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Gloss - Rebecca Hazelton (University of Wisconsin Press)
Today's book of poetry:Gloss. Rebecca Hazelton. University of Wisconsin Press. Madison, Wisconsin. 2019.Marcus Wicker calls the poems in Rebecca Hazelton's Gloss "wise, sexy, well-tuned language...
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Reunion - Deanna Young (Brick Books)
Today's book of poetry:Reunion. Deanna Young. Brick Books. London, Ontario. 2018.Deanna Young is the Poet Laureate of Ottawa, the city Today's book of poetry calls home. Today's book of poetry has...
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Acacia Road - Aaron Brown (Silverfish Review Press)
Today's book of poetry:Acacia Road. Aaron Brown. Silverfish Review Press. Eugene, Oregon. 2018.Winner of the 2016 Gerald Cable Book AwardLast night Today's book of poetry found ourselves at Aaron...
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Doubter's Hymnal - Laura Cok (Mansfield Press)
Today's book of poetry:Doubter's Hymnal. Laura Cok. Mansfield Press. Toronto, Ontario. 2019.Doubter's Hymnal is a coming of age song that questions faith, looks at family life, and makes readers...
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Silence Like Another Name - John Levy (Otata's Bookshelf)
Today's book of poetry:Silence Like Another Name. John Levy. Otata's Bookshelf. Otatablog.wordpress.com. 2019.Today's book of poetry is taking another stab at the poetry of John Levy. Silence Like...
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Divided - Linda Frank (A Buckrider Book/Wolsak & Wynn)
Today's book of poetry:Divided. Linda Frank. A Buckrider Book/Wolsak & Wynn. Hamilton, Ontario. 2018.Clearly Linda Frank's poetry posse includes a world class botonist and a scientist with an...
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Tinderbox Lawn - Carol Guess (Rose Metal Press) + Human-Ghost Hybrid Project...
Today's book of poetry:Tinderbox Lawn. Carol Guess. Rose Metal Press. Brookline, Maine. 2008.andHuman-Ghost Hybrid Project. Carol Guess and Daniela Olszewska. Black Lawrence Press. Somewhere in...
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Local Haunts - David White (Pedlar Press)
Today's book of poetry:Local Haunts. David White. Pedlar Press. St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. 2019.There is all the sad glamour you are every going to need in the first section of David...
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This Is Not A Frank Ocean Cover Album - Alan Chazaro (Black Lawrence Press)
Today's book of poetry:This Is Not A Frank Ocean Cover Album. Alan Chazaro. Black Lawrence Press. New York. 2019.Black River Chapbook Competition WinnerBeing a sixty-three year-old grumpy white man...
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CIRCADIA - kevin mcpherson eckhoff (Gaspereau Press Limited)
Today's book of poetry:CIRCADIA. kevin mcpherson eckhoff. Devil's Whim Occasional Chapbook Series. Devil's Whim Chapbook No. 37. Gaspereau Press Limited. Kentville, Nova Scotia. 2018.kevin...
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Bulletproof - Matthew Murrey (Jacar Press)
Today's book of poetry:Bulletproof. Matthew Murrey. Jacar Press. Durham, North Carolina. 2019."Grim as a box of bullets."...
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We Were Like Everyone Else - Ken Victor (Cormorant Books)
Today's book of poetry:We Were Like Everyone Else. Ken Victor. Cormorant Books. Toronto, Ontario. 2019.We Were Like Everyone Else by the soon to be well-known Ken Victor isn't much like anything...
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As One Fire Consumes Another - John Sibley Williams (Orison Books)
Today's book of poetry:As One Fire Consumes Another. John Sibley Williams. Orison Books. Asheville, North Carolina. 2019.The 2018 ORISON POETRY PRIZEHello to all you poetry fans, thanks for turning...
View ArticleThe LAST Today's book of poetry
Hello all you beautiful poetry monsters. Due to circumstances beyond our control Today's book of poetry will no longer be posting a blog/review.I would like to thank each and every publisher, poet, and...
View ArticleMichael Dennis (September 1, 1956 - December 31, 2020)
It is with deep regret that Today's Book of Poetry announces the death of Michael Dennis. He passed away December 31st, 2020. Michael's Today's Book of Poetry touched a lot of lives. He will be greatly...
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