For forty years, poet Simone L. Hamlescher turned to her notebook—in her spare time, when she was frustrated, when she had no one else. She learned that every poem is a life experience. Growing up and growing old, love and grief, birth and death—a poem can illuminate our inner worlds and everyday lives. That’s what the poems in Herding Cats in the Forbidden Kingdom: A Poetry Collection (1986–2026) do. They reveal life’s twists and turns and the many experiences that shape us.Writin...

In this collection, the pages come alive with the raw, unfiltered emotions of the poet's heart. It is an intimate journey through the labyrinth of human feelings, where every word is a revelation, every verse an invitation to explore the depths of the soul. With a candidness that leaves no sentiment unspoken, these poems explore love, loss, hope, and despair, offering solace and connection to all who dare to venture into the profound landscapes of the human experience.'No Word Unsa...

For those who have discovered life, in illness, difficulty and despair, I wish that on your wings you'll fly, to diamonds, stars and dizzying flare. -- Ekaterina D. Bojilova.

This volume of "lifetime" poems traces the awakening and development of love in one man's journey of fifty-eight years through married life. Now eighty years old, he is still discovering how love evolves with age and is attempting to capture each new revelation and process it through his unique poetic filter. He is a devotee of the sonnet form and you will find that the majority of his poems are sonnets written in every standard rhyme sequence. In several instances, he even experiments wit...

The book Mystical Twilight is a manifestation of different mazes of emotion. It fleshes out the human experience from the eyes of a poet that responds to every incident of joy, anguish, triumph & deliberation with a heart that spontaneously beats & breathes the pulse of life.The poet reflects on a plethora of experiences ranging from war, peace, hope, childhood, innocence, fear, frustration, friendship & love. In away the book is a mystical combination of everything that spells out...

#Poet is an anthology celebrating Instagram's best poets. This collection of poems will serve as a launchpad to bring some of India’s contemporary poets to the limelight. A collection of 53 of the most vote worthy poems from over 500 submissions over 15 days. From romantic ballads to poems that capture a moment, this anthology contains a potpourri of poems. There’s a poem for every reader and a poem for every mood. This anthology is proof of the ever-evolving, fluid, and thriving world of ...

FIRST STEPS TO FLIGHT is a collection of poems and a few short stories written by professionals whose background vary from nursing, medicine, to biomedical sciences. It is an invitation to share in the richness, fullness and diversity of works presented in this anthology featuring varied forms, styles, and orientations - from the afrocentric to the anglophilic.

"Opening the Doors" contains 177 poems that represent the more than 2,000 which are written in Jen's first fourteen books. From love to hate, the book contains a number of themes, most which are common to the author's works. Fourteen years after the original book's publication, Jen's second edition of "Opening the Doors" contains the original poems as well as thirty-six new ones which were previously unpublished.

Writing poetry, to me, is one of the best therapies that I can imagine. It matters not what the subject may be or what the feeling happens to be;p when the lines are written, the heart becomes light and free. The things on this earth are so exciting and wonderful that merely writing about the antics of an insect can be an enthralling learning experience. A purging of the mind, heart and soul is exhilarating; and one can feel cleansed, even if only for a little while.....to explore....

Hauntingly cryptic kaleidoscope of ideas that will drench the mind and lift the spirit. Romantically adventurous while unrivaled masteries provoke and reflect an inner, new way. Reach within, knowing what others only dream to believe. Transition from your toxic world into the beautiful home inside your heart. Understand and achieve the fulfillment beyond your own power of gifts and talents. A whispering silence of fleeting moments that magnifies the open door of what will be. An imprint in...

C. L. Brown is hauntingly honest and intimate in this revealing collection of poems. This collection far transcends mere words written to be read. It will speak to you. It will speak about you. It will tell you things and have you feeling ways that seem completely unique to you until you realize that you are actually one of us, the silent souls. His soul is laid bare as he traverses the pathways of Love, Inspiration, Spirituality, Passion, Heartbreak and the deeply moving Love shared with ...

When Nandita writes, she does so in volume, unable to contain the poetry flowing through her veins. - FT Ledrew (Poet, writer, musician, song writer, Canada) From start to finish, Nandita writes with verve and spirit. In her unique poetic prose, she weaves together mind, body and soul in a superlative manner. Sometimes sharp and poignant, sometimes subtle and searching, Nandita is always pleasurable to read, thought-provoking, and often inspirational. Many have already been blessed by her ...