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National Poetry Month 2023 Comes to an End

Bargaining with the Fall by Alison Palmer

Source: Purchased Paperback, 80 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Bargaining with the Fall by Alison Palmer is a deeply personal collection about loss, grief, and the impact it has on those left behind. The opening poem, “The Sky Only Teaches Me Uncertainty,” sets the tone for the collection, a struggle with debilitating grief and […]

Join Me on May 4 at 7 p.m. for DiVerse Gaithersburg @ Casey Community Center

May 4 at 7 p.m. I’ll be joining Fran Abrams at the Casey Community Center in Gaithersburg, Md., for the DiVerse Gaithersburg poetry reading series. You can register here. This is an in-person event. Address of the center: 810 S Frederick Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 Can’t wait to see everyone! May the 4th Be With […]

Her Whole Bright Life by Courtney LeBlanc

Source: the Poet Paperback, 100 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Her Whole Bright Life by Courtney LeBlanc is a collection of rolling grief and healing. In the opening poem, “Self-Portrait,” the narrator speaks to the collections of past memories that are part of her being and how they make her feel about herself, but […]

Mailbox Monday #731

Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has its own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]

Virtual Poetry Circle: Claudia Emerson

While our family attend a local Climate Summit for youth, I want to leave you with this poem in honor of Earth Day. Environmental Awareness: The Right Whale The whale was known as right because it was magnificent with oil, slow and easy to find and slaughter, floating even when dead. But after it was […]

Poetry Activity: Pop Song Turned Shakespearean Sonnet

When the pandemic started and many of us were in lockdown, I had more time to read articles online and try out new poetry forms. Some of which worked for me, and some that didn’t. But what I loved was seeing the vast amount of creativity out there. One that I found really interesting, because […]

Lo: Poems by Melissa Crowe

Source: Publisher Paperback, 88 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Lo: Poems by Melissa Crowe, 2022 Iowa Poetry Prize winner to be published in May 2023, is an expression of grief, longing, and joy all at once as the young girl growing up within these poems and pages finds that the world is all at […]

In Kind by Maggie Queeney

Source: Publisher Paperback, 98 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate In Kind by Maggie Queeney, 2022 Iowa Poetry Prize winner, calls on the goddesses of old to illuminate the struggles of today. She deftly deals with trauma in a way that captures the darkness, the struggle, and the strength to move forward honoring that wound […]

Elegies for an Empire by Le Hinton

Source: the poet Paperback, 65 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate ***A portion of the purchase price of Hinton’s book ($15) will go to the Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic.*** Elegies for an Empire by Le Hinton, is a gorgeous collection of poems paying homage to parents, ancestors, and others who came before, while realizing that […]