In the past year, society across the world has had to endure the most unprecedented executive orders which have controlled their civil liberties. Along with the widespread lockdowns, demands for social distancing, and mask-wearing, people have also been divided on many other important issues. In...

Selling the Family by Nancy Kay Peterson is a collection of poems about relationships and the fragments left behind. As the last living member from a long line of proud Norwegian heritage, Peterson readies the Wisconsin family farm for an estate auction. Peterson has a...

Sapphire Stars: Poems by Christie Leigh Babirad is an enchanting and dreamy collection that will take poetry lovers into another dimension where romance, passion, and matters of the heart are expressed and will leave them fascinated with its timelessness and sensitivity. The book has been...

Song of Ron by Ronald Steven Kaplan is a collection of poems, or songs as the poet puts it, that give glimpses of the poet's views on love lost, love celebrated, love sought, humor, and humanity. Since many of the poems are lyrics, they have...

Savagery by J.C. Mehta is a short but sharp poetry collection tackling what it means to be indigenous in 21st-century America. This is a very raw, honest, personal account and Mehta pulls no punches. She discusses her experiences in a straightforward manner with crisp, concise...

Side Steps: Terrorizing Sound Bites is a volume of collected poetry on a variety of personal and socio-cultural themes and was penned by author Amy Jean. Written for adult audiences due to some content and language usage, the work explores the experience of women still...

In Pam R. Johnson Davis’s book of poetry, Seasons (I’ll Be Seeing You), her poems follow seven years in her life in which she experiences heartbreak, healing, and redemption. Following a broken relationship, she experiences grief and depression which are beautifully represented in poems like...

Smoke in the Afterlife is an adult poetry book. Each poem is written in free verse so it contains no patterned rhythm or rhyme. Penned by Emilio Iasiello, Smoke in the Afterlife describes the sufferings the author experienced during his childhood. Certainly, some of the...

Seasons of the Soul is a collection of philosophical poetry by Nidhi Kaur. It has many eloquent, often short poems that show the relationship between a woman seeking love and a beloved she longs for, and can also be used to describe a deeper search...

Songs of Ignorance by Shawn Lee Revis is a delightful collection of short poems of metaphor. The book begins with a brief introductory verse followed by a one-page table of contents. Each poem includes multiple stanzas of varying lengths, octets in the first and quatrains...