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The Word KINGDOM in the Word Kingdom - Noah Eli Gordon (Brooklyn Arts Press)
Today's book of poetry:The Word KINGDOM in the Word Kingdom. Noah Eli Gordon. Brooklyn Arts Press. Brooklyn, New York. 2015.This collections starts with the poem "An Example" in which Noah Eli...
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Loose Strife - Quan Barry (University of Pittsburgh Press)
Today's book of poetry:Loose Strife. Quan Barry. University of Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. 2015.Quan Barry is utterly magic. Not that smarmy bright light "and for my next trick..." magic....
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To Some Women I Have Known - Re'Lynn Hansen (White Pine Press)
Today's book of poetry:To Some Women I Have Known. Re'Lynn Hansen. White Pine Press. The Marie Alexander Poetry Series, Volume 19. Buffalo, New York. 2015."25 Sightings of the Ivory-billed...
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Ready To Eat The Sky - Kevin Pilkington (River City Publishing)
Today's book of poetry:Ready To Eat The Sky. Volume Four - The River City Poetry Series. Kevin Pilkington. River City Publishing. Montgomery, Alabama. 2004.Ready To Eat The Sky by Kevin Pilkington...
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Skating in Concord - Jean LeBlanc (Anaphora Literary Press)
Today's book of poetry:Skating in Concord. Jean LeBlanc. Anaphora Literary Press. Tucson, Arizona. 2014.Jean LeBlanc's Skating in Concord is a brazenly celebratory re imagining of Henry David...
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In the Circus of You - Nicelle Davis/Cheryl Gross (Rose Metal Press)
Today's book of poetry:In The Circus Of You. Poems by Nicelle Davis. Artwork by Cheryl Gross. An Illustrated Novel-in-Poems. Rose Metal Press. Brookline, Massachusetts. 2015."An open window lives...
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Patient - Bettina Judd (Black Lawrence Press)
Today's book of poetry:Patient. Bettina Judd. Black Lawrence Press. Pittsburgh, PA. 2014.Winner of the 2013 Hudson PrizeI'm not black and I'm not a woman so with these incendiary poems by Bettina...
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Blood Work - Matthew Siegel (The University of Wisconsin Press)
Today's book of poetry:Blood Work. Matthew Siegel. The University of Wisconsin Press. Madison, Wisconsin. 2015.Winner of The Felix Pollak Prize in PoetryMatthew Siegel bleeds sad and...
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Mars Is For Poems - Aaron Bushkowsky (Oolichan Books)
Today's book of poetry:Mars Is For Poems. Aaron Bushkowsky. Oolichan Books. Lantzville, British Columbia. 2002.Today Today's book of poetry is continuing with our tradition of stepping back in...
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Ever - Poems 2000-2014 - Ralph Adamo - (Lavender Ink)
Today's book of poetry:Ever - Poems 2000-2014. Ralph Adamo. Lavender Ink. New Orleans, Louisiana. 2014.Ralph Adamo talks a damned good line in Ever. His long prose-poem "Solecisms" starts with...
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Before OnStar - Sarah Carson (Etched Press)
Today's book of poetry:Before OnStar. Sarah Carson. Etched Press. Wilmington, North Carolina. 2010.Today's book of poetry frequently writes this blog from his late night bed, my beautiful wife...
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Today's book of poetry will be absent for a few days.A funeral and a wedding. Almost like in the movies.Back soon.Michael Dennis
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For Your Own Good - Leah Horlick (Caitlin Press)
Today's book of poetry:For Your Own Good. Leah Horlick. Caitlin Press. Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia. 2015.If a collection of poetry starts with a quote from Sharon Olds I generally sit up a bit...
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Music from Small Towns - Al Maginnes (Jacar Press)
Today's book of poetry:Music from Small Towns. Al Maginnes. Jacar Press. Durham, North Carolina. 2014.Almost every poem in Al Maginnes' fine Music from Small Towns has previously been published in a...
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When We Were Old - Peter Unwin (Cormorant Books)
Today's book of poetry:When We Were Old. Peter Unwin. Cormorant Books Inc. Toronto, Ontario. 2014.When We Were Old not only echoes the title of the great and under-appreciated Raymond Souster's When...
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I Was Building Up To Something - Susan Davis (Moon Tide Press)
Today's book of poetry:I Was Building Up To Something. Susan Davis. Moon Tide Press. Irvine, California. 2011.It happened again last night. I was reading Susan Davis' splendid I Was Building Up To...
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Trying Again to Stop Time - Jalal Barzanji (The University of Alberta Press)
Today's book of poetry:Trying Again To Stop Time. Jalal Barzanji. The University of Alberta Press. Robert Kroetsch Series. Translated by Sabah A. Salih. Edmonton, Alberta. 2015.We all know how...
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Miscellaneous Wreckage - Greg Simison (Thistledown Press)
Today's book of poetry:Miscellaneous Wreckage. Greg Simison. Thistledown Press. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 2014.In Greg Simison's fourth collections of poetry, Miscellaneous Wreckage, he is letting...
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Provenance - Brandel France de Bravo (Washington Writer's Publishing House)
Today's book of poetry:Provenance. Brandel France de Bravo. Washington Writer's Publishing House. Washington, D.C.. 2008Winner of the Washington Writer's Publishing House Poetry PrizeToday's book of...
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Jabbering with bing bong - Kevin Spenst (Anvil Press)
Today's book of poetry:Jabbering with bing bong. Kevin Spenst. Anvil Press. Vancouver, British Columbia. 2015.Crystal Gayle is whisper-crooning the Tom Waits' classic "Take Me Home" and the lake is...
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