth poetry collection, F2F, explores how people communicate and how the loss of sight results in isolation. Holmes, who once worked in software development, bridges the language of technology with the language of poetry. As much as technology and fame can shed light, it can also result in other forms of misperception. Ultimately, it is the loss of sight that affects the relationships between people...
(No rating) 10-14-2007 Views: 2260

Facets:Subtitle: To Smithereens and Back
Author: Barbara RabinowitzPublisher: Author House, 2004ISBN:1418435813
(No rating) 7-27-2005 Views: 4639

Galvanized
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon GalvanizedAuthor: W. Joe HoppeISBN: 0-9740703-5-1Publisher: Dalton Publishing W. Joe Hoppe, born on December 24th 1961, is an American poet, short story teller and also a filmmaker. With the help of his artist wife P.S Monear, Joe has been able to publish a dozen chapbooks through Lucky Tiger Press. His poems have appeared in Analecta, Borderlands, Cider Press Review, Di*Verse*Cities, Nerve Cowboy, and Utter. Joe’s unique poetry video, $5200 MSTA, has been...
(No rating) 2-1-2008 Views: 2227

Gilleland Poetry : Storoems and Poems
Author: Harry E Gilleland JrISBN: 1-4116-2927-2The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW
(No rating) 7-21-2005 Views: 6897

I Can Still Hear Their Cries Even In My Sleep
Click Here to Purchase From Amazon I Can Still Hear Their Cries Even In My Sleep Author: E. Everett McFallISBN: 978-1-4327-0457-5 Horrors of war are all around us – the mangled bodies of returning soldiers, families torn apart because the war has made the soldier a stranger, and flag-draped coffins arriving on airplanes for burial. Some see going to war as a mark of manhood, the boy becomes a man when he picks up a set of orders to kill on foreign soil. It’s a right of passage for some, but...
(No rating) 10-19-2007 Views: 3062

Islands of Illusion
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(No rating) 12-22-2007 Views: 2849

Major Voices: 19th Century American Women’s Poetry
Selected and introduced by Shira Wolosky Publisher: The Toby Press ISBN: 1 59264 040 0“Major Voices: 19th Century American Women’s Poetry” showcases the work of 10 female American poets – most of them quite notable in their own time but rarely considered or anthologized since. Observing 19th century America through the lense of its female poets is an intriguing experience: many of the poems included here delineate the social issues of the time in a powerfully immediate – and of course,...
(No rating) 5-14-2007 Views: 11282

Moments at Anchor Bay High
Author: Ronne R. GleasonPublisher: Goose River PressISBN: 1-930648-96-0The following review was contributed by: Tami Brady: Click Tami Brady's Reviews to view more of Tami's Reviews.Whether you are a high school athlete, a parent, or just enjoy watching sports, you know that high school sports are packed full of passion and unbridled hope that no other level of play seems to possess. Watching these spirited individuals is not only entertaining but also creates a sense of nostalgia mixed...
(No rating) 5-31-2006 Views: 4214

Noni Benegas’ Burning Cartography
Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Author:Noni Benegas: Translated by:Noёl ValisPublisher: Host Publications ISBN: 978-0-924047-43-5. In focus: a Translator’s Contribution to World PoetryPoised between some great Spanish poetry, in this case Noni Benegas’ Cartografia ardiente, and its English readers who can now embrace this collection in new ways, stands a gifted translator who faces several impossible tasks at once. A poem is more than a meta-expr
(No rating) 8-2-2007 Views: 3348

Nude Thoughts
Author: Christine LopezPublisher: Publish America, July 2005ISBN: 1-4137-8170-5The following review was contributed by: Richard CrowhurstChristine Lopez begins her substantial collection by saying, ‘Poetry was my therapy and remains my healing garden’. She finishes, 190 pages later, by thanking her readers for believing in her. I have to say that, having read these raw emotional poems, I certainly believe in her, but I also have mixed feelings about the book.The collection describes events...
(No rating) 2-25-2006 Views: 4540

Once Upon A Rhyme (Year of the Winds)
Click Here To Purchase Once Upon A RhymeAuthor: Daniel Ray FarleyPublisher: Outskirts PressISBN: 978-1-4327-2920-2 This poetry collection is a work of over three decades by former rock musician, Daniel Farley. The poetr
(No rating) 10-3-2008 Views: 1517

Picture Poetry on Parade!
Author: Joe Sottile Illustrator: Lori DeLeonardis-Aman Publisher: Booklocker.com, Inc. ISBN: 1-59113-495-1The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown:
(No rating) 2-24-2005 Views: 15981

Poetry Confessions
Author: John G. BriscoePublisher: InfinityPublishing.comISBN: 0-7414-2926-8 The following review was contributed by: Evelyn Sears: Click here to read more of Evelyn's Review:
(No rating) 9-13-2006 Views: 5188

