“Whispers of Joy and Windows of Healing” - Poetry that uplifts the spirit!. Each of the poems in this book has a life of it’s own. Most of them have been a vehicle of healing at some point for the author herself - times when she was stuck, sad, or needing additional clarity.Some of the poems are light and uplifting - like dewdrops infused with sunlight. Others are heavy and reflective, they might even draw your attention to your own problems and pain.However, even as these poems lea...

Selected for the 2008 National Poetry Series by Kevin YoungThe poems in Adrian Matejka's second collection, Mixology, shapeshift through the myriad meanings of "mixing" to explore and explode ideas of race, skin politics, appropriation, and cultural identity. Whether the focus of the individual poems is musical, digital, or historical, the otherness implicit in being of more than one racial background guides Matejka's work to the inevitable conclusion that...

Thoughts Discovered is a varied collection of the poetic writings of S.Tarr, released in five volumes, on such relevant subjects as love and adventure, wisdom and worldview, and contemplating the wonder of life and the grandeur of things that transcend the now and the present. A View of the World is the third volume in the series.***Excerpts from the book:About Choice"We do not always choosewhat happens to usbut we all have a choiceon ho...

This anthology of poetry contain the work of eight young Korean poets, majoring in English Literature. The poems are reflections of young Koreans living in an increasingly globalized Korea and provide interesting insight into the universal concerns of today's youth, not matter their physical location. The poems display rich, occasionally funny, often beautiful, and sometimes very touching images. Motifs of longing and uncertainty are contrasted with emotions of determination, gratitude, an...

Dorianne Laux’s long-awaited third book of poetry follows her collection, What We Carry, a finalist for the 1994 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. In Smoke, Laux revisits familiar themes of family, working class lives and the pleasures of the body in poetry that is vital and artfully crafted-poetry that "gets hard in the face of aloofness," in the words of one reviewer. In Smoke, as in her previous work, Laux weaves the warp and woof of ordinary live...

"Today a young man on acid realised that all matter is merely energy condensed into a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves" Bill HicksA mudrā is a spiritual gesture and an energetic seal of authenticity. Mandalas are geometric patterns that represent the Cosmos metaphysically or symbolically; A microcosm of the Universe and often exhibit radia...

Cats have a way of smiling at us. We always know what they are saying when they are looking affectionately at us. They have big grins that display something special to only their owners.If you'ever had a cat like Ebony, then you know what a kitty smile is like!

My View... is a simple collection of poems that depict the thoughts, ideas and stories of the world around me, the world I see. We live in a world that talks to us daily. I decided to listen and put what I've heard into this book.

Life and love are things we all cherish. Our appreciation for life and everything it represents becomes exceedingly more significant in all spheres, of which the most important on earth is humanity.The Joy of Poems celebrates life and love in all their various forms. Love is the origin and point of departure for beginning and continuing any relationship in life. Of all the emotions, it is the most important and essential. When it comes to love, we decorate the spheres of s...

E.C. has been a groundskeeper for tennis courts, especially the green clay courts. He teaches tennis in the evenings in the parks. This book is about his prayers and reflections on his life and the game of tennis as he goes about working, teaching, playing, visiting friends, and going to church.

20 Illustrated poems of an assortment famous people and reasons why they were reknowned told in verse

Emily Hinshelwood's new poetry collection, 'On Becoming a Fish' was inspired by a series of walks around the 186 mile Pembrokeshire coastal path in West Wales, known for its spectacular views from cliffside paths skirting the Irish sea and the Bristol Channel. Deeply engaged with environmental issues through her work in community energy and climate change, the author is also a keen observer of human nature in the context of this beautiful coastline. The poems feature: ghosts, quarries, shi...