Quietus by dl mattila $14, paper

  “What is harmony”, asks Mary Ann Mayer, “but near collision?” In these finely wrought…

  “This book enacts wonder.” –Annie Finch, Poet, Director of the MFA in Writing, Program…

  There are times when poetry shows its rare ability to tell the truth in…

  The poet Matthew Arnold said of brevity, “Have something to say, and say it…

Prayer of Confession by Jen Karetnick $14, paper

  In these lovely, superbly crafted poems, Constance Koons weaves the tender story of a…

  “”This is a powerful and courageous book. It’s funny, lucid, contains not a dollop…

  Wendy Warren Rosenberg reminds us that, as E. M. Forster wrote, “We must be…

  Bailey gives us all of the South, and she does so without flinching… she…

Why War by D.R. James $14, paper

  Melissa Cundieff-Pexa’s Futures with Your Ghost introduces us to a brilliant new poet whose…

  “Teetering” is an image that runs through this book in both the deepest and…

   

Slipped Past Words by Pat McCutcheon $14.49, paper

  In these intense, musical poems of life lived in the cold of Wisconsin, the…

  In The Lapse, Linda Hillman Chayes invites us to take words into our mouths,…

   

  I turn to poetry after someone I love dies. It helps me put words…

The Perpetual Commotion of the Heart by Norma Gay Prewett $14, paper