Basic goodness means being good to yourself and others, yet we so often forget this simple truth. Too busy with the harried nature of life, we overlook quiet moments of calm in which we are given the opportunity to be kind. Those opportunities slip by unnoticed when they could be embraced and the goodness shared.Trinity is a collection of poems meant to reinvigorate the goodness in us all. Utilizing imagery, sensory devices, and poetic techniques, Bradley Bates creates a world of g...

“Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?” —Mary OliverThis luminous anthology brings together great poets from around the world whose work transcends culture and time. Their words reach past the outer divisions to the universal currents of love and revelation that move and inspire us all. These poems urge us to wake up and love. They also call on us to relinquish our grip on ideas and opinions that confine us and, instead, to risk moving forward into the lif...

Like the people and animals in her new collection, Lorna Crozier “defies / the anecdotal, / goes for the lyric, / music made from / bone and muscle and the grace notes” of life. The poems in The Wrong Cat are vintage Crozier: sly, sexy, irreverent, and sad, and populated by fully realized characters whose stories take place in a small lyrical space. We learn about a mother’s last breath, the first dog in heaven, a man’s fear that his wife no longer loves him, and the ways in which...

This celebratory edition of the classic poetry collection reminds us of Hughes's stunning achievement, speaking directly, intimately, and powerfully of Black experiences at a time when Black voices were newly being heard in American literature. • With an introduction by poet Kevin Young.Beginning with the opening “Proem” (prologue poem) Huges writes, “I am a Negro: / Black as the night is black, / Black like the depths of my Africa."As the legendary Carl Va...

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at special days of celebration through the eyes and minds of our most gifted poets to bring you a guide to the days within each. The role of Fathers has changed much over the course of centuries. Men are now better suited to a role of co-parent in this mo...

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was perhaps the most intellectually adventurous of the great Romantic poets. A classicist, a headlong visionary, a social radical, and a poet of serene artistry with a lyric touch second to none, Shelley personified the richly various—and contradictory—energies of his time. This compact yet comprehensive collection showcases all the extraordinary facets of Shelley’s art. From his most famous lyrical poems (“Ozymandias,” “The Cloud”) to his political and phi...

"In lines that remind me of the way William Carlos Williams insisted that only the imagination gives us access to reality, Lasky's poems evoke a practice of living, as bloody and awful and lovely as living can ever be."-Julia Bloch, Bitch"The beautiful thing about Lasky, in all her work, but particularly here, is her ability to create that same sense of earnestness, the sense that she is telling you a secret."-InDigest Magazine, InDigest PicksGo, brave and gentle r...

The Eye of the AspenIf you look at the barkOf an aspen treeWhere a limb has been lostAn eye you will see.The eye may not seeBut, if it could,The tree would be madeOf more than just wood ...Jay EackerIn a refreshing collection of poetry that intertwines humor with poignancy, Jay Eacker shares fifty or more bad poems that reflect on the world through his eyes.Eackers poetry explores not only rela...

So many people struggle with depression, anxiety, and confusion, often resorting to self-harm as a means of relief. Sometimes though, poetry can offer a better escape. Our Asylum Memoir presents a dark, mysterious anthology of poetry inspired by Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. Based upon philosophy and mythology, these twenty poems journey into the depth of author Zane Murrays beliefs. The book details descriptions of the darker side of his mind and the events of his life. Murray writ...

Several years ago, the author had a dream in vivid colors. She was gazing from the upstairs back porch of her childhood house, across the 4 back yards of the neighbors' houses. Each yard was one of the 4 seasons.Dreams can be fertile! From that single dream of seasons and colors these poems came to fruition for Debra Milligan. Art is upheaval and then solace and then repose. The 4 Seasons reflect that never-ending process. These four volumes of poems are the written images of the v...

We don’t really say a word when truly in love. Do we? The silence says it all. Our hearts hear the voice of silence while our mind hears the sounds of the word. The silent voice stirs the nerves of the heart while the word stirs the nerves of the brain. The state of silence is the origin of everything, as pure as God. God is love as love is a God who speaks in silence, silently. Love is best spoken in silence to the silent heart. The best feeling of love is when a silent ...

The first two years of DailyLimerick.net from Sloop Biederman (MAD to Chicago Tribune; Comedy Store LA to Double Door Chicago)! This series watches it grow, from traditional Limerick per day to plug hosting 1999's 10th National Poetry Slam: Limerick Slam, to noted media source (TV, radio, print) with anti-partisan commentary section as Limericks, too, evolved to include news and human experience.