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Her Heartsongs - Joan Colby (Presa Press)
Today's book of poetry:Her Heartsongs. Joan Colby. Presa Press. Rockford, Michigan. 2018."....and they will be so youngThey believe touching solves everything."Joan Colby is brimming with innocent...
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Winter in Fargo - Rodney Nelson (Ravenna Press)
Today's book of poetry:Winter in Fargo. Rodney Nelson. Ravenna Press. Spokane, Washington. 2016.Rodney Nelson only uses English as a template because these poems are in a whole new language....
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Queen Kong — Amanda J. Bradley (NYQ Books)
Today's book of poetry:Queen Kong. Amanda J. Bradley. NYQ Books. New York, New York. 2017.Amanda J. Bradley's Queen Kong starts off with a long autobiographical poem that tells the story of the...
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Twenty-Five — Emily Izsak (above/ground press)
Today's book of poetry:Twenty-Five. Emily Izsak. above/ground press. Ottawa, Ontario. 2018.Twenty-Five is one interesting little kettle of smart fish. Emily Izsak currently lives in London,...
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Black Queer Hoe — Britteney Black Rose Kapri (Haymarket Books)
Today's book of poetry:Black Queer Hoe. Britteney Black Rose Kapri. Haymarket Books. Chicago, Illinois. 2018.Today's book of poetry put India Arie on the box this morning. We had her singing Saint...
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Mechanics of a Gaze — Branka Petrovic (Mansfield Press)
Today's book of poetry:Mechanics of a Gaze. Branka Petrovic. Mansfield Press. Toronto, Ontario. 2017.Postcard No. 50Severely hung over—but hopefully it will be beneficial💫💫💫Today's book of poetry...
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On the Count of None - Allison Chisholm (A Feed Dog Book/Anvil Press)
Today's book of poetry:On the Count of None. Allison Chisholm. A Feed Dog Book. Anvil Press. Vancouver, British Columbia. 2018.There's more going on in Allison Chisholm's bag of tricks On the...
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On Its Edge, Tilted - John Levy (Otata's Bookshelf)
Today's book of poetry:On Its Edge, Tilted. John Levy. Otata's Bookshelf. 2018.Today's book of poetry is going to apologize right off the top, for the life of our research staff, and believe me,...
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For the Birds. For the Humans. - Conyer Clayton (battleaxe press)
Today's book of poetry:For the Birds. For the Humans. Conyer Clayton. battleaxe press. Ottawa, Ontario. 2018.Today's book of poetry has met Conyer Clayton but we do not know Conyer Clayton....
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High Ground Coward - Alicia Mountain (University of Iowa Press)
Today's book of poetry:High Ground Coward. Alicia Mountain. University of Iowa Press. Iowa City, Iowa. 2018.IOWA POETRY PRIZE WINNERRay "Boom Boom" Mancini punches the lights out of "Southpaw Skin...
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Empire of Dirt — Thomas Stewart (Red Squirrel Press)
Today's book of poetry:Empire of Dirt. Thomas Stewart. Red Squirrel Press. Biggar, Scotland. 2019.Thomas Stewart gets an awful lot accomplished in thirty-six short pages. Empire of Dirt is both...
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Transaction Histories - Donna Stonecipher (University of Iowa Press)
Today's book of poetry:Transaction Histories. Donna Stonecipher. Kuhl House Poets. University of Iowa Press. Iowa City, Iowa. 2018.Today's book of poetry read Donna Stonecipher with our usual...
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Modern Warfare - David Alexander (Anstruther Press)
Today's book of poetry:Modern Warfare. David Alexander. Anstruther Press. Toronto, Ontario. 2016.David Alexander's Modern Warfare is one tight little package. Nine finely fashioned hand bombs of...
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Attributed to the Harrow Painter - Nick Twemlow (University of Iowa Press)
Today's book of poetry:Attributed to the Harrow Painter. Nick Twemlow. Kuhl House Poets. University of Iowa Press. Iowa City, Iowa. 2017. "I must've eaten Ten clocks Waiting for...
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the small way — Onjana Yawnghwe (Caitlin Press)
Today's book of poetry:the small way. Onjana Yawnghwe. Caitlin Press. Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia. 2018.Many years ago, somewhere around 1984-1985, Today's book of poetry moved to Prince Edward...
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Too Much Nothing — Elisha May Rubacha (Apt. 9 Press)
Today's book of poetry:Too Much Nothing. Elisha May Rubacha. Apt. 9 Press. Ottawa, Ontario. 2018.Today's book of poetry believes strongly is full disclosure, we know Elisha May Rubacha, but we...
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What I Learned at the War — Jeanetta Calhoun Mish. (West End Press)
Today's book of poetry:What I Learned At The War. Jeanetta Calhoun Mish. West End Press. Albuquerque, New Mexico. 2016.According to Jeanetta Calhoun Mish "history is a bitch." That's not a direct...
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Hold - Bob Hicok (Copper Canyon Press)
Today's book of poetry:Hold. Bob Hicok. Copper Canyon Press. Port Townsend, Washington. 2019.The South is the country I live in nowHow I got talking to the guy I don't rememberon Sullivan's Island....
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A Girl's A Gun — Rachel Danielle Peterson (University Press of Kentucky)
Today's book of poetry:A Girl's A Gun. Rachel Danielle Peterson. The University Press of Kentucky. New Poetry and Prose Series. Series Editor Lisa Williams. Lexington, Kentucky. 2017.Today's book...
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The Inside Room - Lisa Andrews (Indolent Books)
Today's book of poetry:The Inside Room. Lisa Andrews. Indolent Books. Brooklyn, New York. 2018.Back in July of 2017 Today's book of poetry had the pleasure of writing about Lisa Andrews' charming...
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