poetry

Find Hope, Beauty, and Connection in “Soul Flowers”

With the new year comes a new sense of hope. I can think of no better time to embrace the beauty of poetry, especially in works such as Cynthia Schumacher’s seventh collection, Soul Flowers. In this timeless collection, Schumacher explores with gifted verse those universal human emotions and experiences that…

Katie BloomerJanuary 9, 2025

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Disability Memoir Explores Life, Love and Human Experience Through Poetry

“I am not just one voice alone. I am one voice among a billion.” It’s been said before that most poetry is autobiographical. Poetry is known to draw from a place of truth — whether emotional truth, universal observation, or personal anecdote. But Recalibrating Gravity by Mary Keating is a…

Megan BeauregardSeptember 5, 2024

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Exploring Life’s Raw Realities Through Poetry

Poetry often has a reputation as lofty and pretentious, something only the most educated, cultured and refined people can appreciate. But that’s simply not true — even Shakespeare, the pinnacle of pretentiousness today, was the common man’s poet during his day. Poetry is meant to connect people on an emotional…

Katie BloomerSeptember 4, 2024

Fiction

Literary Tale of Sadness, Sorrow and Grief Told by a Poet

Should a book ever win a prize for its unreliable narrator, bet on The Offering (Penelope Books) by Salah el Moncef. The narrator in question is Tariq Abbassi, a lapsed Muslim who leaves Tunisia to study philosophy at the Sorbonne but ends up running a successful Middle Eastern restaurant in…

Joanna PoncavageNovember 7, 2022

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Thriller Pro Mike Bond Pens First Poetry Book

Best-selling novelist Mike Bond, "master of the existential thriller," balances intricate lyrical language while wrestling with his classic existential views in his first book of poems, The Drum That Beats Within Us (Big City Press). "By uniting knowledge with a sudden shock of emotion, a poem takes us out of our…

Rebecca ProulxOctober 22, 2018

Existence and Imperfection by Jesse R. Bodley

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Breathtaking Poetry Collection Explores Universal Themes of “Existence and Imperfection”

Existence and Imperfection by Jesse R Bodley is a collection of poems inspired by the author's experiences with grief and depression, addressing issues surrounding death and the meaning of life. “That I have woken to the anxiety of my own labored breathing / is testament to existence, and much as…

Katie BloomerJanuary 18, 2024

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Witty Collection of Proverbs and Poetry Yields Serious Food for Thought

Poetry can bloom in some of the most unexpected places. For D.A. Gray, it took root as outgoing messages on an answering machine at a private gym in Harlem where he worked as a health and fitness trainer. At first, these were motivational messages he’d leave for his clients, encouraging…

Cynthia ConradNovember 22, 2022

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Winners of 2022 National Book Awards

Big news, literary lovers! This year’s recipients of the National Book Awards have been announced; keep reading to find out the winners in five crucial categories! Padma Lakshmi, Emmy-nominated producer, food expert, television host, and New York Times bestselling author, hosted the exclusively online National Book Awards Ceremony on November…

BookTribNovember 17, 2022

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Contemplative Poetry Anthology Explores What It Means to “Live in the Moment”

“Live in the moment.” We hear that saying a lot, but what does it actually mean? Joanne Mitchell addresses that very question in her latest book of contemporary poetry, Moments No Replacement Found. The collection reflects on her life experience and wisdom, touching on a variety of themes exploring thoughts…

Katie BloomerMay 10, 2023

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Wonders of Nature Memorialized in Evocative Poetry Collection

One of the reasons I chose to live in the Appalachian Mountains was to find wonder within the natural world. As a writer, I find no greater inspiration than just looking out over the mountains in the early morning, when the clouds hang low in the valley and the sun…

Katie BloomerApril 12, 2023

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Creative Tools to Transcend Any Adversity

How do you transcend adversity? How do you emerge a better person because of it? Gladys Mangiduyos answers these questions in her latest book, Transcend. It’s not quite poetry and not quite prose either; it’s less of a traditional story narrative and more of a string of episodic images and…

Katie BloomerJanuary 5, 2023

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Poetry Explores Depths of Despair and Joy of Simply Existing

Grief and sorrow are feelings all too familiar in life, but everyone experiences them differently. While some find it easy to rise from the depths of despair, others trudge on for what seems like an eternity, struggling with depression and anxiety, battling against seemingly insurmountable odds. Caitlin Blackburn addresses these…

Katie BloomerJanuary 6, 2023

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Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy Poetry Poet, writer, artist, composer, athlete and spiritual leader A Renaissance man of our modern times, Sri Chinmoy was a poet, an author of essays, a composer, an artist, a sportsman, and a lover of humanity. Sri Chinmoy always considered himself a student of peace. He was…

BookTribAugust 11, 2022

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Curated Collection of Work by Prolific Poet Provides the Depth and Breadth of a Lifetime

Over 1,600 books of writing. A body of work containing well over 90,000 poems. The sheer volume and speed at which Sri Chinmoy wrote is breathtaking — one collection boasts 843 poems written in a single 24-hour span in 1975. What’s even more incredible is the high quality of thought,…

Cynthia ConradAugust 11, 2022

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Musings on Nature and Art, History and the Eternal, Home and the Cosmos from a “Gypsy Soul”

Like the patchwork quilt its cover connotes, Gypsy Soul: R.G.V. Texas Poetry (B&N Press) by I.A. Croesus combines poetry, photography and inspiring quotes to build a multifaceted picture of one poet’s mind and soul. Here we can find musings on nature, the cosmos, the divine, life, music, literature, and the…

BookTribApril 15, 2022

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5 Ways to Celebrate World Poetry Day

Samuel Taylor Coleridge once wrote that prose is “words in their best order,” but poetry is “the best words in the best order.” And while this may be true, good poetry has that extra ineffable something. “If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off,”…

BookTribMarch 21, 2022

Find Hope, Beauty, and Connection in “Soul Flowers”

Disability Memoir Explores Life, Love and Human Experience Through Poetry

Exploring Life’s Raw Realities Through Poetry

Thriller Pro Mike Bond Pens First Poetry Book

Breathtaking Poetry Collection Explores Universal Themes of “Existence and Imperfection”

Witty Collection of Proverbs and Poetry Yields Serious Food for Thought

Winners of 2022 National Book Awards

Contemplative Poetry Anthology Explores What It Means to “Live in the Moment”

Wonders of Nature Memorialized in Evocative Poetry Collection

Creative Tools to Transcend Any Adversity

Poetry Explores Depths of Despair and Joy of Simply Existing

Sri Chinmoy

Curated Collection of Work by Prolific Poet Provides the Depth and Breadth of a Lifetime

Musings on Nature and Art, History and the Eternal, Home and the Cosmos from a “Gypsy Soul”

5 Ways to Celebrate World Poetry Day

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