"I hear people talk about the dimming prospects of making a living as a poet, about the small and insular readership we can expect, about how poetry is dead. I think somebody forgot to tell the poets." -Michael MlekodayIn 2013, the following poems topped 200,000 views on the Button Poetry YouTube: Lily Myers' "Shrinking Women", Neil Hilborn's "OCD" & "Mating Habits of the North American Hipster", Javon Johnson's "cuz he's black", Rachel Rostad's "To JK Rowling, From Cho Chang", Dyl...

'The finest translation in and for our time' (Kevin Crossley-Holland) Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, with its intricate plot of enchantment and betrayal is probably the most skilfully told story in the whole of the English Arthurian cycle. Originating from the north-west midlands of England, it is based on two separate and very ancient Celtic motifs of the Beheading and the Exchange of Winnings, brought together by the anonymous 14th century poet. His telling comprehends a great variety ...

'Just Imagine' brings together two Rhyme Whisperer Books, 'As The Moon And The Sun' and 'In The Madness Of Meeting' in an anthology of poetry on love, faith and dreaming that will provoke minds and brighten hearts of readers of all ages.

Hip-Hop is the largest youth culture in the history of the planet rock. This is the first poetry anthology by and for the Hip-Hop generation.It has produced generations of artists who have revolutionized their genre(s) by applying the aesthetic innovations of the culture. The BreakBeat Poets features 78 poets, born somewhere between 1961-1999, All-City and Coast-to-Coast, who are creating the next and now movement(s) in American letters.The BreakBeat Poets...

In The Vintage Book of African American Poetry, editors Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton present the definitive collection of black verse in the United States--200 years of vision, struggle, power, beauty, and triumph from 52 outstanding poets.From the neoclassical stylings of slave-born Phillis Wheatley to the wistful lyricism of Paul Lawrence Dunbar . . . the rigorous wisdom of Gwendolyn Brooks...the chiseled modernism of Robert Hayden...the extraordinary pro...

A multicultural array of poets explore what it is means to be AmericanThis powerful and moving collection of poems stretches across the boundaries of skin color, language, ethnicity, and religion to give voice to the lives and experiences of ethnic Americans. With extraordinary honesty, dignity, and insight, these poems address common themes of assimilation, communication, and self-perception. In recording everyday life in our many American cultures, they displace ...

This collection of poetry has no theme besides the human condition. From love to death; heartache to religion; politics to mental illness, 'January Embers', the debut anthology from Colorado Springs native Kristen Varwig, takes the reader on a journey through the looking glass and back again. Though each poem is unique in both its style and its inspiration, they are also highly relatable. 'January Embers' is the result of over a decade of obsessive writing, and its evocative, powerful, alm...

The Appalachian region stretches from Mississippi to New York, encompassing rural areas as well as cities from Birmingham to Pittsburgh. Though Appalachia's people are as diverse as its terrain, few other regions in America are as burdened with stereotypes. Author Frank X Walker coined the term "Affrilachia" to give identity and voice to people of African descent from this region and to highlight Appalachia's multicultural identity. This act inspired a group of gifted artists, the Affrilac...

Latest collection of poetry by Robert Segarra. As the title indicates, these poems include pieces that have appeared in underground magazines across the country, as well as in anthologies. Some of the poems have never before seen print. The subject matter runs from pieces that originate in the writer's imagination to the Iraq War, and more.

Philip Levine's new collection of poems (his first since The Simple Truth was awarded the Pulitzer Prize) is a book of journeys: the necessary ones that each of us takes from innocence to experience, from youth to age, from confusion to clarity, from sanity to madness and back again, from life to death, and occasionally from defeat to triumph. The book's mood is best captured in the closing lines of the title poem, which takes its name from the ship that brought the poet's...

Making Contact is an exciting collaboration between 25 international poets. The common ground between these poets is that all of them are members of the Poets' Graves poetry forum. Individually many of them have achieved a noteworthy level of publication in poetry journals such as Magma, Poetry London, Poetry Review, Rialto and Orbis, as well as, online Poetry Journals like Sweat, Blood and Tears, Antiphon and Snakeskin. Together their distinctive voices blend into one united book wh...

This is the seminannual Able Muse Review (Print Edition) - Summer, 2013 issue. This issue continues the tradition of masterfully crafted poetry, fiction, essays, art & photography, and book reviews that have become synonymous with the Able Muse—online and in print. After more than a decade of online publishing excellence, Able Muse print edition maintains the superlative standard of the work presented all these years in the online edition, and, the Able Muse Anthology (Able Muse Press, 201...