The pages of #25wtT can be read in any order. Each page features one poemette, containing exactly 25 words. The wayfaring reader is encouraged to find a poem, be still, and ponder for a while. Use #25wtT as a bridge between the heart and the mind. Reading #25wtT is like an old wine in a new wineskin. It is rich with lovely, evocative mystical insights, put into a format that is engaging, contemporary, and profoundly personal. Theres something about the brevity of these poems that cuts righ...

Skip Maselli is a brilliant word alchemist. He pulls from the collective subconscious with the mastery of a genius, transforming our universal longing into an art that feels like an oasis to the thirsting traveler. His poetry has a sense of familiarity, a direct passage to the heart, infused with a new passion that makes its beats more audible. Reading him will inspire you and reconnect you to the deeper source of wisdom and beauty once known by every soul, yet only accessed daily by a few...

These 81 poems have been written over the course of several years, and therefore reflect a myriad of sensibilities. Some of the poems reflect emotions as they pertain to being a woman, feeling judged, abused, inadequate, but also powerful after confronting inner demons. This collection is also reflective of an appreciation of nature, and goddess imagery as a form of strength and female empowerment.

A modern compilation of progressive thoughts of love, life, nature and all the aspects expressed metaphorically and taken for granted. These compilations are raw, with thoughts turned straight into words, and unique in that they are written with free mind perseverance and no editing. It is Kalil meets Cummings, that will provide you soul provoking thoughts and emotions.

These are not just poems written by an average teenager. These are not even poems. These are slices, samples and bite-sizes of thoughts of a strange teenager. These are words arranged in a straight-forward fashion. These are voices asking to be heard, not necessarily asking for agreement, but would enjoy some affection. Some of them are love poems that contain traces of cheese and corn. Others are abstract ideas, images, miniatures of the landscape within a person's mind. Again some are st...

“Immediate, sensual, unrelentingly intense.” —NPRA breathtaking volume about the violence of desire and the peace of love from celebrated poet Li-Young Lee, The Undressing is a tonic for spiritual anemia; it attempts to uncover things hidden since the dawn of the world. Short of achieving that end, these mysterious, unassuming poems investigate the human violence and dispossession increasingly prevalent around the world, and the horrors the poet grew up wi...

Within these pages you will hear the melodic voices that belong to a generation of writers that aren't afraid to keep things simple. Each piece is delivered with a deep appreciation for history and high hopes for the future. The artists behind the words open their bright eyes and look to you, the world, with each carefully crafted line, in an effort to make sense of that which has no explanation. No explicit definition apart from form and format. No limits but for the turning of each chapt...

In May Sarton's seventeenth and final collection of poetry, the writer reflects on life, aging, and mortalityComing into Eighty presents a poet's look at age. Herein, Sarton gives readers a glimpse into her quotidian tasks, her memories, her losses, and her triumphs. The volume explores topics ranging from the war in Iraq to the struggle of taking a cat to the vet. Dark and immediate, this work catalogues both the tedium and the splendor of life with equal...

Home Remembers Me: Medicine Poems from em claireis a collection of over ninety, awe-inspiring poems selected specifically for anyone in need of comfort, courage, and most of all: hope. Aimed at facilitating deep healing, the poetry offers companionship in times of crisis, taking us by the hand and, poem by poem, leading us out of the darkness and into the light.Silently read or memorized and used as mantra; written down and carried as a personal talisman; given as a gift, or shared aloud, ...

Love is like the fragrance of a rose, the petals of a flower. It is a very precious essence. Its like waking up in the morning and feeling the freshness of spring, especially when you were a little child, when you didnt have a care in the world. And the birds were singing, the sky was blue and the clouds were billowy. And all you had to be concerned with was the grass and flowersplaying and springtime.

Like an underground river, the astonishing poems of Joseph Ceravolo have nurtured American poetry for fifty years, a presence deeply felt but largely invisible. Collected Poems offers the first full portrait of Ceravolo's aesthetic trajectory, bringing to light the highly original voice that was operating at an increasing remove from the currents of the time. From a poetics associated with Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery to an ever more contemplative, deeply visionary poetics similar in sens...

Unrequited love has three distinct phases; the search for love, love seemingly found, and love eventually lost.This book offers poems that aid the readers understanding of the emotions and turmoil that are experienced by individuals who have been caught in this gut wrenching phenomena.