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Constance Brewer writes in Prayer Gardening, "my eyes adjust to nuance," and my eyes do too, as a reader of this evocative chapbook that explores daily life with fresh eyes. These are poems of...

In poems that move and accrue with the jazz-like fluidity of the mind, Scott Bade's newest collection emerges from the elegiac tradition, in which a death becomes a portal to meditations on love,...

The witty and devastatingly beautiful rush of words in Terry Allen's poems mimic the way time and memory flood our senses leaving reflections that crystalize a well-lived life. This book is a sum of...

Author: Robert Edward MissPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: May 10, 2021Number of Pages: 90 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1954353405ISBN-13: 9781954353404

Author: David JibsonPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: May 29, 2020Number of Pages: 94 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1952326176ISBN-13: 9781952326172

Pursuit is a spin of blue and whisper, a "lake soul reflecting sky bones." In this collec-tion, a blend of lyric and prose poems, we learn about the phases of the moon, and the pull be-tween blue and...

Quiet Insurrections is a joyous, playful romp of a book-a rare and memorable treat. Through fresh and often funny twists on both free and formal verse, Daniel Klawitter serves up a juicy cornucopia...

Lew Maltby's evocative chapbook, Quixote Contemplates Retirement, invites us on a journey of scintillating, sensual, and edgy adventures to exotic places where "hawk-eyed men with cobras/drift you...

Author: Joe CottonwoodPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Jul 13, 2020Number of Pages: 98 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1952326214ISBN-13: 9781952326219

Sometimes when I'm walking the Petaluma hills, I hear all around me trills and whistling calls, but only rarely do I see birds making this morning music. That is, unless I have a companion familiar...

Reagan's RompsAuthor: Brenda Kay LedfordPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: January 28, 2021Number of Pages: 45 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1952326877ISBN-13: 9781952326875

A collection of poems from Rochester, MN resident J. M. Allen.Author: J. M. AllenPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Apr 26, 2022Number of Pages: 44 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Reassure The PhoenixAuthor: John David MuthPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Jun 13, 2019Number of Pages: 72 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1949229955ISBN-13: 9781949229950

Author: Richard NesterPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: May 15, 2020Number of Pages: 86 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1950462749ISBN-13: 9781950462742

Author: Ken CraftPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: July 13, 2021Number of Pages: 106 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 195435374XISBN-13: 9781954353749

Author: Geri Ann MclaughlinPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: June 17, 2021Number of Pages: 114 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1954353588ISBN-13: 9781954353589

The psalmist declares that all creation gives testimony to the presence of God. The poetry of Nancy Dillingham does the same. A daffodil blooming in the gray days of winter, a star pulsating in the...

Rhythms All AquiverAuthor: Barbara WuestPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Oct 08, 2020Number of Pages: 62 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1952326567ISBN-13: 9781952326561

The evocative title of this collection gradually takes on beautifully layered meanings. A "ribbon" of time runs from the arrival of William in the New World in 1635 to the Civil War and on to the...

Peter Anderson's dispatches from the western slope of the Sangre de Cristos appeared for many years in Colorado Central Magazine and the Crestone Eagle. Riding the Wheel gathers and distills many of...

Riffs & ImprovisationsAuthor: Gregory LucePublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Aug 19, 2021Number of Pages: 36 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1639800158ISBN-13: 9781639800155

Rock DreamingAuthor: Neil CreightonPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: April 07, 2021Number of Pages: 48 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1954353316ISBN-13: 9781954353312

A good poet, to me, is either witness or magician. Ben Westlie is both. These poems are proof of a life hard-won, of living, breathing things, of birds of dreams and nightmares, of soothing hands and...

Author: Mark BelairPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: October 30, 2019Number of Pages: 127 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1950462269ISBN-13: 9781950462261

It is with enthusiasm and admiration that I recommend this second volume of poetry by Ann Sheils. I hold in highest regard authors, like Ann, who have tended to their craft and vision over decades...

Sail Away the PlentyAuthor: Kathleen M McCannPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: November 22, 2019Number of Pages: 74 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1950462226ISBN-13:...

Scarred ResilienceAuthor: Suzanne CottrellPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Jul 10, 2021Number of Pages: 56 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1954353812ISBN-13: 9781954353817

Jeffery Allen Tobin, a political scientist by some cosmic mistake, wades through the murky waters of U.S. foreign policy in South Florida, much to the dismay of real experts. After hours, he retreats...

Season's EndAuthor: B. A. FrancePublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: March 10, 2021Number of Pages: 33 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1954353111ISBN-13: 9781954353114

Secondary SourcesAuthor: Mikel VausePublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Jun 18, 2020Number of Pages: 76 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1950462994ISBN-13: 9781950462995