I have labored for many years to find my voice. This collection of poems chronicles my search within the realm of poetic voice. Have I found it yet? I do not know, this may just be what I've searched for, but it might not be. The search continues.

Poetry is no doubt an attempted distillation of a moment in time, an interlude. In as much as we are all present in the cosmos right now, cosmic pretty much sums up the location of the present moment in time. This collection of some 50 odd moments, distilled into anthology form, is offered up in the hopes that the whimsy contained will remind you of one or more of your own cosmic interludes.

Maya Angelou’s unforgettable collection of poetry lends its name to the documentary film about her life, And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters.Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s sizeBut when I start to tell them,They think I’m telling lies.I say,It’s in the reach of my arms,The span of my hips,The stride of my step,The curl o...

This book is filled with many types of poems that I have written about different events, emotions and much that helped to influence, shape and inspire with only the help from God Himself. My goal is to share these words of inspiration with others in hope to reach people who may have been through struggle with their faith or have had a hard break up or even a simple dream of ones true love. Many things in life happen everyday in our lives and most of time we just seem to ignore them or pass...

These seventeen carefully chosen poems are divided into three chapters. By turns sweet, sexy, pointed and provocative, I strive at all times to be both entertaining and tasteful.The major threads (that I can see) are romantic love, ill-fated and wise choices, finding a voice in the world, nature, birds, and the cosmos.Degrees of choice, degrees of fate;Find your voice before it's too late.Inspired in so many ways by my best friend John, whose influence on me o...

A charming tale in verse of a poor farm girl who craves adventure, and a lonely young prince who wants to get away. Fate brings them together, but the world wants to keep them apart. Can a prince and a peasant find love? Can she ever be his princess?

Qwantu Amaru, novelist, poet, and spoken word artist offers up this poetic treatise on the love battles he's waged, lost, and won in his search for love. From the beautiful opening poem Moonlight to the final statement Better to Have Loved and Lost, take the voyage with this unflinchingly honest poet. Lovelost just like his first chapbook, After the Storm is a FREE offering from this up and coming writer.

This is a collection of easy to read story poems that weave tales of fantasy, war and humor.

Love is like a dragon in the room; it can lay there sleeping for what seems like a hundred years then suddenly wake and terrify or seduce. It is powerful and swift, slow and cumbersome. A dragon destroys or protects, just like love.In her collection of poetry, The Dragon in the Room, author J. K. E. Rose chronicles her thoughts about love. People fear its power. They creep around, not wanting to rouse itbut are even more scared of leaving it behind. People want love but are afraid ...

Poems about relationships and the emotions they make you feel.

To all my friends and readers who admire poetry.I have compiled 35 poems to warm your heart on a chilly day or soothe you in a moment of stress. For me, poetry is a healing experience. When one writes a poem there is a healing takes place within, and I do believe that when one reads a poem the same thing happens.Here, I have attempted to paint pictures and write music that might flow on the pages and swoop you away to some unknown place of peace and beauty. Poetry fulfills a shrunke...