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The shape and shapelessness of water, of love, of loss. In Cheryl Baldi's lyrical and life-affirming collection, The Shapelessness of Water, four generations spend their summers by the sea. The voice...

The Sound Of A Collective PulseAuthor: Cristina M. R. NorcrossPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Oct 01, 2021Number of Pages: 44 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

The Stones Keep WatchAuthor: John Whitney SteelePublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Oct 09, 2021Number of Pages: 38 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1954353979ISBN-13:...

An honest revelation, The Sustenance of Stars traces emergence from traumatic childhood through complexities of self-realization and solace in Jewish womanhood. Tempered language and wry humor...

Strong roots, strong heart, strong voice-Jennifer Schomburg Kanke has it all, and she shares her poetic gifts generously in this rich and accomplished book about the life and marriage of her beloved...

The Theory of FleshAuthor: Francine WittePublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: October 15, 2019Number of Pages: 78 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1950462277ISBN-13: 9781950462278

The Thirteenth LakeAuthor: Vida ChuPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: October 24, 2019Number of Pages: 88 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1950462315ISBN-13: 9781950462315

In these honest and sometimes unsettling poems, Nancy Austin takes us on a journey through the joy and pain of life. We become familiar with death but also the "bowls of July." As I read these poems...

The Uncertainty Principle : Poems At 70Author: Richard StueckerPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Sep 03, 2020Number of Pages: 40 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Author: Karen Luke JacksonPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: April 01, 2021Number of Pages: 114 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1954353227ISBN-13: 9781954353220

The View from JanuaryAuthor: Thomas AllbaughPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: January 13, 2020Number of Pages: 42 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1950462579ISBN-13:...

This poet is one who not only looks but also sees, her eye welcomingly attentive to the diminutive and the immense. Whether it's horse or wasp, hawk or songbird, solitary walker or communal cooks at...

Author: Emily SchultenPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Nov 10, 2021Number of Pages: 80 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1639800530ISBN-13: 9781639800537

Author: A. M. BrandtPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Sep 25, 2020Number of Pages: 101 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1952326494ISBN-13: 9781952326493

Bill Howell, a poet who faces mysteries with clarity, and experience with freshness, and who I've been honored to present in The Best Canadian Poetry Series, now gives us The Way Things Are at the...

Author: Shutta CrumPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Apr 13, 2022Number of Pages: 72 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1639800883ISBN-13: 9781639800889

No other living poet extends the work of Sam Hamill like Katie Sarah Zale. The depth of feeling (often elegiac) and the fierce commitment to justice (gender, environmental and societal). There aren't...

Author: Cynthia PitmanPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Jul 30, 2020Number of Pages: 86 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1952326001ISBN-13: 9781952326004

From "You Are a Mountain" to "Songbird," The Wild Essential "covers, no, seals, no, reclaims" what it means to be human, to love, to be flawed, to be alive. Claudine Nash assures us that "there is...

The World Of White WaterAuthor: Willy ConleyPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Oct 02, 2021Number of Pages: 68 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1639800360ISBN-13: 9781639800360

These Hands of MyrrhAuthor: Scott FerryPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Aug 20, 2021Number of Pages: 58 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1954353901ISBN-13: 9781954353909

Things That Make Me Feel Good is a poignant poetry collection imbued with moments of unbridled joy the reader won't soon forget. Through emotive poetic storytelling, Jasmine Castro sheds light upon...

Author: Jane EbiharaPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Nov 06, 2021Number of Pages: 70 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1639800492ISBN-13: 9781639800490

This Good Trail is the third collection by Marzelle Robertson after Listen (Dancing Girl Press, 2018) and Toward the Terminal (Kelsay Books, 2023). She has also published widely in journals. Most of...

In This Particular Heaven, Lisa Vihos tracks our collective search for consolation in the material world, making peace with the passage of time through poetry both memorable and moving. From...

Author: Beth GordonPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: July 17, 2021Number of Pages: 98 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1954353944ISBN-13: 9781954353947

Author: Peter F. CrowleyPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Jun 18, 2020Number of Pages: 90 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1950462978ISBN-13: 9781950462971

Thoughts For A Rainy DayAuthor: Fred SkolnikPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: Jul 13, 2021Number of Pages: 36 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1954353936ISBN-13: 9781954353930

Through the Oak TreeAuthor: Susan Gerardi BelloPublisher: Kelsay BooksPublication Date: November 27, 2019Number of Pages: 65 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1950462374ISBN-13:...

Each of the lines is "inter-temporally inter-subjective." You switch the viewing points of the shared situation from one side to the other, from the subject to the object and the familiar wisdom...