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New York, 1960 - Barry Gifford (Curbside Splendor)
Today's book of poetry:New York, 1960. Barry Gifford. Curbside Splendor. Chicago, Illinois. 2016.All the big themes are in here. Death and dying, romantic love and loss, Barry Gifford is all over...
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Après Satie – For Two and Four Hands - Dean Steadman (Brick Books)
Today's book of poetry:Après Satie – For Two and Four Hands. Dean Steadman. Brick Books. London, Ontario. 2016.Après Satie – For Two and Four Hands by Dean Steadman is one musical interlude you do...
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If I Were In A Cage I'd Reach Out For You - Adèle Barclay (Nightwood Editions)
Today's book of poetry:If I Were In A Cage I'd Reach Out For You. Adèle Barclay. Nightwood Editions. Gibsons, British Columbia. 2016.If I Were In A Cage I'd Reach Out For You is the sort of...
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Pacific Standard Time - Kevin Opstedal (Ugly Duckling Presse)
Today's book of poetry:Pacific Standard Time. Kevin Opstedal. Ugly Duckling Presse. Brooklyn, New York. 2016.Dick Dale & the Deltones are handling the soundtrack for this smooth surfing opus so...
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Disinheritance - John Sibley Williams (Apprentice House Press)
Today's book of poetry:Disinheritance. John Sibley Williams. Apprentice House Press. Loyola University Maryland. Baltimore, Maryland. 2016.Disinheritance by John Sibley Williams is an epic...
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Homefront - Childhood Memories of WWII - Peggy Trojan (Evening Street Press)
Today's book of poetry:Homefront - Childhood Memories of WWII. Peggy Trojan. Evening Street Press. Dublin, Ohio. 2015.Homefront - Childhood Memories of WWII is a gentle beauty of a book. Peggy...
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Primary Source - Jason Schneiderman (Red Hen Press)
Today's book of poetry:Primary Source. Jason Schneiderman. Red Hen Press. Pasadena, California. 2016.Winner of the Benjamin Salter Award, 2014To Please and Instruct The purpose of art is to...
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And the cat says... - Susan L. Helwig (Quattro Books)
Today's book of poetry:And the cat says... Susan L. Helwig. Quattro Books. Toronto, Ontario. 2013.Any of you who truly know Today's book of poetry will know our true feelings about cats, so you can...
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All Of Us Reticent, Here, Together - Stephen Brockwell (Mansfield Press)
Today's book of poetry:All Of Us Reticent, Here, Together. Stephen Brockwell. Mansfield Press. A Stuart Ross Book. Toronto, Ontario. 2016."Dust falls over the ocean too, as I recall." - The...
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Tiller North - Rosa Lane (Sixteen Rivers Press)
Today's book of poetry:Tiller North. Rosa Lane. Sixteen Rivers Press. San Francisco, California. 2016.Rosa Lane's Tiller North makes Today's book of poetry think of Alistair MacLeod's short stories...
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ةيلمع Operación Opération Operation 行 动 Oперация - Moez Surani (Book Thug)
Today's book of poetry:ةيلمع Operación Opération Operation 行 动 Oперация. Moez Surani. Book Thug. Toronto, Ontario. 2016.Moez Surani does a couple of things in ةيلمع Operación Opération Operation 行 动...
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What Can I Ask - New and Selected Poems 1975 - 2014 - Elana Dykewomon (A...
Today's book of poetry:What Can I Ask - New and Selected Poems 1975 - 2014. Elana Dykewomon. A Midsummer Night's Press & Sinister Wisdom. Sapphic Classics 96. New York, New York. 2015.The...
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Look At Her - Vanessa Shields (Black Moss Press)
Today's book of poetry:Look At Her. Vanessa Shields. Black Moss Press. Windsor, Ontario. 2016.Two years ago this month Today's book of poetry raved about the bawdy, brawny and bold I Am That Woman...
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Show Time at the Ministry of Lost Causes - Cheryl Dumesnil (Pitt Poetry...
Today's book of poetry:Show Time at the Ministry of Lost Causes. Cheryl Dumesnil. Pitt Poetry Series. University of Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, PA. 2016.Do you have the patience to waittill your...
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TODAY'S BOOK OF POETRY - 4th Annual Kitty Lewis Hazel Millar Dennis Tourbin...
Today's book of poetry would like to announce the winner of the4th AnnualKitty Lewis Hazel Millar Dennis Tourbin Poetry PrizeStuart Ross, A Sparrow Came Down Resplendent. A Buckrider Book. Wolsak and...
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The Kiss Of Walt Whitman Still On My Lips - Raymond Luczak (Squares & Rebels)
Today's book of poetry:The Kiss Of Walt Whitman Still On My Lips. Raymond Luczak. Squares & Rebels. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2016.Today's book of poetry would like to welcome you all back. Our...
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The Persistence of Longing - Lynne Knight (Terrapin Books)
Today's book of poetry:The Persistence of Longing. Lynne Knight. Terrapin Books. West Caldwell, New Jersey. 2016."What if memory and longing were one,"...
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Even Now - Hugo Claus (Archipelago Books)
Today's book of poetry:Even Now. Hugo Claus. Selected and Translated from the Dutch by David Colmer. Archipelago Books. Brooklyn, New York. 2004/2013.Today's book of poetry often listens to a...
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Nineteen Fifty-Seven - Jim McLean (Coteau Books)
Today's book of poetry:Nineteen Fifty-Seven. Jim McLean. Coteau Books. Regina, Saskatchewan. 2016.Jim McLean isn't about to concede an inch to fashion. Nineteen Fifty-Seven reads like someone...
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The Man Under My Skin - Juliana Gray (River City Publishing)
Today's book of poetry:The Man Under My Skin. Juliana Gray. River City Poetry Series, Volume Five. River City Publishing. Montgomery, Alabama. 2005.Today's book of poetry has never met Juliana...
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