I have always thought that a poem does not have 'one' meaning. It can (and has to) have many: one for each and every reader. If it's so, what could be the meaning of the following verses?"/ Your eyes –Ethereal / Like butterfly wings./"Or :"Imagine how / Long was the night / And it broke into a day / Loaded with shadows — ../"Or, again:"/ Where charcoal snow falls and freezes her heart, / With an occasional acid rain that melts her bones./"Following...

This collection of poems is a bilingual edition, English–Italian –as "We Are The Words - Siamo Parole" and "How To Write Poetry - Come Scrivere Poesie"– and sums up the succession of books bringing us, poets of the world, onto common ground.The title of this collection presents us with two highly connotative words. Let us first consider the possibilities inherent in the word "WHISPER". What is experienced is of an internal nature, and the essential occasion is more likely intimate t...

"These poem have a fascinating verbal beauty, and what is maybe even more amazing is the ways in which Fabrizio Frosini represents his memories with a controlled passion..." —"Queste poesie hanno un'affascinante bellezza verbale, e quello che forse è ancora più sorprendente è il modo in cui Fabrizio Frosini rappresenta i suoi ricordi con una passione controllata ..." —(Souren Mondal)***"Frosini's poetry details what is important in life to most: memory, love, lo...

As we friends and poets were celebrating via email our third publication of poems [the Anthology of Poetry "Scattering Dreams & Tales"], our senior editor, Fabrizio Frosini of Florence, Italy, suggested a wonderful gambit: each of us would give him one of our poems which he would translate into Italian, and we would have a book in another language.Why are we doing this? To celebrate speech, to extol language, to emphasize the wonder and beauty of language as well as its utility. As ...

"I leave Frosini's poetic space not with a definition in mind but an experience in my heart. That to me is one of the highest gifts a poet can give to his reader."—"Lascio questo spazio poetico di Frosini non con una definizione in mente ma con un'esperienza nel cuore: cosa che per me è uno dei più grandi doni che un poeta possa fare al suo lettore."Daniel Brick***"Fabrizio Frosini appears to be in the world of words like a wine connoisseur: he tastes th...

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 narrative poetry through the eyes and minds of our most gifted poets to bring you a unique guide. Narrative Poems may be short of long but in essence they are usually written in metered verse with characters and dramatic in fashion. They can include ep...

For most Urdu speakers in the Indian subcontinent, Iqbal has long been one of the most loved and admired poets. Much has been written about his poetry and philosophy . This book stays away from his politics. Iqbal first received recognition in the West in 1920 when his translation of Asrar-e-Khudi by R. A. Nicholson (The Secrets of the Self) first appeared. Most of the recurring criticism was on his concept of Khudi which Iqbal addressed then and later, explaining the basic nature of influ...

Accessible, universal, and poignant, The Grieving Widow and Other Fables is a brief snippet into the collective works of Phoenix J. Coultons poetry and prose. Chosen from a collection of just over two thousand pieces with topics spanning love, loss, depression, war, addiction, and abstract nightmares that range from dark tones to the odd tongue-in-cheek moment.

A collection of 100 poems which tell how the writer feels about various subjects including modern life, working, aging, beauty, mental illness, truth, lies, loss, hope, space, herself, and insanity. She can be flippant as well as deep and surly. From one extreme to another, she writes about what it's like to be different in a society which wants her to be something she's not.

Sunrise in the Eyes of the Snowman, the latest collection by Bosnian expat Goran Simic, is as much a departure as it is a continuance. In this book, we find the world-renowned poet visiting familiar themes in fresh ways.

Laura Schultz, poet and psychoanalyst, presents a wonderful work of Poetry,Photos, and Paintings. This book is truly a treat to read and view. Laura's sensitive poetry reached deep down into your soul and stirs the embers into a brilliant flame to light the canyons of your heart and delve into the mirrors of your mind.

Would it be possible to compose a book that appears to be "about" its author, but is indirectly about something else, like identity or relationships or language? Maybe a book not written by a hero... but by many?This was the challenge taken up by Kevin McPherson Eckhoff in his fourth book, their biography: an organism of relationships. This collaborative memoir collages together word-portraits from friends, family, coworkers, strangers, robots, and even adversaries in order...