Simple Feelings & Deep Passions
Click Here To Purchase Simple Feelings & Deep Passions Author: RC LangillISBN: 9781435704947 Publisher: LULU
(No rating) 4-2-2008 Views: 2966

Street Love
Author: Walter Dean MyersPublisher: AmistadISBN: 13-978-0-06-028079-6Street Love is an enchanting love story set in contemporary Harlem. Damien is a rising star, smart and athletic, who is on his way to an Ivy League college and a good life. Junice is a young beauty, struggling to keep her fractured family from disintegrating completely. Damien and Junice’s attraction is thrilling and their uncertainty is palpable. Can two lives on such divergent trajectories merge, or will they merely...
(No rating) 1-25-2007 Views: 4643

Super Elastic Traveling Sound Circus
Author/Poet: G. C. RosenquistISBN: 0976901781 Established writer and poet, G.C Rosenquist has penned his first poetry book, Super Elastic Traveling Sound Circus, which consists of fifty diverse and very metaphoric poems. The book begins with a statement from the author on the meaning of the book and what motivated him to compose these poems.“A poem, to me, is a novel condensed to its most important and essential elements…This is a raw open wound: do I want the reader to know this?”...
(No rating) 11-11-2006 Views: 4200

Ten Years Running
Author: Mary JohnsenISBN: 141166132XThe following review was contributed by: Tami Brady: CLICK TO VIEW Tami Brady's ReviewsTen Years Running is a compilation of poems by the author. These works have a variety of contemporary subjects fitting into the general themes of love and pain. Despite these aspects, I didn't feel that the pieces were whiny or dark. Instead these works were filled with triumph, shared experience, and the power of a person willing to explore her pain without blame. In...
(No rating) 12-24-2005 Views: 4090

The Book of Life: Existentialism the Will and the Truth the New Wisdom of Philosophy
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Book of Life: Existentialism the Will and the Truth the New Wisdom of Philosophy Author: Ronnie Ka Ching LeePublisher: Outskirts PressISBN: 1-4327-0009-X Reading the first few poems on logic - I was lost. In a funny kind of way I understood that logic “puts things in their right places” but as I see it these things are not always logical and things don’t always add up and make sense. Then as I read on, it became clear that it is just what Ronnie is...
(No rating) 1-28-2008 Views: 3334

The Philosophy of Life: God, Wisdom and the World Psyche
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Philosophy of Life: God, Wisdom and the World PsycheAuthor: Ronnie Ka Ching Lee Publisher: Outskirts Press ISBN: 978-1-59800-864-7 In this book Ronnie Lee seeks to discover and prove important points of our faith and belief. This knowledge and philosophy that Ronnie writes about is set down in his usual concise way by means of poetry. It is easy to read but not always easy to understand. You are given glimpses of theories that you think are easy to...
(No rating) 1-28-2008 Views: 3349

THE SILENCE BEFORE DAWN
Author: Henry Martin:ISBN: 978-1-4116-8680-9 The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin: CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's Reviews
(No rating) 8-2-2006 Views: 4434

The Wasp That Wanted To Be A Bee and Other Silly Poems
Author: Nora Katsourakis Anthony ISBN: 1-4327-0517-2The Wasp That Wanted To Be A Bee and Other Silly Poems are works of poetic art by proclaimed student of the human condition, Nora Anthony. Skilfully crafted with a rich language Nora has written this book of poetry with an originality that shines throughout every page. She has also called it a book of silly poems but I’m afraid I didn’t see them as silly. I’m sure anyone reading this book of verses will find many of her poems very...
(No rating) 4-27-2007 Views: 6292

Unscrambled Eggs
Author: Nadia BrownISBN: 1-4137-8169-1The following review was contributed by: Ernest Dempsey, pen name of Karim Khan: To read more of Karim's Reviews CLICK HEREIf a book is short and carries choice verse, few would leave it to a second sitting. Miami author Nadia Brown instantiates this assertion in her first book of poetry Unscrambled Eggs (Publish America, Baltimore, 2005). A collection of sixty poems, Unscrambled Eggs is an artistic pluck in the floating stillness of mundane thought. A...
(No rating) 4-2-2006 Views: 5137

Whispers: Poems
Click Here To Purchase Whispers: Poems Author: Jonathan RussellISBN: 13: 978-1-931807-70-8Jonathan Russell is a highly valued member of the literary community and holds an Honorary doctorate of Literature from the London Institute for Applied Research (London 1993) and a Docteur des Lettres, Psychologie et Litterature, Academie Des Sciences Humai
(No rating) 10-27-2008 Views: 2539

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