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Augustine's Vision - Peter Filkins
Today's book of poetry: Augustine's Vision. Peter Filkins. New American Press. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. 2010.If poetry is the search for the perfect words to describe - and I think it is - I...
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Letter From Brooklyn - Jacob Scheier
Today's book of poetry: Letter From Brooklyn. Jacob Scheier. ECW Press. Toronto, Ontario. 2013.Jacob Scheier's second book of poetry, Letter From Brooklyn, is flat out brilliant.These poems read...
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Proving Nothing To Anyone - Matt Cook
Today's book of poetry: Proving Nothing To Anyone. Matt Cook. Publishing Genius Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. 2013.Matt Cook is one hell of an illusionist. He has tricks up his sleeve like a...
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Last Window in the Punk Hotel - Rob Cook
Today's book of poetry: Last Window in the Punk Hotel. Rob Cook. Rain Mountain Press. New York City, New York, USA. 2010.At first glance, New York poet Rob Cook's surreal poetry might unnerve an...
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Self-Portrait/Sixteen Sevenlings - Rodger Moody
Today's book of poetry: Self-Portrait/Sixteen Sevenlings. Rodger Moody. Bright Hill Press. Treadhill, NewYork, USA. 2013.You could call these Sevenlings formal, Rodger Moody certainly sticks to...
View Article18 Goddamn Centos - Stuart Ross
Today's book of poetry: 18 Goddamn Centos. Stuart Ross. Proper Tales Press. Cobourg, Ontario. 2013.I should start with a disclaimer but if you have been paying attention to this blog you will...
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A Scripture of Crows - Charles Goodrich
Today's book of poetry: A Scripture of Crows. Charles Goodrich. Silverfish Review Press. Eugene, Oregon, USA. 2013.Maybe it is my age, because I suspect I am close in age to Mr. Goodrich.It might...
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the whole and broken yellows (Van Gogh poems and others) - Jennifer Zilm
Today's book of poetry: the whole and broken yellows (Van Gogh poems and others). Jennifer Zilm. Frog Hollow Press. Victoria, British Columbia. 2013.Vincent Van Gogh is probably the most famous...
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Words We Might One Day Say - Holly Karapetkova
Today's book of poetry: Words We Might One Day Say. Holly Karapetkova. Washington Writers' Publishing House. Washington, D.C., USA. 2010.Holly Karapetkova has one foot in Bulgaria and the other...
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A Shape of Breath - Judith Pond
Today's book of poetry: A Shape of Breath. Oberon Press. Ottawa, Ontario. 2012.Judith Pond is a very serious poet with a dark sense of humour. A Shape of Breath isn't Sylvia with her head in the...
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Beauty is a Verb, The New Poetry of Disability - edited by Jennifer Bartlett,...
Today's book of poetry: Beauty is a Verb, The New Poetry of Disability. Edited by Jennifer Bartlett, Sheila Black & Michael Northen. Cinco Puntos Press. El Paso, Texas, USA. 2011.Beauty is a...
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How The Potato Chip Was Invented - Daniel M. Shapiro
Today's book of poetry: How The Potato Chip Was Invented. Daniel M. Shapiro. Sunnyoutside. Buffalo, New York, USA. 2013.How The Potato Chip Was Invented may be the most fun you'll have inside a...
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Small, Imperfect Paradise - Dallas Crow
Today's book of poetry: Small, Imperfect Paradise. Dallas Crow. Parallel Press. University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. Madison, Wisconsin, USA. 2013.Dallas Crow's Small, Imperfect Paradise is...
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Familiar Ghosts - Henry Hart
Today's book of poetry: Familiar Ghosts. Henry Hart. Orchises. Washington, USA. 2014.I am ready to jump on the Henry Hart bandwagon. Sign me up. As far as I can tell Henry Hart can eloquently...
View ArticleFirst Anniversary Report: Today's book of poetry.
Today's book of poetry:March 7, 2013 - March 6, 2014Books of poetry received: 589Books of poetry read: 356Blogs/reviews: 167Readership: 32,500 total, currently over 130 readers a day. 107...
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The World Shared - Dariusz Sośnicki
Today's book of poetry: The World Shared. Dariusz Sosnicki. Translated by Piotr Florczyk and Boris Dralyuk. BOA Editions, Ltd. Rochester, New York, USA. 2014.Reading Dariusz Sosnicki is a bit...
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Iron String - Annie Lighthart
Today's book of poetry: Iron String. Annie Lighthart. Airlie Press. Monmouth, Oregon, USA. 2013. "In our time of greed and distraction, the deep music of the poems of Annie Lighthart...
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But Our Princess Is In Another Castle - B.J. Best
Today's book of poetry: But Our Princess is in Another Castle. B.J. Best. Rose Metal Press. Brookline, MA, USA. 2013.Classic video games provide the platform, launching point and universe for But...
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The So-Called Sonnets - Bruce McRae
Today's book of poetry: The So-Called Sonnets. Bruce McRae. Silenced Press. Columbus, Ohio, USA. 2010.Canadian Bruce McRae offers up a book of disciplined diligence with The So-Called Sonnets....
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Many-Storied House - George Ella Lyon
Today's book of poetry:Many-Storied House. George Ella Lyon. University of Kentucky Press. Lexington, Kentucky, USA. 2013.George Ella Lyon's Many-Storied House is instant, take off you shoes, curl...
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