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Waiting For The Albatross - Found poems from a deck hand's diary, 1936 - Jack...
Today's book of poetry:Waiting For The Albatross - Found poems from a deck hand's diary, 1936. Jack Shreve/Sandy Shreve. Oolichan Books. Fergie, British Columbia, 2015.Sandy Shreve has produced a...
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We Can't Ever Do This Again - Amber McMillan (A Buckrider Book/Wolsak and Wynn)
Today's book of poetry:We Can't Ever Do This Again. Amber McMillan. A Buckrider Book. Wolsak and Wynn. Hamilton, Ontario. 2015.Let's just start with the title. Today's book of poetry is a big fan...
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A World Without End - Matthew Graham (River City Publishing)
Today's book of poetry:A World Without End. Matthew Graham. River City Poetry Series, Vol. Six. River City Publishing. Montgomery, Alabama. 2005.Today's book of poetry is ready to fire our entire...
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Multitudinous Heart - Selected Poems - Carlos Drummond de Andrade (Farrar,...
Today's book of poetry:Multitudinous Heart - Selected Poems. Carlos Drummond de Andrade. A Bilingual Edition, translated by Richard Zenith. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. New York, New York....
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Hive - Christina Stoddard (University of Wisconsin Press)
Today's book of poetry:Hive. Christina Stoddard. University of Wisconsin Press. Madison, Wisconsin. 2015.Winner of The Brittingham Prize in PoetryChristina Stoddard "brings the hammer down" hard....
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4 Rms w Vu - Susana H. Case (Mayapple Press)
Today's book of poetry:4 Rms w Vu. Susana H. Case. Mayapple Press. Woodstock, New York. 2014.There is nothing better than the powerful whisper-blow of Ben Webster's tenor and that is what we are...
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Astonished to Wake - Julie Suk (Jacar Press)
Today's book of poetry:Astonished to Wake. Julie Suk. Jacar Press. Durham, North Carolina. 2016."Only the dead have the last say", this is a line from Julie Suk's poem "Vacancies" and it jumped...
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The Green of Sunset - John Brantingham (MoonTide Press)
Today's book of poetry:The Green of Sunset. John Brantingham. Moon Tide Press. Irving, California. 2013.The Green of Sunset is what you might get if you made a benevolent Frankenstein out of...
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Pin Pricks - Phlip Arima (Quattro Books)
Today's book of poetry:Pin Pricks. Phlip Arima. Quattro Books. Toronto, Ontario. 2014.Here's the thing. Today's book of poetry is pretty sure you could walk the streets of any city in the world...
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Asbestos Heights - David McGimpsey (Coach House Press)
Today's book of poetry:Asbestos Heights - The Canonical Notebooks. David McGimpsey. Coach House Press. Toronto, Ontario. 2015.You just can't stop reading David McGimpsey once you start, his poems...
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Walking: Not a Nun's Diary - Concetta Principe (DC Books)
Today's book of poetry:Walking: Not a Nun's Diary. Concetta Principe. DC Books. Montreal, Quebec. 2013.Compelling. Heart wrenching. Concetta Principe's Walking: Not a Nun's Diary grabbed me and...
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Paper Wings - Rosemary Clewes (Guernica Editions)
Today's book of poetry:Paper Wings. Rosemary Clewes. Guernica Editions. Essential Poets Series 215. Toronto - Buffalo - Lancaster (UK). 2014.Rosemary Clewes got my full attention when she Tom...
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Hick Poetics - Shelby Taylor & Abraham Smith eds. (Lost Roads Press)
Today's book of poetry:Hick Poetics - An Anthology of Contemporary Rural American Poetry. Shelby Taylor & Abraham Smith editors. Lost Roads Press. Jackson, Wyoming. 2015.Shelly Taylor and...
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Folding the Wilderness Within - Joan Shillington (Frontenac House Poetry)
Today's book of poetry:Folding the Wilderness Within. Joan Shillington. Frontenac House Poetry. Calgary, Alberta. 2014.Joan Shillington's second book of poetry, Folding the Wilderness Within, is...
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/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ [Sharps] - Stevie Howell (Icehouse Poetry)
Today's book of poetry:/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\[Sharps]. Stevie Howell. Icehouse Poetry. An Imprint of Goose Lane Editions. Fredericton, New Brunswick. 2014.The Today's...
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No Soap, Radio! - Bruce Cohen (Black Lawrence Press)
Today's book of poetry:No Soap, Radio! Bruce Cohen. Black Lawrence Press. Pittsburgh, PA. 2015."In this life you are only a tourist and your camera is disposable." - Bruce CohenToday's book of...
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A Crown for Gumecindo - Laurie Ann Guerrero (Aztlan Libre Press)
Today's book of poetry:A Crown for Gumecindo. Laurie Ann Guerrero. Paintings by Maceo Montoya. Aztlan Libre Press. San Antonio, Texas. 2015."I will offer his name, Gumecindo Martinez Guerrero, as...
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Frayed Opus For Strings & Wind Instruments - Ulrikka S. Gernes (Brick Books)
Today's book of poetry:Frayed Opus For Strings & Wind Instruments.Ulrikka S. Gernes. Translated by Patrick Friesen & Per Brask. Brick Books. London, Ontario. 2015.Today's book of poetry has...
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Tailgating At The Gates Of Hell and other poems - Justin Karcher (Ghost City...
Today's book of poetry:Tailgating At The Gates Of Hell and other poems. Justin Karcher. Ghost City Press. Syracuse, New York. 2015.Although the cover of Justin Karcher's Tailgating At The Gates Of...
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Blond Boy - Lucia May (Evening Street Poetry)
Today's book of poetry:Blond Boy. Lucia May. Evening Street Poetry. Dubin, Ohio. 2014."Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what...
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